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Author Topic: Snow Raven/ Cloud Cobra Heavy Fighter Pilot Program  (Read 20411 times)

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Re: Snow Raven/ Cloud Cobra Heavy Fighter Pilot Program
« Reply #15 on: October 13, 2018, 06:28:59 PM »
Like the main external fuel tank on the centreline of an f-15?  I do that for my AUs FighterShips, a single Cap missile for an anti-shipping role.

You’d have to check for fighter munitions.
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Re: Snow Raven/ Cloud Cobra Heavy Fighter Pilot Program
« Reply #16 on: October 14, 2018, 01:57:55 AM »
Yeah kind of like this



For a Killer Whale or




For a Barracuda or something.

IIRC there are anti-ship missiles that fighters can carry but I think these are just Arrow missiles.
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Re: Snow Raven/ Cloud Cobra Heavy Fighter Pilot Program
« Reply #17 on: October 14, 2018, 08:05:33 AM »
Would make sense.

So many new rules im not familiar with, Arrow missiles? Are they basically Arrow OS?
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Re: Snow Raven/ Cloud Cobra Heavy Fighter Pilot Program
« Reply #18 on: October 14, 2018, 08:12:57 AM »
I'm not sure, I know there's Arrow AAMs which let you do a single 20 point wallop and I'd have thought that the ASM's were basically the same thing.
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Re: Snow Raven/ Cloud Cobra Heavy Fighter Pilot Program
« Reply #19 on: October 14, 2018, 10:16:44 AM »
Yes they are Arrow missiles and there are actually 2 types, standard anti-ship ones and EW ones.  Functionally ASMs act like barracudas but do the damage of white sharks.  For reference, Tactical Operations, page 359.
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Re: Snow Raven/ Cloud Cobra Heavy Fighter Pilot Program
« Reply #20 on: October 14, 2018, 11:23:17 AM »
Its a Anti-Aircraft variant of the Arrow, I can't remember if it's a single or from a standard launcher.

What is truly EVIL, is how I put tandem-charge warheads on them.  It's the biggest fear of my super-heavy units, a fast vee with a Lance of artillery behind it.  Even splitting the standard 20-point warhead into 10/10 means a one-shot kills an assault Mech.  It's one of the defenses against a Clan assault trying to enforce their Trial of annihilation.

But, this is another example of a suitable small craft role.  I assume you read the D&D(D) story?  What do you think of the role of their Piranha in terms of the anti-shipping role?
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Re: Snow Raven/ Cloud Cobra Heavy Fighter Pilot Program
« Reply #21 on: October 14, 2018, 12:07:15 PM »
AAA, ASM, and ASEWM are all bomb munitions and therefore oneshot - they cannot use standard Arrow IV launchers.  The AAA is 1 ton each and use 5 bomb slots.  The ASM/ASEWM are 2 tons each and use 6 bomb slots.  So a 100-ton fighter could have up to 4 AAAs or 3 ASM/ASEWM.
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Re: Snow Raven/ Cloud Cobra Heavy Fighter Pilot Program
« Reply #22 on: October 14, 2018, 01:18:29 PM »
As a closing weapon, I could see it.  As a weapon with a pee-wee nuke, it could make a DS in atmosphere REALLY nervous.
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