' Wrote:Not "lots"...that's ridiculous. 2-4 maybe. No more than that. Why? Who's going to fly something with six guns that they can't shoot anything. There's no fun in a fight if you're just a damage sponge.
Rght now, the Lib assault carrier has more firepower than the Lib dreadnaught.
In a fleet engagement, a carrier ought to be well out of the way of enemy capships or protected by capital class escorts. Either way, it doesn't need enough firepower to take out a planet.
Anti fighter weaponary, sure, but the majority of it's firepower should come from the NPC fighter/bomber wings.