SSD Bhaal

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SSD Bhaal

The SSD Bhaal is a user-made Shivan superdestroyer with four heavy beam cannons on the front. One of the coolest shivan asset ever released, Bhaal was one of the most important models for now defunct Earth Defence mod.

Description:

Earth Defence - Tech Description

The Bhaal is the greatest threat to the survival of the GTVA. It wields four massive flux cannons which can destroy one of our capital ships in a few hits. These same cannons have been seen bombarding colonized worlds. With eight full fighter squadrons and a massive array of defensive turrets, the Bhaal would be extremely difficult to destroy in a normal situation.

We have no way of knowing if there is more than one Bhaal-class destroyer. However, any that exist should be considered more dangerous than a Class A threat.

Developer Notes

A first shivan capitalship with modelled hangarbay.

Name origin

Baal - 17th century goetic occult writings one of the seven princes of Hell. The name is drawn from the Canaanite deity Baal mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the primary god of the Phoenicians.

Credits List

• Original Concept - Lukasz159k
• Modelling - Nighteyes
• Textures - FreeSpaceKing
• Model and mapping fixes, conversion, tables, compilation - Nyctaeus

Performance:

Statistics

Type	Superdestroyer
Manufacturer	Shivan
Maneuverability	N/A
Yaw, Pitch, Roll	15.0 s
Max Velocity	N/A ms-1
Max Afterburner Velocity	N/A ms-1
Armor	400000
Hitpoints	N/A
Shields	N/A
Length	4381.5 m

Armaments

• Turrets

Earth Defence
Turret Type	Amount
Shivan Megafunk Turret	10
Shivan Turret Laser	23
Standard Flak	11
LRed	4

Veteran Comments

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Apparition of this thing is crossover between Lucifer and Cain, but in fact this ship behave like smaller Sathanas. With four spinal LReds, Bhaal eats destroyer-sized warships for breakfast but it's point defenses are rather weak. This ship was supposed to be a flagship of Great War-themed shivan armada in Earth Defence, so while Bhaal mounts powerful anti-capital armament, she has no anti-fighter beams. 11 flak cannons cover wide area, but the ship itself is also very large opponent so flak cannons are situated far from eachother. Fight it like it's smaller brother of Sathanas... And don't gaze at it's beautiful textures for too long. Bhaal is, I dare to say, one of the sexiest fanmade shivan capships ever released. It has modelled fighterbay, but it's textured using stretched maps of main hull so it's easy to get lost inside. Don't ever try to get there, especially when the ship is maneuvering. If you are mod designer, never order player to do so... For obvious reasons.

Related Links:

• Release Thread:
  • Release Thread | Hard-Light Forums