Talk:Orca Fighter
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Did you see the Wikipedia article [1] on VTOL? Quite funny that Westwood again used one of Tesla's ideas.
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As the TWIII ORCA is the MK IV, is this the Mk II or III?Godisajedi17 01:49, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
- Heh, that's a good question. A possible answer is that the Bomber is the Mark 3. Shaur M. S. Grizlin 05:47, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Strike Fighter
I feel that the Tiberium Wars ORCA Fighter should recieve its own "ORCA Strike Fighter" article. The new one is never used as a fighter, (it doesn't look capable of being one, for that matter), and it is only used for close air support. I also present this question; could it be an AC222 from the Tiberium Wars novel (albeit sans nose cannons)? --Braidenvl 20:20, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
[edit] What Mark is the TS fighter?
The ORCA VTOL Assault Craft is the Mk.I, and the Gunship is the Mk.IV. Now, wouldn't it make sense for the Tiberian Sun ORCA Fighter to be the Mk.III? Over thirty years elapsed between TWI and TWII (17 between TW's -II & -III; GDI used the MK.IV since at least 2034); wouldn't there logically be at least one service model deployed between the two wars (given GDI and Nod's unrealistic phasing-out of relatively new technology, whereas we've used the AH-1 Cobra since Vietnam)? Like I said, GDI phased out the TS Fighter soon after the Second Tiberium War. Thus, I believe that there was an unseen model used between the Mk.I and the Fighter, the Fighter is the Mk.III, the bomber has no relation to the mainline attack craft series (only using the same technology), and the Strike Fighter is based on the dedicated ORCA Fighter, but overhauled and repurposed for close air support. Let's not start on why the definitely-manned RAID ORCA looks so much like a drone :-} --Braidenvl 20:20, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
[edit] But the new one...
In contradiction to my previous arguement, GDI used the Mk.IV from at least 2034 up to 2052, whereas they stopped using the Fighter in the years between the Firestorm Crisis (early 2031) and 2034. Still, in the time between Nod's first defeat and TWII, they were not considered a threat, and perhaps no new model would need to be made. --Braidenvl 20:20, 27 July 2008 (UTC)