On 10/8/2014 2:13 PM, Phil Pugliese (via tml list) wrote:

> We know that, w/i the 3I, there not only are old-style BB's (no longer in production) that carry many, many fighters.
> We also know that there are, currently in production, capital ships specially designed to carry many, many fighters.
> We also know that this has been the case going all the way back to the Interstellar Wars.
> So, IMO, the  main question, as posed in the subject line, is;
> "Why do those big ships carry so many fighters?"
> We know the fighters are there in large numbers & have been for thousands of years.
> Since they are present I prefer to speculate about what they are used for rather than argue that they shouldn't exist.
>
> As always & obviously, YMMV.

Rule of Cool and/or "that's how 20th century SF did it".  Whether it
makes any damn sense or not.  As usual. :/

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