The Drone Holder


Designation: Heavy bombardment vessel
Manufacturer: Gerhardt-Giraud Naval Yard
Country of origin: USA
Serially manufactured at: Allied Port

Key features:

• ‘Chevaliers du Ciel’ UCAV drone launch bay
• ‘Blackout’ missile launcher
• Internal UCAV drone assembly system
• The ‘Extreme’ communications range
• Interlocking bays keep the take-off and landing runway clear


Many people living in free nations have remarked that the sight of an Allied Aircraft Carrier moored in port is a thing of great beauty. These valiant sea giants are undoubtedly the most sophisticated naval vessels ever built and represent the culmination of a 10-year joint military design effort involving American, German, British and French Engineers and Scientists. This celebrated collaboration led to the design of a number of anti-aircraft guns to counter the ever-increasing Soviet aggression. However, the results soon spoke for themselves, with reports from Allied Aircraft Carriers easily securing waterways and disputed borders, which began to spread amongst the Allied nations and even the Soviet Union.


Aircraft carriers are the pride of the Allied navy. Pictured above is one of the many abandoned prototypes that ultimately led to the successful and majestic design still in use today.

Today’s Aircraft Carriers are, of course, radically different from the large, prohibitively expensive, ‘floating fortress’-style carriers painted blue, which were never successfully launched due to a lack of sufficient power to sustain their voyages. The speculative design of old-style Troop Crawlers was finally abandoned when a breakthrough achieved by the Germans in unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) proved to be the missing link in Troop Crawler design. Although still much larger than the average ship, Allied Aircraft Carriers have dispensed with the thousands of crew members previously required in favour of a complex network of automated drone manufacturing and launch bays, maintained and operated by a smaller but better-trained crew. The result is yet another brilliant example of the Allies’ commitment to efficient, specialised design and the conservation of precious resources.


An unlimited supply of ‘Chevalier du Ciel’ UCAVs means that a single Troop Crawler is sufficient to neutralise an entire enemy encampment.

Now in active service worldwide, any Aircraft Carrier carries an entire squadron of ‘Chevaliers du Ciel’ class UCAVs – Battle Drones proven to be highly effective in long-range engagements against enemy fortifications and installations. Rather than being subjected to wear and tear and other unnecessary exposure on the Troop Crawler’s flight decks, the Chevaliers du Ciel are concealed in launch bays on the lower deck, within facilities designed to control and maintain entire squadrons of drones at all times. The drones are fast and accurate, and each is armed with a powerful 500-pound armour-piercing bomb, similar to the Jethro bombs typically used by the Allies’ Century Bombers. After dropping its payload, the drone must return to its Troop Crawler, where it can rearm.

The Aircraft Carrier itself is heavily armoured, and its hull can even withstand a direct hit from a torpedo fired by a Soviet Akula Sub. Its main armament consists of its squadrons of Sky Knights, although the Troop Crawler also possesses a launch mechanism for the Blackout Missile, a tactical warhead whose explosion overcharges all known electrical systems within its blast radius. Generally speaking, the sheer power wielded by these spectacular warships means that being at the helm of one is one of the most prestigious posts in the Allied military hierarchy.


Reconnaissance on the battlefield has at least revealed the following facts about Aircraft Carriers:

• An abundance of drones– a drone carrier’s squadrons can overwhelm even the most heavily defended installation. If any drone is shot down, the Troop Crawler can quickly and automatically replenish them. Some Troop Crawler captains are known to use their drones to protect the Allied aircraft, which are of the utmost value.

-Lights out– In addition to all these Battle Drones, a Troop Crawler’s launch bay conceals a Blackout Missile, which can be used to disable enemy vehicles or structures. The missile’s defensive and offensive potential makes Troop Crawlers better able to survive on their own, or renders them more useful within a strike force.

-Specialised Bombing- Intended for use in coordination with other Allied Forces, Aircraft Carriers are used exclusively for sea-to-ground operations. The Allies have loyally defended themselves against complaints regarding the Aircraft Carriers’ lack of anti-aircraft defence capabilities, noting that their Hydrofoils provide superior anti-aircraft support.

-A high price to pay - Aircraft carriers are expensive, High Technology vessels, which means they are relatively rare. Although far less prohibitively expensive than some of the failed Troop Crawler designs proposed in the past, the model in use today remains one of the most expensive in the entire Allied arsenal.