red repairs his aircraft carrier, then loads it with aircraft, while blue repairs 2 units and builds a cruiser. you can watch the planes land on the red carrier (amount of loaded units is displayed on deck) and be repaired inside, then 1 launched to make room for another jet. a carrier can hold 2 aircraft to repair them in the same turn. thus the total repair speed is up to 4 times faster than on a single airfield, where single planes need the first turn for landing the second for repairing, and in the third turn another single plane can land...

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