Ship Type Question

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I'm still waiting for my local EB to get the game so I have a question for all you lucky people that have it already. Can you build ships that carry fighters like Battle Star Galactica? If you can do you design the fighters too??

Thanks in advance
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Nope, so far there is nothing like carriers and fighters, or a Battlestar. There is a thread discussing this question. I agree it could be cool.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
The ships and battles are more like the Startrek,Babylon5 universe,which is more consistent to sci-fi.

WW2 in space is which Starwars introduced to sci fi, some like BS copy it.
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Right. Did you ever watch Star Trek Deep Space Nine? The Bajorins (sp?) had "fighters". They were actually pretty big with a crew of a 1/2 dozen or so (MUCH larger than an X-Wing). These are called "heavy fighters" in GC2 since it is a smaller hull than a frigate. There is discussion about "fighter swarms" that could be launched from pods on capital ships. These would be more in line with x-wings, ties, ect.
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
I think thre is little point comparing different sci fi universes. I saw it all (i've become a border line trekkie) and I can tell you it is definetly not the same galaxy

I do agree that this game is more star trek /babylon like (IMHO).

You can add fighter drones to your stations thus having some of the effect jefe414 suggested, but you cannot see them, they re just defensive or offensive system for your starbases or to support your ships nearby.

But there is no big ship that can carry a lot of little ships around. I think it would be a good thinng though if we could have a big hull were you put lifeupport and megaengines, and then when put in a fleet with fighters, it would increase their range and speed, and so mimic the carrier effect. Maybe later?
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
Just dont forget B5 had lots of fighters as well
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
The way I see it, when you create a light fighter the icon on the map actually represents a squadron of ships. I usually name my my fighters after Navy Fighter Squadrons (former Navy ) i.e VF-111 Sundowners, VF-103 Jolly Rogers, etc...

To each their own, it's just the way I imagine it. With having hyperspace capability , the Fighters probably don't neccasarily need a carrier, or if I attatch them to a fleet with a larger ship, assume that ship is the Carrier.

Although I think it might be cool to add a potential fourth weapon tech treee (in addition to Missles, Mass Drivers and Lasers). A progressive fighter/bomber tech tree. For defense, there could be a point defense tree created to counter it too. Just a thought.