Handbook: House Liao gives us the Andryusha Bombardment Frigate. A modification of the Fed Suns Rapier Patrol Destroyer, some of which were captured by the Capellans in the '57 offensive.
Three vessels were captured and converted to the frigate. But the fluff notes...
Exercises with the Dynasty Guard have shown her to be
susceptible to air attack, and though Nikita is barely two months
from leaving dock, the Liao navy design bureau is contemplating
attempting a carrier conversion on the third Rapier hull—the former
FSS Duladier—or simply purchasing a dedicated carrier hull to
support the three-ship Andryusha division.
I would love to see what this would look like. So I'd like to pose a challenge....design a 8,500 ton aircraft carrier; the rapier hull conversion. All modern, even experimental technologies allowed. Shore bombardment/fire support is not a concern, any weaponry should be self-defense oriented (especially defense against attack by Arrow IV missile-loaded aerospace fighters, or even capital missiles). Cruising speed should be at least 3, but faster is better. The ability to carry at least 1 VTOL (pilot search and rescue, personnel transfers and other utility needs that can't be filled by an ASF or conventional fighter) is a plus but not a strict requirement. No fluff required, the TRO data is enough. The main priority is carrying and adequately supplying as many aerospace or conventional fighters as possible.
I might (with the creator's permission and proper credit attributed to the creator) use it in a BT non-canon game I'm part of.
Anyone up for it?