I have a question.. Would weapons explosions damage the fighters inside?
For example:
*Carrier with fighters comes up against 2 battleships*
Carrier: Launch fighters!!
*Battleships fire mortars, which blows up all fighters inside*
Carrier: Uhh... Crap.
Whether that would be a good thing or not if this would happen I'm not sure. I guess it does sort of signify that the carrier is taking internal damage, even reducing it's fighting capability by destroying it's fighters, but... yea. Those pilots inside may not think it's too cool..
EDIT: Now that I think about it.. A carrier should be launching its fighters before enemies come into weapons range, so this shouldn't be a problem..