[TrashMan]

I game Mentu 2x2 Vasudan Huge turrets (almost 2000 damage per shot).....it made it into a far more deadly craft. For other cruisers and transports.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Perhaps a Standard Flak?

[Akalabeth Angel]

    I like the flat surfaces of Vasudan ships. Ever find yourself running from a pack of missiles? Just swoop underneath the Sobek or the Aten, missiles impact the ship and meanwhile all its defenses cut apart the incoming bad guys. Swooping behind terran ships isn't quite as easy and surefire.

[Mars]

Theoretically the flat design makes it much easier to have a higher number of turrets guarding the average square unit of hull, but the Aten has so few turrets, and the Mentu such weak turrets, that this advantage is never really exploited.

Imagine an Aten with the nine turrets of a Fenris or Leviathan (that's 3 more) and approximately the same armament. With the AAA and flaks, all on two flat surfaces, the Aten would be a terror to attack.

[Rodo]

Every ship should have a weak spot, the problem seems to be that the Aten is just too weak... compared with other craft of course, even 2 isis together would present a more decent threat to the player than a single aten.
I wonder where would a vasudan commander like to be in on a rought situation... on an isis or on an aten?

[Excalibur]

Isis, since it can go over twice as fast and can almost outrun an Ursa.

[Mongoose]

Plus, when the Isis takes a few hits, its pilot starts behaving like an attention-deficit 5-year-old on speed.  It's hard for enemy pilots to shoot at you when you're busy colliding with them.

[eliex]

Yes, but the Isis is just wasting time, giving enemy pilots to rush over to the Isis to increase the fire against the transport, when it could have jumped out sooner. However, I agree: an Isis gone crazy is immensely difficult to hit with primaries, much less than a Cyclops.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

What happens if we set all of the Aten's guns to ULTRA Anti-Fighter Beams?

[Colonol Dekker]

I love the Atens form, give it small beams (one on each side) and one Triple A turret on top, and a flak astern. the rest is negligable.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Doesn't The Procyon Insurgency make Atens dangerous cruisers?

[Jeff Vader]

Doesn't The Procyon Insurgency make Atens dangerous cruisers?

Procyon Insurgency makes even the ship selection screen dangerous.

Srsly, though. Great campaign. Damn challenging but still addictive.

[Colonol Dekker]

SGWP2 beats em all so 

I think of all the FS1 craft, the Aten has the most pleasing shape. 

[Mars]

The Fenris just feels right to me in FS1, like a big block of weapons with an engine.

Plus the demo made me love the Orff.

[Snail]

Include VA's new Aten upgrades...

[Androgeos Exeunt]

SGWP2 beats em all so 

SGWP2?

[Droid803]

Second Great War, part 2.
A joke campaign. Its epic.

[Mars]

Actually... I don't think it's meant to be a joke

[Mongoose]

And that's what makes it epic.

[Mars]

Good point