[headdie]

from the wiki entry

The SpaceHunk appears to be a debris chunk of the SJ Sathanas juggernaut. Though it does not appear to have any purpose, and did not appear in any FreeSpace missions, it was included in the FreeSpace retail tables. Its purpose remains a mystery. It should be noted that there is a docking point on the model.

random thought i wonder if there was going to be a mission with the player covering an attempt to board a piece of the first sath perhaps to investigate how a sath works

[Klaustrophobia]

ooooh good theory.  perhaps.  was it silent threat where there was one where you were supposed to check out the Ross 128 wreckage?  (though it wasn't there)  it would have been cool to have had one to actually do something like that.

[headdie]

i think a closer analogy would be the assault and capture of the SC Taranis

[Thaeris]

I thought Space Hunks were in a few nebula missions...

[The E]

There are a few multiplayer missions with them in there as obstacles.

[Tarvis]

And they explode VERY VERY BIG. They don't have nearly as much armor as Sathanes do, so make sure you don't hit them with bombs, because they go freaking NUCLEAR.

[Thaeris]

...Considering pretty much all FS weapons are nuclear... 

[High Max]

;-)

[Tarvis]

For a reference to scale, the SpaceHunk makes an explosion the size of a Sathanas' explosion if it was going down.

Considering the size of a Sathanas (and the fast that the SpaceHunk is smaller) makes it seem like a ridiculously oversized explosion.

The same applies to an SJD Sathanas, if you can manage to destroy it. (It has the same amount of hitpoints as a Sathanas)

[Thaeris]

What's the difference between an SJD Sathanes and a normal Sath? 

[Jeff Vader]

What's the difference between an SJD Sathanes and a normal Sath? 

http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/SJD_Sathanas

http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/SJ_Sathanas

[Eltrotraw]

Well, I think I've just tried my attempt at the Superbat of Doom.

I don't think I did it as well as the other attempts mentioned on this topic though, but there you go, those of you who were asking for a video of it in action.

[Euth]

Sync: finding Beta 2 again near the end of the game in the red nebula, and following him just like your mission objectives list and his ramblings suggest... following him so closely, in fact, that when the beam from the hidden Shivan Ravana fires and obliterates Beta 2, it obliterates YOU as well.

[Scotty]

Well, I think I've just tried my attempt at the Superbat of Doom.

I don't think I did it as well as the other attempts mentioned on this topic though, but there you go, those of you who were asking for a video of it in action.

I think it works better with an Orion.  The only ones I've been able to get to work are with an Orion.

EDIT: Although, now that I see the video, it works much the same way, just a little faster due to the different dock points, I assume.

[High Max]

;-)

[ssmit132]

Shouldn't Knossos 3 be within the allowed radius? It's only 150 kilometres out.

[Firartix]

I looked at the video, and those superbats look damn cool oO'
But, woudn't it be even better with a Gigas ?

Edit: Oh, yeah, using a space superiority fighter to dock with the colly instead of the argo, too. I mean, don't those have a much faster rotation rate?

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Shouldn't Knossos 3 be within the allowed radius? It's only 150 kilometres out.

It should be. The limit is 600 kilometers, right?

[Klaustrophobia]

i did the same thing.  it killed me at probably around 100 km