Originally Posted by contracycle

It's pretty coool because unlike all the rest, it is based on sort of Star Trek-like capital ships rather than fighters. the smallest gunships are nearly like fighters, but the big dreadnaughts and battleships are much more ponderous. They manoeuvre relatively slowly and weapons take a while to recharge, so its a case of twisting and turning to take hits on your shields while trying to line the enemy up for your own guns.

I always wondered about that in sci-fi stuff. They always have big ships ambling along at something like walking pace, but surely in space the bigger you are, the faster you can go?

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