[Pax]

Originally posted by Captain Kwok:
Regarding supply storage as cargo - airplanes don't carry our luggage in the fuel tank do they?

Let's continue your analogy. Let us say that the planes the US military uses for cargo transports -- C141's, C5A's, etc -- count as "transport hulls" -- but let's assume the SE4/stock concept of supply NOT counting as cargo holds true.

Explain the air tankers used for mid-air refuelling. That ain't their wings they're drawing fuel for the fighter from!

FWIW, I too think Transports might need a bit of a boost; perhap a slight maintenance discount? Or somewhat bigger hull sizes (400/800/1200 maybe) ... ? The problem is in tyring to make transports attractive for what they do, while not making them more attractive as carriers than the actual carrier hulls (since fighter bays count as cargo ...).