Why not? The Dolos is sometimes described as basically a mobile fortress. It certainly is too slow to work effectively as part of a fleet, which is why it's considered to work best in a defensive role. Having it as a base for other ships and mobile weapons seems like a better option. Personally, considering its size, low mobility and high value (MS, supplies and in this case even ships), I think the Dolos would be one of the few ships that do could justify being equipped with an I-field if Zeon had decided to apply the technology to ships.Deathzealot wrote:Why the heck do the Dolos carry extra ships like that? The reason why the Infinity does is that it is faster at FTL then anything else the UNSC has. Or so I am told. Therefore why in the world would it carry ships like that. I can understand having link ups so the Dolos class can help in refueling and resupply but complete ship docks. The heck?
In a non-canon comparison, in the early Gihren's Greed games (Giren no Yabou in japanese), the Dolos are basically considered units that are almost impossible to sink, which can carry an absurd number of units, have powerful long range weapons and are basically the only unit capable of carrying Big Zam (itself also considered a superweapon with insane firepower and range, extremely high durability, but limited by its mobility and resource consumption per attack).