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[goduranus]

Right now there is no fighter with Salamander, I think Thunder would be a great chassis for it. While Thunder already has an ion cannon for EMP damage, a Salamander would probably great because Salamander and Ion Cannon sandwiches the target ship from two sides, giving it a choice of whether to use shields on the front to cover its guns or the back to cover its engines.

[Megas]

Thunder does not need more EMP.  It is already quite effective at EMPing stuff.  It needs some offense so that it is not a more fragile Claw clone that cannot hurt stuff.

If Thunder needs to change its missile, I like it to go back old-school for Harpoon.  It used to have Harpoon and Ion Cannon.

[Plantissue]

Not every missile or small gun needs to have a fighter that can shoot it. Since people love mods, I'm sure there's a mod with a fighter with a salamander somewhere.

[Harmful Mechanic]

Does fighter or bomber AI play nice with the HEATSEEKER missile AI? I could see it having ranging problems.

(I think a dedicated bomber would be the smartest way to do this. Maybe a built-in wing of one?)

[TaLaR]

Limited missiles on fighters are awkward. There is no way to reload except having them die or using Astral's recall.
And unlike Talons, Thunders dying that much would actually be a problem.

[Inventor Raccoon]

If I remember correctly, even non-bomber fighters will return to a carrier to rearm if they're equipped with ammo-limited weapons.

[Megas]

If I remember correctly, even non-bomber fighters will return to a carrier to rearm if they're equipped with ammo-limited weapons.

That was the problem with old Thunder.  You wanted it to lob its Harpoon on approach, then swarm the target and paralyze with EMP.  It cannot do that except maybe in the early releases.

[Plantissue]

Theres an EMP fighter anyways. It a bit weak defensively but it seems to do well enough.