Carriers and Ordnance

I always have a supply ship as an escort and trasnfer ordnance and supplies after each battle, there's no way to put enough ordnance for a campaign on a carrier (then you would have a cargo ship with a couple of fighter bays).

I always use a freighter personally. Put alot of Supply bays and Ordinance bays on it then either some quantam reactors or some solar panels to rebuild your supply - alternatively, you can have some emergency supply pods on board with a repair bay, use the pods for supply (they get destroyed) then next turn the repair bays have rebuilt them, ready to use again. This last is not very efficient, its always alot better to use quantam reactors/solar panels in my experience.

Note- the repair bay can be on a dedicated repair ship, doesn't have to be on your supply ship per se.

Supply bays and Ordinance bays count as "cargo" for that purpose. You can not have any "cargo bays" at all on a freighter as long as you had atleast 50% of the space taken up by Supply/Ordinance bays.

He's likely referring to a Balance Mod design, where supply/ordnance count towards cargo requirements.

Space Empires Depot | SE:V Balance Mod

Is that not the case in stock? Umm, truth be told I rarely play stock ...perhaps never would be a more accurate statement unless you count Unnamed's mod as stock...

Still, I thought that was how it was even in stock.

In stock, Supply and Ordnance storage does not count towards cargo requirements.

Space Empires Depot | SE:V Balance Mod

ugh, thank god for the Balance Mod then, lol.

yeah... For stock I usually build a Cruiser or Destroyer and make that my ammo/supply carrier escorts for my fleets...