Fighters - Revision history

Cholmondely: Tweaks! More slide shows!!

2025-07-15T11:04:31Z

Tweaks! More slide shows!!

Cholmondely: Added other "companion oxp" links, minor reformating

2025-05-04T07:38:29Z

Added other "companion oxp" links, minor reformating

Phkb: Updating BB links

2024-03-18T04:29:01Z

Updating BB links

Cholmondely: /* Description */ Emphasis

2021-01-03T00:54:13Z

‎Description: Emphasis

Norby: v1.5

2020-11-14T21:31:20Z

v1.5

Cholmondely: /* Swarm Fighter Group */

2020-08-22T22:38:40Z

‎Swarm Fighter Group

Cholmondely: /* Light Fighter */

2020-08-22T22:34:12Z

‎Light Fighter

Cholmondely: /* Description */

2020-08-22T22:32:54Z

‎Description

Norby: v1.4

2017-05-16T10:59:56Z

v1.4

Norby: v1.3

2017-02-02T15:05:27Z

v1.3

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 The strongest King-class fighter occupy 25t in cargo bay, offer frangible but accurate turreted Thargoid Laser with [[Sniper Lock]], ECM and shields, moreover very strong organic armour plates around the ship, which absorb all damages for a while and regenerates!
-Has strong scanner with double range (50km) which keep up target lock far from the mother and at hyperjump can follow you into the wormhole from this far.
+The King has a strong scanner with double range (50km) which keep up target lock far from the mother and at hyperjump can follow you into the wormhole from this far.
 The slowest fighter but a King rarely retreat and Injectors can help a bit.
 Fire less powerful shots than a Shark but longer range (17.5km instead of 12.5km) and hold 3 times more armor. King also need armor to use Injectors and very slow without so better if you go to pick up those who send a message about lost armor.
-Very costly: need 50.000 credits and 10 Alien Items. Only main stations can build these, moreover the necessary parts are available in Galaxy 8 only. If you complete Thargoid Plans mission then you can buy it in other Galaxies also as a thank you from GalCop.
+Very costly: need 50.000 credits and 10 Alien Items. Only the main stations can build these, moreover the necessary parts are available in Galaxy 8 only. If you complete the [[vanilla game]] Thargoid Plans mission then you can buy it in other Galaxies also as a thank you from GalCop.
 The cheaper "Iron King" variant (named by Commander Cody) is available for 20.000 credits without Alien Items but no organic armor nor injectors within.
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 Fighters from 10t occupied cargo space like Raider, GalTech Interceptor, Shark and King are heavy fighters which need Fighter Bay to get enough large doors for launch.
-Allocate 20t cargo space for a control room to raise the number of fighters supported by your ship from 8 to 16.
+Allocate 20t cargo space for a control room to raise the number of fighters supported by your ship from 8 to 16. <br>
 Help also to do not lose your fighters if you jump to another system without landing them first, except those which are out of your scanner so can not reach your ship in time.
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 == Fighter Hangar ==
-Convert your ship to a well equipped carrier by allocating space for very large supply rooms, which can handle 80 fighters at once.
+Convert your ship to a well equipped carrier by allocating space for very large supply rooms, which can handle 80 fighters at once.<br>
 Contain self-repair systems which make the hangar undamageable but not the stored fighters.
-Need a big ship over 8000t mass which can not fit into regular docks, like [[Andromeda]] or [[Condor]].
+Need a big ship over 8000t mass which can not fit into regular docks, like [[Andromeda]] or [[Condor]].<br>
 Occupy 200t space and cost 100.000 credits.
 == Screenshots ==
-[[File:Fighters6.png]]
+The Fighters! Again! Click!!
+<gallery mode="slideshow">
-[[File:Fighters9+.png]]
+File:Light.png | [[#Light Fighter|Light Fighter]]
+File:Robotfighter2.jpg | [[#Robot Fighter|Robot Fighter]]
-[[File:Fighters5.png]]
+File:Swarm.png | [[#Swarm Fighter Group|Swarm Fighter Group]]
+File:Raider.png | [[#Raider|Raider]]
-[[File:Fighters4.png]]
+File:GalTech.png | [[#GalTech Interceptor|GalTech Interceptor]]
+File:Shark.png | [[#Shark|Shark]]
-[[File:Fighters8.png]]
+File:King.png | [[#King|King]]
+</gallery>
 == Credits ==

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-=== Instructions ===
+== Instructions ==
 Do not unzip the .oxz file, just move into the AddOns folder of your Oolite installation.
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 [[Media:Fighters_1.0.oxz|Fighters_1.0.oxz]] (downloaded {{#downloads:Fighters_1.0.oxz}} times).
-===Quick Facts===
+=== Other "Companion OXPs" ===
 {{OXPLevel|0}}{{Infobox OXPb| title = Fighters
 |version = 1.5

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 == Credits ==
-Model of Ejected Pilot comes from Knotty's [http://bb.aegidian.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=12856 Astronaut OXP].
+Model of Ejected Pilot comes from Knotty's [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=12856 Astronaut OXP].
 Model of Light Fighter comes from Shipbuilder's [[Colonial_Viper_Mark_1|Colonial_Viper_Mark_1_V1.03.oxp]].
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 |category = Weapons OXPs
 |author = [[User:Norby|Norby]]
-|feedback = [http://bb.aegidian.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=18163 BB-Link]
+|feedback = [https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=18163 BB-Link]
 }}

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 Fighters are available in the equipment shop and ''not'' in the shipyard.
-Damaged fighters can not launch until they are repaired in a station which has shipyard.
+Damaged fighters can not launch until they are repaired in a station which has a shipyard.
 Small scratches are repaired immediately when your fighters land back into your ship.
-You can force them to land either by a run to green alert or by initiating a hyperjump countdown, then cancel it before can happen and repeat until no more fighters are outside.
+You can force them to land either by a run to 'green alert' - or by initiating a hyperjump countdown ('''h'''), then cancel it before can happen ('''h''' again) and repeat the process until no more fighters are outside.
 You can follow the activity of your fighters in an MFD.

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 == Fighters ==
-  [[File:Light.png|x200px|link=#Light_Fighter]][[File:Swarm.png|x200px|link=#Swarm_Fighter_Group]][[File:Raider.png|x200px|link=#Raider]][[File:GalTech.png|x200px|link=#GalTech_Interceptor]][[File:Shark.png|x200px|link=#Shark]][[File:King.png|x200px|link=#King]]
+  [[File:Light.png|x200px|link=#Light_Fighter]][[File:Robotfighter2.jpg|x200px|link=#Robot_Fighter]][[File:Swarm.png|x200px|link=#Swarm_Fighter_Group]][[File:Raider.png|x200px|link=#Raider]][[File:GalTech.png|x200px|link=#GalTech_Interceptor]][[File:Shark.png|x200px|link=#Shark]][[File:King.png|x200px|link=#King]]
   Fighter     Class  Size(m)  Speed    Cost  Occupy En.+Arm Recharg Pitch Laser      Other
   Light       Knight 6x4x10   600      1000  5t     0+1     0       2.5   Pulse      No shields, just armor
   Swarm       Pawn   6x2x10   500      2000  5t     0+0.5   1       2     3*Pulse    3 ships in a group, Organic armor, need 3 Alien Items
   Raider      Bishop 13x3x16  400      3000  10t    2       1       2     Dual Pulse ECM, passive cloak in cloaked era
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 Lightning fast: 1.5 times faster than Asp but no Quirium fuel within, so no Injectors nor hyperdrive.
 Cost 1000 credits.
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 [[File:Fighters8.png]]
-[[File:Light.png|link=#Light_Fighter]][[File:Swarm.png|link=#Swarm_Fighter_Group]][[File:Raider.png|link=#Raider]][[File:GalTech.png|link=#GalTech_Interceptor]][[File:Shark.png|link=#Shark]][[File:King.png|link=#King]]
+[[File:Light.png|link=#Light_Fighter]][[File:Robotfighter2.jpg|link=#Robot_Fighter]][[File:Swarm.png|link=#Swarm_Fighter_Group]][[File:Raider.png|link=#Raider]][[File:GalTech.png|link=#GalTech_Interceptor]][[File:Shark.png|link=#Shark]][[File:King.png|link=#King]]
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 === Changelog ===
 .05.16. v1.4  Fixed a rare error message around addDefenseTarget, thanks to cag.
 .02.02. v1.3  Fixed a minor bug of Light Fighter in fighters_ship.js, thanks to Rustem.
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 === Downloads ===
 [[Media:Fighters_1.4.oxz|Fighters_1.4.oxz]] (downloaded {{#downloads:Fighters_1.4.oxz}} times).
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 ===Quick Facts===
 {{OXPLevel|0}}{{Infobox OXPb| title = Fighters
-|version = 1.4
+|version = 1.5
-|release = 2017.05.16.
+|release = 2020.09.17.
 |features = Mini ships
 |license = CC BY-NC-SA 4

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 === Swarm Fighter Group ===
-Contain 3 Pawn-class fighters in a group, based on robot technology of Thargons which fly without pilots and save cargo space on mothership: need 1t for each fighter and additional 2t for supply so 5t in total.
+Contain 3 Pawn-class fighters in a group, based on the robot technology of the Thargons which fly without pilots and save cargo space on the mothership: need 1t for each fighter and an additional 2t for supplies so 5t in total.
 Slower and less durable than Knight-class Light Fighters, no shields but its organic armor regenerates slowly.
-A group together offer 3 Pulse Lasers but nothing else.
+A group together offers 3 Pulse Lasers - but nothing else.
-Use a single control link only due to the group always stay in close formation.
+Uses only  a single control link due to the group always staying in close formation.
-Named to Swarm because a Fighter Bay can handle 16 groups so 48 fighters! This huge swarm fit into a Python also using 100t cargo space: 16 x 5t = 80t, plus 20t for the bay.
+Named ''Swarm'' because a Fighter Bay can handle 16 groups - so 48 fighters! This huge swarm fit into a Python also using 100t cargo space: 16 x 5t = 80t, plus 20t for the bay.
-Need 3 Alien Items to build a group and cost 2000 credits.
+Need 3 ''Alien Items'' to build a group and also costs 2000 credits.
-Repair first regroup 2 damaged groups into a single group without any cost. If only one group is damaged then need an Alien Item and 1000 credits or you can decide to wait until another group got damage then do merge.
+Repair: first regroup/merge 2 damaged groups into a single group without any cost. If only one group is damaged, then you need an ''Alien Item'' and 1000 credits - or you can decide to wait until another group gets damaged and then do the merge.
 [[File:Cylon_Raider_Mark_1.png|250px|thumb|right|Raider]]
 === Raider ===

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 === Light Fighter ===
-A standard Knight-class Light Fighter occupy 5t cargo space, use Pulse Laser but no shields, so damages repairable only when landed.
+A standard Knight-class Light Fighter occupies 5t cargo space, uses a Pulse Laser but has no shields, so damage is repairable only when landed.
-Lightning fast: 1.5 times faster than Asp but no Quirium fuel within so no Injectors nor hyperdrive.
+Lightning fast: 1.5 times faster than Asp but no Quirium fuel within, so no Injectors nor hyperdrive.
 Cost 1000 credits.
 [[File:Swarmfighter.png|250px|thumb|right|Swarm Fighter Group]]
 === Swarm Fighter Group ===

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 == Description ==
-Most ships are large in Oolite, even a cargo canister is as big (6x6x10m) as fighter planes.
+Most ships are large in Oolite, even a cargo canister is as big (6x6x10m) as a fighter plane.
-This allow to use Fuel Scoop as launcher of light ships stored in cargo space.
+This allow the use of a Fuel Scoop as a launcher of light ships stored in your cargo space.
-No missiles and no cargo space on fighters but ejection seat is included so you should scoop your defeated pilots.
+There are no missiles and no cargo space on these fighters (but an ejection seat is included so you can scoop up your defeated pilots)!
-Fighters are available in equipment shop and not in shipyard.
+Fighters are available in the equipment shop and ''not'' in the shipyard.
-Damaged fighters can not launch until not repaired in a station which has shipyard.
+Damaged fighters can not launch until they are repaired in a station which has shipyard.
-Small scratches are repaired right when your fighters land back into your ship.
+Small scratches are repaired immediately when your fighters land back into your ship.
-You can force them to land either by run to green alert or initiate a hyperjump countdown, then cancel it before can happen and repeat until no more fighters outside.
+You can force them to land either by a run to green alert or by initiating a hyperjump countdown, then cancel it before can happen and repeat until no more fighters are outside.
-You can follow the activity of your fighters in MFD.
+You can follow the activity of your fighters in an MFD.
-In combat very hard to hit a fighter due to the extremely small size. The best if use your own fighters against them.
+In combat it is very hard to hit an enemy fighter due to its extremely small size. The best solution is to use your own fighters against them.
-Worth to get more firepower or even decoy against pirates for these cheap costs.
+It is well worth it to get more firepower - or even a decoy against pirates - for these cheap costs.
 == Fighters ==

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 === Changelog ===
 .07.14. v1.2  Steel Shark and Iron King not need Alien Items but no organic armor nor injectors on these.
                     Repair of a Swarm group need a single Alien Item only instead of 2.
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 === Downloads ===
 [[Media:Fighters_1.2.oxz|Fighters_1.2.oxz]] (downloaded {{#downloads:Fighters_1.2.oxz}} times).
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 ===Quick Facts===
 {{OXPLevel|0}}{{Infobox OXPb| title = Fighters
-|version = 1.1
+|version = 1.3
-|release = 2016.07.14.
+|release = 2017.02.02.
 |features = Mini ships
 |license = CC BY-NC-SA 4