The Alliance are the better Pilots, becuase they (for the most part) has morals and don't kill ejected pilots

The Alliance. No doubt or debate. Just look at the ITAC and check out the squadron profiles. Look for their kill ratio. Only 2 or 3 Alliance squadrons have poor ratio. The rest are at least 3-2 (3 enemy down for 2 friendly). The Pirates go as high as 6-1, Vampires 4-1.

Of course, when you have Alpha 2 with you, your pilot ratings are going to go sky high for sure........

I'd vote Alliance, though the Black Guard are said to be tough too (they have Basilisks, on the other hand). There is another Coalition squadron - the Ravens (I think, though I'm not sure - it's been a while) that are said to be respected both by their comrades and the enemies (i.e. the Alliance).
Wolerine is a flying tank more than a fighter, IMO - great firepower and armor, though a bit clumsy and not too fast. Still, I like it (along with other heavy fighters).

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The Alliance is by far the superior bunch of pilots. They don't hide beind dirty tactics like using prisoners as a human shield or shooting ejected pilots. Also the allaince is able to pull through even though they seem to be technologically trailing behind, creating warp technology and cloaking quite some time after the coalition. Its always good fun taking out a sneaky Black Guard thinking that i dont notice his funny blue blur.

As for ships, Phoenix is my fave, very fast and a formidable array of weapons, plus the nova cannon, perfect for kurgens and some turrets

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I kinda thought that the Alliance tended to have the better pilots but with only 40% of the fleet surviving the onslaught they were somewhat outnumbered, plus the co. seemed to be able to have the resources to develop new tech. whereas the alliance were worrying about where there next meal was coming from.
Alliance definately had more pilots that were just pretty damn good.

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Dont forget that they have Great Captains too..

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Foster and Mukai to name but a few

IIRC, the Sabres are the Coalition squad which is honorable. The rest are little obnoxious punks.

But yeah...the Alliance has better people. If a VOLUNTEER squadron can go on to kick the crap out of the three biggest ships in the Coalition armada, several Ion Cannons, survive the loss of a base ship, take out a Prison ship, and do all that other stuff you get to do...yeah, I would say they have the better people.

And better ships, for that matter...Look at the Yamato...it's the second biggest carrier behind the short-lived Czar, even bigger than the Pukov and Varyag. And the Alliance has more Class-1 carriers than the Coalition does. The Alliance has fighters with vastly superior capabilities, too...Nova Cannon, Spectral Shields, ugh...blind fire(which I always turn off anyway), Warp projectors(the Coalition still has to use those big 'ol gates...nyeh ).

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Rockets: $100,000
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