[IceFire]

...some of the fine work that Water, a member of the BWO team has been doing for the FreeSpace Upgrade project.

Highly detailed GTF Valkyrie is under development: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,55877.80.html

During the course of BWO you will return to Earth and some of these now antique ships will be around and potentially available although far less survivable than the newer GTF Persus.

[Mars]

During the course of BWO you will return to Earth and some of these now antique ships will be around and potentially available although far less survivable than the newer GTF Persus.

I think the Valkyrie is a much better interceptor for its day than the Persueus.

But you're right, of course

[Goober5000]

Speaking of drawing attention, did you change the forum description for BWO?

[IceFire]

Speaking of drawing attention, did you change the forum description for BWO?

I did...never liked the old one after being initially flattered.  At the time it was a bit more true, BWO being a collection of several people who had released major campaigns but most of those people are gone and the title doesn't say anything about BWO.

[Trivial Psychic]

I think the Valkyrie is a much better interceptor for its day than the Persueus.

Well, the Valkyrie was a straight interceptor, while the Perseus is an interceptor/Fighter.  The Perseus is fast, but not as fast as the Valkyrie.  On the other hand, the Perseus is a better dogfighter and has two secondary weapons bays.

[redsniper]

Pshaw, I'm going to defect to the Earth side and kick those fancy GTVA fighters' butts with a rickety old Valk. It's not the fighter that matters, it's the pilot.

Also, I'm just as excited for BWO now as I was way back in 2000. Keep up the good work guys!

[Mars]

This new valk just looks so... sexy. I would want to fly it even if its armor was made out of paper... oh wait.

[Snail]

IMO all those people getting sentimental over old, retired FS1 Great-War era fighters/bombers need to get a few Trebuchets shoved up their exhaust...


Err... Nevermind...

[Mongoose]

Why?  The Valkyrie is a far better pure interceptor than anything in FS2, other than the Horus...which was also an FS1-era interceptor.  I think Trivial Psychic made me finally realize why I've always held so much disdain for the Perseus as an interceptor: it was never meant to fulfill just that role.  It's an excellent, speedy all-around fighter, but it was never meant to take on the singular role that the Valkyrie performed so well.  That afterburner still makes me drool; you could fly at 165 for what seemed like days...

[Mobius]

The Perseus is also supposed to conduct surgical strikes on enemy warships and destroy subsystems and turrets.

[IceFire]

Indeed the Valkyrie is a pure interceptor which makes it good at that role but its less useful in a stand up fight.  We've essentially left it unchanged from its FS1 table stats and while its a speedy and compact fighter...they do tend to go down quickly.  You'll be seeing them in BWO but they aren't prolific and when they are they don't last too long.

The Perseus trades the Valkyries top speed for better protection and more versatility.  Its job is more like a modern day SEAD (Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses) type aircraft with multi-role fighter/interceptor/surgical interdiction capabilities.  Much more varied but it means that its primary job as the GTVA's interceptor fighter is somewhat compromised.

[Bobboau]

but even though it's an old bird, it won't be restricted to the ML-16. if you were one of those 'never get hit once' style pilots, you may well find the valk even more seductive than you remember. thought there are a few even more delicious options available to you, given how both paths give you a next generation top of the line dedicated interceptor.

[Mars]

 This might be asking too much, but how often in the campagin are players likely to find a Valk in the load-out section, I seem to remember not very often at all?

[Droid803]

If you choose to side with Sol, I believe that it'd show up a bit

[IceFire]

This might be asking too much, but how often in the campagin are players likely to find a Valk in the load-out section, I seem to remember not very often at all?

Probably not too often.  Its an old relic...as is the Apollo.  When you place a Valkyrie next to an Erinyes or something equally as powerful...things tend not to go too well.

[Turnsky]

The Valk's prolly very capable vs similarly equipped modern fighters in the right hands, although the right hands would prolly refer to use something more modern with more asskicking potential 

[DREDHAWK]

Iv always perfered  the Perseus offer the valk it must just be me.

[Snail]

Iv always perfered  the Perseus offer the valk it must just be me.

Did you just escape from the hospital or something?

[BlackDove]

Now now. Let's not be rude to one another. The man (boy?) is excited and has good intentions. That's good enough...

GAWD that sounds so fake coming from me.

I can't do this. Ice. Please. Words of wisdom. Anything I would have to say would be hypocritical.

[Turnsky]

Iv always perfered  the Perseus offer the valk it must just be me.

may not be just you, for since the Valk is fairly obsolete by the time the Perseus rolls out of production..

However.. with an old frame like the Valk, civvies may "hotrod" that old husk into something of a serious performer, no?