first, sorry about misspelling BIRCH, (got it right this time) my bad on that one, and im very very sorry about horribly, horribly butchering its name, second of all, for some reason when i was writing that horribly written post, i was thinking about commander martian's barracuda in terms of design, i dont know why i was but i was and again, i am sorry for writing that horribly thought out post. but i still think that 14 ports, while useful for transporting stuff,will still will lag like hell if you dock more then a couple fighters on it (especially on my computer). and for the carrying missiles thing, i assume that is for my whole GNSKSM (giant nasty ship killer smart missile) idea, that was just a random idea off the top of my head. something sneaky that i thought would be fun to surprise someone with.