Semi-OT: Carriers? When are they good?

[Raging Deadstar]

Will said:
And for your story, you might want to adjust the number of pilots on each carrier, and then the number of crew accordingly. I think your bombers are two-seat affairs, and your fighters are single-seat craft, leaving you with exactly the number of bodies to fill all the fighters. In practice, you would have MORE pilots than fighters, mainly for the reason of always having a good number of pilots on alert at all times (they have to sleep too, you know), and because the health of the pilots isn't always guaranteed (launching a planetary assult? You better make sure none of your pilots gets the flu before, unless you're willing to field fewer fighters).

It is posts like this that have led me to to decide that If I ever try and conquer the world, I plan to recruit my military advisors off this board.