Fighters as interceptors, which episode?

[Greg Smith]

I was asked which episode we see fighters act as interceptors in the show, but which episode is it in? I thought it was Severed Dreams, but I watched the battle in that, along with Signs & Portents and The Fall of Night and didn't see it.

It is bugging me now, so can someone enlighten me please.

 

[Shadow Queen]

There were fighters around the Alexander in Severed Dreams catching Beams.

 

[MercyBlowz]

Well, you could argue Starfurys work as interceptors vs Epsilon 3's defense system in A Voice in the Wilderness...
Almost certainly not the example you were after though.

 

[MustEatBrains]

I was thinking of severed dreams as well, when the Alexander fought that Hyperion, could be wrong tgough

 

[emperorpenguin]

Endgame is a certainty, they shoot down missiles

I think there is some interception going on in Severed Dreams/Point of no Return

 

[zulu01]

Other than flying in front of a beam, how does a fighter "intercept" one?

 

[nekomata fuyu]

Technically, a fighter with a beam could fire it so that it's exactly out of phase with the attacking beam, therefore neutralising the shot... ok, that is getting a bit desperate

 

[MustEatBrains]

One Starfury in Severed Dreams did intercept a laser beam fired at the Alexander from that Hyperion - resulting in an explosion in the size of a Starfury and a none-the-smaller hole in the Alexander ´s rotating section.

guess that shows why beams can´t be intercepted... :twisted:

 

[Lord David the Denied]

"That Hyperion" was the EAS Clarkstown...

 

[MustEatBrains]

"That Hyperion" was the EAS Clarkstown...

How about "that Clarkstown" as a compromise? :wink:

But yes, you´re right, thank you - I couldn´t remember the name of the ship (funny, because I could remember the name of the Captain´s cat...)

 

[LaranosTZ]

I'm not nearly the B5 geek as apparantly some of you are, but aren't there scenes of fighters running escort duty and intercepting fire in the showdown between B5 and the rebels vs. clark's loyalists? Omegas vs Omegas, I seem to remember lots of fighters and pulse fire being broken up in various scenes of that fight.

 

[emperorpenguin]

"That Hyperion" was the EAS Clarkstown...

How about "that Clarkstown" as a compromise? :wink:

But yes, you´re right, thank you - I couldn´t remember the name of the ship (funny, because I could remember the name of the Captain´s cat...)

an abyssinian named Max? :shock: Laranos is right about the geekiness! :lol:

 

[Hugbiel]

I'm quite sure we see some doing that in the movie star wreck in the pirkining .

 

[inq101]

There was a conversation on the Alexanders bridge, something along the lines of 'if we recall our fighters we will lose our defensive screen' but other than that (and the beam) no shots were show hitting.

 

[M1ndr1d3rs]

As I reviewed the episode, I kinda think the poor thunderbolt starfury in Severed Dream was just accidentally in the way. It didn't actually go for the beam to protect the Alexander.

And I get the impression that while it didn't stop the Clarkstown's beam, it did deflect the laser's path slightly. That hole it made was on the outer side of the centrifuge than you'd expect.

 

[dag'karlove]

I personally beleive that Fighters should only be allowed as interceptors against Rail Guns and Missiles. Any thing else is enery and if the Ship is used as an interceptor it should go away. The guns on Fighters are designed to do damage where an interceptor is designed to interrupt energy as i see it. If they intercept a pulse cannon then they should go poof.

 

[emperorpenguin]

JMS said in an interview that one role of Starfuries was to act as interceptors versus incoming fire

 

[MustEatBrains]

If they intercept a pulse cannon then they should go poof.

They do on a "1"...

 

[Iain McGhee]

I've never been entirely convinced that the T-bolts were actually intercepting fire (other than the one that got in the way of a laser) as they seemed to be shooting at the Hyperion rather than it's gunfire. The dialogue gives the impression that they are, though. And the weapons fire in that sequence is famously a CGI foul-up (should have been pulse fire from the Alexander, and probably the Clarkstown as well) so on balance I'd accept that they could. From the fluff, pulse weapons have some material component (phased plasma pulse) which I suppose could allow fighter fire to block them.

 

[dag'karlove]

Yeah Not on a one though. If they sucessfully intercept they should go poof. If they dont then the fighters are safe but the hit goes through. It needs to be more like the manuvre to shiled rule. Just mho.