Re: Fighters and Hangers

At 9:52 AM -0800 2/27/04, John Leary wrote:
>--- Lachlan Atcliffe <u1m87@ugm.keele.ac.uk> wrote:
>>  Ryan Gill wrote:
>...> Which brings up the interesting question of just
>>  what an FT fighter
>>  carries, and how it carries it. If, say,  beamer
>>  power packs need to be
>>  recharged/replaced, or missile pods reloaded,
>>  there's no reason why it
>>  couldn't be as automated as refuelling
>
>Most fighters use 'endurance' to fire, so one
>may assume that the energy (Fuel/power pack)
>is converted to fire the weapon.   The only

I always saw that as they were assumed to use an endurance point for 
the High thrust needs of an attack run and the associated evasive 
maneuvers.

>fighter to have ordinance is the Torp fighter.
>A single energy/recharge point in the bay for
>each fighter would suffice.   One additional
>'traveling' point could be used to provide
>energy for small ships and as a 'spare'
>in case of battle damage.

I'm assuming that the Aerospace fighters are the same as those used 
in DSII. Thus they have options for DFO and projectile weapons based 
on a multi-role design.
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