Combat hovercraft

[magic tendon]

Hovercraft capabilities:

1. Transporting equipment for further landing on the shore. In theory, the player could choose the landing site himself, thereby making it more unexpected.

2. The location of the SAH-46 Chicane helicopter, which could have provided good assistance to the equipment during the landing.

3. Compared to other ships, the ship has weak air defense, which is designed for short ranges and relies on guns and infrared-guided missiles.

[oblique widget]

you beat me by a couple of hours))) I was watching Pan Spatial ZEUS today and thought it would be nice to offer a hovercraft when I get home.

[cosmic fjord]

I don’t know whether it’s very practical , but high tech combat hovercraft are very -fun-

[unborn star]

How about playable ekranoplan? 😄

[steady sierra]

Even better!

[cosmic fjord]

Problem with ekranoplan is it’s effectively a ground / naval vehicle that can also crash. I don’t think it fits as a playable unit. Maybe a good type of naval strike unit though that isn’t purely water based so it can go a lot faster and requires AA missiles to take out

[steady sierra]

Some of them were able to fly like normal planes I think. So it might not be so bad if you could throttle up and fly over obstacles clumsily

[cosmic fjord]

Yeah, that could work. A future version with a higher flight ceiling. Either way it would be a good fit for the naval map I think.

[magic tendon]

Yes, I'm afraid we'll have big problems implementing it in the game as a separate unit under player control; the ekranoplan is too specialized a vehicle 🥲.

[unborn star]

TBH I meant it more like a joke.

However imagine ekranoplans being in the game for anti-ship fast strike and light armor insertion purposes. It's as fast as Cricket, but can carry light attack cars and APCs.