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  1. Ricky

    Ricky Well-Known Member

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    No, but do you like it?
     
    Ricky, Jul 26, 2004
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    My, how did we ever forget about *that* one! Definitely the epitome of high tech! :lol:
     
    corpcasselbury, Jul 26, 2004
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    Another great one would be those little fighters from Independence Day.
     
    m-7, Jul 26, 2004
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    They're no space ships. They have only a limited range and need those ugly, %$^&ing huge mother ships to dock on. And if they can be beaten by a good pilot in a jet fighter, they aren't worth much.
     
    Roel, Jul 27, 2004
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    They could fly in space, not just very far, and other than that their better than tie fighters.
     
    m-7, Jul 27, 2004
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    But what's the use of a big shield and wierd laser cannon if you can't even outmanoeuver an ordinary F14? Something is wrong with their perception of a great technological advantage.
     
    Roel, Jul 28, 2004
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    Basically immune to what the other guy is shooting (they should upgrade their virus checker more often), higher operating ceilling (orbit!), vertical takeoff plus supersonic speed and apparently doesn't have to carry own fuel supply.

    I'd call all of those big technological advances. A WW1 fighter could out turn a F14 but I don't think anyone would claim that WW1 fighter would actually survive such an encounter.
     
    Ebar, Jul 28, 2004
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    Actually, could an F-14 kill a WW1 fighter?
    missiles would either not lock or prove too unmanouverable. Closing speed & manouver would not allow for much joy with the gun...
    Sorry, just de-railing the chat again!
     
    Ricky, Jul 28, 2004
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    Perhaps not with weapons but if you blasted past at full speed the poor sucker in the WW1 fighter plane might be reduced to fragments and they usually didn't have parachutes...
     
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    Agreed in full Ebar!

    Does anybody have a view on the 'Battlestar Galactica' ships?
     
    Ricky, Jul 28, 2004
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    Assuming you mean the ones on the original TV series and not those of that disgusting cable remake, I loved them. The battlestars, vipers, Cylon base ships and fighters were all very cool. It's too bad that the quality of the scripts didn't match the quality of the ships.
     
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    the republic gunship from star was episode 2
     
    dave phpbb3, Jul 31, 2004
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    I thought those were F-15s?

    The USAF doesn't use F-14s.
     
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  14. Ricky

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    Well, they actually seemed to use a mixture of F-15s and F-18s, if my memory serves.

    And the RAF-chappies with pukka accents used Tornados...
     
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    Yes, the F-14's were all safely out at sea, and the navy wouldn't send them out.
     
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    I always liked the Klingon cruisers shown in the classic Trek TV show and in the first movie. Very dangerous looking, appropriate for the villains.
     
    corpcasselbury, Aug 3, 2004
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    i like the borgs cubes
     
    dave phpbb3, Aug 4, 2004
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    The American pilots in that movie, as far as I could tell, all flew F-18 Hornets. Interestingly enough, when the alien fighters attacked MCAS El Toro, there was an F-16 Fighting Falcon sitting on the ground there. Thap type is used solely by the US Air Force, save for a few used by the Navy as Aggressors at Top Gun.
     
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    There's also the space battleship on the Japanese cartoon marketed in the USA as "Star Blazers". In the English language version, the ship's name is ARGO. I always loved the "Wave-Motion Gun"; only Scif-fi weapon I ever saw that matched the Death Star's superlaser for sheer destructive power.

    The original Japanese name for the show is "Space Cruiser YAMATO", BTW (yes, the WW2 ship).
     
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