[Snail]

VSlash is good.

[Vrets]

Poor Fenris, 0 votes. Is there no justice?

[Snail]

Nobody truly wants to be an expendable asset.

[Vrets]

When men first took to the stars, 8,000 hitpoints was more than enough.

The Fenris is often underestimated. Remember, in melee combat it can use its sensor dish to kill Anubis fighters.

[Snail]

When men first took to the stars, 8,000 hitpoints was more than enough.

The Fenris is often underestimated. Remember, in melee combat it can use its sensor dish to kill Anubis fighters.

The Fenris is underestimated by a lot of people. But face it - Even against a small wing of fighters it is doomed. By the time of FS2, anyway. During the T-V war I assume it was more than adequate.

[FreeSpaceFreak]

Well, even if I just sat there, the Orff wiped out wave after wave of... unshielded Anubises...

[Commander Zane]

With not to mention the weakest weapons in the entire game second to the Training Laser.
Even in FS1 era, fighter with Hornets = dead Fenris.
Or Aten.

[nvsblmnc]

Hornets are horrible to most small capships, especially if you're the one defending them.

It's interesting to see the two competing design philosophies of the Orion and Deimos leading the way, though.  They both somehow appear to be the perfect expression of Terran design.  I think that's at least part of the reason that the Hecate isn't more popular - it just doesn't look as authentically human as the Orion or Deimos.

I am surprised that there's not more love for the Aeolus, though.

[Oddgrim]

voted the Sobek (aka vasudan foot of buttkicking) Couse it hasa  appealing design.

[Mongoose]

I am surprised that there's not more love for the Aeolus, though.

The Aeolus isn't really much of a threat to enemy capital ships (nor is it really intended to be), and being a cruiser, you're not talking about the same level of durability.  But I'll be the first to say that it's the ship I fear far more than any other from a fighter standpoint.  The flak...the flak...

[SpardaSon21]

I voted Deimos.  Good old fashioned human versatility.  Good anti-fighter weaponry, decent anti-cap weaponry, a good all-around design.  Plus it simply looks kickass.

[Rhymes]

I am surprised that there's not more love for the Aeolus, though.

The Aeolus isn't really much of a threat to enemy capital ships (nor is it really intended to be), and being a cruiser, you're not talking about the same level of durability.  But I'll be the first to say that it's the ship I fear far more than any other from a fighter standpoint.  The flak...the flak...

Oh, yeah.  There's basically no way for a single fighter or bomber to take on an Aeolus and live, unless they're loaded with Maxims and Helioses.

[Commander Zane]

Oh, yeah.  There's basically no way for a single fighter or bomber to take on an Aeolus and live, unless they're loaded with Maxims and Helioses Trebuchets.

I find this easier.

[General Battuta]

I voted Deimos.  Good old fashioned human versatility.  Good anti-fighter weaponry, decent anti-cap weaponry, a good all-around design.  Plus it simply looks kickass.

Hate to play devil's advocate here, but aren't the Vasudans the versatile ones...?

[Rhymes]

Oh, yeah.  There's basically no way for a single fighter or bomber to take on an Aeolus and live, unless they're loaded with Maxims and Helioses Trebuchets.

I find this easier.

Actually, yeah.  You're right.  My thoughts were to kill it as fast as possible, since double Helioses smash anything less than a Lillith.

[Droid803]

But they don't.
6800 + 6800 doesn't kill anything bulkier than an Aten.

You're going to need to supplement them with primaries (and you can chew them with Maxims alone - in fact, in the missions in the BWO demo with the hostages, I took one of the Sobeks down to like 16% HP by pounding it with Maxims, out of range of the 'kill hostages' trigger.)

Helios are unnecessary for killing cruisers. They're not even particularily efficient at it, with the massive reload times and limited ammo.

[Rhymes]

They are immensely satisfiying, though.  Nothing quite like the feeling of destroying something utterly.

[Commander Zane]

There was the time I gave the Helios the capacity of Tempests and fired 20 missile salvos...

[Rodo]

(and you can chew them with Maxims alone - in fact, in the missions in the BWO demo with the hostages, I took one of the Sobeks down to like 16% HP by pounding it with Maxims, out of range of the 'kill hostages' trigger.)

you should be ashamed! using a fredder's oversight like that .... 

[Commander Zane]

Someone voted Fenris.