hmm i always like carrier fleets.
just one thought i have atm.
isnt it easier to not change vanilla starfarer, but to add a faction based upon this idea.
this way people can still decide to go for vanilla and fight the mod faction or go nuts with the carriers and fight the vanilla faction.
i like the idea of having more but weaker fighters ,but to make a full mod out of it?
I would go for creating one or two faction based upon this and make it a non-total conversion.
this way people can also fight or use the fleets in combination with other mods.
but this is just an opinion of mine.
a mod using lots of fighters cant be a failure ;)