GVD Typhon

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The GVD Typhon

When the first of the PVD Typhon-class of destroyers was deployed during the Terran-Vasudan War, it devastated Terrans 4th Fleet at the time of its first engagement.

When the Shivans first emerged, both races deployed the best of their forces. For the Vasudans, their task force was led by the PVD Pinnacle. One such vessel, the HLD Anvil served as the flagship for the dissident group of Vasudan rebels, the Hammer of Light.

After the Great War ended, many Typhon-class ships were armed with beam and flak cannons and, in a limited number, saw action during the Shivans' return in 2367. However, the destroyers power grid was ill suited to these new weapons and its forebear, the GVD Hatshepsut, was superior on every possible aspect.

Description:

FS1 Tech Room Description

Where the Aten cruiser failed, the Typhon succeeded well past expectations. The Typhon is an incredible work of engineering and the model of Vasudan technology. When the first one was sighted at the Vega Engagement, it was laughed at by our technicians as a foolish display of non utilitarian design. The subsequent destruction of the GTD Eisenhower and the total decimation of the 4th fleet changed their minds very quickly. The Typhon should never be underestimated. It wields massive weaponry, and has more armor plating than any Terran Destroyer. Its only known weakness is its turret armor, which is significant, but lower than expected. In the two years since this ship first appeared, we have only managed to destroy two of them.

The Typhon is considered a Class A threat to any ships within the same system. Do not engage without backup.

FS2 Tech Room Description

The GVD Typhon was the height of Vasudan military technology when it appeared to face Terran forces during the early days of the Terran-Vasudan War. The first Typhon was sighted at the Vega Engagement and quickly destroyed the GTD Eisenhower and much of the 4th fleet. The more recent Hatshepsut class of destroyers is larger and wields a deadlier array of armaments, but the Typhon is still a match for almost any foe. Up to 30 wings of fighters or bombers can be housed within its docking bays, ready to engage at a moment's notice.

Noteable Ships of this Class

• Parlimentary/Galatic Vasudan Navy
• GVD Hedetet
• PVD Hope
• PVD Pinnacle

Hammer of Light

• HLD Anvil
• HLD Prophecy

Developer Notes

None

Name origin

In Greek mythology, Typhon attempted to replace Zeus as the god of mankind. After his defeat, he was exiled to Mount Aetna (Etna), and is said to be the cause of Etna's volcanic activity.

Performance:

Statistics

Type	Destroyer
Manufacturer	Unknown
Maneuverability	N/A
Yaw, Pitch, Roll	15.0 s
Max Velocity	N/A ms-1
Max Afterburner Velocity	N/A ms-1
Armor	120 000
Hitpoints	N/A
Shields	2153
Length	{{{10}}} m

Fighter Complement

120 fightercraft(?) (30 wings)

Armaments

• Turrets

Freespace 1		Freespace 2
Turret Type	Amount	Turret Type	Amount
Terran Huge Turret	5	Terran Huge Turret	2
Terran Turret	4	Standard Flak	5
FighterKiller	6	FighterKiller	4
		Anti-Fighter Beam	2
		Big Vasudan Beam	2

Veteran Comments

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The Typhon poses a threat to fightercraft much more then the Orion. In FS1 it mounts a number of rather dangerous FighterKiller missile batteries; in FS2 it has acquired flak guns and AAA beams to supplement its now-marginally effective missile batteries. Treat it carefully at first, but if you can identify and remove the more dangerous turrets, the Typhon becomes much less of a problem.

With 20,000 more hit points, the Typhon is better-armored than the GTD Orion, but the Orion has a much stronger broadside- 66% more turrets in FS1, and 3 times as many beams in FS2. Although the Typhon's anti-bomber/fighter defenses are better than its Terran equivalent, a determined attack by heavy fighters could wipe out 90% of those defenses with minimal casualties, in FreeSpace 1 or 2. The Typhon's only real advantage in either game is two more fighter squadrons.

But perhaps the Vasudans are smart. Bombers are the real capship killers, and the Typhon's impressive 30 wings and better anti-fighter armament would give it an edge in an FS1 battle versus Orion. Particularly in a battle with FS1-style unshielded fighters, the Orion's blob turrets can be dodged, but the Typhon's FighterKiller aren't as easy to shake off. Despite the advances in capital ship defenses in FS2, large ships are still sitting ducks against a real fighter/bomber attack, like in most space shooters.

If you read the table file for the Typhon in FS1, it says on the FighterKiller entries that it "should be Vasudan Flux Cannon" These weapons do 500 damage to an Orion, and in a battle with Vasudan Flux Cannons, I think that the Typhon would have a significant edge over the Terran Orion. However, without FighterKillers, it rather sucks against bombers.

Adding in the Flux Cannons to where they were "meant" to be, turrets 7 and 8 (the black bottom fins), doesn't help. They have a very restricted field of fire as they face to the rear on each side, and it would be hard to bring both to bear in a broadside. However, I'm currently making a TV War era mission involving an attack on a Typhon, and had to replace Turrets 7 and 8 with Flux Cannons simply to give some semblance of mission balance. Those turrets give the FighterKillers excellent fields of fire over the bottom hull, and in an unshielded fighter it's hard to get anything productive done while being hounded by these missiles. On the whole, though, I'd say that if you changed the model a bit then the Flux Cannons would be effective, although turret lasers reach farther for roughly 1/3 the damage. The Fluxes would mainly be useful after the Typhon's crazy vulnerable Weapons subsystem was knocked out.