Your Optimal Carrier Loadout?

[MemeMachine86]

Wondering how you balance your fighters/bomber and then what and how many support craft you run. What configurations? What Missiles? What is the idea/doctrine? Then, OSPN or ANS?

This is my current loudout:
OSPN Moorline main
Doctrine: balanced, maintain void superiority, 6-bomber groups, 2mins/bombing run.

Missiles:
x96 S2 Radar/ARAD anti-ship missiles
x220 S1 Semi anti-craft
x48 Spearfish
Minimum gun ammo (100mm/35mm)

x40 Barracudas
Air Superiority, Light Strikes
Illuminator Nose (surprisingly good)
Semi-S1 Anti craft missiles x4
35mm Flacette
Fuel
Can carry S2 ASM

x12 Sturgeon
Close Range Bomber
Spearfish
S2 ASM
Can carry 100mm HE for anti-sprinter/frig

x4 Halbred
Scout
Adv Radar


I don't like CMD missiles (makes craft get too close to danger), Pike EO targeting ball (trash), expensive missiles (quantity>quality), piranhas (no HP), bombs (no range, dangerous).

My ANS fleet (x2 CVE) is similar with craft numbers and missile amounts/design, S2 Slaymores w/ decoy missile (no S3).

I am ensign rank. 50/0 averaging 25-30k dmg/game, or lose early (lost void supremacy).

[Adefice]

Would you be able to show more detail on the ANS setup you briefly mentioned? As a noob this is pretty helpful!

[MemeMachine86]

well i'm also a noob, and I need to update my ANS carrier, but adding onto the info already mentioned about the carrier:

x40 Tanto
Void Suprem, Anti-Light (S1 swarm)
20mm nose
x4 S1 Radar Anti-Craft-Missile
(These missiles, OSPN and ANS, are the following: Balestera, 3 thruster, 4k range balanced everything else, setting 4 warhead, Frag, Steer Radar for 2pt missile, Semi for 1pt.)
Fuel (mandatory, unless its a "quick fighter")
Jammers (or 35mm, or more S1)

Has a loadout for S1 Balestera Anti-Clipper missile. Can pen around 30cm armor, most OSPN ships, 1pt/missile.
Note: Tanto and Baracuda shoot missiles slowly, one at time, and can CMD one missile at a time. Bombers shoot everything.

x12 Claymore
General Rapid Deconstruction
S2 Bay
x3 S2 Radar/ARAD(validator) weave
x1 S2 (same) + decoy, ARAD
Range 5-8k, Mid Speed, Max Maneuver

OR

S3 bay
x2 S3 Torpedo Radar/ARAD(validator)
Then give a 1:2 bombers x1 S2 x1 S2 w/ decoy
4k Range, Max speed (no weave, too fat)

x2 Sundial
10k range, hide and seek
Set to evade once its out there, pull back if in danger (obviously)

[MemeMachine86]

hmmm always keep scouts near the carrier and a squad of fighters so you dont get ♥♥♥♥♥♥ by S3 cruise missiles

[Enderminion]

Bombers can make good use of CMD torpedoes (aside from R-3's being cheap as dirt and almost as good) Jammers on Barracuda's are pretty good (The Guy:tm: is a 20mm nose gun, 35mm flechette pods, drop tanks and jam pods with a pair of S1's of choice). Mixed Radar and Wake S1's also work pretty well (as in one of each).

KBU-15 and KBU-22 bombs are *really* powerful and being able to lob them into a target is pretty good.