From the Unofficial NAC Fleet Roster...
"Following the philosophy of UNSC ships, the NAC BuShips decided to create the SF-14 Firestorm fighter with a modular design. The reason for this was primarily for spatial considerations and strategic flexibility (your choices were to have several different fighters that performed different roles exclusively, or to have one type of fighter that could be refitted between actions to fill other roles as needed). The SF-14 normally would be considered a 'multi-role' combat fighter, but there would be modules available to carriers so that it could be refitted as an 'air superiority' (borrowing the term from the late 20th century) anti-fighter fighter, an anti-shipping attack fighter, or a torpedo bomber. In addition to this thruster packs or booster pods were available to give it a higher speed, as well as extra fuel tanks to give it extended endurance during combat missions.
The NAC ASF-7 Phanton heavy fighter was designed along similar lines as the SF-14, only it was constructed with more armor and had a tougher structural integrity that allowed it to survive hits that would cripple the SF-14. Many carriers carried extra parts and modules to refit their heavy fighter squadrons if the captain thought it was prudent for a given assignment. Otherwise the ASF-7s were just beefier versions of the SF-14s."
Now should a force equiped with Omni-Fighters, still be able to place 6 fighters in a Mass 9 Hanger bay, and having the ability to retrofit pods per current needs, or should the carrier need to alot Cargo space to have extra "pods available"?
I'm interested as for my homegrown fraction I'm looking at Modular/Omni Fighters.
Thanks
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