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That's a lot of dead Kilrathi aces. But besides that, those kill numbers are stock variables, accumulated since the beginning of the war. 800 kills is a lot, but not so much over a course of 20 years (only about 40 a year). On the other hand the Tiger's Claw scoreboard reads under 200...

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Well its been a while since I played WC3, but as I remember it, I hated this matchup because the Tbolt couldn't outmaneuver or outrun a Vaktoth so if he had his back to you, you just kept getting a face-full of turret fire. AND you couldn't trade blows with him face to face either, because he...

Well, I presented the WC1 killboard. There is also a killboard in WC3 I believe which is quite high in number of kills. That's evidence from the game. It doesn't SAY explicitly anywhere in the game that the ratio is that high, but the action in the game definitely seems to imply it. On the...

Sabre's faster and more maneuverable, and carries a comparable weapon loadout. The shields are weaker than the Tbolt I would think. I never liked the Tbolt but that is just my opinion. I always dreaded coming up against Vaktoths when I was in a Tbolt. That was the only fighter matchup I...

You know what's better than having 3 layers of armor protecting your 300 fighter super-carrier? Having 1 layer of armor, seperated by 10km of vacuum from the next. The seperate ships reduces risk, if something goes wrong with 1 or 2 the rest keep fighting. A few lucky hits on the Hakaga and...

Ha, I was just thinking that mission from the end of SO1. Good to know other people hated it too. Nothing better than three wingmen who are intent in shooting you in the ass while you're dodging a bunch of Gothri and anti-matter cannons. The only way I could figure out how to beat this...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but that carrier did not continue on to the Battle of Earth due to the damage it took. Four torpedoes messed it up pretty bad, I don't think it's fair to say it could have taken 10 more based on what was in the book. But four torpedoes will mess up a Hakaga but only...

I don't think that is incompatible with my scenario. SOMEONE has to be killing Confed pilots. My take is this: in the Confed fleet, 20% of the pilots do 80% of the killing. In the Kilrathi, it is something like 5% do 95%. They have a core of highly skilled, highly talented pilots who are...

Well, sure. I mean, in my initial example, I picked "100 kills" because that seemed like a ridiculous enough number. Pointing out that this isn't such a ridiculous amount of kills doesn't really make your point, because in Wing Commander we're talking about guys with 1000+ kills serving on...

I consider the WC3, WC2, WC1 & SMs1&2, and *lightly* S01&2 canon in that order because to me they make the most sense like that. After that, stuff like the books, Privateer, Academy, Armada, the manuals, as far as they don't contradict each other and the "main" games. From what I saw of the...

I rate the manuals behind the books in terms of "canon". Blair is 32 in 2669 according to "Victory Streak". That would make him 17 in 2654 as a 2nd Lt on the Claw. Angel is *Dutch* in "Claw Marks", and French thereafter. Because dude, they're in SPACE. You can't park the ship offshore...

OOOHHHHHH ... I have been uber-geeked. Relax bro, we're on the same side. *Flashed NWA (Nerds With Attitudes) gang symbol* I just figured if you have a 1:1 chance of winning a battle, winning 100+ dogfights is equivalent to flipping a coin and getting "heads" 100 times in a row, the odds...

I shouldn't say "not like" because I thought they were enjoyable works of fiction, but I don't consider End Run, Fleet Action, Heart of the Tiger or the other books to be "the official word" on what happened in the WC universe. Some of the things I didn't like: 1) Kilrathi and Terrans too...

Give me a break. Luke Skywalker is a moisture farmer with *one* combat mission under his belt. Blair is a professional fighter pilot with hundreds of missions who quit his day job to become a moisture farmer.

My take is that there is a shortage of Rapiers and Sabres in the fleet. Either it is typical for a light carrier like the Victory to carry second-rate fighters, or a fighter construction base got smashed prior to WC3. Both the Hellcat and Thunderbolt are decidedly inferior to the Rapier and...