Hey, guys. I thought it would be a better idea to move this off the ship, since I have a feeling it's going to become Brandon and I bantering back and forth. My edict saying that it's my hope the Entente remains fighter-oriented doesn't give permission to change a spec and a CO can't just ignore or modify parts of a spec to suit his whim. To emphasize, as well, the Entente is *not* a carrier. It's a freaking huge battleship that happens to carry enough fighters to give it a fighter feel. That's *it*. :) As for the coincidence regarding the name, you'd have to ask the designer why he chose that class name. Finally, 100 square meters is actually fairly realistic. Using the Compy's specs as a guideline, since that's the current fighter, it's a tad over 58 square meters big. Adding in all the necessary equipment to maintain the fighter makes 100 meters a little spacy, but nothing too awful. - Sarah P.S. I CCed Larry in here since he's the expert on things specification-oriented.