- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Relative to this topic, we have a few options if we want to keep balance. The first is simple: a straight-up Banshee clone with automatic cannons and rockets. This would have much in common with a current-day Harrier jump jet, although it would be significantly more flexible. I think that inserting this vehicle into the game, and keeping balance, will be more difficult to do than the second option.
Option #2 is for an assualt craft; I.E. a mini-Pelican, or a jump-jet style Vietnam Huey helicopter. This would maybe have a set of autocannon for defense; fixed, forward mounts. However, it would have a cargo compartment in the rear with space for two occupants, who could shoot out of each door. This would be super-cheap for flag carrying, but, if the thing is done properly, a Banshee will be able to knock it down quickly; this craft should have less maneuverability than the Banshee. If the pilot, with a flag-carrying passenger, is making a break for his home base, he will have little defense to the rear from a Banshee coming up behind him, aside from perhaps a passenger with a Battle Rifle shooting out of the side. This idea is more reminescent of a Mil Mi-24 attack helicopter, with some light armament in the front, and some side doors for passengers.