Apollo class Liberty heavy carrier

[joshua_cox]

To the first point about certain parts looking similar or identical to the battleship.
This -is- a Liberty Carrier, of course it would have similar structure design to the Battleship, namely the Axe-Head and the Engine.

To the second point about the open-ended docking port... You ever watch Star Wars, or play Battlefront?
You can't shoot into the hangars there due to a shield-like "screen" covering the otherwise entirely open hangar. Remember, Freelancer is set in the age of shields. Not present-day "Point-Click-Hit" styled shooting where as long as you hit -Something-, you can do damage.

As for the "square thingies" infront of the bridge, i'd compare them best to... Arches, nothing special, mainly an

Not necessarily. The engine, yes (that's the same as the current ones for the main Battleships, Carriers, and I think Assault Battlecruisers), but the Axe-Head has only been seen on the Battleship.

I spent years of my life on Battlefront, and I got to thinking of the huge flaws in that design (no offense to the modeler). Yes, we live in an age of shields (or at least our characters do), but they would still do the smart thing- namely concentrate fire on the shields, and once they're done shoot into the big gaping hole in the side of the ship, destroy any fighters landed and rip through the hull. At least, RP-wise.

And, finally, thankyou! Arches was the term I was looking for, I don't know why I couldn't think of it!

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