Supercarriers: Difference between revisions

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While supercarriers have very high warp core strength, they can still be prevented from warping by interdiction bubbles, mobile warp disruption fields, warp disruption field generators, or simply a large enough number of conventional warp disruptors and warp scramblers.

~~Finally~~, a supercarrier is at its most vulnerable while under construction. To construct a supercarrier, a capital ship assembly array ~~must be~~ anchored and deployed within a POS shield, inside a system where the owner holds sovereignty. The construction time on supercapitals is very long and an occupied CSAA ~~will make~~ a tempting strategic target for enemy alliances.

Previously, a supercarrier was at its most vulnerable while under construction. To construct a supercarrier, a capital ship assembly array would have to have been anchored and deployed within a POS shield, inside a system where the owner holds sovereignty. The construction time on supercapitals is very long and an occupied CSAA would have made a tempting strategic target for enemy alliances. However, citadels are much easier to defend than starbases, especially XL ones such as the Sotiyo, the only one that is capable of constructing supercapital ships. It is no longer practical to cripple an alliance's supercapital fleet by shutting down production because this would require bringing capital fleets into hostile space for multiple timers, which the defenders would consider to be of the utmost priority.

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 While supercarriers have very high warp core strength, they can still be prevented from warping by interdiction bubbles, mobile warp disruption fields, warp disruption field generators, or simply a large enough number of conventional warp disruptors and warp scramblers.
-Finally, a supercarrier is at its most vulnerable while under construction. To construct a supercarrier, a capital ship assembly array must be anchored and deployed within a POS shield, inside a system where the owner holds sovereignty. The construction time on supercapitals is very long and an occupied CSAA will make a tempting strategic target for enemy alliances.
+Previously, a supercarrier was at its most vulnerable while under construction. To construct a supercarrier, a capital ship assembly array would have to have been anchored and deployed within a POS shield, inside a system where the owner holds sovereignty. The construction time on supercapitals is very long and an occupied CSAA would have made a tempting strategic target for enemy alliances. However, citadels are much easier to defend than starbases, especially XL ones such as the Sotiyo, the only one that is capable of constructing supercapital ships. It is no longer practical to cripple an alliance's supercapital fleet by shutting down production because this would require bringing capital fleets into hostile space for multiple timers, which the defenders would consider to be of the utmost priority.
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