Air Towers

[�io]

Yeah dropping supplies would be damn cool!

[Sigurd]

Yeah i think that supplying those air towers would be a really good strat if your planning any offensives in the region. I know real life militaries have scattered air bases all over hte place to rearm and refuel. If your damaged you'd be able to find a close place to set down and fix up and the turn around time for aircraft sortie's will be very important to your ground forces in the thick of the action.

[Unknown]

Supply drops would be pretty sweet. But the closest we'll probably see to that is dropping a lightning or buggy with a fully loaded trunk. I really don't see how else it would be possible, seeing as how you have to drive the vehicle to the cargo bay I don't see how you'd be able to drive a box full of ammo. Oooh! Supply trucks! Hehe, that could add an interesting element to the gameplay, trucks that you could load full of ammo/supplies that can be carried in a galaxy (otherwise an AMS would be better). But then again for all we know the trunks could be huge and would totally negate the need for a seperate vehicle for supplies.

[Ludio]

Duritz,

I was assuming that because Reavers and Mosquitos can only be spawned at Tech Centers that they can only resupply there.

Read this, of special interest is point number 5.

SmokeJumper says that you will be able to get all 'standard' vehicles without a tech plant. I imagine that the skeeter comes under this category, and maybe the reaver. Even then if you control just one tech plant then all the bases on the continent can spawn any vehicle (except galaxies).

[Strife]

You can drop supplies from a Galaxy.

Get someone to load up a buggy with all the guns and ammo anyone might need, get in it, dock it to the Galaxy and drop it over friendly units.

Yeah, Galaxy resupply runs. Its possible.

-RageMaster
(on Strife's account)

[Kyonye]

well maybe not weapons but alot of damned ammo for sure.

[NapalmEnima]

I'm guessing buggies won't have the biggest trunks around.

An ANT may or may not have a trunk at all...

Too bad a deliverer won't fit. I'll wager the APC's have some of the larger trunks.

Hell, the Galaxy it self may have the largest trunk in the game (it or the sunderer). Just land it on the air pad, and let everyone help themselves.




I was under the impression that there were med terminals in towers... so auto-repairing vehicles doesn't sound so far fetched.

[Kyonye]

true

[Irrational]

Maybe they have a radar of some sort on them. Kind of like a watch tower i guess. Just an idea...


oh btw, first post

[Duritz]

Well, I didn't remember reading the Tech Center part of that letter. I was remembering from december when someone (I am not counting people that wouldn't know, looking for source) said that flying vehicles would only be available at Tech Centers.

Thx for pointing that out.