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Old 05-19-2011, 11:07 PM   #26
David Johnston2
 
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Default Re: [Spaceships] The hard, ungrateful life of a CAG (fighter squadron leader)

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Originally Posted by Lord Carnifex View Post
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The tasks you're looking at likely will be carried out by someone back on the carrier or (as in TL 8 western navy) in some sort of spaceborne controller aircraft that serves the same purpose as an E-2 Hawkeye, E-3 AWACS, or Mainstay. This person may or may not be a pilot or former pilot, and may or may not have any command authority. They may even be an enlisted-rating controller with no actual command authority other than vectoring ships onto their targets.
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If you watched Macross or Robotech, that was the job of Misa (Lisa in Robotech)
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