This has been the standard for as long as I can remember; one example I'm sure many readers recall fondly is Escape Velocity, the demo for which was practically the whole game, except that once you passed the 30-day trial period, a rogue fighter ship piloted by one "Cap'n Hector" would harass you and steal your credits (the scoundrel).
Boots pilots a fighter ship to save Democratus from insectoid invaders known as the Virulent Hive.
In contrast with the 1991 Persian Gulf war, women now fly combat missions and serve on fighter ships, though they are barred from submarines, Special Forces and the Army's infantry, armor and artillery divisions.
There are academics who argue that the Navy should build a fleet of small, inexpensive "street fighter" ships capable of operating close to shore in mine-infested waters and fending off attacks from low-tech enemies, like the terrorists who nearly sank the destroyer Cole in Yemen last October.
The crew of two Ukrainian fighter ships, blockaded by Russian boats in the bay of Sevastopol, have been using rowing boats to stock up on food after raising their gangways to prevent possible attempts to seize the ships.
There, she was positioned northeast of Ponson Island as a fighter director ship for the landing at Ormoc Bay in December 1944.
To counter this threat, the Admiralty developed the fighter catapult ship - a converted freighter, manned by a naval crew, carrying a single Hawker Hurricane fighter.
Pegasus was converted to the prototype fighter catapult ship in November 1940, carrying three Fairey Fulmar fighters from 807 Squadron between 1 December and 10 February 1941, which were replaced by aircraft from 804 Squadron between 10 February and 23 July.
Assigned to Home Fleet at the beginning of the war, she took on tasks as an aircraft transport, in addition to her training duties, until she was modified to serve as the prototype fighter catapult ship in late 1940.
After doing so, Scherger illegally flew his S.E.5 fighter between ship and wharf before heading back to Point Cook, only to be hauled into Cole's office the next morning to find the CO brandishing a photograph taken by a member of the public, catching the young pilot in the act.
The first four or five ships were taken into Royal Navy service as "Auxiliary Fighter Catapult Ships", and later conversions were officially named CAMs manned by merchant crews.
