[Vasudan Commander]

This may be a stupid question, and it probably is....

But what does D.H stand for in Artemis D.H ?

This is one of my favourite bombers. It has the maneuverability of a fighter, and the payload of a light bomber...guess that makes it a light bomber eh ? 

If i need something more heavier, i use Boanerges. The only downside to both these bombers is their lacking of main guns.

Oh well, they dont really need em anyway. (except D.H , cause it doubles as a dogfighter)

[DarkShadow-]

Darker Hull? Hey, at least it would fit with its appearance. 

[Wobble73]

I was thinking more that it stood for "Deaths Head" 

[Herra Tohtori]

Daring Hoax would be my bet.

Whoever manufactured the mentioned ship had some guts. They took battle-blackened Artemii bombers, installed the tail sections upside down and painted them black, red and with skulls on top.

Then they sold them to GTVA as "upgraded Artemis bombers". Knowing Command's skills in craft evaluation (ie. sad case of Boanerges supposedly being a viable tactical unit), they probably swallowed it hook, line and sinker.

Oh well. At least it has better camo against the darkness of space...

[Dysko]

Some custom campaigns suggested that ships with "D.H." in the name are ships refitted for use by SOC (much like the "M" prefix in US aircrafts' mission symbol).

[karajorma]

@HT

I think you've hit the nail on the head there.

[ShivanSpS]

unfortunaly, there is not any Developer notes on Artemis D.H in ships.tbl, but the description is this:

The GTB Artemis D.H. is an experimental variant of the standard Artemis class. The most notable change is that the Artemis's factory-issued Han-Ronald engines have been replaced by the same Nankam NA-27f powerplant now found in the GTF Ares fightercraft. The D.H. variant is faster and more maneuverable than the standard Artemis bomber, at no cost to armor or armament. During the OpEval period, Artemis D.H. bombers are being deployed in only select squadrons in different theatres of the war. If the evaluation trials go well, wider deployment of the Artemis D.H. class is expected.

Also there is a diference betren the weapons that may use....

Artemis

$Allowed PBanks:        ( "Subach HL-7" "Prometheus S" "Prometheus R" "Lamprey" "Circe" "Maxim")
$Allowed Dogfight PBanks:        ( "Subach HL-D" "Prometheus D" "Circe" "MorningStar D" "Lamprey" )
$Default PBanks:        ( "Subach HL-7" )
$Allowed SBanks:        ( "Rockeye" "Hornet" "Tornado" "Trebuchet" "Stiletto II" "Piranha" "Cyclops"  "cyclops#short"  "Hornet#Weak" "EMP Adv." "Infyrno" )
$Allowed Dogfight SBanks:        ( "Rockeye D" "Hornet D" "Tornado" "Piranha" "Infyrno D" )
$Default SBanks:        ( "Hornet" "Cyclops#short" "Cyclops#short" )

Artemis D.H.

$Allowed PBanks:        ( "Subach HL-7" "Prometheus S" "Prometheus R" "Lamprey" "Circe" "Maxim")
$Allowed Dogfight PBanks:        ( "Subach HL-7" "Prometheus S" "Prometheus R" "Lamprey" "Circe" "Maxim")
$Default PBanks:        ( "Subach HL-7" )
$Allowed SBanks:        ( "Rockeye" "Hornet" "Tornado" "Trebuchet" "Stiletto II" "Piranha" "Cyclops"  "Cyclops#short"  "Hornet#Weak" "EMP Adv." "Infyrno" )
$Allowed Dogfight SBanks:        ( "Rockeye" "Hornet" "Tornado" "Trebuchet" "Stiletto II" "Piranha" "Cyclops"  "Cyclops#short"  "Hornet#Weak" "EMP Adv." "Infyrno" )
$Default SBanks:        ( "Hornet" "Cyclops#short" "Cyclops#short" )

[Centrixo]

more weapon compatibility.

[Dysko]

But only in multi.

[Goober5000]

Darker Hull? Hey, at least it would fit with its appearance. 

You're probably right, at least as far as the development team is concerned.

[Vasudan Commander]

The Artemis D.H is , by far, the best bomber in the game. It has the armor to go in and drops its payload, the speed and maneuverability to get out of there and dodge flak and beam and fighters, and to even hold its own in dogfights.

Also, its pretty sexy too 

[Herra Tohtori]

But the standard Artemis is just the same as long as playability is concerned. The only difference in single player is inverted tail and you getr a skull painted on the roof. I personally like standard Artemis paintjob way more than the D.H's...

[Trivial Psychic]

Actually, the standard Artemis is an "X" tail, while the D.H. has an inverted "Y".

[Herra Tohtori]

Yeah, I recalled wrong. Must have just been remembering two spikes up on standard and only one on D.H, hence the false memory.

[karajorma]

I always liked the comment I heard once that the D.H was a reference to the skull and stood for Death's Head

[Wobble73]

I was thinking more that it stood for "Deaths Head" 

I always liked the comment I heard once that the D.H was a reference to the skull and stood for Death's Head

So we are in agreement Kara??    

[karajorma]

I heard that years ago. But it seems reasonable to me

[[DW]-Hunter]

DH stands for DW Hunter

[Taristin]

Dick Head?

[Tamlin]

Hey a question I can answer,[History] it is Death's Head simply; back in WW2,  the SS or Death's Head troops were in charge of "Special Operations" other than all of their other sick and genocidal duties.To put it bluntly they were the "Elite" and that would make it fit to the SOC doctrine and Specialized missions.Speaking of which are there any camps that are solely SOC out there or Under Development? I find the plot scemes fun kind of like Sol:A history.