RA3 Unit Profile - Aircraft Carrier

[Sonic 296]

There is another new profile on the Official Red Alert 3 Site. This one features the Allies Aircraft Carrier. Here is a sample....

 

Today's aircraft carriers are of course dramatically different than the relatively bloated, cost-prohibitive floating-fortress-style aircraft carriers blueprinted but never successfully launched due to the lack of a sufficient power source to fuel their voyages. The speculative design of old-style carriers was eventually abandoned when a German-engineered breakthrough in unmanned combat air vehicles (UCAVs) proved to be the missing link in the carrier's design. Though still much larger than the average ship, Allied aircraft carriers forego the thousands of crew demanded by previous proposals for an elaborate network of automated drone manufacturing-and-launch bays, maintained and operated by a modestly-sized (and expertly-trained) crew. The result is another shining example of the Allies' commitment to efficient, specialized design and conservation of precious resources.

Click here for the full Aircraft Carrier profile.

[recover 2]

It looks like it's flying in the first clip. I can't see any waves in the water either...

[Pyrodaimon 0]

Honestly, I prefer the one in the concept. The ingame one looks merely like a floating (or, as recover said, flying) runway. The RA2 Carrier looked better.

[Sonic 296]

I must admit it did look odd in the short game play video. I don't recall any of the naval units looking like that at the summit. Its probably just an animation bug or something.

[Red Blitzkrieg 0]

I think it looks pretty awesome, Aircraft carriers are one of the most awesome warships there are

[Gben 20]

Ha - that's funny - I didn't even notice the flying ship. We shall officially dub her the DUTCHMAN, as in "Flying Dutchman".

 

I didn't like the small planes in the demo video, but now that I have read through the description and thought through the concept - I really agree and support enthusiastically the idea of an aircraft carrier that launches unmanned drones in this manner.

 

I really think near-futuristic aircraft carriers will use this concept, they would definitely make cost-effective ground-support vessels in the future.

 

Good stuff EALA. I'm really impressed.

 

EDIT: I kan't spell.

Edited July 11, 2008 by gben