A similar question was asked regarding the Endeavor ' s hangar module since the strapline was that it could carry two Cutlass Red ' s yet is big enough to carry at least 4 Gladius fighters , 12 Merline ' s , etc etc . The official response was that while if it fits it sits is still true , sitting 12 merlins in your Endeavor puts the ship over it ' s designed weight capacity and it can no longer do certain things like quantum travel and , I would suspect , atmospheric flight i . e . land . So I would imagine the same is true for the Cat as well . It ' s designed to carry a handful of Dragonflies , so while you might be able to fit a couple 85 X ' s or P 50 ' s or whatever , the cost will likely be no quantum travel at least . I think that ' s actually a great compromise . It pretty much removes the concern about something like the Cat , or the Endeavor , being a pocket carrier since the whole point of being a carrier is to carry ships that can ' t QT via QT but it means cleaver pirates could use it in a trap . See that Cat sitting in space all by itself ? Might look like a tempting target , especially if you assume the best it can deploy for defence are a few Dragonflies . But the situation might change quite drastically if a handful of P 50 ' s suddenly appear .