A question to you Naval Typ^H^H^Htypes...

How's she goin'?

	As you may have guessed, this is about starships, or actually,
Warships.

	I've been looking through a few designs and have been thinking about
my own designs (Mediocre, really) and have become confused as to what
various classifications mean. I have heard of Battleships, Carriers,
Cruisers (Light and Heavy) and Dreadnoughts (sp?) and Frigates and
Destroyers and, well, What are the requirements for a ship to be classed
as any one of these?
	I have looked at the Voroshilef (spelling by memory) Battleship listed
in the Rebellion Sourcebook, and I see it's big (300,000 tons), has a lot
of firepower, but why is it a Battleship? Why not a Destroyer or Planet
Crusher? Whatever.
	My common sense tells me that factors such as size, firepower, maneuver
drive and jump capability, as well as duration of operation, must all
contribute to this classification process. But how?

	I hope someone can enlighten me to this, and if you feel it
inappropriate for the TML (As I'm sure it's been discussed...), please
feel free to send responses directly to me.

								Thanks,
								Anthony

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Anthony Neal                 |"Lets bring up the cargo manifest. 2300 laser
[email removed]              | pistols, 1600 laser rifles, 1 ATV, 67 suits of
Memorial University Of       | combat armor and...    What the hell are
Newfoundland                 | 'tribbles'?"
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