Re: What makes a carrier, a carrier?

Oerjan Ohlson <f92-ooh@nada.kth.se> wrote:

> 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...

Strictly speaking, being classified as a carrier is what allows non
capitol
ships to carry any fighters at all (fighters may only be mounted on
capitols
or carriers).

    Alun.
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