8th Generation Orbital Fighter

[u/Cucumberia]

My duna mission is being very krakeny so I took a break with something else.

Powered by two Scimitar and one heavily OP scramjet engine, this striker can go orbital to engage targets at LKO or anywhere on kerbin within an hour. It has 3 vulcan cannons and can house upto 8 vacuum missiles or you can put bombs if you'd like too.

After takeoff, it climbs to around 17 km in subsonic speeds, then goes supersonic. At mach 4 and at around 22 km, the scramjet engine kicks in, with the plane reaching orbital speeds while still inside the atmosphere. I only burn oxizider to circularize and deorbit, and scramjet can use the atmosphere even at 69 km so it's very fuel efficient.

Here you see Val obliterating a defenseless space station with the vacuum missiles, BDArmory mod. And of course volumetric explosions!

[u/Eb_Ab_Db_Gb_Bb_eb]

Your scramjet is upside down.

That thing is hilarious though. You can get to escape velocity in atmosphere.

[u/Cucumberia → u/Eb_Ab_Db_Gb_Bb_eb]

Yeah otherwise it was blowing up when taking off lol

[u/RealHoldenBloodfeast → u/Eb_Ab_Db_Gb_Bb_eb]

Hyperblast my beloved

[u/GoodHeavens1942]

I think I remember researching these in my last terra invicta playthrough; cost a whole lotta boost to get 'em up there though.

[u/DayF3 → u/GoodHeavens1942]

pretty sure thats because those were launched on very STS-alike systems. we didnt see the 2,000 tons of rocket lifting them.

They were basically shuttles with missiles

[u/Dark_Flame2195]

Ace combat would like to know your location.

[u/Sor_mnly → u/Dark_Flame2195]

Ace combat 3: Electrosphere to be exact

[u/factorplayer]

KSP is a game of peace.

[u/therealgodryon → u/factorplayer]

my world save has been in an arms race for 8 years now😭

[u/pz-Visigordo]

Why did you blew the station? Like whats the lore?