Escort Carriers

Overview
Escort carriers are quick, medium sized, rectangular, warships with some light weapons, and the ability to launch a few fighters. They either opperate as support for small fleets or peform short-range strikes against enemy targets.

Their bodies split open the discharge their squads of deadly fighters when in combat.

Escort carriers are either capital ships for smaller fleets or auxiliary ships for large fleets. To reflect this, they have 4 Medium caliber, turret mounted, medium range, rapid firing, energy cannons (1 per side) and 5 small caliber, turret mounted, short range, rapid firing, energy cannons. They are lighter than other carriers, designed to be more nimble rather than better protected; equiped with only light shielding.

Escort carriers are commanded by senior officers of the rank Duraket or higher and house about 200-500 people including flight crews. A carrier can house 1-3 fighter squads (or about 10-30 fighters) and typically has between 1-5 scouts onboard. Carriers can go 3 months before they need to resupply.

Variants
There are no variants of the escort carrier.

Statistics

 * Size 3
 * Speed 3
 * Power 2
 * Rank 4
 * Value 4 (with fighters)
 * Type: Auxiliary or Capital