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| max speed m/s | Yaw Rate | mass (tons) | Armour |
| 300 | 0.2 | 10,000 | 72000 |
| min cost (5km) | cost per extra km | max cost | reached at |
|
850 Ru | 4 Ru's | 2500 Ru | ( 418 km ) |
Tactics:
The Carrier is wonderful. it doubles your production rates if you
have one. you can pump out 2 ion cannons in the time it takes to make 1. a must as a first
build in a non research game. in longer games. its a great raiding post. although it does
take a while to get those ships docked. and it moves at a considerable pace of 300 m/s,
faster than a heavy cruiser, missle destroyer, and of comprable speed to an ion cann frig.
so just keep yourself ahead of your pursuiants. the destroyer is only 15 m/s faster. so
keep ahead of him. and launch your bombers. for its size. and its ability to build
ships. its a great post. easly fits in a feild friggate. and gravwell. its gives you much
more moblity than walking your fighters across the map. or jumping your hulking friggates
which will be responded to quickly with fighters. this is great. and cheap. doubles as a
resource controller with the ability to add reinforcements. a great fortress to place in
your valuable resourcing feilds. Now this is all well and good for carrier only games, or
for non research games. but carriers are far down the research tree
Research:
It takes a long time for carriers to come into play, here's the
chart | # of
Research ships | Time in min. | |
| 1 | 18.666 |
| 2 | 11.75 |
| 3 | 8.4 |
| 4 | 6.72 |
| 5 | 5.97 |
| 6 | 5.41 |
you can see that the rate of production is not
all that different from 4 research ships to 6. you could have those doing fighter research
or ion frigs. This is a long time. but realize that its time well spent. and you'll get
there sooner or later. Not many people use carriers anymore. But with the swarm tactic
being the dominant tactic, speed has become an issue. quick responce times are
necessary. still the carrier has a great advantage in a longer game being able to add to
your build times. and transfer command if the mother ship is lost.
Do you have any tips for the Carrier??? Submit
Them!
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