Flying Repair Vehicle

[jaunty needle]

Had a this thought. Not everyone will like it but here is the thought.

We make the Bomber model a repair vehicle. I'm not saying to scrap the Bomber entirely. But like the Dropship we can modify it so that the Bomber instead acts as a mobile repairing vehicle for larger human vehicles.

Just to be clear, I still want an engineer unit for infantry that can also repair vehicles.

But this is just another way that humans can repair their vehicles, perhaps even more effective than a single engineer.

Expand the bomb bay size/opening so that instead a repair laser/beam can fire from it. The Repair Ship/Bomber model just flies over the damaged vehicle and begins repairing. It flies away when its job is done.

Alternatively, it could also serve as a Vehicle/Tank Transport if the model were modified. I prefer Repair Vehicle but this is also a decent idea.

Just some pictures of what it wouldd look like, that way its a bit easier to put the scale of the bomber into perspective.

Because of its large size I think it would look pretty good

I do think it would be cool to have Engineer infantry and Large Repair Ships moving around the battlefield fixing up human vehicles and keeping them in the fight.

I see this working well aesthetically. Humans have teleportation, can 3D print buildings and vehicles, and hovering aircraft and tanks. This doesn't seem like much of a stretch in terms of the "feel" of the game.

Ultimately it's still Dram's decision. We will see how he decides the repair mechanic should work.

[hazy adder]

If we are to have flying repair vehicles I would prefer repair drones or something along those lines that are faster and smaller, having a giant aircraft like the bomber be a repair vehicle feels a bit silly to me.

[jaunty needle]

Im not opposed to small repair vehicles but I also like the idea of a large repair vehicle. To me it seems fine as it is large enough to carry enough materials on board to fix the damaged unit.

[hazy adder]

I think big aircraft could be cool as supply transport and such for that reason if that is needed, but I imagine it could be more practical in a real situation with smaller repair vehicles because they could navigate around vehicles to fix certain spots, that's probably why it seems weird to me.

As well as more practical to be able to spread them out since they're less valuable units, therefore making it viable to repair smaller units instead of just big targets with them.

[jaunty needle]

so for me that is a role that engineer infantry would fill. they could be spread out or attached to various armies/groups of soldiers.

The big aircraft makes it more of a target and thus it is desirable/possible to eliminate it. But its large size also means it has plenty of material on board to rapidly repair things as large as a Harvester.

Engineer infantry can do the same job, but you would need a lot of them to accomplish the same thing as a large Repair ship.

Im not opposed to small repair drones but they feel a little redundant if we have repair/engineer infantry

Bomber model would also make a good candidate for a Vehicle/tank Transport if its model was modified