Hornet class Mini-Carrier
Mark "Indy" Kochte
Tech: Human (FB)
Govt: NAC
Mass: 30
Cost: 101 (119)
Clas: Mini-Carrier (CVM)
Strm: None
FTL: Std.
MD: 6
Armr: 1
Hull: 6 (Military)
Damg: 2/2/1/1
Crew: 2
Sens: Std.
Systems
2 x PDS
1 x Fighter Bay
Notes:
Looking for a cheap way to deliver fighters to a theater of operations without
dedicating one of the specialized carriers or dreadnought ships, the NAC came
up with the HORNET-class mini-carriers. These 'tin can' carriers are generally
assigned to Destroyer Squadrons or Cruiser-Destroyer Groups where having a
dreadnought or one of the specialized carriers would be overkill, but yet where
some presence of fighters is desireable. As these ships look identical to the
TICONDEROGA DDs, it generally is impossible for an enemy to determine which is
which until either the ship in question fires weapons or launches fighters.
This has given more than a few raiders and skirmish instigators a surprise
when a couple of 'lowly' destroyers suddenly disgorge a flight of fighters.
Of course these ships were not meant to stand up there with the TICONDEROGAs,
so an enemy may figure out they are CVEs by their hanging back, and take
appropriate action.