[Desertfox287]

I'd do a little of everything, including possible commanding a cruiser or something of the sort

[Timerlane]

Space superiority, in an Erinyes(Herc 1/FS1-era). Also, escort/bomber intercept with 8 Prom-S is fine, as long as you aren't getting too swamped(Exodus, in both FS1 and FS2, are some of my favorite missions).

Recon would be good, too. I liked ST:R's version of Return to Ross 128; give me a quick little ship with a few high-power guns(Loki/Pegasus)to quickly dispatch a pesky guarding fighter or two, if truly needed.

[Colonol Dekker]

End of Days?

No, Explosive Ordnance Disposal.
 
Lets face it. The yield of bombs in Freespace means if anything went wrong i'd never know what hit me anyway. If it all went pear shaped.
 
I wouldn't mind manning one of those planetary beam cannons either. Looks fun.

[Pred the Penguin]

Planetary beam cannons? I think most FS beam cannons are automated a la Mjolnir Beam.

Anyway, I change my mind. Nothing like blowing **** up while cruising in a Herc. ^_^

[High Max]

;-)

[Dilmah G]

*reads*

Bloody hell, you blokes must never have read about bomber crews in the Second World War (or seen then in Freespace) if you want to be bomber pilots.

Intercept, for me. I've always had the heart for fighters, and interception/pursuit squadrons are the roots of the Fighter World.

EDIT: Rephrase: Fighter Culture.

[headdie]

*reads*

Bloody hell, you blokes must never have read about bomber crews in the Second World War (or seen then in Freespace) if you want to be bomber pilots.

Intercept, for me. I've always had the heart for fighters, and interception/pursuit squadrons are the roots of the Fighter World.

actually the route of fighters in war is as the Recon/Tactical option above from the aerial artillery spotters during the WWI era in unarmed 2 man by-planes, the first air battles were between these spotters firing handguns at each other which then evolved into fully fledged combat a few years into the war

[Dilmah G]

Yes.

I was talking dedicated fighters. Members of the Observer Corps firing pistols at each other is the roots of Air Combat in general.

[headdie]

tell you what if the first target ever realized he was being shot at by another aviator It must have been a real wake up moment

[Dilmah G]

Oh indeed, I wonder who that was...

[Colonol Dekker]

The royal air corp was founded by the royal engineers. As a royal engineer I claim ownership of all modern air combat.
 
 
 
Now get back on topic plox.

[Mongoose]

tell you what if the first target ever realized he was being shot at by another aviator It must have been a real wake up moment

"Wait...what the hell?  We can do that?"

[TrashMan]

Heavy Assault/Light Bomber

there's something magical about having both firepower, armor and being just nimble enough.
I fell in love with the Athena - it's a firggin jack of all trades and I've used it in any mission in FS1 I possibly could. I'm currently waiting for an answer to my request to marry it.

[QuantumDelta]

I like space superiority since it is well balanced, Mymidon being the best with its 6 forwards guns, but it depends on the mission. I think the Ulysses sucks because it is too manueverable to control easily and all its other drawbacks. I never fly the Ulysses. A well balanced bomber like the Sekhmet is ideal anytime I like to make surgical strikes with trebuchets and use Helios torpedoes since it can store the most Trebs and can haul a decent number of Helios', as well as it having some nice forward cannons when using the Prometheus S and decent speed and manueverability. That bomber seems the best all around without the speed drawbacks of Terran bombers. But the best thing I could use in normal missions that is better than space superiority and I would like the most if it is a non-bomber role would be a fast heavy assault fighter like the Tauret because of its secondaries and the Erinyes because of its primaries, but Tauret for missions that are more for going against enemy freighters and warships and the Erinyes in missions that are more for going against enemy fighters and bombers. Erinyes isn't good against cruisers like the Tauret is since it seems to have weaker armor. The most spec-balanced fighters and bombers are best for me.

...........?
Tauret = missile boat, that's about it, I used to use it well but I wouldn't call it space superiority.
Sekh = Medium bomber, and any ship with only one primary weapon control system is pants.
Eri >>>>>>>>>>> Both for anything below Corvettes because it can mount a maxim (while still having a weapon for space superiority) to either defang or just outright destroy the opposing cruiser/etc.
Nevermind that the eri out turns both, has smaller target profiles than both and can pack as much of a punch as both combined exc. missile payload (=not important against targets lower than corvettes).
And as for the myrm... I'm not even gonna start.
Heavy assault/light bombers that aren't literally just long range sniping platforms (trebs/maxim) with some defencive stuff (tempest/proms/kayser) for "well the guys doing the actual work just failed", are useless, considering a uly can turn 2 or 3 times in the turning arc of a sekh/athena, and that means it can get in shoot you down and leave before anyone else gets to bother it, means those ships fail because a) they don't have a heavy enough payload to actually be worth deployment b) they really just don't have the manoeuvrability to put up any sort of fight vs anyone of equal prowess, and c) they're bad at both things at the same time.
Why make babyjesus sad? :<

[JMN]

Went for space superiority.
I just love the dogfights (especially now, when you actually have to HIT the silhouette, and not shoot in the "general direction")
What is the best SS fighter in your opinion guys?

[Scotty]

I absolutely love the Myrm, mostly because it's got six guns mounts and the energy to actually use them for a while.  The three missile banks help a bit, but I only use missles against ships that are too fast for my guns.

The only real drawback to the Myrm is the inability to mount Harpoons.

[Ziame]

I choose heavy bomber. I just like BOMBING wheee.

Tho' I'd love to have something like "override target locking" ability

[TrashMan]

Heavy assault/light bombers that aren't literally just long range sniping platforms (trebs/maxim) with some defencive stuff (tempest/proms/kayser) for "well the guys doing the actual work just failed", are useless, considering a uly can turn 2 or 3 times in the turning arc of a sekh/athena, and that means it can get in shoot you down and leave before anyone else gets to bother it, means those ships fail because a) they don't have a heavy enough payload to actually be worth deployment b) they really just don't have the manoeuvrability to put up any sort of fight vs anyone of equal prowess, and c) they're bad at both things at the same time.
Why make babyjesus sad? :<

Are you badmouthing my wife?????

[JMN]

Tho' I'd love to have something like "override target locking" ability

Exactly. And I do not know why we have to wait 30 seconds before firing from the same bank 

[The E]

It's called reload time. Deal with it.