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Why Lucrehulk droid air groups break carrier deck limits

Droid aircraft bypass many launch, recovery, and deck-spotting constraints that limit a conventional carrier air group.

Question

How could a Lucrehulk exceed the roughly 90-aircraft limit discussed for conventional carriers?

Short answer

Droid aircraft can launch from parked positions or wait on the outer hull, avoiding much of the deck cycle that limits conventional carriers.

Notes

A conventional carrier must clear launch and recovery areas and move aircraft into position for the deck cycle. The Star Wars Lucrehulk operates under different fictional rules because its droid aircraft can launch directly from their parked positions. Vulture droids can also leave the hangar slowly, wait attached to the outside of the hull, and depart together when needed. Those arrangements bypass the deck-spotting and catapult constraints behind the approximately 90-aircraft limit posed in the question.