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Tyneras · 01-19-2017, 01:02 PM

A carrier without an airwing is like a tank without it's turret, it's most potent attack is now ramming. This isn't combined arms changing tactics, it's a weapon platform without it's weapon, it can move around but little else. The wises course of action is to leave the battle and get a new weapon.

The handful of weapons a carrier has could be considered (Nav) and (Air) because they can (maybe, hopefully) shoot up suicide bomb boats and incoming missiles, but having served on one I'd rather we just ran away and not kill 3000 people and a billion dollar ship for no reason.

This obviously doesn't apply to the hybrid battleship carriers that briefly existed in WW2.

01-19-2017, 01:02 PM	#10
Tyneras Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kentucky, USA	Re: Making Carriers Carry: a Mass Combat tweak A carrier without an airwing is like a tank without it's turret, it's most potent attack is now ramming. This isn't combined arms changing tactics, it's a weapon platform without it's weapon, it can move around but little else. The wises course of action is to leave the battle and get a new weapon. The handful of weapons a carrier has could be considered (Nav) and (Air) because they can (maybe, hopefully) shoot up suicide bomb boats and incoming missiles, but having served on one I'd rather we just ran away and not kill 3000 people and a billion dollar ship for no reason. This obviously doesn't apply to the hybrid battleship carriers that briefly existed in WW2. __________________ GURPS Fanzine The Path of Cunning is worth a read.