AeroTech 2: The Battletech Game of Fighter Combat
As a pilot¸ you get plenty of danger and excitement. You also get a choice between cold death or hot death. You can die in the icy void of space or in the flames of re-entry. If youre good¸ you might even live to fight another day. The Succession Wars are fought over land. But the battles dont start on the ground¸ they END there. The first action is in space¸ usually about 160¸000 kilometers from the target planet¸ as fighter pilots come screaming in at 1¸000 kilometers per second in their DropShips. The defending fighters are in the air¸ too¸ weaving in and out¸watching for shots at the DropShips or the attacking fighters. As the battle moves closer to the planet¸ all craft will have to deal with gravity as well as their opponents. Youve either got to fight against it or find a way to use it. If the DropShip pilots live through the initial battle¸ they can drop their Mechs from high-altitude atmosphere. For two long minutes¸ the DropShips are sitting ducks¸ giving you a chance to shoot the Mechs on their way down. All surviving fighters dive into the atmosphere to strafe and bomb the battlefield. MechWarriors take all the glory for conquering planets¸ but they should never forget who put them there and saved their tails with a strafing run or a bomb dropped at just the right moment.