"This class of ship is perhaps the most common in the whole second sector fleet. This was mainly due to the sector's reliance on starfighters, and many of these are not capable of entering hyperspace. As a result, the Escort Carrier was devised as a simple means to provide long-distance transportation. To be as fast as possible, the Escort Carrier was equipped with a class 0.5 hyperdrive. Despite being 500 meters long, the Escort Carrier was very poorly armed, being defended by ten point-defense-dual laser cannons facing port, starboard, and aft while a high-capacity warhead launcher loaded with 25 concussion missiles faced forward. The Escort Carrier was one of the smallest ships capable of carrying a full fighter wing of seventy-two ships. Unlike the smaller Liberator-class cruiser, the Escort carrier was heavily armored enough to take a serious beating and live long enough to recall surviving fighters. It could also carry six shuttles, though it was modular enough to be able to hold four more shuttles per every fighter squadron removed. Thus, if it removed all its fighter squadrons, it could carry thirty shuttles/gunships, and it could hold an additional fighter squadron if four of its normal six shuttles were removed. This ship could carry any fighter class, so it could make the perfect ship to conduct shipping raids in enemy territory. To accomplish this, it often used the TIE Interdictor bomber."@en . "Harbinger-class Escort Carrier"@en . "This class of ship is perhaps the most common in the whole second sector fleet. This was mainly due to the sector's reliance on starfighters, and many of these are not capable of entering hyperspace. As a result, the Escort Carrier was devised as a simple means to provide long-distance transportation. To be as fast as possible, the Escort Carrier was equipped with a class 0.5 hyperdrive. Thus, if it removed all its fighter squadrons, it could carry thirty shuttles/gunships, and it could hold an additional fighter squadron if four of its normal six shuttles were removed."@en . . . . .