This thread is getting off topic, so I'm going to go ahead and put it back on topic.
Airborne rearm/repair pads... A good idea on its own, but how about this little addition:
while the plane is getting repaired/rearmed, the pilot should be equally recharged/augmented. I'm thinking a couple shots of espresso, or in the case of the japanese pilots (as determined by plane), some meth.
Here is how I think this function should be carried out:
the pilot sits and waits while plane is recharged. When he is ready to go again, hsi reaction/response times should be about 20-40% quicker than before. This will be hard to accomplish, but can be addressed in a couple different ways:
1.) Slow down the response speed of any planes that happen to be flying within, say 3000-4000 yards of the subject plane.
2.) Induce micro-warping of the subject plane, where the planes around him only see 1 out of 4 or 5 frames of his movements.
I think that this can and should be done, and will at the very least address the issue of Japanese pilots taking Meth before leaving on their sorties.
A good idea just became spine-tingling!!