allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery) (02/08/86)
Expires: Quoted from <542@ssc-vax.UUCP> ["Designations of Starships"], by adolph@ssc-vax.UUCP (Mark Adolph)... +--------------- | In one of the episodes or one of the movies, didn't the Klingons refer | to the Big E as "a Federation Battle Cruiser"? I seem to recall a group | of Klingons hunched around a sensor readout. Seems like the Empire | isn't impressed with the Federation's diplomatic posturing. +--------------- What do you want? The Klingons are a belligerent race (I can make arguments that it may have been necessary for their survival, but they contradict THE FINAL REFLECTION in a few areas so I'll let someone else figure out why) and might refer to something liek that as a battle cruiser anyway -- relate ir ro one of their *own* ship classes rather than invent a new name (or use the Federation name!) for it. It seems reasonable thatwhat the Federation would call a heavy cruiser, the Klingons would call a battle cruiser. Diplomacy has nothing to do with it; it's for ease of reference, using terms everybody (in the Klingon Empire) already knows. --Brandon -- In mid-winter, all of us Midwesterners would *love* a taste of California... (rumble) ...but not *that* badly! decvax!cwruecmp!ncoast!allbery ncoast!allbery@Case.CSNET ncoast!tdi2!brandon (ncoast!tdi2!root for business) 6615 Center St. #A1-105, Mentor, OH 44060 Phone: +01 216 974 9210 CIS 74106,1032 MCI MAIL BALLBERY (part-time)