Wanted: A small craft carrier

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Wanted: A small craft carrier

Postby Storywriter J. Allen » Mon Sep 04, 2017 10:46 pm

There are a lot more small craft out there now. Doing a wide array of missions.

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Category:Small_Craft_classes

What we're lacking seems to be carriers to haul them around. Yeah you can carry a couple on a Kuan Ti, or an Achilles. But that sort of 1-2 small craft bays seems to be more the norm. You can't carry them in ASF bays.

I'd love to see a versatile small craft carrier. It might be a variant of a dropship model that already exists, like an enlarged Leopard CV. That can carry 4-6 small craft bays. Plus possess some passenger space.

The logic being, maybe the ship is carrying 4-6 Caerleons, which are in turn carrying 20 tons of BA each. The BA is generally kept aboard the Caerleons, rather than the carrier. But for longer term habitation it would be good if the BA troopers have living space on the bigger carrier even if their suits and gear is being stored aboard the small craft most of the time. Might also be fluffed as having some internal space to move around cargo between the small craft bays and some space to do repairs and maintenance inside the carrier. Though not fixed permanent storage facilities.

If it had that level of functionality for troop transport small craft, then it would also function well with other small craft models that have smaller crew/passenger requirements, like the Ares Mark IX or Foxhound.

A small craft carrier would be really useful for deploying small unit BA operations, spaceborne marines, or patrol squadrons of small craft for patrol/scouting/escort duties. It would be really useful for pirates/privateers, which could be a wink and a nod angle to its fluff.

I just thought I'd throw that out there in case anyone is looking for a design project.
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Re: Wanted: A small craft carrier

Postby Night Fury » Tue Sep 05, 2017 12:22 am

loremaster,
below are some dropships that may fit your criteria with the # of small craft capacity listed out to the right:

Behemoth - 20
Castrum Pocket WarShip - 18
Nekohono'o - 9
Mammoth - 4
Elephant - 4
Rose - 4
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Re: Wanted: A small craft carrier

Postby Storywriter J. Allen » Tue Sep 05, 2017 4:42 pm

Thanks for pointing those out, but they are generally quite big and expensive. That's the other criteria I probably should have mentioned. Looking for something on the cheaper side. Which probably also means a smaller dropship.
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