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Re: Support Pilots for the Lose.........
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Actually that would be a cool (but potentially very difficult to implement) feature for SCP - voice activated COMMs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_SideWinder#Game_Voice

You'll excuse the reference to the evil empire, but their product was the first that popped to mind, in no small part because it debuted not too long after retail FS2.

 
Re: Support Pilots for the Lose.........
Meh fighters might get the glory, but support ships get the adrenaline rush.
It takes balls to enter a combat zone with no chance of fighting, and knowing that you'll have to spend at least some of your time there relatively still . . . . like the dorky kid running to supply the human defense robots in Matrix Revolutions.

 

Offline ShadowGorrath

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Re: Support Pilots for the Lose.........
All power to shields? And who would be stupid enough to resuply IN THE MIDDLE OF A BATTLEFIELD WITH A BATTLE GOING ON?

Though I imagine how'd it look: battle going on and a stupid pilot resuplying in the middle, with the "elephent walk" music going on while he slowly resuplys and his wingmen die. Then, once it's done resuplying, just as the support ship undocks, he gets blasted by 10 shivans.

 

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I love this thread.  :lol:
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Re: Support Pilots for the Lose.........
All power to shields? And who would be stupid enough to resuply IN THE MIDDLE OF A BATTLEFIELD WITH A BATTLE GOING ON?

Though I imagine how'd it look: battle going on and a stupid pilot resuplying in the middle, with the "elephent walk" music going on while he slowly resuplys and his wingmen die. Then, once it's done resuplying, just as the support ship undocks, he gets blasted by 10 shivans.

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Re: Support Pilots for the Lose.........
Its difficult to issue orders when there are 5 Shivans on your a$$ though.  Actually that would be a cool (but potentially very difficult to implement) feature for SCP - voice activated COMMs.

A feature which is already there. Or atleast, it was in some builds and the 3.6.9 official one. To get it to work, check this thread and this post. I greatly enjoyed that feature.

 

Offline S-99

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Re: Support Pilots for the Lose.........
Make support ships be flown by ai :yes: And when the situation necessitates, then remote controlled from wherever your wing is stationed. It'd be like a uav. Then you wont be wasting lives. If you're going to be flying with tons of firepower, then you'd be in a fighter or bomber, not flying something that holds munitions and can't fire them. These support ships should be moved towards more automation and remote control.

Already in game do support ships controlled by ai reload you and your wingmates :lol:
Every pilot's goal is to rise up in the ranks and go beyond their purpose to a place of command on a very big ship. Like the colossus; to baseball bat everyone.

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Bah i reckon that we should install FS medium AI in the worlds air forces combat jets, That would make displays a whole lot funnier.....
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Offline ShadowGorrath

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Re: Support Pilots for the Lose.........
I guess. Can you imagine how'd it look? Too bad there won't be any Orions for them to collide with though.

 

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Re: Support Pilots for the Lose.........
A feature which is already there. Or atleast, it was in some builds and the 3.6.9 official one. To get it to work, check this thread and this post. I greatly enjoyed that feature.

Its Windows only, so it won't work for me :(

 
Re: Support Pilots for the Lose.........
I imagine the same guys flying the resupply ships now are the same ones flying the Air Force fuelers, they just did not do as well in training so they get to fly the big target.
One time my jump drive got shot out along with almost every thing else besides 1 engine and weapons were below 10% and my hull was red, somehow the support ship saw me waving out my window, and patched up my bomber up enough  so I could I could jump out.
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Re: Support Pilots for the Lose.........
What a hero. That support ship pilot is probably dead now. Somewhere there is a mother missing a son. But she can take comfort knowing that her son willingly gave his life to supply a fresh load of rockets.
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Re: Support Pilots for the Lose.........
That last speech made me wanna volunteer :(.........................



*sniff....so brave................ :o
Campaigns I've added my distinctiveness to-
- Blue Planet: Battle Captains
-Battle of Neptune
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-Inferno R1
-Ribos: The aftermath / -Retreat from Deneb
-Sol: A History
-TBP EACW teaser
-Earth Brakiri war
-TBP Fortune Hunters (I think?)
-TBP Relic
-Trancsend (Possibly?)
-Uncharted Territory
-Vassagos Dirge
-War Machine
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Offline S-99

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Re: Support Pilots for the Lose.........
Maybe the suicidal anti-social emo pilots fly those things.
Every pilot's goal is to rise up in the ranks and go beyond their purpose to a place of command on a very big ship. Like the colossus; to baseball bat everyone.

SMBFD

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Offline Colonol Dekker

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Re: Support Pilots for the Lose.........
They'd never leave the hangar though, they'd just listen to Marylin Manson and cry over their joysticks....
Campaigns I've added my distinctiveness to-
- Blue Planet: Battle Captains
-Battle of Neptune
-Between the Ashes 2
-Blue planet: Age of Aquarius
-FOTG?
-Inferno R1
-Ribos: The aftermath / -Retreat from Deneb
-Sol: A History
-TBP EACW teaser
-Earth Brakiri war
-TBP Fortune Hunters (I think?)
-TBP Relic
-Trancsend (Possibly?)
-Uncharted Territory
-Vassagos Dirge
-War Machine
(Others lost to the mists of time and no discernible audit trail)

Your friendly Orestes tactical controller.

Secret bomb God.
That one time I got permabanned and got to read who was being bitxhy about me :p....
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Offline ShadowGorrath

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Re: Support Pilots for the Lose.........
They'd never leave the hangar though, they'd just listen to Marylin Manson and cry over their joysticks....

If that'd be true, then my destroyer wouldn't have support ships due to no support-ship-pilots-allowed policy.

 

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Re: Support Pilots for the Lose.........
emo's in fighters? They'd electricute themselves by spilling blood on the electronics!!

 

Offline MikeRoz

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Re: Support Pilots for the Lose.........
Maybe the suicidal anti-social emo pilots fly those things.
Hmmm...makes me wonder...
What an hero. That support ship pilot is probably dead now. Somewhere there is a mother missing a son. But she can take comfort knowing that her son willingly gave his life to supply a fresh load of rockets.
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Re: Support Pilots for the Lose.........
emo's in fighters? They'd electricute themselves by spilling blood on the electronics!!

They'd electricute themselves by spilling blood on the electronics of a SUPPORT SHIP!
Emo's in fighters are worse. And make sure not to have more than 1 emo in a support ship at any time! They'll distract each other in ways that you may not want to see :ick:
Every pilot's goal is to rise up in the ranks and go beyond their purpose to a place of command on a very big ship. Like the colossus; to baseball bat everyone.

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Re: Support Pilots for the Lose.........
Point of fact, my friends.

Fighter pilots can only risk a rearm- which entails sitting perfectly still for thirty seconds or more- if there is relatively no hostile threats nearby. Otherwise, it is suicide. Thus, if you're flying a resupply ship, then you're likely only going to be deployed when the coast is clear.

Of course, there are exceptions, like the support pilot who had to race in and load some more Helios bombs onto Alpha 1's Bakha while the Sanathas was cranking out the long-range flack. But, situations like that are part of the job- I think of Huey pilots in Vietnam who would often risk heavy fire to resupply beleaguered troops with much-needed ammunition.

Considering that rearming friendly ships with secondaries could easily make a huge difference in a fight, I think it's reasonable to assume that both the fighter pilot and the supply ship pilot would both take the risk of re-arming with hostiles in uncomfortable proximity, if the situation demanded it (bombers coming in and the interceptors need Trebs, or bomber pilots short on bombs.) Being a supply ship pilot is not as dangerous a job as a fighter pilot, but it's not a cakewalk, either.