' Wrote:In today's combat environment, carriers are never taken to the front lines of battle. They are supposed to hang back and act as mobile airbases.
Imagine a carrier player comes into a system, parks a distance away. His friends could launch according to future Disco developments - but what would the carrier pilot do? Hang back and stay out of the fight, or risk taking it into battle?
Carriers would be mainly snub support. A few long range weapons (like the missiles you mention, or pulse and mortar combi's) along with a battery of point defense weapons (solaris, secondaries, flak) to protect itself from bombers and drive enemy fighters away from retreating friendly fighters. It'd sit at the edge of a battle, at around 5 to 6K and provide some artillery support - and likely become a prime target for cruisers and heavy hitting battleships.
Once carrier docking and jump drives become available their role could drastically change.
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