what i thought that is the one great point about this ship is ... its presence ... . when this ship slowly rolls through new york, even the toughest rogue pilot will wet himself. ( in RP, of course in reality they ll bunch up together and take it down... )
not all is about stats. - sometimes even military gear is only build to impress. - such a carrier, if used rarely - tells everyone around that :
- liberty is technologically most advanced ( or so they ll tell their citizens )
- liberty does not care for any costs to protect their people
- liberty has the resources to build the biggest and baddest ships ( well, thats about USA in the 50s / 60s )
- liberty can AFFORD to build it....
- and to rheinland it says "lookie, we can build ships the size of your puny battleship, too - and if we wanted, we could build many more"
from the point of view of a player - i would much rather fly the order carrier, which is 25% this size and will be MUCH easier to fly. from the point of view of a roleplayed char - being captain of this ship would fill myself with limitless pride.