I'll buy that, but why classify vessels at all then?  It just seems that science vessels have the same capabilities as any other vessel in the fleet and do so without much cost to other areas.  What I'm trying to figure out is the limitations the McNair is going to have.  I just don't like the idea of continually adding to the ship with no regard to the resources available.  It's already decked out as the most advanced ship in the fleet.  I don't think it needs much more going for it.<br/><br/>I'm not arguing against the additions currently on the table.  I see your point about those.  I just don't want the game to get into the habit of adding every new feature we think of to the ship.<br/><br/>As it is, we're going to have to think up some pretty nasty enemies to combat with our current arsenal.  Going through space and annihilating every hostile we come up against without any reprisal will get boring fast.