[Insomniac34]

GVF Horus with dual Kaysers is also something I'd consider. I LOVE that fighter.

[Hades]

The GTDR Amazon

[Droid803]

Kent. I can't dogfight without Reverse AB/going at over 100m/s anymore.
Pity about no autoaim.

<- terrible, spoiled, n00b that has played too much speedmod for his own good

At any rate, the Kent's probably the one I'd survive the longest in. I think I managed to stay alive for several minutes against three wings of Nyx/Eri/Ares just looping. Not that I managed to kill anything.

[Drogoth]

For similar reasons of just feeling comfortable in the fighters: Valk or Apollo tbh.

If forced to make a choice that actually makes sense, Perseus or Nyx

[Destiny]

If you can consider a bomber a fightercraft, it's the UEB Durga, armed with tri-Gattler banks equating to twelve Gattler gunpoints, two or so anti-ship missiles, six or so slammers and a hundred or so random forced heatseeking dogfight missile.

If not, the UEF Uriel for it's Archer and overall nice-looking. And when you can nail fighters with Archer-kun by chance or skill.

For the GTVA, it's definitely the GTB Boanerges or the GTF Myrmidon.



Because the GTF Ares has an insanely awesome EN recharge enough to fire dual Kaysers/Maxims for quite some time and do interception, good shielding, enough hull to take quite a few AAFs and still be able to play ramming games. The best of all, that 80/100 bank with 11 + 13 Trebuchets to maul people at long range. I would never fly any GTVA fighter that is not the Ares or Perseus or Pegasus or the Loki unless the mission forces me to.

[Flak]

I'd pick the Izra'il if it can link the 3 gun banks, with rapiers, and because it can load Jackhammers.

[-Norbert-]

Oh yes... that fighters exists too... maybe I'll change to that rather than the Kent, once I got it properly tested.

I think I would choose the Kent too, though a Valkyrie brought up to current UEF or GTVA technology would absolutely rock.

Well, isn't that basically a Kent ?

I'm not so sure about that. I can't put my finger on it, but the Kent just doesn't feel like the Valkyrie did back in FS1.
Maybe the much bigger target profile, or that isn't more fragile than the Uhlan or the shape when you look at it... or just some kind of nostalgia...

[docfu]

How long of a fight are we talking here? Delenda Est? or all of Transcend =)

All things considered I'd probably take the Kent or an Izra'il. If we are talking a mission where say...my jump drives go offline and I'm forced to fight an entire enemy force solo then definitely the Kent. Having a fast ship that can get out of a bad situation allowing you to wear down the enemy a few at a time would be indispensable. Anything else would just be swallowed up.

If it was versus capital ships as well then you'd be hard pressed to take something that carries real firepower. Versus a capital ship 4 rapiers will work but they'll take a long time and eventually you'll have to open your cockpit window to take a leak.

I wonder how differently Transcend would play if you had the option of other fighters and built in reloads between missions (I mean them being part of the story, not because they weren't scripted out.)

Has anyone ever made a single fighter missions versus large enemy forces?

[Deadly in a Shadow]

Has anyone ever made a single fighter missions versus large enemy forces?

Oh yes, the GTB Stheno against the Nordera from WoD

[Colonol Dekker]

I wuvs, ERINYES.




4eva <3

[NGTM-1R]

I'm surprised at the Boanerges love in this thread.

[MatthTheGeek]

How long of a fight are we talking here? Delenda Est? or all of Transcend =)

All things considered I'd probably take the Kent or an Izra'il.

Then you'd be screwed pretty quick if it's Transcend-length. UEF fighters are not made to operate without logistical support for long periods.

Also, they don't have inter-system jump drives.

[Snail]

How about the Custos

[Deadly in a Shadow]

How about the Custos

Uh, we are talking about fighters.

[-Norbert-]

How long of a fight are we talking here? Delenda Est? or all of Transcend =)

All things considered I'd probably take the Kent or an Izra'il.

Then you'd be screwed pretty quick if it's Transcend-length. UEF fighters are not made to operate without logistical support for long periods.

Also, they don't have inter-system jump drives.

And Hercules' aren't build to magically reload all their weapons and repair themselfs between missions, but in Transcend they do. Since the Deimos doesn't have a fighter bay that leads me to believe that it was either a gameplay compromise, or the Transcendent was behind it. Either explenation would allow a UEF ship to last that long too.

[LordPomposity]

SF Mara (Terrans). 

[X3N0-Life-Form]

SF Mara (Terrans). 

I wonder how that one would perform against UEF units. It certainly is an upper class fighter in FS2-era, but in BP-era, I'm not so sure ...

[LordPomposity]

It's still got the highest armor and shields of any fighter (albeit barely in the case of the Uriel), secondary banks larger than a lot of bombers, a decently small target profile, and speed and maneuverability that are utterly absurd for a ship as durable as it is. The only thing that gives me pause is that it only has 2x2 primaries and a grand total of two guns that it can put in them.

[ZeroCooL]

Herc Mk 2 (And a lot of Tornados)
UEF Lao Tze ^^   

[Nohiki]

If we're fighting GTVA/UEF then Perseus/Atlanta, if Shivans then Ares/Erinyes.