Re: [LoGH] Babylon 5 vs Galactic Empire
Michael Mikulis (mmikulis@hotmail.com)
Tue, 13 Mar 2001 23:07:07
>
> >
> what's also interesting is that the FPA ships recognize _individual_
>imperial warships. at the battle of astarte, when one of the imperial
>battleships(?) is on yang's viewscreen, the bridge communicator/talker
>announces it as the kirentin(sp?).
> either the FPA fleet can distinguish at least the capital warships from
>visual only, or FPA intelligence has cracked imperial IFF codes and can
>read the imperial fleet's own electronic tracking signatures similar to
>what the air traffic controllers use to identify planes. (or military air
>intercept controllers use to identify friendly/foe (IFF) aircraft on their
>radar.)
>
> or, they simply have a really thick copy of jane's space-warships guide
>on the bridge. ;)
>
>--
I think the answer is both, note the Imperials can do the same thing with
Alliance flagships. Most likely, the names of the flagships and battleships
are proudly displayed by some method by both sides and then the bridge has
an electronic version of a dictionary for ships.
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