DING!DING!DING!DING!DING!DING!DING!DING!DING! Give the man a lollipop. Yes, Emperor is not a pure carrier, not the way the unofficial Nemesis or the official Styx would be. So sorry you've still struck out. Still no proof of a pure carrier for me.
D'Art, if the Defiant isn't a pure carrier, then the Styx isn't either. Nor is the Jovian. All three of them have lances. In fact, the Styx has MORE non carrier based firepower then the Defiant and the Jovian combined.
In fact, having glanced around a bit, not one race in this game has a 'pure' carrier by that measure. (This includes Tau, who make AC look easy) Even escort carriers have a str 2 weapon battery. Hell, even the Nemesis has a str 3 60cm lance battery.
So, quite possibly, with the Majestic and Tempest, IN may actually have the ONLY 'pure carriers'.
Valhallen, why would admech reserve in Bakka ships? Admech already gets FDT's. They've had them for years.
Horizon , I'll take some time later and read this MMS thing in greater detail. Though I think from what I'm reading I see why he said it, my IN would be on him like the white on rice without the ability to move shoot move. I'd propose we adopt it at the next meeting, but I don't want to lose another player, since, reading through these stats, he's die horribly.
I do suppose, though that there must be some advantage to this on a 6x6 though.
Edit: 6x4. 6x4... I'll remember that yet. You guys and your tiny assed tables. How the hell does anyone
maneuver in such a small space? It's not even a whole starsystem to move around in. Everyone just jumps in a little box and fights like two cats tied by their tails.