Re: SPOILER ALERT/PARASITE FIGHTER RACKS

> > Aside from the protection it gives to fighters, what is the
advantage of a
> > full bay ?	Am I missing something ?  Fighters are unlikely to be on
the
> > racks when fired upon anyway as the whole point is they are there to
> > defend the carrying vessel.

well... your mechanics don't need space-suits, your pilots can climb
into
the cockpit without a special "loading" system, large-scale maintainance
(ie, replacing an engine) is much simpler when you have a spot to rest
your heavy equipment and protect your men from floating away while
working, you can store more ships then you can launch (if I have 12
ships
all in racks, I have 12 ships. if I have 12 launch bays, I can have 100
ships, but only 12 at a time can launch.

they are protcted from meteor strikes, etc.. .also...