AMEN!

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On Wed, 10/8/14, Kelly St. Clair <xxxxxx@efn.org> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [TML] Why do those big ships carry so many fighters?
 To: xxxxxx@simplelists.com
 Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2014, 2:30 PM

 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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