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@silveusi´ve got the feeling that this is going nowhere, so this will be my last post in this thread(no offense intended) [quote]But we still have the point i made about getting close to planets, Giant ships wont work well right next to planets or other large things, and even if they did you wouldn't want them there, for the reasons i stated before. Fighters are the only thing that could enter the planet to protect dropships and then to support ground forces.[/quo

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um, that´s the point that i´ve tried to explain to you, fighters wont actually do anyting better in space, because they have almost no advantages, in either combat power, range, speed, armor, etc (speaking of a not too-far away future within the reasonable bounds of technology right now, i.e. no ftl, no magic artificial gravity, etc.) i´ve got almost no time right now, but that was the whole point, that is also explained on that site. basically

Reply to Wouldnt smaller craft such as starfighters be useless in space combat? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

@silveus: you didnt read any of that http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/ am i right?

Reply to Wouldnt smaller craft such as starfighters be useless in space combat? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

*cough* i´d like to revoke my statement that space-fare is going to be extremely expensive, i dont know wether that will be the case or not furthermore, piracy might exist too, though it will be very hard as for any reason i already explained, still it isnt impossible [quote]Once humans get into space properly, there will be a percentage who choose to live in space. For them, the fighter (or something a bit larger), will be lik

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[quote] Well even if people aren't actualy used an AI that runs a ship that needs 350 people to operate is going to be signifacantly more complicated and expensive that one that controls a 1 man fighter. I think the size, cost and complexity of the AI scales up with the number of people its replacing.[/quote] the point of an ai would be, that you dont need 350 people to monitor it, it´s the other way round (one person for lots of ai's). furthermore, an ai

Reply to Wouldnt smaller craft such as starfighters be useless in space combat? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote who="Silveus" reply="24" id="1903946"]And now that i have Responded to Dr. B I am going to make a list of reasons that Space fighters would still be used. 1. They are cheap. Strike craft are going to cost a fraction of the cost of even the smallest frigates. While a frigate may be overall more cost effective it doesn't actualy mean anything if you can't afford the entire frigate. Small groups such as coprate security forces and police forces can afford to field mo

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space =/= naval warfare, just go ahea- argh dammit somebody already posted the atomic rockets link >_ by the way...not to stray too far off-topic, but has anyone noticed how much bioware "stole" from that page in mass-effect? i mean literally, some parts could just have benn copy-pasted into it....

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i´ll just leave that: http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/index.html here it´s a very good read and well...and well, part of the bottom line is: yes, space-fighters would most likely be useless (ps: READ IT!;) )