The fictional dreadnought is an asteroid converted into an armed mobile habitat by an insectoid civilization. Human observers borrow a familiar naval term for a structure that resembles a moving anthill equipped with engines and substantial weapons. Its builders did not use fighters, so the asteroid's size does not imply a carrier role. The name reflects its unusual construction and function.
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Why call a weaponized asteroid a dreadnought?
Humans call the armed asteroid a dreadnought because their naval vocabulary has no exact category for the insectoid mobile habitat.