[IronBeer]

I think what makes debris dangerous is the mostly the high speeds they achieve. It may not be obvious at first glance, but have you ever reticle-targeted a hunk of debris? The speeds they can reach are nothing short of crazy- and it's not a little fighter slamming into something, it's anywhere from 10 to 20% of a very large capital ship.

And to think I used to wonder why capitals would continue beaming an exploding ship at zero hull integrity- it's to try and neutralize any chunks!

[stuart133]

The best weapon for launching debris at huge speed is the flux cannon on the Lucy. If that thing hits a fighter the debris is sent so fast. A clever bit of scripting could make you launch that into a huge capital ship, and lead to its death.

[terran_emperor]

  I've done something like that. I used cheats to arm myself with the shivan superlasers and made my targets invincible. Then when i shoot a fighter it goes spining off at high speed. Also doing the same in retail to arm myself with the Beam weapons had the same effect.

In retail, when you gave yourself beam weapons, and fired, you didnt get actual beams (that was an SCP feature). Instead you shot tiny [BFRed] bullets that hit your target and sent them spinning out of control before exploding

[haloboy100]

That's because, as I recall, the projectiles accounted for one pulse of the beam, rather than firing the beam itself.

[stuart133]

That's because, as I recall, the projectiles accounted for one pulse of the beam, rather than firing the beam itself.

Woah, that is a lot of damage in one tiny shot, I may have to go and have some fun with this now.

[haloboy100]

By "pulse" I mean a single peice of the beam the game uses to determine the length. I think how beams work in FS2 is that they fire a continuous stream of hitscan (that is, instant-hitting) projectiles in a straight line to gradually do a large amount of damage over time (that time being the lifespan of the beam). The projectiles you fire through the cheat weapons are single pieces of the relevant beam.

This, however, is just what I think. I'm not sure if beams work any differently, but if they worked this way that would explain the large particle affect much suiting of a full sized beam comming out of such a tiny projectile.

[General Battuta]

Easy enough to ask, right?

[Commander Zane]

I mean, the thing is almost as big as a cruiser, and a Helios is even smaller than a fighter.

Actually they're bigger than most if not all fighters.

[stuart133]

I mean, the thing is almost as big as a cruiser, and a Helios is even smaller than a fighter.

Actually they're bigger than most if not all fighters.

They are, wow that would look really odd if they had an external missile model. A bomb attached to a ship smaller that it.

[headdie]

I mean, the thing is almost as big as a cruiser, and a Helios is even smaller than a fighter.

Actually they're bigger than most if not all fighters.

They are, wow that would look really odd if they had an external missile model. A bomb attached to a ship smaller that it.

Someone aught to do that just for the grin of it

[Aardwolf]

Pssst! Myrmidon with Helios!

[Thaeris]

Finally, we have an explanation for the Myrmidon's massive volume:

"The Myrm comes equipped with an internal subspace generator which magically spews out a friggin' huge warhead. Unfortunately, this subspace generator is incompatible with the GTM Harpoon. As the Helios is rarely used, however, this feature is nearly useless..."

[Commander Zane]

Now that I like.

[headdie]

Pssst! Myrmidon with Helios!

I ment with the bomb hanging off an external rack TBP starfury style, just brings an image to me of a fighter strapped to a bomb twice its size

[Vip]

Pssst! Myrmidon with Helios!

I ment with the bomb hanging off an external rack TBP starfury style, just brings an image to me of a fighter strapped to a bomb twice its size

In such a situation, is the fighter carrying the bomb or is the bomb carrying the fighter ?

[stuart133]

Finally, we have an explanation for the Myrmidon's massive volume:

"The Myrm comes equipped with an internal subspace generator which magically spews out a friggin' huge warhead. Unfortunately, this subspace generator is incompatible with the GTM Harpoon. As the Helios is rarely used, however, this feature is nearly useless..."

Have you posted that in the Nodimrym thread yet, I think there is an argument going on about that there.

[Commander Zane]

No but I just quoted it there.

[terran_emperor]

where does that come from?

[Commander Zane]

[stuart133]

Actually thinking about it how long is the Boanageres, it's not that long, so its huge bomb hold is also a bit off, perhaps.