Unknown Bomb

Unknown Bomb

Weapons in Descent: FreeSpace

Primaries Secondaries Turrets Weapon Comparison Table, FS1

Weapons in FreeSpace 2

Primaries Secondaries Turrets Weapon Comparison Table, FS2

Description

Very GTM Tsunami like bomb used by Shivans

Table notes

Unknown bomb?

Would be nice to know who uses this and what it is for.

It's a shivan bomb. It's just like Tsunami, only Shivan.

Performance

Statistics (FS1)

Range	1 500 m
Reload time	20.0 s
Velocity	60 ms-1
Base Damage	3 000
Armor Damage	Average	1 500
Shield Damage	None	0
Subsystem Damage	Full	3 000
Shockwave Radius	5 / 30 m
Type:	Aspect Seeking
View Cone:	N / A
Minimum Lock Time:	6.0 s
Turn Rate (360 degrees):	1.0 s

Statistics (FS2)

Range	1 500 m
Reload time	20.0 s
Velocity	60 ms-1
Base Damage	3 000*
Armor Damage	Average	1 500*
Shield Damage	Very Poor	450*
Subsystem Damage	Full	3 000*
Shockwave Radius	5 / 30 m
Type:	Aspect Seeking
View Cone:	N / A
Minimum Lock Time:	6.0 s
Turn Rate (360 degrees):	1.0 s

Notes

• Weapon is capable of easily damaging (Huge) even larger vessels.
• Weapon can be shot down (Bomb)
• Weapon must be locked onto the target in order to be fired (No Dumbfire)
• The shockwave doubles the damage against any target that takes a direct hit

Veteran Comments

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Exactly like the GTM Tsunami except for its shockwave which is smaller, my best guess is that this is to prevent unshielded fighter in early parts of FreeSpace 1 from getting destroyed by a bomb's shockwave. It also has less shield damage.

Safer to knock down then the Tsunami, but for god's sake be more than 100 meters away when you do it, and preferably 200.