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Voting closed: April 10, 2016, 09:48:36 pm

[~Neri]

"Said miles away means you can focus on the fliers more then anything else. Did I mention the fliers really need to die?"

[Insanegame27]

"You do know that the missile launchers on the gunships run parallel to the body? That means that when landed they run parallel to the ground? Which means that when they launch they travel horizontally until they can maneuver themselves up?"

[~Neri]

"I am not an expert on helicopters. Question though. Why not let the launchers angle themselves?"

[Insanegame27]

"Because reloading is a million times easier if the housing is rigid. Box launchers are great, but there's no capability to reload mid-air. With a design like the Ravager you can have an internal and interchangeable stock of munitions."
((Also Kevak, check the document I shared with you))

[~Neri]

"Couldn't you have the launcher have two states though? Loading position and launching position? Launching being the aiming as previously suggested. Loading being where the launcher locks into place to reload from an internal mechanism?""

[Insanegame27]

"Because when they designed the class they never imagined them firing from the ground, assuming that the ship would be up when in operation."

[~Neri]

"It seems like that would be extremely useful when the ship is grounded due to anti air though."

[Insanegame27]

"A gunship is an Aerial Support Vehicle. It is presumed to have ground company to eliminate the anti-air or to have cruise or ICBM missiles or other means take out the Anti-Air."

[~Neri]

"And said anti air likely has ways to take it out from the same range."

[Insanegame27]

"And that is the reason for flares, ECM and chaff. Gunships are designed to fight in the air, not from the ground."

[LordPorkins]

Frazz walks over to where the commotion is
"If one of them gets past your guys shitstorm of missles, can i shoot a fireball at it?"

[zomara0292]

"NOOO!. . . I mean. . .no."

[vkiNm]

"Launching a Tarantula-Hawk," Zach says, Attempting to lock onto the worm and firing the aforementioned missile.

It's incredibly difficult to lock to the target, but your missile manages. Though even after you've locked to the strange heat signature, the computer warns that you're firing a missile from a grounded vehicle from a missile rack several feet off the ground and it won't let you fire without manual safety override.

Override?

[LordPorkins]

"NOOO!. . . I mean. . .no."

"You are as much fun as a rusty can buried in a pile of mud."

[zomara0292]

"Your about as safe as a nuke mid-deti. . . deti. . .  explosion."