Re: What makes a Carrier? (ftfb)

On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Oerjan Ohlson wrote:

> Not really... not as long as you don't allow the carrier to maneuver
on
> the turn of launch, to give the fighters time enough to clear the ship
so
> they aren't overrun by it :-/

Unless you completely ignore the velocity vector the carrier gives the 
launching fighters (which I think is the way FB handles it, hohum...), 
you want to launch so that the carrier's velocity helps the fighters 
reach their target.

So, a wet navy carrier turns into the wind to launch while a space 
carrier turns into the attack to launch (or at the very least stops).

Oh well... if you take real physics far enough, space fighters turn out 
to be a pretty stupid weapon anyway...

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