Any hopes for a 'pure carrier' ship in the coming releases?

[Guest]

Been a wish of mine since the original BC3K.. have a ship that has just PTA and light missiles as its defensive armaments, but loaded with fighters as its 'primary' weapon.

Say.. carrier class... medium/low top speed, unmanouverable.. 8 PTA turrets, fires only light missiles... able to launch 32 fighters/crafts and a big cargo hold to store extra fighters and replacement parts/repair kits and fighter weapons.

Would be a blast to have these ships in some future expansion.

[Quazar]

That's easy, Tac.

Though the Stormcarrier can only hold 12 fighters, a Naval Assault can launch 16 close air units (I assume Gunships). You want space capable fighter craft? Try the Naval Carrier: able to launch 16 close air units and 16 fighter craft. Neither of those vessels are very maneuverable or have shields. But they do have lots of armor (8500 and 10000, respectively) and a ton of cargo space.

But don't stop there; you can take it even further in RP. For a big battle, assign 32 fighters to any of the three classes of Battlecruiser. Groups of 4 fighters can rotate (take turns) docking operations as needed to reload/repair the fighter and heal the pilots, while the rest are deployed in combat.