Kinda. While the GTVA fighter corps is omnipresent and unending, the UEF fighter corps greatly outclasses it. The UEF bomber corps in some ways outclasses corvettes and destroyers in terms of raw warfighting capability. A wing of Durgas can (and will, play Her Finest Hour to find out) take out entire corvettes in tens of seconds.Well, yeah, GTVA cruisers aren't designed to operate individually, they're meant as antibomber escort. And while their frigates are weaker, the GTVA has around 20 destroyers while the UEF has 3. I wouldn't agree that the UEF figter corps "greatly" outclasses the GTVA's. Most of the UEF pilots fly Uhlans, which aren't much better than Persei(I actually think they're worse because of their paper-thin armor). Kentaurois and Durgas are extremely rare elite ships, they wouldn't even matter if the UEF wasn't fighting a small part of the terran half of the GTVA. Against their full force, a few of those elite ships could hardly make a diffrence.
The GTVA is more operationally fluid, and capable of operating as battlegroups for longer periods of time than the ammunition heavy UEF fleets. However, I think that (Diomedes aside) the UEF frigates tend to outclass their GTVA counterparts in individual effectiveness. The GTVA has far more destroyers than the UEF has, but a fight between a Solaris and an Erebus is pretty close to a dead heat.
Kinda. While the GTVA fighter corps is omnipresent and unending, the UEF fighter corps greatly outclasses it. The UEF bomber corps in some ways outclasses corvettes and destroyers in terms of raw warfighting capability. A wing of Durgas can (and will, play Her Finest Hour to find out) take out entire corvettes in tens of seconds.Well, yeah, GTVA cruisers aren't designed to operate individually, they're meant as antibomber escort. And while their frigates are weaker, the GTVA has around 20 destroyers while the UEF has 3. I wouldn't agree that the UEF figter corps "greatly" outclasses the GTVA's. Most of the UEF pilots fly Uhlans, which aren't much better than Persei(I actually think they're worse because of their paper-thin armor). Kentaurois and Durgas are extremely rare elite ships, they wouldn't even matter if the UEF wasn't fighting a small part of the terran half of the GTVA. Against their full force, a few of those elite ships could hardly make a diffrence.
The GTVA is more operationally fluid, and capable of operating as battlegroups for longer periods of time than the ammunition heavy UEF fleets. However, I think that (Diomedes aside) the UEF frigates tend to outclass their GTVA counterparts in individual effectiveness. The GTVA has far more destroyers than the UEF has, but a fight between a Solaris and an Erebus is pretty close to a dead heat.
Kentaurois and Durgas are extremely rare elite ships, they wouldn't even matter if the UEF wasn't fighting a small part of the terran half of the GTVA. Against their full force, a few of those elite ships could hardly make a diffrence.
The UEF fighter and bomber core is across the board superior to the GTVA.
The UEF fighter and bomber core is across the board superior to the GTVA.
Not in terms of economy or operational tempo. The UEF ships are maintenance-hungry hot rods that play on a short leash.
Well - based on stats the Uhlan (http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Uhlan) is superior to the Perseus (http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Perseus). More manoeuvrable (except roll), slightlyNot just that. The Perseus is also capable of carrying more heavy missiles. The Uhlan will never carry more than 4 Grimlers, but a Perseus can carry 10 Trebuchets. The Perseus also happens to be smaller.fasterslower (I obviously cannot read!), basically the same armour+shields, greater weapons capacity, similar size/target profile. The only advantages the Perseus have are not reflected in the stats, and that's cheaper/easier to maintain + greater endurance.
The GTVA is missing the V half(I'd really like to see a Hatsheput slice apart a Solaris and show those Ubuntu hypocrites what's what),The Hatshepsut isn't as capable a destroyer as either the Erebus or the Titan.
The Hatshepsut isn't as capable a destroyer as either the Erebus or the Titan.
We'd probably never see any since Blue Planet seems centered around Earth, but what kind of next generation ships would the Vasudans have?
We'd probably never see any since Blue Planet seems centered around Earth, but what kind of next generation ships would the Vasudans have?Spoiler:You'll play as a Vasudan in BP3.
We'd probably never see any since Blue Planet seems centered around Earth, but what kind of next generation ships would the Vasudans have? Assuming the conditions from the end of Freespace 2, wouldn't the Vasudans actually have a stronger economic powerbase, implying possibly even more badass ships?