Talk:Ranger (Individual Lola III-class WarShip, ComStar)

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ComStar / Nova Cat vessels

The article Ranger (Individual Lola III-class WarShip) describes a WarShip of the Clan Nova Cat touman. I can't immediately tell whether that's the same vessel described in this article, or whether they're different Lola III WarShips with the same name. We need an article merge if they're the same vessel. If they're different, we need some kind of naming distinction that differentiates them. (And maybe an update to Policy:Article_Naming#Ships for the rare instance where two different spacecraft of the same class share a name.) Tosta Dojen (talk) 10:55, 10 August 2020 (EDT)

I was just reading the articles myself and had the same issue. I will drop a question in the "ask the developers" section of the BT Forum.--Dmon (talk) 10:57, 10 August 2020 (EDT)

One of the sources referenced in each entry, Field Manual: Updates, lists both ships at the same time with different factions - a Lola III class Ranger in service with ComStar (p. 83) and an SLS Ranger in service with Clan Nova Cat (p.96) so we have two ships with the same name and of the same class active at the same time. BrokenMnemonic (talk) 16:02, 11 August 2020 (EDT)

Thanks for checking! Policy:Article_Naming#Ships has been updated to cover this case, and I've moved both articles accordingly. Tosta Dojen (talk) 14:58, 13 August 2020 (EDT)