Fleet Carriers are absolutely massive ships.

Ships big enough to fit your entire fleet inside, and then some.

This means Fleet Carriers are a late-game addition to your arsenal.

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Uh, What Are Fleet Carriers Exactly?

In a nutshell, Fleet Carriers are really big ships.

Alright, there is more to them than that.

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That all sounds pretty impressive, but with all that greatness comesa hefty price-tag.

That’s a lot of credits.

That meansyou need to turn a profitwith your Fleet Carrier.

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You’re in luck.

The Fleet Carrier can essentially becomea floating marketfor other players to use.

You sort of feel like you’ve become a full-time used car salesman.

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They are persistent across every platform, which is pretty neat.

As the old saying goes, you’ve got to spend money to make money.

A shipyard, for example, is a chunky 250,000,000 credits.

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The Commodities Market is the best place to startif you want to begin making some profit.

Bye-bye Fleet Carrier

Investing in a Fleet Carrier is a huge expenditure of credits and time.

If they are completely destroyed by your carrier’s weaponry, they’ll be sent to a prison ship.

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Oh, and if you accidentally shoot your own carrier you’ll be sent to prison as well.

So… don’t do that.

Do You Need A Fleet Carrier?

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In short, no, you probably don’tneeda fleet carrier.

At the same time, why wouldn’t you want one?

You’d might as well.

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Isn’t that the whole point?

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