[esarai]

I'm interceptor/tactical.  I like speed, I like good weapons, and I like living on the razor's edge.  Any time there's a Valk, Perseus or Horus nearby, I'll take it.

Though I'm not an interceptor in multiplayer.  There it's heavy assault and space superiority.

[Aardwolf]

So yeah, sustaining Maxim-fire indefinitely

[Aardwolf]

Off topic (and regrettably, I may have had something to do with it becoming off topic)...

I like heavy assault. But bomber intercept can be fun too, under the right circumstances.

[Bob-san]

In FS2, I'd probably prefer to be a heavy bomber pilot. Assign me a small moon Ursa and I'll be good.

[Dilmah G]

I really want to see (B17) Flying Fortress style bombers in Freespace, crews of 8+ FTW.

[Colonol Dekker]

That was one of Blackwater Ops big selling points wasn't it.
 

[Herra Tohtori]

I really do like the Sekhmet bomber if any bomber is to be used in a mission. It seems so well balanced.

Personally I think it's a game-breaking superbomber which probably explains why it's never given to the player in the course of FreeSpace 2 campaign.

(Sort of like if you think of KotOR, and how it would feel to play Taris with Force Wave, unlimited force points and a light saber in your arsenal...)

It's justifiable in-universe though, what with it being basically a vasudanized Nahema.

[Pred the Penguin]

You don't get fly it?

[Droid803]

It's never made available for you in the campaign, the Sehkmet.

[Timerlane]

It's justifiable in-universe though, what with it being basically a vasudanized Nahema.

Sort of, the plothole with that being it's a Mekhu design, based on a Hammer of Light design, based on a Shivan design(which means Vasudans of at least one faction found Nahemas, or something incredibly similar, all the way back in the Great War, yet as far as the Tech Database is concerned, the Nahema appears to be a brand new design, meaning the PVE/Vasudan half of the GTVA apparently didn't share the intel, for some reason.)

I've got to say the Loki's more impressive than I originally gave it credit for. The only thing the Pegasus is really missing is Kaysers, and the Loki can carry either two pairs of them, or go Kayser/Maxim, and while not infinite, it would take several minutes of fire for the Maxims to completely drain the Loki's gun power on maximum weapon energy. 1/3 less missiles than the Peg(no second bank), and not as perfectly placed for Tempest usage, but still decent(same compatibility, save TAGs).

While the handling isn't the same, it has a slight edge on the Perseus, and afterburner top speed and general AB performance is identical to the Peg. If you can't readily kill it, or disable/disarm it from safely out of range, you can almost certainly leave it in the dust, and jump out once you're clear. All in a pretty durable(400s/250h), compact, Great War-era(!) package.

If I had to pick a preferred role for 'real', recon-tactical looks pretty attractive, given Lokis are probably a dime-a-dozen in FS2, as opposed to more recent designs which only elite/SOC squadrons/pilots would probably get a shot at.

[Thaeris]

I'd love to see a "tactical operations" campaign with GTVA/SOC pilots operating the Loki against NTF forces. The Loki is my second favorite by far!

...The option: "tactical/recon" was originally intended for special missions - think things along the likes of "Enter the Dragon" and in using the TAG missile. Unfortunately, most of the FS missions where you do interesting "special purpose" ops with special equipment are quite tough and usually not all that fun. Of course, there's always surgical strikes against special targets. So, as someone suggested before, the Suicide Kings might make for a tactical squadron, though they're much more of an interceptor squad by any account...

[mr.WHO]

Interception - Suicide Kings FTW. Nothing better than a constant bomber hull crack (Exept Seraphims that won't die so easy).

[Androgeos Exeunt]

* Androgeos Exeunt has voted.

Wow. So many people like doing heavy assault/light bomber roles.

Ares forever, even till a supernova.

[High Max]

;-)

[Kie99]

It's never made available for you in the campaign, the Sehkmet.

I thought I did fly it in the main campaign, or maybe it was a fan made campaign.

You definitely didn't fly it in the main campaign.  It was available in Derelict and on Multiplayer though.

[Colonol Dekker]

That baby got me through more rebel intercepts than I can remember. . . . Where's that mission gone?

[Pred the Penguin]

Oh Derelict...
That's where I remember it from.

[esarai]

Out of curiosity, which assault/space superiority fighter do you prefer?

If it's available, either makes of the Hercules or the Myrmidon.

[Mongoose]

I just split out a crap-load of off-topic posts in here and dumped them in another locked thread; I'll save my comments for there.  Sorry if I nerfed anyone's post that was half-on-topic.

[High Max]

;-)