SJD Sathanas

The SJD Sathanas

The SJD Sathanas was a substitute for the SJ Sathanas used in the FreeSpace 2 mission, Into the Lion's Den. Up close, it is a simple textured tetrahedron (a polyhedron with four faces), but in the target view, it appears to be a Sathanas-class juggernaut. The reason this was used was to save memory on the older machines, and in Into the Lion's Den, there are six Sathanas-class juggernauts that jump in.

They also make several more discreet appearances in the last few missions of the game, starting with Their Finest Hour, where dozens of them are placed far outside the game area and hidden from sensors. This gives the illusion of multiple Sathanas juggernauts around the Capella star, in addition to the Sathanas background bitmaps. Using EMP missiles can have strange effects on these missions, including being able to target the mission props, and wingmen attempting to attack them.

Because of the amount of distance between the player and the ships in the aforementioned mission, and the fact that the player only has 15 minutes to complete the mission, the player never actually gets to see the tetrahedronal shape of this ship.

Many user-made mods remove the SJD Sathanas from the list of available ships to save room, since the ship's only use was fulfilled in the official FreeSpace 2 campaign. Some other user-made missions briefly use this ship, by using it as target pratice for a "missed" beam cannon shot.

On a related note, there was a low-polygon Sathanas model found in the retail VP files. This model is shown in the target view window when an SJD Sathanas is targeted.

Not to be confused with the actual SJ Sathanas.

Description:

FS2 Tech Room Description

A Sathanas, off in the distance.

Developer Notes

None

Performance:

Statistics

Type	N/A
Manufacturer	Unknown
Maneuverability	N/A
Max Velocity	25.0 mps
Max Afterburner Velocity	N/A
Armor	N/A
Hitpoints	1 000 000
Shields	N/A
Length	N/A

Armaments

None

See Also

• SJ Sathanas
• SpaceHunk