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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] So what's the real-world story behind these designations? In WWII terms, a "battlecruiser" is called that because it's a hybrid between "battleship" and "cruiser" - it has the mission and armament of the former, or at least aspires to this, while it's only protected by the feeble armor of the latter. And while the words "battleship" and "cruiser" have their own complex origins, they are refreshingly logical and descriptive: a battleship is a ship that does not shy away from battle with its peers, while a cruiser is a vessel that would prefer to cruise around, hunting for easy targets or relaying targeting information, and not engage in battle against other warships unless numerically superior. A battlecruiser then is a cruiser that boldly goes to battle (think Steven Seagal's "combat chef" roles for a similar contradiction in terms). "Attack cruiser" doesn't sound as if it could be such a hybrid between two established ship types, a cruiser and an "attack-something" - mainly because there is no established type known as "attack-something". It sounds more like a simple alternate spelling for "battlecruiser", and would probably be identical to one. "Strike cruiser", however, has historical origins. In practice, I think it's a cruiser that doesn't have the battleship-like armament of a battlecruiser, but nevertheless is sent out to engage enemy capital ships in a more or less suicidal manner. That is, a cruiser becomes a strike cruiser when the captain receives new orders and kisses his ass goodbye. One could say that the Klingon attack cruiser is closer to this in concept than to a battlecruiser, considering that it has not demonstrated tactical or technological superiority to what the Feds consider a mere "heavy cruiser" (say, Ambassador). Or one could pull out of the discussion before it turns into yet another Trek ship designation argument... Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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