Do fighters require engines?

[Chinchillapimp]

Obligatory apology: Sorry if this is in another thread. I have done a search, but didn’t find any explicit answers. I’d rather not find this out the hard way.

Do fighters require engines if they will only ever be carrier launched? The description for fighter engines makes it sound as if they have no bearing on actual combat, just system movement.

[Fyron]

They need engines to get combat movement. Combat movement = 1/2 strategic movement, rounded down.

[Ed Kolis]

Fighters can also use Afterburners, which give them additional movement in combat but not in the system map. Only one Afterburner will work on a fighter, though.

Fyron, you happen to know if Afterburners actually use supplies like they say they do? If so... when? 10 supplies is a lot for a fighter!

[Puke]

no, supply use for combat movement is broken.

[Suicide Junkie]

Also, I'm pretty sure that combat movement = 1/2 strategic movement rounded up.

[Fyron]

Originally posted by Suicide Junkie:
Also, I'm pretty sure that combat movement = 1/2 strategic movement rounded up.

Oops! It is indeed rounded up. I was thinking of standard movement points divided by engines per move, which is what gets rounded down.

No supplies are used in combat movement. It is not "broken" because combat movement was not meant to use supplies. It might be better if it did, but that does not make it "broken".

Afterburners do not give your fighters enough movement points to make useful fighters without engines.

[ March 20, 2003, 00:45: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]