So i got to pay as the carrier ship and it's currently set deck with "Plasma Burst "and "One time Defense"
The first couple of fights are a bit hard since you have no way to get shield outside of the 10 you get from "One Time Defense" so be prepared to take some HP damage early on.
Until you get the equipment card for additional energy per round "Overheated Shields" is a great card since it's 10 shield for only a discard which you'll have plenty of since we hopefully spend 2 energy on "One Time Defense" per turn.
"Prime Defense" and "Repair drone" keep you going ones you build up a huge shield reserve. This huge reserve means you have alot of buffer to push our "Heavy Drone" which will be a constant source of damage. The biggest part of damage comes in the form of your shields. Ones you get a maximum of 60-70 shields the combination of "Optimae Shielding" and "Reverse Polarity" is downright deadly.
The last part is filled out with 0 energy cost cards like "Quantity over Quality" (one of the best DPS cards) "AM Generator" in combination with "Antimatter Charge" lets you easily clear out your hand each round.
Yes the cards are random each playthrough but using this as a template the Carrier has good potential. And ones you get a few shield recharge cards and a healing card you can, potentially, farm the first and second map clean. If you get the fuel stealing drone you'll be nigh invinsible until you hit map 3 cause those pig like looking ships ( especially the purple one ) hit freaking hard.
