[The E]

Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but you don't really get much of a speed boost from this...

[Dilmah G]

If we're thinking about the same thing, I'd say you're right.

[Qent]

The point isn't to dump and burn like IRL, and I doubt that FS fuel even works like that. It's to get a huge speed boost with spectacular visuals.

Maybe ~200ms^-1 with purple burner trails and moving fins in the back.



Oh, right....

[Kolgena]

It doesn't speed you up... it's just a lightshow....
But (apart from overlooking the fact that it wouldn't work in space due to the lack of air) it might cause damage to ships flying directly behind you.

That sounds a lot like flamethrowers in space.


 

[starlord]

dilmah, what aircraft are you referring to?

[Gen]

Ugh, just so long as I don't have to see/hear "keep your distance, pilots!" over and over.  Either my stealthy/commandeered fighter is convincing, or its not.

That's the nice thing when you have terran vs terran - a quick scan wouldn't show anything suspicious on a stolen fighter, so there would be no need to keep distance to everything else (aside from things that the average GTVA pilot wouldn't fly near, of course).

[-Norbert-]

Auroras with their advanced sensor might be an issue though....

[InsaneOne]

Well only if they have some reason to use it on you.

[NGTM-1R]

Well only if they have some reason to use it on you.

Odds are good they don't need a reason, they're just given standing orders to check everyone out.

[Gen]

Auroras with their advanced sensor might be an issue though....

Maybe, but what would they detect on a scan, really? A terran fighter with a human pilot in it. Major repairs on the hull probably, a bit makeshift, but who knows what the poor fellow has gone through.
The real problem for this kind of mission would be the IFF, because you'd need to imitate some real unit (preferably one that was shot down, but is listed as MIA). That and chit-chat between pilots, 'cause whoever's infiltrating wouldn't really know the internal stuff on "his" base-ship.
So, in the end it would be best to stay clear of enemy fighters, but there would be no need for 2 kilometers between you and them just because they would scan you.

[Qent]

That and chit-chat between pilots, 'cause whoever's infiltrating wouldn't really know the internal stuff on "his" base-ship.

Ooh, more interactive conversation sequences.

[Klaustrophobia]

that was an interesting change of pace, but i wouldn't want it to become regular. 

[Scourge of Ages]

that was an interesting change of pace, but i wouldn't want it to become regular. 

Although it would add some welcome freshness to the ol' "scan everything/every subsystem" mission...
(Try the one in SGWP2)

[NGTM-1R]

(Try the one in SGWP2)

I honestly have no memory of such a mission in SGWP2, possibly because the beamspam hit my brain.

[Dilmah G]

dilmah, what aircraft are you referring to?

The Pig, of course!

It's really a shame that we haven't found a more suitable replacement for the F-111 over this end of the pond.

[-Norbert-]

The real problem for this kind of mission would be the IFF, because you'd need to imitate some real unit (preferably one that was shot down, but is listed as MIA).

This is exactly what I was thinking about. If there is any fighter that could detect a faked IFF signal or altered IDs or somesuch, it's the Aurora.
If they send in the captured fighter with it's real ID, that wouldn't be a matter though.

[General Battuta]

SPAH SAPPIN MAH SENTRY

[InsaneOne]

Hmm... sappin' Mjolnirs in preparation for an assault?

[Qent]

I want to see a Raynor launching SSMs. (Not local SSMs.)

[-Sara-]

Could be nice having a cat-and-mouse mission having to fly waypoints and hide in Saturns astroid belt while being hunted down by the GTVA's Admiral Steele, possibly guarding a vessel which tries to escape. Steele can mock or communicate with the hunted, to flesh out his personality, his style. Eventually reinforcements may arrive or the player is too far in the belt for the destroyer to still maneuvre.