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It didn't work. The bay's air ran out slowly, and then the Confed troopship docked with it, hence stopping the transfer of air into space. They also didn't have ejection seats.

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I think Colonel Sanders is referring to the pocket battleship Graf Spee, which took some damage from HMS Exeter, Ajax, and Achilles off of South America. Graf Spee took to neutral port in Montevideo, where the British faked having a large task force instead of the 4 ships they really had, so...

Personally I believe that having long flight decks on carriers is just a backup system, in case the ALS (Automatic Landing System) goes down or is wrecked in combat. Otherwise, using the ALS was standard operation procedure, preventing a large number of green jocks from smashing into the deck...

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I thought the first Hornet (CV-8) was bombed and torpedoed off Guadalcanal, before finally being sunk by the Japanese. As for Carrier Decks, the British carriers were slower, carried fewer aircraft, and were hotter in the Pacific. The trade off was that when one got hit by a Kamikaze on the...

I would think that Nukes are standard issue, as if an expendable escort carrier such as the Tarawa has them, every carrier and fighter-carrying carrier should also carry at least a few. Just one small question. Why can't Maces have safety interlocks and such? The effects if one stray round...

Very nice. Good work to all who created it.

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Why is it in the "Communications" section, when one clicks on one of the numbered messages, the page goes to the top of the message section automatically? Is this a bug or a site feature?

I envy your collection, Jibbo. But why do you have so many WC2's?

They had those in World War II. Their designation was CLAA (Light Cruiser Anti-Aircraft). The Atlanta class light cruiser packed 16 x 5" DP guns, along with some secondary 40mm and 20mm mounts. The problem with a CLAA was that they basically were overgrown destroyers, lacking higher...

Ok. Let's begin. Prototypical pilot flying special "Painty Can" Sabre. Since there is heating gear, nozzles, etc. attached instead of missiles, the external capacity is reduced, and the power requirement is increased. Enemy 2: Jalkethi. See's Sabre. Fires missile. If Sabre is alive, he...

What good are medals if your dead? Just think how many pilots will die due to this absurd method of capture instead of destroying enemy fighters. Let us take the example of the capture of the U-505 by units of the US Navy. yes, they did capture her successfully. But, that was a very low...

Overmortal: He's editing his posts again. RyanCole: These ludicrious weapons and such in a hypothetical Wing Commander game would take time and effort to implement. For little gain. Who, besides yourself, Joshua, and a limited number of pacifists would actually bother squirting a hot load of...

Sycorax: That could be feasible, as in Fleet Action the new model belly mounted laser on the Broadsword has that capability. So, putting that on a Ferret or Arrow or the like could work well. Conversely, that could allow the bomber to fire off its torpedo load, and evade the hail of fire, for...

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