The thing is why does the amount of troops the carriers can carry have to be exactly the number of troops it needs to have to capture a base ('cept the jeep of course)?
Stop and think about it... if the goon were to let 15+ troops go, then killing more than 1 of the troops becomes a major event than just spraying a few MG rounds at them for the single troops kill and moving back to get the kill vs the carrier, or another attacking GV/aircraft.
I hope HTC at least considers the idea.