[Mobius]

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

Well...in Colony Wars, the player ejected right before the fighter exploded. It could happen thanks to a special system.

[jr2]

I think you'd need an auto-eject system that sensed when the reactor was going supercritical and ejects the pilot... otherwise, there'd be not time to activate it.  Heck, even with modern fighters, there's usually not enough time to activate it... your engine is turning over at what, ~60,000 rpm?  A little damage to the wrong place and KER-FOOM!!!  You're a goner, unless you get extremely lucky.

[akenbosch]

todays fighters usualy explode in a way that the cockpit is usualy spared (unless he has all his missles loaded, or the kill shot is too the cockpit)

but a ejected pilot in space would be shot down by shivans.

[jr2]

Hmm.  They try to armor the cockpit, yes.  How often that is successful (well, ofc, the A-10s titanium bathtub works, but most fighter jets are trying to save weight so you can win instead of lose...).

[TrashMan]

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

Can't install Starlancer again...methinks the CD is damaged or sumti'n....gah...

[akenbosch]

i guess i'll do it from scratch then.

[Sarafan]

You know, instead of doing like everyone says, what really the GTVA should get in its turrets isnt the Maxim, it's the Subach. The Maxim just does damage against hulls and so if a destroyer was armed with them you would only need a couple of fighter wings to take it down, and dont tell me that old argument: the maxim can take down the bombs from really far, etc, etc!!! It's a useless weapon against shields.

Now the Subach is the main GTVA weapon, its cheap since its their standard, has a nice rate of fire, good damage against BOTH shield and hulls, it would prove to be a much better choice than the Maxim.

[akenbosch]

i think the SOC need a fleet of their own...maybe with integrated shivan tech?


i was thinking a shivan color and desing scheme for the fighters, and psi corps style color/weapon scheme for the caps.

weapons=blue, red or purple
textures=black, white, grey, and dark blue
fighters=spiky unorthodox desing, round half-orb cockpits/shivan style cockpits that blend in with the fighter.  red, dark red, and black color cheme. loki-like weapon placement.

[Sarafan]

i think the SOC need a fleet of their own...maybe with integrated shivan tech?

Why?

[akenbosch]

because its cool. (and the GTVA fighters are a bit sub-par for special ops and stealth missions)

[Jake2447]

i think the SOC need a fleet of their own...maybe with integrated shivan tech?


i was thinking a shivan color and desing scheme for the fighters, and psi corps style color/weapon scheme for the caps.

weapons=blue, red or purple
textures=black, white, grey, and dark blue
fighters=spiky unorthodox desing, round half-orb cockpits/shivan style cockpits that blend in with the fighter.  red, dark red, and black color cheme. loki-like weapon placement.

Seems too much like the ideas in Inferno.

[Sarafan]

That's not a reason, if the SOC had a fleet of its own, they could get crazy and the GTVA possibly would've another GTI rebellion in their hands.

The Erinyes is pratical enough for special-ops, if they need something faster take the Perseus, and the Pegasus is stealth.

[akenbosch]

what if the SOC was commanded by snipes?

[Sarafan]

what if the SOC was commanded by snipes?

What????? He's just a agent.

[akenbosch]

ever heard of "rising through the ranks"? you dont know how many years after freespace 2 were talking about here.

[TrashMan]

You know, instead of doing like everyone says, what really the GTVA should get in its turrets isnt the Maxim, it's the Subach. The Maxim just does damage against hulls and so if a destroyer was armed with them you would only need a couple of fighter wings to take it down, and dont tell me that old argument: the maxim can take down the bombs from really far, etc, etc!!! It's a useless weapon against shields.

Now the Subach is the main GTVA weapon, its cheap since its their standard, has a nice rate of fire, good damage against BOTH shield and hulls, it would prove to be a much better choice than the Maxim.

Indeed... A science cruiser I made before hte Copernicus had 15 Subach turrets.... attack THAT shivans

[Sarafan]

ever heard of "rising through the ranks"? you dont know how many years after freespace 2 were talking about here.

Yes, I heard of that. But he doesnt seem like the commanding type, at least from what we see.

Indeed... A science cruiser I made before hte Copernicus had 15 Subach turrets.... attack THAT shivans

Good work!

Now make the rest of the fleet with that and we're set.

How long did the cruiser lasted against the shivans?

[akenbosch]

how would it attach capships once its beams were gone?

[Sarafan]

how would it attach capships once its beams were gone?

Science cruiser dont have beams.

[TrashMan]

Good work!

Now make the rest of the fleet with that and we're set.

How long did the cruiser lasted against the shivans?

Too long

Oh, it did have one Light Ion Cannon (500 dmg per shot) IIRC, but if it comes close those Subachs deal a lot of damage.