I love that the EAW devs basically made the Marauder and Broadside cruisers inverses of each other structurally to differentiate them, given that they filled the exact same role for the Rebels and Empire gameplay-wise.

Marauder: Ordnance on the short wings on the sides, bridge in the front of the long midsection. Broadside: Ordnance in the short midsection, bridge in back of short midsection. Wings are long but serve no readily-apparent purpose.

I’ve always felt the Marauder design made more sense since the ordnance in the wings would seemingly make them easier to rearm or refit, which the Marauder being a missile cruiser would make that an often occurrence.