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Originally Posted by Wild Goose
...Meister Babylon, I have no idea whether you're using some other nation's terminology, or making up your own, but CL is the hull code for Light Cruiser, as laid down by the London Naval Treaty.
The various smaller ships escorting Big Catch were armed merchantmen similar to Lightning 11, incidentally.
Also, do note that in prior episodes, Misa mentioned that the cutoff point for a pirate ship to maintain the Letter of Marque was that they had to be junyokan - cruiser-class - or better, and that Bentenmaru was near the cutoff point. That said I'll need to rewatch and figure out whether they mentioned kei-junyokan (light cruiser, CL) or itto-junyokan (heavy cruiser, CA) specifically.
A combat vessel intended to operate in littoral waters would range from a patrol boat at the low end, to a corvette at the medium end, with a frigate being the highest displacement you could have (it should be noted that many navies in littoral waters, particularly the Swedes and Norwegians, use a lot of corvettes with the occasional frigate). Not a light or heavy cruiser, which, as the name suggests, is intended for long range cruising on the open seas.
...seriously, Kha, I hope for your patients' sake that you don't mix up your terminology and methods. Wouldn't want you to prescribe methadone for a baby with jaundice, or panadol for a malaria patient, or a cast for a sprained ankle.  |
It was a term from Star Trek Online, where science vessels specced for DPS, or escorts specced for crowd control, both small and fast ships, operating in support of a cruiser in near-planet operations have been compared to combat littoral ships.
Since pirates use cruisers, I cross-applied the term from there. Too bad it wasn't accurate. It's not some heinous crime anyway, not like my day job.
And why I still keep my day job.
Now, as I was trying to say, a captain in a cruiser supported by lighter class ships would be experienced in handling fleet actions, and so would be better at working with and protecting the large star cruisers shipping companies typically use.