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What's the level of reconstruction necessary to turn an existing ship into a carrier? I don't see "add flight deck/hangers" in the list of reconstruction things.

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Originally posted by Brockpaine
What's the level of reconstruction necessary to turn an existing ship into a carrier? I don't see "add flight deck/hangers" in the list of reconstruction things.

Depends on what you want to change....

KDM Jutland cost 50%, but the Magni and Modi are costing 75% each.

Read the rules REAL carefully, and decide what you absolutely must change, and remember, old barbettes can become fuel storage or ordanance storage or even crew ready rooms (in otl), if I remember correctly.

Flight deck / hangars count as 'changes to superstructure', basically, since that's how they're simmed. However, if changes are being made beyond that (ie; removing barbettes or other 75% cost modifications), the cost goes up.

Not quite. One example that comes to mind is superfiring guns on barbettes. If you're removing the barbette, or even just trimming it to the strength deck, that counts as barbette alteration. Leaving the barbette may be cheaper, and you can still build a flight deck over it, but it will definately cut into hangar capacity for most designs and cause other deficiencies.

As CG said, check the RR&R rules and figure out what modifications you're performing, and see where they fall.

I think 75% for an extensive conversion but 50% for something simpler like a MAC ship.

I'm using 50%. Its going to be a lightish stucture based on top of the strength deck. Carriers are about volume. Barbettes can be converted to ammo or fuel storage without the necessity of removing them. The problem is how far the barbette impinges on hangar space. It would need to be a large ship to get enough height for two hangar decks (and numbers of aircraft) for conversion to be worth the tons.

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