Order Heavy Carrier -UPDATED #3-

[Tenacity]

The ORC and Osiris are rather thin and vertical.

The Hathor is thin and flat.

No matter how we make it, the carrier will look somewhat out of place.

I wouldnt really call the Resheph or Osiris "vertically built" ships - they're not much taller than they are wide. They're "long" ships as you mentioned in the post I originally replied to.

A vertically built ship would be something like from the BHG line - twice or more as tall as they are wide.

You also have to consider balance based on ship shape - a "skinny" ship (like those BHG ships, and even the osiris) is able to dodge enemy fire from the front or rear far more easily than other ships, and because of that will tend to be balanced with less armor or firepower to offset the improved survivability. A ship that's easier to hit can have higher armor, more power, and more guns - we have the osiris as a 'light' battleship already, able to avoid enemy fire relatively easily while returning a fair amount. What we need is a heavy battleship able to 'tank' in fleet encounters, take a lot of damage and dish out a lot of damage at the same time, something like the marduk, liberty carrier, rheinland/kusari battleships, so on and so forth.

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