She had to; you couldn't go into space on anything less than a capital ship without one.
Each team begins with a capital ship at full health.
How in the world had this woman ever been given command of a capital ship?
The type was and remains the most numerous class of capital ship ever built.
And of course missiles are much more effective against capital ships in any case.
But he did have a number of smaller capital ships at his command.
And, of course, there was another reason capital ships had been missile light.
When was the last time a captain of a capital ship gave that command?
Someone was willing to take the chance of throwing away seven capital ships, he thought, for something.
Up to that point, no capital ship at sea had been sunk by air attack.