[CT27]

In a campaign I played not too long ago, during a mission, two pilots were arguing about which fighter won the Great War.  One pilot said the GTF Hercules won the Great War but one spoke up and actually said it was the GTF Apollo that helped the most to win the Great War.

Which of those two fighters do you think did the most to help win the Great War...or was it another fighter/bomber?

[Piemanlives]

First off, which campaign, secondly, I would vote for the Apollo, it was a versatile craft that could fill a variety of roles.

[Phantom Hoover]

what does the question even mean

[Lorric]

Nearly all of them. Because at one point or another I was sat in them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3yrVpuIyVA#t=8m55s

[fightermedic]

the valk of course
fast, agile, deadly

and the ursa, but only because of the very last mission

[Rodo]

It's a valid question, and there's no need to include context, ship models already provide it for you.

For me it was the Apollo, sure the Herc finished the job but the Apollo was there for far more time. Also I liked the Apollo a lot more that the Herc.

Anyway, the choice is WAY personal, it's bound to be influenced by preferences from the player.

[NGTM-1R]

Fighters make headlines, bombers make history.

[karajorma]

In a campaign I played not too long ago, during a mission, two pilots were arguing about which fighter won the Great War.  One pilot said the GTF Hercules won the Great War but one spoke up and actually said it was the GTF Apollo that helped the most to win the Great War.

I don't think I've played that campaign but in the 4th training mission, Samsa flat out states it's the Herc.

The 107th is a heavy assault squadron, so our fighter of choice is the Hercules Mark II. Implementing advances in fusion drive technology, the Mark II improves the assault fighter's speed and maneuverability without sacrificing loadout. The Herc has only two missile banks, but its ordnance capacity is greater than the Myrmidon's. The original Herc won the Great War, so we're proud to carry on the tradition

Okay, he's somewhat biased, but he's also got access to a lot more information on the war than we have.

[ShivanSpS]

I used the Athena A LOT on key missions, it does not fit Prom or Banshe because it whould be way overpowered, the Athena can go fast, disarm ships, take down cruicers, provide a deadly anti-bomber screen, the Herc is closer to do the same, but its slower and it feels weaker in comparison, also love the Athena Primary gun position.

I never liked the Zeus as its reeplacement.

The Apollo its too big for a fighter.

[Klaustrophobia]

Ulysses or ursa.  the lucifer would not have gone down without the ursa.  the uly was an insane dogfighter and best cover provider for the bombers.  i never used the apollo again once the valk and then the uly was available. 

although when my flying skills inexplicably disappeared as i got older, i did have to hang up the uly in favor of the valk, because i now needed a less sensitive fighter and the banshee/slightly larger missile stores to compensate.  but man, the first 15-20 times through the campaign, i mowed shivans down laughing with that ulysses.  in those days i didn't even have trouble disabling that dragon in the capture mission.

[Piemanlives]

My vote's already cast, but I seriously want to know what campaign this is.

[Luis Dias]

Fighters make headlines, bombers make history.

Saw that movie recently!

[NGTM-1R]

Saw that movie recently!

...it's a movie?

The saying goes back at least to pre-World War 2 and carrier scout-bombers.

[Luis Dias]

...oh sorry , of course it is. I saw it in "Flight of the Intruder" last week or smth in a random channel and I liked it.

[redsniper]

Pretty sure it was Twilight, where you get a few stock Apollos to fly in addition to the custom ships.

[Mobius]

I'd say the Hercules.

[CT27]

"Pandora's Box" might have been the campaign, I'm not sure.  It wasn't a big debate that happened in the mission.  It was something like:  "The Herc won the Great War!"  "No it was the Apollo!"

Then enemies came in and the topic was dropped there.

[Goober5000]

Pretty sure it was Twilight, where you get a few stock Apollos to fly in addition to the custom ships.

Twilight definitely has this argument, although it's in a mission briefing, not the mission itself.  I don't recall any campaigns that had this discussion in-mission, but that doesn't mean there aren't any.

(CT27, could you provide a link to Pandora's Box?  It's not on the wiki.  Or, perhaps, could you create that wiki page? )

[CT27]

Pretty sure it was Twilight, where you get a few stock Apollos to fly in addition to the custom ships.

Twilight definitely has this argument, although it's in a mission briefing, not the mission itself.  I don't recall any campaigns that had this discussion in-mission, but that doesn't mean there aren't any.

(CT27, could you provide a link to Pandora's Box?  It's not on the wiki.  Or, perhaps, could you create that wiki page? )

Again, I'm not sure it was this campaign, but here it is:

http://freespacemods.net/download.php?view.442

[fightermedic]

*cough cough* that's an outdated version of pandoras box *cough cough*
btw i think it is in the wiki list of campaigns

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