GTB Rhea

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GTB Rhea

Description:

Tech Room Description

The Rhea is Han-Ronald's next generation strike bomber. Basically it is a fighter airframe with a large enough bomb bay to carry 4 Cyclops torpedoes. Additional armament consists of a triple-barreled primary bank under the port wing and a small missile bank on top of the fuselage. Its primary role as a strike bomber is to conduct precisions strikes against targets without the need for a dedicated escort wing. A typical tactic used by its pilots is to punch a hole in the defending fighter screen of their target before the bombs are delivered. Additionally, the Rhea can be deployed in larger fleet engagements to disable and disarm enemy capital ships with Stiletto II missiles and then support the space superiority wings. The Rhea has powerful engines and a large afterburner capacity, making it the fastest ship in the GTVA fleet to carry the Cyclops torpedo. Together with the strong armor and shields for a ship its size, this gives it the ability to survive bombing runs on heavily defended targets. However, that ability comes with the price of reduced maneuverability due to its relatively high mass and asymmetrical layout.

Blue Planet Tech Room Description

The Rhea is Han-Ronald's next generation strike bomber. Its primary role was, at least in theory, to conduct precisions strikes against targets without the need for a dedicated escort wing. This tactic has been quietly discouraged by squadron leaders, and although the Rhea is generally considered a success, it now flies with escort like other bomber designs. Its unusual asymmetrical design is unpopular with pilots, but it appears to be a statistical success even amongst the historically casualty-prone bomber force.

Credits List

• Model by Col. Fishguts
• Earth Defence Reskin by Freespaceking

Performance:

Statistics

GTB Rhea (Earth Defence reskin)

Original

Name	GTB Rhea
Type	Strike Bomber
Manufacturer	Han-Ronald Corp.
Maneuverability	Medium
Max Velocity	72 - 87 ms-1
Max Afterburner Velocity	120 ms-1
Armor	Medium
Hitpoints	300 pts
Shields	400 pts
Length	28 m

Blue Planet

Name	GTB Rhea
Type	Strike Bomber
Manufacturer	Han-Ronald Corp.
Maneuverability	Medium
Yaw, Pitch, Roll	4.0, 4.5, 4.0 s
Max Velocity	70 - 84 ms-1
Max Afterburner Velocity	140 ms-1
Max Afterburner Duration	6.00 s
Armor	Medium
Hitpoints	275 pts
Shields	600 pts
Length	26 m
Weaponry
Primary weapons
1st bank	3 guns
Secondary weapons
1st bank capacity	60
2nd bank capacity	60
Countermeasures
Countermeasure capacity	25 countermeasures

Armaments

• Gun Mounts

Default Statistics
Bank	Guns	Capacity	Standard Loadout
1st	3	60	Subach HL-7
Compatible Primaries
Subach HL-7, Prometheus S, Prometheus R, Maxim, UD-8 Kayser

• Missile Banks

Default Statistics
Bank	Capacity	Standard Loadout
1st	65	Cyclops
2nd	28	Tornado
Compatible Secondaries
Tempest, MX-64 Rockeye, Harpoon, Hornet, Tornado, EMP Adv., Trebuchet, Cylops, Infyrno, Piranha, Stiletto II

Veteran Comments

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In War in Heaven the Rhea is actually extremely similar in terms of maneuverability, and shields and armor to the original Hercules. They are larger and pack less primary firepower than the Hercules, significantly reducing their survivability in a dogfight situation. They are extremely fast for a bomber, and could probably used as something of a dive-bomber. Against UEF forces and their fast, heavy-hitting interceptors, the Rhea will nearly always lose.

Download link:

• Original - http://www.freespacemods.net/download.php?view.98
• Earth Defence Modpack (reskin) - http://www.freespacemods.net/e107_plugins/download/download.php?view.928