New Dangers Lurking
So far, both sides had refrained from using chemical and biological weapons at all, and nukes only on rare occasions, and then only in space battles, never on planets.
Meetings of comrades
They had been meant to revolutionize space combat.
Torpedo Run Chapter 22
He just hoped they were transfixed, as he was tempted to be, by the flashing distant silence that indicated a massive space battle that loomed overhead.
Torpedo Run Chapter 20
Even in the silent void of space, battle was never quiet.
My Rockets are Up Here
Every bulkhead, every wall, every ceiling and floor tile was covered in a riot of colorful murals depicting landscapes, cities, ships, space battles, planets, flowers, animals, people...
Star Fox: Inertia - Ch. 6 of 12
He wasn't the perfect dogfighter attentive pups studied in space combat 101. he was flying by the seat of his pants out here, where resources got stretched and death seared past his canopy with every aileron roll.
Jade
However, most space battles of any noteworthiness consist mostly of swarms of one- to five-man ships either defending or attacking a larger, relatively stationary target- an ftl carrier ship, a space station, or a planet.
Training
We didn't pull punches, and really the pirates never dared take this ship in a space battle. the justice on the other hand was a fast attack ship. it didn't have a large support crew. it had a small crew, big guns, and an oversized engine.
Chapter 13- Combat Drills . . .
Further intel i have acquired suggest that they don't have a space combat capable vessel and it will be mostly close quarters fighting in hallways.) canith spoke the next point aloud.
From Defeat Comes Victory (3/7)
"my name is vasran, i'm an alien that comes from a civilization that is many light years away and i crashed into your planet after a space battle in your sector of space wiped out my fleet and stranded me.
One of these nights
"space combat? who has the resources for that?" i mean, it wasn't like we were especially peaceful or anything, but let's be serious, now -- fighting in space is expensive, and stupid. "lasers, some, i guess. missiles, a few o'those.
Star Fox: Inertia - Ch. 3 of 5
"shogun suits; they're designed for space combat." even surrounded by destruction, she had to laugh at the absurdity. "mecha in space?" "they had pretty good weaponry and tough armor." in his arwing, fox turned to look at her.