Moving this up a bit more

code/parse/lua.cpp

@@ -11569,6 +11569,7 @@ ADE_INDEXER(l_Mission_Ships, "number Index/string Name", "Gets ship", "ship", "S
 	return ade_set_error(L, "o", l_Ship.Set(object_h()));
 }
 
+extern int ships_inited;
 ADE_FUNC(__len, l_Mission_Ships, NULL,
 		 "Number of ships in the mission. "
 		 "This function is somewhat slow, and should be set to a variable for use in looping situations. "
@@ -12044,7 +12045,6 @@ ade_lib l_Tables("Tables", NULL, "tb", "Tables library");
 
 //*****SUBLIBRARY: Tables/ShipClasses
 ade_lib l_Tables_ShipClasses("ShipClasses", &l_Tables, NULL, NULL);
-extern int ships_inited;
 ADE_INDEXER(l_Tables_ShipClasses, "number Index/string Name", "Array of ship classes", "ship", "Ship handle, or invalid ship handle if index is invalid")
 {
 	if(!ships_inited)