The Starfuries are intended ONLY for non-atmospheric combat. They're not really built for atmospheres; they'd have all the aerodynamic facility of a brick. There are "wings" of a sort which mainly exist to put the multidirectional thrusters in the right locations to be of most use, to allow the craft to fire engines in any direction at any time, so it can go forward, sideways, upside down, backwards, you name it. The closer you put them to the center of a small ship, the less effective they are; you want them some distance away...and far enough so that when they fire to the side, they're not flashing right next to your field of vision. The weaponry is mainly forward mounted. jms |
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