is it planned for ships in space to be able to attack things on the planet ?

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is it planned for ships in space to be able to attack things on the planet ?

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Bombardment of the planet from space ?

Fighters launched in space able to enter the atmosphere and fight planet side ?
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tkobo wrote: Jan 10 2021 Fighters launched in space able to enter the atmosphere and fight planet side ?
Adama Manoeuvre please!
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Hand to look that up ... that might singe the paint on my carriers :)
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No specific plans, but a suggestion that has come up before. :)

(As has the Adama maneuver, but we don't let our space fighters fly in atmo)
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Really should let the space fighters enter and fight in the atmosphere. I could understand saying the space ships cant, but the fighters really should be able to.
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tkobo wrote: Jan 10 2021 Really should let the space fighters enter and fight in the atmosphere. I could understand saying the space ships cant, but the fighters really should be able to.
Obviously some fictional universes do this very often (Star Wars, BattleStar Galactica) although I'm not entirely sure how reasonable it is from a ship design perspective. Maybe Red Four would still be alive if X-Wings didn't have to be optimized for atmospheric action.

From the GR perspective, this can create some user interface issues (life is much easier if space unit classes are in space, and planet unit classes stay on the planet). We do allow some exceptions (landing ships that can land and launch again). So, this would be possible, but I think we might only take a closer look once other elements of space fighters work themselves out.
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