I could see the timeline idea but I reckon it might be better done as a general Taster package. The do a series on specific engaments.

So
Battle of Britan
Spainish Civil War
etc
Include planes, background and scens.

Overall not a bad selection..

But I would Drop the Defiant, althrough its an itresting aircraft, it did not preform all that well.
Replace it with Gladiator maybe?

Me 410 intresting choice, be intresting to see how it plays.

I would drop one of the two Italian planes replace it with the Fiat CR.42 Falco
mostly for varity

I would suggest droping the D3A Val, maybe go with the KI- 27 Nate

With the US I would drop ethier the Mustang or Thunderbolt and go with the F4F Wildcat or the F2A Buffalo.

Mostly I reckon it would give a better overall selection of aircraft for players to use.

I have played WHI and it is fast and easy to play honestly I found it easier than B5wars all in all.

And I still have nighmares about thoses Damn Plasma Torps eating up my poor ships.

Hmmm I do see your point it would be nice to make Drones along thoese lines.

Would the standard cost modifers work with Drones?

Sorry to be doing a bit of thread necromancy here, but did anyone do anything on this? I would love a good generic space fighter game.

Out of intrest what would people want in a game, by which I mean how detailed would you want a fighter? Just basic stats (Speed, defense. attack?) or a bit more in depth (speed,manover, shields,Armour) then have indivual weapon stats?

Would an energy system be too complex? something along the lines of having the stats linked to ethier Engine, shields or weapons) weaken some to strenghten others (A big part of many space computer games which is where I am looking at the moment for ideas.)

Would bigger ships need to be in their at least to some degree, I would'nt mind it since some of the best moments in both starfighter games and movies come when the poor fighters get thrown against a cap ship and have to take it down (Lucifer anyone?)

Anyways thought I would try to get the ball rolling on this thread again =P

I don't see the problem Britian heavily suppiled the Japanese Navy as way of having far east influence.

The warships supplied either directly or indirecrtly where the best at the time, so the chance of supplying a ship with lighting projectors is good within the setting, after all they will be utterly dependent of the Brits for spares.

I don't want the fleets to be cookie cutter, but at the same time, if humans can build it it won't be a huge amount of time before the various countries begin attempts to reverse engineer, if the game reachs the 1930's period, then I would think most of the tech will end up being generic, how its deployed and used will be the intresting part.

One Idea possiblely is to borrow from Downtown, a Veitnam airraid game, with NVA planes in order to represent the diffculty the amercains had in decteting the Vietnisme aircraft it was possible to spawn "fake" chits, the real one is noted, they all move as normal until the real one is reveled/dectected then once it submerges again you can start running false trails again.

True I had'nt thought about that aspect, so what does that make the crew of a 'Bender'..

Benders?

I like the techno fluff, You know sub aircraft carriers will be fun    Just dup a load in the middle of someone's convoy and watch the fireworks.

As for a name looking at history what about ethier:

Turtles (Worlds first sub.) cicra 1775

Or prehaps more fitting

Nautilus/Nautili? (Personaly I like this one)

:oops: Guess I messed up inputting them then