the heavy assault craft from the console does mimic basic firing modes, and the aero shuttle at the very least has a good arsenal of abilities, including getting its own photonic warhead with the set bonus
tbh, im not even sure why a "full carrier" exists, only thing i can think of is that basically all of the full carriers have a frigate-grade hangar pet specific to it, which is a mixed blessing, because of the introduction of squadron fighters, pretty much every other hangar pet has become undermined by them, that being…