Pity it exists now...
Any Elite ship named "Challenger" should have been an Exploration ship.
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Your post made my day! Leave it to an optimist to take lemons and make margaritas, rimmed in the salt of your victims. [haha] Have some REP!
Ah, yes, the 80s... the paragon of culture, morals, and the expression of the human soul.
No. No, it wasn't.
Glad I missed the 80’s, then.
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We just called a lot of it "common courtesy" and "The Golden Rule" back then.
Don't be silly, Challenger 2 was the successor to ChallengerWhich was the successor to the Chieftain.
As an aside, our Regiment once had a Chieftain that never broke down. Never ever, no other MBT that came off the production line could say the same thing. This got noticed by 'The Powers That Be' and recalled the tank for a full inspection. Meaning they stripped it down and tried to see what was different about this particular one. Needless to say they didn't find anything and put it back together.
Brokedown very very often after that...
My tank spent more time being towed on the back of the arrv than running under it's own power and my driver became somewhat of an expert at changing the pack. Many many yellow handbags had to be paid
. My in game Chieftain is called Inniskilling.
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OP, that's a nice thought and I was also back there when the horrible accident happened, but I don't agree with the logic.
Besides, I've always loved the hauler and thought it was a nice tribute to the space shuttle. In scale the hauler it about the same size too. It's also the best small exploration ship.
Besides, I've always loved the hauler and thought it was a nice tribute to the space shuttle. In scale the hauler it about the same size too. It's also the best small exploration ship.
My tank spent more time being towed on the back of the arrv than running under it's own power and my driver became somewhat of an expert at changing the pack. Many many yellow handbags had to be paid
Ahh, yellow handbags. Memories come flooding back. You gave me an idea for decals though 'Chinese Eyes' which my Regiment used on all their vehicles so they could see then enemy better
Well, the next combat vessel could always be called "Warrior";
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Warrior_(1860)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Warrior_(1860)
The shuttle was a fantastic engineering achievement, but largely an expensive wrong turn in terms of human spaceflight.
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Ahh, yellow handbags. Memories come flooding back. You gave me an idea for decals though 'Chinese Eyes' which my Regiment used on all their vehicles so they could see then enemy better
Good idea
Don't be silly, Challenger 2 was the successor to Challenger
As an aside, our Regiment once had a Chieftain that never broke down. Never ever, no other MBT that came off the production line could say the same thing. This got noticed by 'The Powers That Be' and recalled the tank for a full inspection. Meaning they stripped it down and tried to see what was different about this particular one. Needless to say they didn't find anything and put it back together.
Brokedown very very often after that...
A bit like mine then [yesnod]
My dozer had the 850 pack...which meant the engine was fine but kept blowing the gearboxes or the Rootes blower [rolleyes]
My first dozer tank was the Centurion Mk 5 AVRE..since the Chieftain dozer hadn't arrived by the time I did my driver training in the early 70's. I was one of the last Centurion trained drivers in the army since everyone had been issued with the 'new' Chieftain by then...I much preferred the Cent...not as smelly or underpowered
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As said above;
Frontier are a Brit company and UK's two most recent Main Battle Tanks have been firstly The Chieftain and that was superseded by The Challenger, which is notable for its increase armour (Chobham ablative armour.... formulation is still a state secret). As far as the in game ships, the Chieftain and the Challenger; the main difference as far as I can tell is the increased armour of the Challenger! Nuff sed!
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Frontier are a Brit company and UK's two most recent Main Battle Tanks have been firstly The Chieftain and that was superseded by The Challenger, which is notable for its increase armour (Chobham ablative armour.... formulation is still a state secret). As far as the in game ships, the Chieftain and the Challenger; the main difference as far as I can tell is the increased armour of the Challenger! Nuff sed!
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well and truly Ninga'd (with colour pictures too!)
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Do we need another combat ship? There's a good 16/18 of those for combat already.
Also, please list your 6 exploration ships. Technically any ship can explore, but then technically a Hauler is a combat ship since it has one hardpoint, right?
There are different tiers of combat there are not different tiers of exploration. Of course there would be more combat ships. Why would you be so smug about an apples to oranges comparison?
As is the case with ALL the rest of the ships, the type and name has nothing to do with the actual use by the player. Thus if one wants the new Chieftain to be an explorer, then it's an explorer, if one wants it to be a fighter, then it's a fighter. Etc. etc. etc!
I mean there are those that buy a cruise liner, and do a combat loadouts. There are those that buy a cutter and or vettes just to haul packages.
I mean there are those that buy a cruise liner, and do a combat loadouts. There are those that buy a cutter and or vettes just to haul packages.
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Challenger, clearly fitted for combat.
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Don't be ridiculous. The long pole is obviously a drill to dig into Arctic ice for research.
Do we need another combat ship? There's a good 16/18 of those for combat already.
Also, please list your 6 exploration ships. Technically any ship can explore, but then technically a Hauler is a combat ship since it has one hardpoint, right?
A good mate of mine does PvP piracy in a Hauler against Cutters at CGs... And wins.