Which Babylon 5 ships perform cruiser or battlecruiser work despite being called destroyers?
Short answerThe Omega and Warlock classes fit because they conduct independent patrol, presence, and assistance missions as well as fleet combat.
NotesA viewer proposes Babylon 5's Omega-class and Warlock-class destroyers as practical cruisers or battlecruisers, and the response agrees. John Sheridan's command of EAS Agamemnon supplies the clearest example: the ship cruises among the League of Non-Aligned Worlds, shows the flag, and assists where needed. Those are independent presence duties associated with cruisers rather than the close screening implied by the destroyer label. The Warlock inherits the same broad mission set as successor to the Omega and Poseidon designs.