Small craft?

[AnubisZombie]

Hello,
      Many ships carry small craft bays but we have no models for them.
Any chance of ever getting some microfighter scale Battle Taxis or Long Range Shuttles?

thanx

[Cyttorak]

I would tend to doubt it, since none of these vessels are combat-worthy. It's pretty much the same reason that utility vehicles and workmechs are very poorly represented in terms of number of minis made.

[AnubisZombie]

I figured at least there should be a Battle-Taxi cause that's combat oriented.

Anybody else interested in this?

[Weirdo]

If you look up the older fleet-scale Confederate DropShip, it's an absolutely tiny Spheroid that would serve quite well for a Battle Taxi or DropShuttle. Moreover, I'm pretty sure there is a mini for the Aquarius combat shuttle available. You could use that to represent any of the other aerodyne shuttles out there.

I would tend to doubt it, since none of these vessels are combat-worthy.

You mean aside from the heavy gunships, boarding shuttles, combat transports, and EW support ships? You're right, the generic lifeboats and escape pods have little use in a tactical game... 8)

[AnubisZombie]

Oh goodie that confederate is only .35 cents so it must be tiny.

I'm thinking about getting a fleet of Behemoths and that would be practical to get for the fleet of small craft they carry.

[Weirdo]

Interesting idea...what for, pray tell?

[AnubisZombie]

I like the logistics side of the game. I like having figures for all the support forces that way it's more fun raiding them.

Now that they make the Space Station Factory in the form of an identical Dragons Breath Platform im thinkin about making a shipyard complex and merchant trade fleet. A Behemoth's 20 small craft represent alot of merchant trade fleet. It's also nice to have a Merchant trade fleet for pirate campaigns too.

Right now I'm trying to decide if I should get all 20 small craft per Behemoth or break them down into squadrons. Practically its gotta be squadrons. Especially if there is more than one Behemoth, but it just doesn't look as cool having them in squadrons.

I also need a Spheroid Small Craft to represent AMS pickets. I give each warship and anything of substance, like Behemoths and Space Stations, a squadron of missle defence ships.

[Weirdo]

Remember: Unless playing Battleforce, only ASFs can be organized into squadrons in a way that affects game play. It's the one true weakness of combat shuttles like the Aquarius or Tigress. Nothing's stopping you from running the shuttles in groups of six, but the rules will still treat them as six individual shuttles, not as one squadron.