TL;DR. When we talk about ship mission codes, we need to define if we're speaking about an official system, or informal terms.
AOTI is informal.
Agent of the Imperium has capital ship codes, as well as a glossary explaining how to read the codes.
But this list is not "authoritative", although it is useful for discussions.
I concluded this because of an email from Marc Miller on March 19, 2022:
My view of the ship codes in AOTI is that they seem to be more like mission modifiers, rather than primary mission codes. Marc's claim is that they're not even at the level of mission modifiers -- they're informal.
That doesn't mean they're not useful. It just means that there's a difference in speaking about these ships, and how they're officially classified.
When I talk about mission codes, I think "pedantically" -- I think what's the official classification? -- because surely that would be more systematic. But an informal term can be useful. For instance, in the case of capital ships.
AOTI is informal.
Agent of the Imperium has capital ship codes, as well as a glossary explaining how to read the codes.
But this list is not "authoritative", although it is useful for discussions.
I concluded this because of an email from Marc Miller on March 19, 2022:
The (U.S.) Navy has an extensive classification system for vessels (and aircraft). But the admirals and the public just say
Battleship
Carrier
Cruiser
Destroyer
Often while not being clear on what the mission or role is.
I do that with Battle, Siege, and Cruiser.
(Marc Miller, 2022 March 19)
My view of the ship codes in AOTI is that they seem to be more like mission modifiers, rather than primary mission codes. Marc's claim is that they're not even at the level of mission modifiers -- they're informal.
That doesn't mean they're not useful. It just means that there's a difference in speaking about these ships, and how they're officially classified.
When I talk about mission codes, I think "pedantically" -- I think what's the official classification? -- because surely that would be more systematic. But an informal term can be useful. For instance, in the case of capital ships.
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