Found myself daydreaming about The Super Cobra.
Apart from very strong nostalgia, the main reason I prefer the Cobra is that it's straightline faster than anything with engines. To quote Han Solo: I like to get out of trouble faster than I get into it*. But I got to doodling in my sketchpad and started considering how good it would be to mash a couple of the hardpoints into one big hardpoint.
The Cobra is more or less an X-Wing. Fast, multipurpose, agile, but not so much that a couple of TIE fighters can't get on its tail and make ol' Porkins think about ejecting. Also, the four hardpoints are kind of spread out in an X.
The Super Cobra, then would be the B-Wing. Two hardpoints melded into one could support a single large gun, like the Vulture. Unlike the Vulture, the Super Cobra wouldn't quite have turning ability, so it would be harder to train that one piece. But if it could, it would pack a wallop! The energy balance would be easier than the Vulture's as well, although the Super Cobra would still be limited by a smallish powerplant and the likelihood of overheating.
Well, it's a daydream, and one I thought I'd share. If anyone is interested, I'll finish off the sketch and post it. I know Frontier isn't looking to the peanut gallery for ideas right now, and I'm not offering this as a suggestion, just as a random thought. I 110% do not expect anyone to think that this should be a thing in the game.
*This is a terrible quote. I'm not even certain Han says this at all, but he's the poster child for going super slow and getting into tons of trouble. Proof: Han personally enrages Darth Vader, arguably the most powerful soldier in the galaxy. It would be hard to get into more trouble than that. And Han gets frozen in carbonite. It would be hard to go any slower than that. So: bad quote.
Apart from very strong nostalgia, the main reason I prefer the Cobra is that it's straightline faster than anything with engines. To quote Han Solo: I like to get out of trouble faster than I get into it*. But I got to doodling in my sketchpad and started considering how good it would be to mash a couple of the hardpoints into one big hardpoint.
The Cobra is more or less an X-Wing. Fast, multipurpose, agile, but not so much that a couple of TIE fighters can't get on its tail and make ol' Porkins think about ejecting. Also, the four hardpoints are kind of spread out in an X.
The Super Cobra, then would be the B-Wing. Two hardpoints melded into one could support a single large gun, like the Vulture. Unlike the Vulture, the Super Cobra wouldn't quite have turning ability, so it would be harder to train that one piece. But if it could, it would pack a wallop! The energy balance would be easier than the Vulture's as well, although the Super Cobra would still be limited by a smallish powerplant and the likelihood of overheating.
Well, it's a daydream, and one I thought I'd share. If anyone is interested, I'll finish off the sketch and post it. I know Frontier isn't looking to the peanut gallery for ideas right now, and I'm not offering this as a suggestion, just as a random thought. I 110% do not expect anyone to think that this should be a thing in the game.
*This is a terrible quote. I'm not even certain Han says this at all, but he's the poster child for going super slow and getting into tons of trouble. Proof: Han personally enrages Darth Vader, arguably the most powerful soldier in the galaxy. It would be hard to get into more trouble than that. And Han gets frozen in carbonite. It would be hard to go any slower than that. So: bad quote.
