Analyze fictional systems by accepting their stated rules

Why analyze the BC-304 as a realistic naval design when its physics is impossible?

Accept the setting's technologies as working, then evaluate roles, organization, and tradeoffs against comparable real warships.

A physics student observes that the analysis treats the ship as more realistic than the setting warrants. The method begins by accepting the fictional systems that the story consistently presents as working rather than trying to re-prove their physics. It then compares the vessel's missions, organization, and design choices with real-world equivalents. That approach brackets hyperdrive and shielding while leaving crew, logistics, aviation, classification, and institutional behavior open to disciplined analysis. Treating the BC-304 as another warship creates a consistent frame without claiming that its technology is real.