Planetary Assault Carrier

Planetary Assault Carriers are among the most fearsome Scrin aircraft yet witnessed. Resembling enormous, floating, legless stag beetles, each Carrier arrives above the battlefield armed with a contingent of smaller Scrin fighters, which immediately detach from it and swarm around their target, firing plasma weapons. When working together these fighters are able to deal significant damage. However, Carriers are perhaps at their most dangerous when generating an ion storm, as they are apparently able to do at any time. While harming human forces, ion storms actually enhance the fighting capability of Scrin aircraft in particular. Carriers have also been witnessed possessing an energy shield, similar to that seen on the Annihilator Tripod and Devastator Warship, which greatly enhances their durability.

Known weaknesses of the Planetary Assault Carrier are its slow movement speed (particularly for an aircraft) and the fact that the Carrier itself actually possesses no defences. Nevertheless these hovering behemoths are a frightening component of the Scrin arsenal.