While the Federation's Starfleet did not believe in warships, the Defiant-class was officially classified as a escort vessel, but was unofficially classified as a warship. ( DIS: " The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry")
In November of 2256, when Lieutenant Paul Stamets, of the USS Discovery, argued to Captain Gabriel Lorca that good science took time, Lorca told him that the Discovery was no longer a science vessel, but rather a warship. Likewise, Cardassian Galor-class warships were designated as a cruiser (by the Maquis and Cardassians) while the Federation classified them as a destroyer. In some cases, starships could be reclassified based on perspective or revised mission profiles.Īlthough the Federation classified its Constitution-class starships as a heavy cruiser, it was classified by the Klingons as a battle cruiser. Some kind of improved photon torpedoes, multi-targeting phaser banks." ( DS9: " Shattered Mirror") When the Klingon-Cardassian Alliance learned of the Terran Resistance Forces newly constructed ISS Defiant, their reports indicated that " it's of unknown classification and carries an impressive weapons array. Satarran agent Kieran MacDuff, as well as the amnesiac Worf believed that the Galaxy-class USS Enterprise-D was a battleship, based on her tactical specifications of " 10 phaser banks, 250 photon torpedoes, and a high capacity shield grid. Ship armaments were also used to designate the classification of a vessel. Likewise, when Seven of Nine indicated that the recently discovered USS Equinox may have been sent to find USS Voyager, as an explanation for its presence in the Delta Quadrant, Captain Janeway assured her that that was most likely not the case, as smaller Nova-class " was designed for planetary research, not long range tactical missions." ( VOY: " Equinox") Contrarily, the Intrepid-class Voyager was " designed for long-term exploration." ( VOY: " Someone to Watch Over Me") The Lysian destroyer was identified as " a short range attack vessel." (TNG: "Conundrum")
For example, it was unusual to see a Romulan scout ship on the wrong side of the Romulan Neutral Zone. ( TOS: " Friday's Child", " Journey to Babel", " Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" TAS: " More Tribbles, More Troubles") For this reason, limitations were placed on the perception of their capabilities.
Smaller vessels were typically associated with being scout ships. Size and range were often used to help determine a ship's classification.
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