Quote:sparkthatbled wrote:Quite a bit. I'd suggest Macross (the original and Macross Plus and apparently Frontier is quite good) which all features quite a bit of dogfighting in space (with transformable mecha, but its still basically dogfighting). Much of the Gundam series also features extensive space dogfighting sequences (again with robots, but the shape of the ships hardly matters when they basically just act as high-speed weapons platforms).
Second of all, is there any fiction out there that deals with outer space dogfighting? Or modern dog fighting in general? It doesn't have to be realistic, as this is a universe based around Urusei Yatsura, but I'd like a point of reference besides the Rogue Squadron novels to try and write dogfighting scenes with.
For non-anime look to Battlestar Galactica (reboot) which featured some interesting space dogfights. Space: Above and Beyond was a TV series that also revolved around such dogfights extensively. Babylon 5 had more than a few massive spacebattles which involved dogfights as well (though the SFX looks really dated now).
If you're looking for some modern dogfights but not in space there are the old standbuys, Top Gun, Airwolf etc.
You mentioned the Rogue Squadron novels and you could do what the writers of those novels did. They basically took everything about spacebattles from the X-Wing and Tie Fighter spaceflight sims and converted them to text format. So find a cool space dogfight (or regular dogfight) video game and use that (StarFox, Wing Commander, Ace Combat etc).
The History Channel also has a series called Dogfights which features recreations of a lot of historical dogfights. You can even watch some of them on the website.
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