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Originally posted by Praetor:
I always just use the age old expedient of giving my ships regular ship names, e.g., the TCS Victory or the HMS Repulse (depending on what kind of empire we're talking). Same for the classes. Obviously I can see at a glance what components a ship has, but to my opponents "HMS Coral Sea, Gloucester Class" doesn't mean squat. Plus, it just makes your navy seem more organized and professional (not to mention cool 
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Praetor, you join myself and Tampa Gamer as the archetypal military history nuts - I do exactly the same as yourself. I havn't played against humans yet but really dont see how sight of something called "FNS Agamemnon - BC nike class" is really going to help them much. Actually, I do designate my vessels with code if they are specialised eg CLE escort cruiser, CLX heavy weapons cruiser CLA assault cruiser (ie beam heavy) that sort of thing - I may have to stop doing that