>>I'm sure Ikazuchi will be thrilled that there are a whole class of
>>space cruisers named after her. (Assuming that the Ikazuchi-class is
>>still in use. I believe the Sterling sisters were using one, when last
>>I looked.)
>
>Oh, sure. No longer in production, but there are quite a number of
>them still in service with the WDF, the Royal Salusian Navy, and
>others. Ash Williams's current command, the Shanxi, is also an
>Ikazuchi-class ship.
>
>Ikazuchi-chan could theoretically upgrade, she'd only have to obtain a
>detailed scan of one. And 1.4 megatons of nanomaterial.

I didn't expect she would, but the fact that the cruisers are, arguably, named after her (at least, I think they were in the original source material) would probably make her preen a bit.

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