Happy April Fool’s Day. In reality I love all Starfleet ships equally. Except for the USS Equinox. That’s a garbage ship for garbage people.

  • teft@lemmy.worldOP
    3·
    8 months ago

    S stands for superb or superior. It comes from Japanese and UK class grading systems.

    • rahEnglish
      3·
      8 months ago

      and UK class grading systems

      Uh… I’m British. There’s no S here.

      Thanks though.

      • teft@lemmy.worldOP
        2·
        8 months ago

        So the source i read maybe was wrong about the origin. It still means superb or super and is above A rankings.

        • Eccitaze@yiffit.net
          1·
          8 months ago

          I always thought it originated from comic books where nerds would rank powers of various heroes and the S tier was named for Superman because he was in a tier of his own.

          • samus12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            8 months ago

            Nah, it comes from Japanese grading systems and was then introduced to the West via video games.