Do the Indomitable-class ships qualify as battlestars?
Alex Goodwin 08 Jun 2020 14:10 UTC
Described in pp 217-8 of GT: Interstellar Wars, we get a description of
a vessel capable of standing in the main line of battle with big bang
bangs (spinal meson cannon, repulsor arrays, 2x bay fusion guns, 5x
heavy turrets with 2 fusion guns apiece) and toting a "double-strength
squadron" of 20 laser-armed fighters.
Going over to TVTropes entry "The Battlestar"
(https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheBattlestar):
"Instead, the flagship of the future becomes something that encompasses
both artillery and piloting tropes: a hybrid carrier/battleship. It has
the heavy armor and big guns of a battleship, along with the fighters
and point defense weapons of a carrier."
Have I overcooked things or are the _Indomitable_-class ships actually
battlestars under the TVTropes definition?
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