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Author: StarSword

Nov 25th 2012 at 11:08:07 PM

As written, this seems perilously similar to OldSchoolDogfighting.

* Many fighters in ''Franchise/StarWars'' are designed to work both in space and in atmosphere.  The ''ComicBook/XWingSeries'' features numerous examples of X-Wings outperforming TIE designs during planetside battles due to their more aerodynamic design (just for starters, the solar panels make crosswinds a pain in the ass).  Also inverted during the climax of ''The Bacta War'' when a TIE pilot gets killed by the Rogues partly because he maneuvers in a manner better suited to flying a TIE in atmo than in space, where the TIE's repertoire of tricks is greatly expanded.

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* Played with in the ''[[VideoGame/{{X}} X-Universe]]'' series.  Many fighters resemble atmospheric craft (the [[TheFederation Argon]] models in particular resemble DieselPunk fighter jets), but it seems to be a purely aesthetic choice since A) the series takes place entirely in space and ships will burn up if you can reach a planetary atmosphere, and B) not every faction does this.  At the same time, the series features air-like SpaceFriction and goes with the constant thrust = constant speed model, despite the ships canonically not featuring any type of ReactionlessDrive (matter/antimatter thrusters are the norm).