Supposedly this is something we should get in the not too distant future. Sorry, no idea where I heard/read that, but it is booked marked in my brain under "official statements".
I would love to be able to take a mission to destroy vehicles (NPC SRVS) on the surface of a planet with my Ship .
Eg Mission would be like this.
"Commander- we have reports that the enemy is conducting a re-con mission (survey mission etc) from base X on Planet Y. Intercepted transmissions suggest they will be in the vicinity of these Co-ordinates: 58.221/-20.542. Head to this area and cause as much damage as you can to their assets. Be warned they may scramble fighters to intercept you. Get in and out as quick as you can, Hit and run- Unless of course you can handle a fight!"
Current Intel suggests the recon convoy will consists of 4 SRVs. Most likely one Transport/Logistics SRV and 3 Combat/Re-con SRVs. The more of these units you can destroy the Higher the pay out you will receive. Good Luck Commander!
That would be so cool, swooping down to the surface in my FGS, rocket pods/Multicannons blazing....A10/Su25/IL2 style! Imagine doing this with a wing man or two....ahh could be so much fun... With a wing man, you could loiter in the area longer to make sure you get all the ground targets while your wing man (with a ship more dedicated to Air support) takes a defensive over watch position to engage any enemy air assets that come to protect the convoy.
This type of mission could be played from the other side too, where the human has to protect NPC SRVs on a recon mission and destroy any Ships/other SRVS etc that try to attack the friendly SRV convoy/patrol
The possibilities are endless. I hope FD can give us some this sort of basic Flight sim type missions some time....
