Re: Rant Warning below

I've always assumed that the Omega class "Destroyer" was named in the 
same spirit as the British light carriers were called "through-deck 
cruisers" to get the naval estimates through parliament.

Roger Burton West wrote:

>On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 08:08:46AM -0600, Doug Evans wrote:
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>>Natch, in B5, where the largest ship the
>>humans have is a 'destroyer', it's obvious, you can get away with
fudge.
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>My understanding is that Straczynski and Ellison intended to use naval 
>terms, but didn't actually know them well enough to use them correctly 
>and didn't bother to hire an advisor.
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>Roger
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