Starship Taxonomy

[Death]

Or: A battleship by any other name would kill just as much

Saw this link on Facebook, regarding ship type classifications, both historical and as applied to SF universes (Mass Effect and Halo getting particular attention, based primarily on the author's personal knowledge I think). It mentions Star Citizen, but doesn't focus on it, so I decided to not post it to the on-topic forum.

Anyway, without further ado: http://criticalshit.org/2015/05/15/on-the-taxonomy-of-spaceships/

(Also, while the comment sections of most websites are a wasteland of shit, the one for this article is actually kinda useful to the subject of the page.)

 

[Iceblade]

Excellent read, though not much of it was new to me, it is the first time I've read an article comparing modern day with sci-fi definitions for these classifications.

And for cruiser, the Waterloo definitely fits the definition while the Tallahassee seems to just be a smaller/weaker battlecruiser.