In Carrier Command: Gaea Mission, the carrier is the asset that must survive, while island factories produce components and a delivery submarine brings them forward. Supreme Commander places a crewed command unit at the centre because it can improve itself and construct the factories and forces around it. The examples separate distribution of combat units from distribution of production and command. A force can scatter many expendable platforms while still depending on a small number of manufacturing, transport, or command nodes. Manufacturing, transport, and command can remain strategic targets even when combat units are dispersed.
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Distributed forces still depend on critical nodes
Dispersed combat units can still rely on a carrier, command unit, factory network, and transport system that must survive to replace them.