Written by Michael S Lyons Jr. Originally published in Battleplan #3 Half-battleships & half-carriers represent half the number of ships. Half-battleships cost 12, half-carriers cost 9. Half-battleships attack & defend at 2. Half-carriers attack & defend at 1 and carry 1 fighter. Battleships or carriers may breakdown or combine before after movement, but not during combat. At the start of the game, the US has a half-battleship in the Eastern US, Germany has a half-battleship in Germany, Japan has a half-carrier in Japan & the UK has a half-carrier in the UK. The half-carriers have fighters.