>Naval architecture in general has presumably taken some interesting
>turns in that setting, given how different military aviation is. For
>instance, although the Fusō navy has full-size fleet carriers
>(configured to support both conventional aircraft and Striker-equipped
>witches), the much smaller footprint, VSTOL capability, and lack of a
>need to store large quantities of volatile aviation fuel means that -
>like a great many ships in the WWII era had facilities for a small
>seaplane or two - virtually any ship can be configured to support at
>least one or two witches. That's more or less what I had in mind when
>I mentioned that the convoy Mogami was part of had a witch
>component, though in that particular battle's case they were stymied
>by the weather.

When the poll first went up, I thought about suggesting Jun'you as a write-in despite the "carriers won't work well" notation- she was converted to an aircraft carrier from a cruise liner, which in the world of Strike Witches would require little more than repainting the shuffleboard court with spotting marks for Striker Units.

>None of which has anything at all to do with the Kongō
>class, although it's likely that they do have provision aboard for a
>Striker or two. (In one ep of the TV series, we saw that
>Yamato does, and the real Kongō class could carry a
>couple of float planes for recon.) We didn't see any of them
>stationed at HMNB Folkestone as yet, but Shizuka did say that some of
>the fleet was out.

Other than the trouble of elevating the main guns high enough, is there anything that prevents a battleship from blowing holes in a Neuroi? I didn't pay close enough attention to tell if the problem was simply needing magical augmentation to hit hard enough (which major naval artillery should overcome), or actual "you need like to neutralize like" magic.

"This is probably a stupid question, but . . ."