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Like the Queen in a game of Chess, Fleet Carriers, such as the Terran Protectorate's Liberty-Class Carriers, are the most dangerous ship in a fleet, but they are also the most targeted.
Through the use of fighters, the fleet is able to project strength far beyond the range of its largest guns.
Fighters carry a disproportionate weapons package on a small, one or two-man vessel. Unlike missiles, projectiles and energy beams fired at a distance, fighter squadrons can change tactics once they arrive at the enemy, target select ships and systems, outmaneuver and defeat countermeasures, and intercept and defeat enemy fighters and missiles.
But the carriers that transport those fighters need to be heavily protected from enemy attack. They are usually escorted by destroyers, cruisers and other light escorts.
Ironically, the biggest threat to a carrier is usually enemy fighters.
Through the use of fighters, the fleet is able to project strength far beyond the range of its largest guns.
Fighters carry a disproportionate weapons package on a small, one or two-man vessel. Unlike missiles, projectiles and energy beams fired at a distance, fighter squadrons can change tactics once they arrive at the enemy, target select ships and systems, outmaneuver and defeat countermeasures, and intercept and defeat enemy fighters and missiles.
But the carriers that transport those fighters need to be heavily protected from enemy attack. They are usually escorted by destroyers, cruisers and other light escorts.
Ironically, the biggest threat to a carrier is usually enemy fighters.
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On terrestrial naval vessels, the turrets visible on the weather decks are usually just a cap to an entire massive mass of machinery; the main gun barbettes on a WW2 era battleship went down almost to the keel, for example. Even secondary armaments had more "stuff" beneath or near the turret than the volume of the turret itself would contain.
Is this true for the tech base behind your carrier as well? I bring it up because if so, every gun the ship carried would be less workshops, hangar space, and/or spare parts it could hold.
Is this true for the tech base behind your carrier as well? I bring it up because if so, every gun the ship carried would be less workshops, hangar space, and/or spare parts it could hold.