Ships capable of launching Eagles?

TheSaiZo

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I think it would be interesting to see a ship, not a carrier, being able to launch say an Eagle instead of the small fighters we can see today.
However, I do know that it would somehow destroy the entire idea behind the smaller fighters.

Perhaps in the future, if this "Carrier" thing gets enough attention - a battleship. A battleship that can launch smaller fighters type Eagles, Vultures etc.?
 

GraphiteGB

GraphiteGB
Mega ships and capital class ships can launch small class fighters...
Megaship have an Item scanable called "Fighter bay launcher" and the fed capital ship has a launch bay...
None of these is animated but they are there in game allready... as normal its just features that were likely dropped... same as not allowing players to controll capital class which will not happen..
 

Burke

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It should have been. When and if they open the game up and let people run servers i guarentee somebody is going to correct the ships. The scale of things is off aswell but completely rebuilding stations seems a bit much to expect. :)
 

Watcher

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zimms said:
Initially the Anaconda was supposed to be able to launch two Sidewinders iirc. Plans probably changed when Frontier started to take a closer look at that feature.

It probably wasn't as much about size as is was about FSD capability.
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I'd have to check but at least until recently the in game Anaconda ship description specifically calls out its capability as a Sidewinder launch platform... I still out some teeny tiny hope that this will one day come but it seems a touch unlikely at this point. They would have to solve a whole lot of issues around how this would work, I think this would be worth it and probably leave the game as a whole in better place but unless they are hanging a whole lot of other stuff off this it seems unlikely. Still, with Fleet Carrier coming along perhaps some of those issues will be considered, resolved and pave the way. Maybe...
 

Ezren

Ezren
Watcher said:
I'd have to check but at least until recently the in game Anaconda ship description specifically calls out its capability as a Sidewinder launch platform... I still out some teeny tiny hope that this will one day come but it seems a touch unlikely at this point. They would have to solve a whole lot of issues around how this would work, I think this would be worth it and probably leave the game as a whole in better place but unless they are hanging a whole lot of other stuff off this it seems unlikely. Still, with Fleet Carrier coming along perhaps some of those issues will be considered, resolved and pave the way. Maybe...
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That was the initial description, which eventually changed. The fighters are a good system, they can be rebuilt, whereas it would be asking a bit much to rebuild a whole Sidey.
 

Ted Striker

Ted Striker
Ezren said:
That was the initial description, which eventually changed. The fighters are a good system, they can be rebuilt, whereas it would be asking a bit much to rebuild a whole Sidey.
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That could be the trade-off too. No rebuilding sidewinders. You lose it you have to go replace it.

If you can also outfit and engineer a sidewinder the way you want...imagine the possibilities and risk vs reward.
 

Drelthar

Drelthar
Sandro once said they "didn't want a Russian doll situation"

When he said it I thought, why not, it sounds awesome! Launch your cobra from your anaconda, land and drop the SRV out. It'd be amazing.

Something that would be cool, would be full outfitting for the fighters we can launch though. Including some internal module options!
 

IndigoWyrd

IndigoWyrd
Ezren said:
In the books, the Imperial Courier was as big as an Anaconda.
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At the risk of sounding repetitive, see my comment.

I have never seen any of these books, nor read them, nor even heard of them outside of this forum.
However, I am not much of a reader of sci-fi - I prefer horror, philosophy, and psychology.
 

TheSaiZo

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Ok, so as of today, we are "stuck" with the ship-launched fighters. I am not currently looking at them as a short range fighter, but a fighter with limitations.
I can't modify anything on them. How about launching a fighter equipped with a railgun and missiles, or burst laser and a cannon?

Perhaps if we can't launch an ordinary fighter, why not give us the option to alter a ship-launched fighter?
Not on an engineer level, but perhaps change of weapons or similar? Or would it take away some of the feeling to ED??
 

Vandaahl

Vandaahl
IndigoWyrd said:
I prefer horror, philosophy, and psychology.
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Last time I said that I got medication prescribed... 🤭

Anyway, nice topic. I actually hoped ship launched fighters would be something like that, that you could launch a Sidi or and Eagle, but oh well, it is what it is :)
I guess things become complicated when you leave your Anaconda in an Eagle, dock the Eagle at a station, then log out and go to bed.
 
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