I was working on remaking the Marauder, and I decided that I would make five ships instead. All of them are based on
models, except for the Typhoon, which is from Inferno. None of them are mine, and all of the textures and effects are recolored from MediaVPs.
All of the ships and weapons have tech descriptions that fairly accurately describe their capabilites. The Typhoon, Europa, and Archon have similar textures, while the Marauder and the Thunder look completely different from each other.
Those who have played my mission "A Great Wind" will recognize the Typhoon, Marauder, Thunder, and a lot of the weapons, though some of them have slightly different stats here.
Get it here (until fsmods approves it):
http://www.mediafire.com/?cuu2w77auc89gylChanges: Fixed inverted bounding boxes.
Model origins:
GTC Marauder: HTL Leviathan
GTC Thunder: HTL Aeolus
GTCv Typhoon: HTL Darkness
GTD Europa: TrashMan's Orion
GTD Archon: PCD Saturn
GTC Marauder Strike Cruiser
Tech Description:
The GTC Marauder was built by Han-Ronald engineers to replace the old Fenris cruisers. Built from the same frame as its predecessor, the Marauder combines the speed of the Fenris with the firepower and armor of the Leviathan. The result is a highly effective and versatile strike cruiser that performs well against both fighters and warships. The deployment of the Marauder effectively rendered the Fenris and Leviathan obsolete, and many of these older cruisers have been scrapped, their components used to build new Marauders.
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STATISTICS
Type: Strike Cruiser
Manufacturer: Han-Ronald Corp
Max Velocity: 30 m/s
Armor: 35000
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ARMAMENT
GTVA Turbolaser X 3
Standard Flak X 2
Anti-Fighter Beam X 2
Sunflare X 1
Cyclone X 1
GTC Thunder Heavy Cruiser
Tech Description:
The GTC Thunder is the most powerful cruiser in the GTVA's arsenal. Based on the old Aeolus cruisers, the Thunder has half the speed of its predecessor but far better armor and anti-warship capabilites - paired 'Sunflare' light beams and AM-4 Cyclone torpedo launchers give it the firepower to crush enemy cruisers and deal serious damage to corvettes and destroyers. With six flak cannons and two anti-fighter beams, the Thunder retains the legendary point-defenses of the Aeolus. Thunders are often used to provide destroyers with critical fire support - its array of light weapons can turn the tide of battle against capital ships.
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STATISTICS
Type: Heavy Cruiser
Manufacturer: Kraken Systematics
Max Velocity: 15 m/s
Armor: 60000
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ARMAMENT
GTVA Turret X 2
GTVA Huge Turret X 4
Standard Flak X 6
Anti-Fighter Beam X 2
Sunflare X 2
Cyclone X 2
GTCv Typhoon Artillery Corvette
Tech Description:
The Typhoon is a new corvette design. The first warship since the Great War to use warheads as its primary armament, the Typhoon packs a huge punch with its Megacyclone torpedos and 'Scimitar' slashing beams. Surperior to is sister class, the Deimos, in both anti-warship firepower and armor, the Typhoon's high maintainence costs and weaker point defenses unfortunately render it far less reliable. Despite these flaws, the sheer amount of anti-warship firepower and armor the Typhoon has makes it every bit as effective as its predecessor.
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STATISTICS
Type: Artillery Corvette
Manufacturer: RNI Systems
Max Velocity: 30 m/s
Armor: 35000
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ARMAMENT
GTVA Turbolaser X 4
GTVA Turret X 3
GTVA Huge Turret X 3
Standard Flak X 4
Anti-Fighter Beam X 3
Piranha X 2
Scimitar X 2
Megacyclone (single fire) X 8
GTD Europa Destroyer
Tech Description:
Designed to finally replace the GTD Orion, the Europa is essentially an upgrade of its predecessor. Armed with five beam cannons and two torpedo launchers, the Europa packs a massive punch. The Europa's heavier armor, better point-defenses, and larger fighterbay capacity also make it much more survivable than the Orion. The GTD Warhammer is a superb example of this new destroyer class, serving as the flagship of the 5th fleet.
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STATISTICS
Type: Destroyer
Manufacturer: Triton Dynamics
Max Velocity: 18 m/s
Armor: 150000
Fighterbay Capacity: 120 Strikecraft
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ARMAMENT
GTVA Turbolaser X 5
GTVA Turret X 3
GTVA Huge Turret X 12
Standard Flak X 4
Anti-Fighter Beam X 4
Scimitar X 2
Geostorm X 3
Megacyclone X 2
GTD Archon Superdestroyer
Tech Description:
Originally a poor replica of the GTD Hades, the Archon was heavily modified by Kraken Systematics to serve as a replacement to the Colossus. Because the Colossus's fatal flaw was its inability to stand up to other juggernauts, it was considered a neccesity that the Archon be able to deal serious damage to supercapital ships. This lead to the development of the 'Nova' super-heavy beam cannon, the first Alliance weapon able to fully pierce the armor of juggernauts. Armed with four of these beam cannons, the Archon can annihilate capital ships in a single salvo and deal serious damage to superdestroyers and juggernauts. Four slashing beams and three torpedo launchers give it even more firepower. Currently, the Archon is a unique ship, but two more are under construction.
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STATISTICS
Type: Superdestroyer
Manufacturer: Kraken Systematics
Max Velocity: 20 m/s
Armor: 800000
Fighterbay Capacity: 168 Strikecraft
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ARMAMENT
GTVA Turbolaser X 9
GTVA Turret X 15
GTVA Huge Turret X 13
Standard Flak X 8
Anti-Fighter Beam X 8
Piranha X 2
Scimitar X 4
Nova X 4
Megacyclone X 3
Weapons:
GTVA Turret: An upgraded Terran Turret with vastly improved speed, ROF, and damage.
GTVA Huge Turret: Similar to the above, it fires and moves slower but has more than twice the damage.
GTVA Turbolaser: A laser with high knockback and tremendous power. It's short range of 800 meters limits its effectiveness somewhat.
TerSlashBlue: A TerSlash with more power and range.
SBlue: A light beam use by the Marauder and Thunder cruisers. While inferior to the SRed and SVas, it is far superior to the SGreen.
BBlue: A powerful heavy beam: basically a BGreen with more power and range.
BFBlue: A super-heavy beam cannon used by the Archon. It outperforms any beam besides the BFRed.
Cyclone: A warship-mounted swarm torpedo. It has a long range and is slightly superior to an SRed, though it lacks the single hit damage.
Megacyclone: Similar to the above, the Megacyclone has an extreme range of 11 Km and does more damage per second than a BBlue.
