Id agree the scout planes is a powerful SA, which compensates for lack of expert SAs but replenish is not as valuable in practice as it looks at first glance in my opinion
I would agree with Flak here: Replenish is not especially strong: it's basically Rugged, or something that is only successful on a coin toss.
Ark Royal is possibly a bit under-cost herself (CptHellcat has her at about 19, and she compares unfavourably to similar units like Zuikaku (which has airfield strike and better guns for the same cost).
On the flip side, Enterprise is better than MB-8 Ark Royal in AA and her ability suite (ED, EB2, and Survivor, compared with Scout Planes and Replenish). Likewise both Implacable class CVs (Cap 3 at 25 points), have superior guns, AA, VA, and abilities at 25 points.
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Torpedoes were valued much more ij the earliest days of the game ET would have driven that somewhat.
It may well be that its of a value greater than 24, but not wholly to 25. Unfortunately the granularity is uch were stuck between the and having to choose 1
Operation MB-8 Ark Royal Aircraft Carrier - 1939 Speed 2 Points? Flag 2 Capacity 3
MG 4 4 3 AA 7
A 5 V10 H4
REPLENISH AIRCRAFT: Once per game, at the beginning of the Air Return phase, choose a friendly Fighter, Dive Bomber, or Torpedo Bomber that has been destroyed and roll a die. On a 4 or higher, return the chosen Aircraft to play, based on this unit. (Your opponent doesn't lose the victory points.)
SCOUT PLANES: At the beginning of your Air Attack phase, you may choose an enemy Ship. Roll one extra attack die when making Torpedo attacks against that Ship this turn.
Dispached on Operation Collar. HMS Ark Royal,the largest aircraft carrier in the Royal Navy, provided security for the convoy at sailed east to Malta, before turning towards Sardinia and raiding the port of calagari. This flexibility, alin with the surprise raid on taranto the next night, , foreshadowed the carrier supplanting Battleships as the most important ships in the fleet. Less than two weeks later Ark Royal's aircraft were back in action. Preventing the battleship Vittorio Venato decisively influencing the battle of sparventio