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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">So where do the Jindarian Rock CA with 6 meter fighters fall in this rubric? These seem to fail the casual carrier rule of 1-2 fighters and the hybrid rule in S8.322 that are 5 and under and exemption in R are not upheld.</div><div><br></div>
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On Sunday, February 21, 2021, 10:53:11 PM CST, Matt via SFBdrama <sfbdrama@lists.mattnet.org> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none">> Some Roms like SUP-As are always exempt since they never need escorts.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">This is a case where you need to determine what type of carrier they <br clear="none">are. Looking at the Superhawk:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">- It has 8 fighters, that's more than two, so it's not a casual carrier <br clear="none">(J4.62).<br clear="none"><br clear="none">- It has more than six fighters, so it's not a hybrid carrier (S8.322). <br clear="none">That's a shame: I wanted it to fit here.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">- There is no flavor text or mention in other sources that claims it was <br clear="none">intended for a specific role. The examples in (J4.62), the text of <br clear="none">(R9.R4), or the flavor text of (R4.128) are examples of countervailing <br clear="none">"other sources".<br clear="none"><br clear="none">- It has an escort table and the "V" note in the MSC. That pretty much <br clear="none">nails it as a "true" carrier without the others to fall back on.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">So the Superhawk needs escorts.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Some of the other heavy hawks (R4.N3) include the Killerhawk, Novahawk, <br clear="none">and the Royalhawk, which have no fighters. This suggests that it was not <br clear="none">an attempt to create a hull classification that traditionally carriers <br clear="none">fighters simply for the firepower benefit (unlike the Farhawks.) <br clear="none">However, the Thunderhawk,Superhawk-N (the "Sunhawk"), and the <br clear="none">Superhawk-B are obviously intended as full carriers.<div class="ydp56d48342yqt9698917296" id="ydp56d48342yqtfd49516"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">--Matt<br clear="none"><br clear="none">____________________________________________________<br clear="none">Dramatic SFB campaign chatter list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://sfbdrama.mattnet.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://sfbdrama.mattnet.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:SFBdrama@lists.mattnet.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SFBdrama@lists.mattnet.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://lists.mattnet.org/listinfo.cgi/sfbdrama-mattnet.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://lists.mattnet.org/listinfo.cgi/sfbdrama-mattnet.org</a><br clear="none"></div></div></div>
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