Turning the Geb Carrier into a Heavy Battleship

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I'll give you the same theoretical fight that I put in order chat:

Scenario 1:
-Order fleet has one osiris, two fighters, two bombers, attacking a nomad battleship
Result: Osiris gets wrecked before it and it's escorts can even bring the marduk down to half hull.

Scenario 2:
-Order fleet has one Heavy-Battleship type Geb, two bombers, and two fighters attacking the same nomad battleship
Result: Order Heavy BS can soak up enough damage that it and it's escorts are able to bring down the marduk before or just as the geb takes critical damage.

It serves as a tank, something that can withstand the heavy damage thrown at it long enough to achieve a victory. That is something that the order lacks right now, the only way we can contend with a marduk is through a massive bomberswarm, which alone is usually ineffective due to keeper escorts. I've played on both sides of the fence, I've fought with the keepers and against them, it always turns out the same way.

Most importantly, a heavy BS variant of the geb would be able to survive long enough in fleet battles to serve as a leadership craft. I doubt you've ever tried coordinating a fleet worth of indies and RP'ing with the enemy fleet at the same time in the current geb, but you usually end up as the first ship destroyed on the order's side. So much for an RP vessel, when it doesnt survive long enough to actually RP.

The geb's point defense capability right now is so pathetic that it can be taken out by four fighters before it's own fighter escorts can destroy the attackers.

I highly doubt that Scenario 2 will work.

I'll do the math when I wake up properly (5:38am here...)

Or you could do the math for me, save me the trouble and prove me wrong:)