Empire Rising introduces carriers late because its navies initially lack engines small enough for the embarked craft. Contact with another separated branch of humanity supplies that technology. The resulting carrier fighters are called Spitfires. Their introduction changes a series initially dominated by missile exchanges and attempts to close to missile range, allowing more varied ways to conduct the fighting.
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Empire Rising introduces carriers through engine scale
Carriers appear only after compact engines make fighter-sized craft possible, adding new tactics to missile combat.