Re: What makes a carrier, a carrier?

On Wed, 25 Sep 1996, Mike Miserendino wrote:

> Pete wrote:
> >	Ages ago, there was some talk about the dividing line between
> >a carrier and a non-carrier.  I believe it compared the MASS of the 
> >fighter bays vs. something else.  I need to know so I can update my
> >gaming groups "House Rules".  Anyone remember what the "accepted"
> >carrier classification is?
> 
> I think it was suggested to use ships with mass of at least cruiser
size for
> carrying fighters.  Of course smaller surface ships of today, like
> destroyers are capable of carrying aircraft as well, but with limited
> capacity and facilities.

However, you'd be very hard pressed to get more than one fighter bay
into 
an escort-sized hull, so escort-sized micro-carriers don't need the 
classification as 'carrier'. The only thing that classification does it 
to allow launch of two fighter squadrons per turn, and if you only have 
one...

Oerjan Ohlson

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