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Even then, he would be more of an opponent or an adversary than an an enemy. It's not like you're out for his blood the way you're with the others. Best, Raptor

Missions that I would use a Banshee for: -bomber escort -interception/point defence -recon -patrol/CAP Best, Raptor

They were trying to impose their own idea of what was "better" on the rest of the Confederation without its consent. That's not the same thing as helping. Best, Raptor

] I think all the Confed citizens who would have ended up being slaughtered in the billions if the Black Lance had succeeded might disagree that they were trying to do good for Confed. Best, Raptor

That's the point I was making, though I admit it was a rather pedantic one. The methords WW2 crews used to bale out of their craft (all the way up to and including heavy bombers) were escape mechanisms, not ejection mechanisms. Ejection involves using explosive or rocket asssistance to throw the...

I imagine the faster you're going, the harder it would be align yopurself correctly for the jump. Best, Raptor

As opposed to all the World War II fighters which did have ejection mechanisms? :D Best, Raptor

I liked the cockpits in the old WC games (WC1/WC2), sparking wires on the instrument panel and all. With the later games it wasn't so important, but I still used the cockpit when I had the choice. Best, Raptor

Not if they were still flying Raptors and Scimitars, they wouldn't. :D Best, Raptor

Or, in Blair's case: "It's a privilege of rank." :D Best, Raptor

Well, if you wanted to join the Black Lance, all you have to do is sign up with the Border Worlds and walk straight into the Black Lance's "secret" base like Blair did. :D Best, Raptor

Flash might have been challenging, but he was simply an obnoxious crewmate rather tha a true enemy, so I didn't take all that much satisfaction from toasting him. For sheer satisfaction, I would have to go with taking down Seether. Apart from being someone you could truly hate, he was also...

I'd go with the Border Worlds. Yeah, like that's really news to anyone. :D Best, Raptor

Er, did we even see the Wraith in WC2? I don't remember it, but it's been ages since I played the game. Best, Raptor

The other drawback to the big carriers is that when someone gets lucky (as happened with both the Vesuvius and the St. Helens) you lose the lot in one go. Best, Raptor

I think it was originally planned for the Nephilim capital ships to have plasma weapons, but that wasn't implemented in the final version of the game. As for capital ship combat, you do see quite a bit of it in WC2 and to a lesser extent in WC3. As WC is mainly based on modern carrier warfare...

There's also no gaurantee that the Kilrathi wouldn't commit their fleet to ripping the Behemoth to shreds once they knew what it could do. (As in fact did happen.) The Behemoth takes years to build, and is pretty darn hard to hide when you're jumping in into an enemy system. Or for that...

I wonder how the economies of the countries that *lost* the war and got the living daylights kicked out of them did, though. (Though I guess there would have been a a construction boom in those countries. *G*) The trouble with war as a way of stimulating the economy is that the war might not...

Being designed with the intent to kill would be true of just about any weapons system, not just the Dragon. That's their purpose, after all. Best, Raptor

Whatever gave you the idea that a total war on which humanity's survival depended on has to be fought honourably? Confed won the war because it was prepared to be ruthless as hell and kick the Kilrathi right where it hurt the most. And in terms of species survival, being able to be ruthless...