[Mobius]

Ejector seats for fighters

They already appear in many campaigns...

There is actually no canon evidence for or against ejection seats in FS, or at least to my knowledge.

Right. But this is the "What's left to make?" thread.

[Jake2447]

I think that a ship that is small, fast, has a small fighterbay, and is armed with only beam weapons has potential.  It would be good for strike missions.

[akenbosch]

"ISA Whitestar"

[Gamma_Draconis]

I think that a ship that is small, fast, has a small fighterbay, and is armed with only beam weapons has potential.  It would be good for strike missions.

That sounds like a frigate.

[Snail]

The Iceni is a Frigate but it has no fighterbay.

[Black Wolf]

the pilots eyeballs would pop out, followed by a good deal of their insides.

No, they wouldn't. Explosive decompression from 1 atm pressure drop is an urban myth.

[Shade]

But, but... Hollywood says that's what happens, so it must be true...

[Mobius]

So... are F-16s really able to load 40279430893718532 missiles?

[TrashMan]

Indeed...And we all know bad guys (minions) can't hit you if you just stay still and shoot them back. And we all know you'll allways hit them..they attract bullets..it's the LAW of the universe!

Oh, you can also dodge laser fire in RL ...and defy the laws of physcis when in an intense fight

[Gamma_Draconis]

The Iceni is a Frigate but it has no fighterbay.

A new class of frigates with a small fighterbay. Though I doubt such a ship would really useful. Why bother with a small fighterbay when a nearby destroyer can deploy a few wings to assist. Even though blob turrets are horrible at everything except shooting down bombs, I bet they're dirty cheap so the GTVA arms all of their ships with them.

Come to think of it, maybe they should develop next generation blob turrets. Maybe make it more effective against shields, capital ship hulls, and with increased velocity.

[Snail]

I have some of those. About as powerful as a Kayser.

[Game_Master64]

Come to think of it, maybe they should develop next generation blob turrets. Maybe make it more effective against shields, capital ship hulls, and with increased velocity.

they have, it's caled the maxim cannon

[Snail]

And is there any canon evidence that the Maxim can even be fitted onto capital ships?

[CP5670]

Well, if nothing else, you can always duct tape a fighter to the hull and make it work.

[TrashMan]

And is there any canon evidence that the Maxim can even be fitted onto capital ships?

Makes sense it can...

I'ts like saying you can't fit a 20mm gun on the apache on a US navy warship..

[Snail]

The Maxim, if you haven't noticed, is far superior to the blob turrets. Isn't it common sense it would need more energy?

[TrashMan]

Isn't it also common sense that a 2km warship that can power beam cannons can also provide enough power for them?

A turret on a warship is the size ofa fighter - you could stick a fighter reactor in each turret and you'd end up with enough power for double Keysers easy.

[Kie99]

I think the best evidence that Ejector seats aren't in GTVA fighters is that no-one ever ejects when their ship is destroyed.

[akenbosch]

maybe the wingmen are just too stupid?

@Trashman: wheres that ingame screesnhot of the plasma blob?

[Gamma_Draconis]

Well, maybe fighter reactors are expensive. I'm talking about the next generation version of a cheap and reliable weapon. Besides, having Maxim blob turrets will just makes things a living hell.