New Fighter Types
From: "Michael Blair" <amfortas@h...>
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 02:26:29 PDT
Subject: New Fighter Types
New Fighter Types
Endo Fighter A defensive fighter that can only operate within a
planetery atmosphere. It has no anti ship capability but attacks as an
interceptor. (it does not have to comprmise itself with heavy spaceplane
additions.)
I think this might be stolen from someone but it is a
nice idea.
I have always rather suspected that normal FT figters are NOT atmosphere
capable (and this was before starting to watch Babylon 5). So for a
fighter to operated in an atmosphere it should pay more for streamlining
etc.
This is an additional complication that I do not intend to use myself
but someone might like it.
Conversely should space-only fighters be a little cheaper?
The Thunderbolt. Everyone seems to think that this is the bees knees but
is it much better than a Starfury? It is larger, more expensive and
atmosphere capable but it is the stramlining that makes it larger and
dearer, compromising it in the dogfighting role. So in space combat it
should function at best just like a Starfury.
I know this is going to annoy people but what do you think?
Incidentally I love the thing, and think it is the nicest looking
fighter in B5.
I wonder how difficult it would be to add a longer nose to the UNSC Star
Tiger fighter?
MRB
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