Holy shit an Aussie! Can't believe I didn't see this before. I played Dota 2 with a couple Aussies for a while, that 14-hour time difference was a pain but absolutely worth it, great guys. Welcome to TEST! Prepare to explode.
A man of few words, I see! It would be kinda nice to know at least something about you. No pressure, of course. Just answer this: would you rather fight an Aurora-sized rabbit (with space suit and laser gun), or 100 rabbit-sized Auroras?
Holy shit I forgot about this. What if we had flair on the subreddit so that people could specify their forum name?
Edit: special exception would have to be made for Mr. Hello Kestrel, of course.
Welcome aboard! Don't worry about lurking. Lurking is only creepy if you make it creepy ;-)
I'll do you one better: cooking Vanduul on top of the smoldering debris of our ships! Maybe not better, but probably more realistic.
Ever heard of the stealth bombing runs in EVE online? Stuff like that and more. Basically a stealth op is just a variations on "hit-and-run", using different weapons/ships on different targets. For attacking larger ships you could equip a Gladiator with torpedoes and heavy missiles or bombs...
Go ahead! Book recommendations are almost purely a subjective matter, so I'd be very interested to hear your opinions on books we've both reads and ones I haven't!
This would be my concern as well. Jet fighter dogfighting vs space fighter dogfighting will (hopefully) be extremely different beasts. From what I've read Diaspora is fantastic, though the one time I played it I had trouble figuring out a control scheme that I could manage. Definitely give it a...