This was a historical moment.
For the very first time, Ves stepped aboard a capital ship that did not belong to other powers.
Humanity classified any star-faring vessel that was over 1 kilometer long with this coveted label.
To be honest, this was an arbitrary designation. The definition of capital ships had changed throughout the course of history.
In the Age of Stars, any ship that was longer than 500 meters used to be considered a capital ship.
How times changed.
There were plenty of spacers these days who insisted that the definition for capital ships needed another adjustment. Ship lengths ranging from 2 kilometers to 5 kilometers frequently made the rounds.
The CFA, which was the foremost authority on starships in human civilization, never gave in to these requests.
Ves guessed that the fleeters didn't want to bother with this banal argument.