A fictional navy's terminology can reflect institutional memory as well as a ship's capabilities. In Peacekeepers of Sol, battleships are associated with forces blamed for an earlier war, while British battlecruisers are associated with defending civilians. The later fleet therefore retains the battlecruiser label for its largest ships even when another navy might classify them as battleships. The same fictional history helps explain why ground troops no longer use the name Marines.
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Why a fictional navy calls its largest ships battlecruisers
Peacekeepers of Sol uses ship and service names to preserve the memory of an earlier fictional war.