[Colonol Dekker]

Simple enough topic, VIews please, I personally would back confed all the way.....
for a start their fighters have wheels to land with. 

[aldo_14]

My money is on the great space-god Flipeerptreoitertsfithopointlessarguementsithonothoimomalley.

[Colonol Dekker]

Ok, point taken, but sometimes people like to ramble, Pointless argument anommaly , (i like it)
No serious takers?
Then hows about Arsenal getting whooped by Barcelona? No Football fans,? Then what do you suppose FS2 peeps play in the year 2XXX ?

[ShivanSpS]

Nah, BOCA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BOCA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Cobra]

Simple enough topic, VIews please, I personally would back confed all the way.....
for a start their fighters have wheels to land with. 

you do realize that FS fighters most likely operate like a Harrier, right?

[Mars]

No they're launched by the crane thing in the hangerbay... except for the larger bombers of course, which are parked on the floor.

[LordPomposity]

The GTVA would win because it has one decisive advantage over the Confederation: beam cannons.  Confed capital ships are  far built around the expectation that their shields will protect them, and a single salvo from an Orion would probably shred a Midway-class carrier (especially due to the idiotically-positioned exposed bridge).  If the Confeds can dig up some flashpacks or figure out how to fire the Midway's plasma cannon without blowing themselves up, they might stand a chance.  GTVA capital ships also have much better anti-fighter weaponry.

[FireCrack]

Wich confederation is this?

[Fury]

Wing Commander probably since Midway was mentioned earlier, that's just an educated guess though.

[FireCrack]

Ah, then the confed is screwed beyond all beleif...

[Colonol Dekker]

Whoa........ Wheres the SAGA  team, they should be defending the true "Terran fleet" (methingss i've gone a little Black Lance)

At least confed have working cloaks   (in a canon sense)

[Turnsky]

well, i theorise that some GTVA fighters have landing skids of some sort, the ones with spikes and whatnot, saids spikes would fold upwards as the skids extend, etc, etc.  the rest would use the arrestor hookup system the we know have been used.

[Colonol Dekker]

I suppose thats a good enough assumption,    But i gottta say confed style magnum launches (the ability to launch all fighters quickly not midway tubes), would be more effective in a CQF (close quarter firefight) between capships / carriers.

On the minus side, Intra system jumps beats the snot out of autopilot...

[Dysko]

the rest would use the arrestor hookup system the we know have been used

Did you mean like the arrestor cables that can be found on nowadays carriers? When were they used in the FS series?

[Colonol Dekker]

In the main hall, The hook that picks up the fighter in the background, ALthough in retrospect, we never see them pick up fighters that are actually landing (ie mid air- grab) They might just be used to retrieve fighters from storage racks/holding bays for pre flight prep.

[Dysko]

But in the Psamtik main hall in the background you can see an elevator on which there is a Serapis (I think) that takes off like an airplane from a carrier, without the use of any hook. Same for the landing: a Tauret lands like an airplane, without any hook.

[Polpolion]

the rest would use the arrestor hookup system the we know have been used

Did you mean like the arrestor cables that can be found on nowadays carriers? When were they used in the FS series?

So thats what all those wired polls coming out of the bottom of fighters are for!

[AlphaOne]

err when are these hooks used exactly? I would imagine they actualy have the option of landing like a harier! And also the abilati to skid land theyr way into the hangars.

[Mars]

The crane things in the mainhall. Think about this, GTVA fighters don't have a reverse, so how would they land front forwards?

[aldo_14]

The crane things in the mainhall. Think about this, GTVA fighters don't have a reverse, so how would they land front forwards?

They can stop dead, hover, and turn 360 degrees.