Custom Battleships

[Retread]

right and wrong.
Battleships are the "main muscle" of the fleet...the strong arm. An entire fleet would consist of 1 carrier, 2 battleships, 8 gunboats and 16 fighters. (At least Freelancer speaking). Carriers are the "long arm" of force and require cover from its fighter defense force when the enemy is out of range of its turrets. But would have to be able to defend itself should the enemy get pass the fighter, gun boat and battleship defense line.

As for a lone fighter tearing up a battleship? From what I'm reading here, it means the mod is out of balance. The battleship "should" make short work of a lone fighter....with one exception, if the fighter is equipped with long range ship to ship nuclear missles. Other than that, the fighter might take down the battleship shield, but in no way would be able to survive a sustained attack against the sheer hull strength of the battleship firing back at it.
For instance, a battleship with a hull of 2-5 million and 2 class 10 Graviton Freighter shields is not going to be hurt by a lone fighter sporting even the latest of guns. The fighter is going to be shreaded before it gets close enough to do any significant damage. But, that's where teamwork comes into play.
Now, imagine a squadron of 8 fighters loaded out with Shield Blasters, Cannonball Missles, Sunslayer Torpedos and the best guns you can have mounted on them. They are going to have to either take down the opposition defense fighters (equipped with fast tracking/hard hitting missles, Paralyzers, shield busters and the best guns they can have mounted)..OR evade them enough to get past the second line of defense which are the gunboats that would be loaded out with tracking missles and most likely more powerful and longer range guns.
Then, if you survive long enough to get past them (or evade them) you are then coming into the range of the battleship. It has long range guns, many defense turrets, missle and torpedo launchers.
Then comes the prime target....the Carrier. Probably loaded out with torpedo and missle launchers. AND even more turrets. Most likely guarded by a nearby force of defence fighthers that you just fought your way through on the first line of defense.
If your squadron of fighters manages to make the kill, they will most likely have to fight their way back out of the 1st and 2nd lines of defense that followed them to the carrier ....including the battleships.
That is realism. Now in Space, your egress routes are various once your prime target is disabled or destroyed. (For that matter, the attack routes can be just as diverse). But in 3 dimensions, you have to consider your oppositon. They wont be playing on a 2 dimensional field and could be waiting for you at whatever point you decide to attack from.

On a side note: the Train you see floating above the HAMMER (a battleship) is actual size in comparison to the ship.

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AKA Retread

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