Famously Tough - Bomb attacks can't destroy this unit. This unit can't lose its last hull point to a Bomb attack, and Bomb attacks that equal or exceed this unit's vital armor cripple it instead. When this unit is crippled its aircraft basing capacity is 0.
I forgot all about determination. My first reaction was, that looks like the next best thing to Survivor. What's the thinking for being not sure on that? Damage control is another outrider but not sure if that would be any good for this at all. Equally I'm not sure on either of the tough abilities too much at this moment!
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Points Aircraft Carrier 1942 Cap 3 Speed 2 Mg 5 5 4 AA 7 A4 V10 H4
Famously Tough - Bomb attacks can't destroy this unit. This unit can't lose its last hull point to a Bomb attack, and Bomb attacks that equal or exceed this unit's vital armor cripple it instead. When this unit is crippled its aircraft basing capacity is reduced to 0.
Crippling Bomb Run - The first time a friendly Dive Bomber damages a Ship with a Bomb attack, roll a die. On a 5 or higher, the target suffers the effects of Crippled until the end of the next turn.
Expert Search - Once per turn, you may choose a friendly Bomber. That Bomber gets +1 on its long range search check this turn.
Enterprise to me is about three points higher with flag 2, AA 8 and a stronger SA suite. Yorktown has a stronger SA suite too, so unless it's less than that, it's going to be third choice. The original Hornet is not easy to cost because of embark 25 and VPs of 12! which is not easy to stop that triggering. 22 on that seems wildly low at this stage but probably best to ignore that and look at the other two in class.
It's the old problem again really of the originals being under cost by several points compared to where they should be. The old argument of the fleet carrier costs being higher as a whole etc. which would have helped the cap 2s & 1s.
But as is, I see around a 1.5 gap between this new Hornet & Yorktown. Anything lower than 22 though is going to start encroaching on the lower cap carriers even more so I would say stick with that (22). Even at that though, the other two will prob still edge it for choice.
"That's right son, join the navy. Get behind a bloody big gun and knock the hell out of somebody"
"We went out, got our arses kicked, then came back again"