GTB Stheno

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GTB Stheno

Description:

Tech Room Description

The GTB Stheno is the Alliance's Nephilim. This monstrosity took many of the design aspects of the Medusa, and purposed them for objectives greater than that of the Ursa. With the heaviest shielding ever fielded on a GTVA craft, advanced armor, decent thrusters, 10 primary hardpoints and 4 missile bays, the Stheno tears through capital formations with unprecedented efficiency.

Inferno Nostos Tech Room Description

Advanced Terran heavy bomber.

Nankam Aeronautical designed the GTB Stheno as an answer to the high attrition of the casualty-prone bomber corps, especially among pilots of heavier designs. Learning from the failures of the Boanerges design, Nankam built the Stheno as a flying fortress, armored with collapsed-core molybdenum, supplemented by the latest active-armor systems and protected by a powerful shield system sustained by Nankam's massive NA-42 reactor core. Despite being more heavily protected than the GTB Ursa and the Boanerges, the Stheno is both faster and more maneuverable than either of its predecessors, and mounts 4 Hastor turrets to dissuade enemy interceptors. In addition to its three enormous missile bays, the Stheno also mounts three separate primary banks, including a dedicated PAC system and a ballistic-capable primary bank, for a total of ten hardpoints. SPELLS integration rounds out the Stheno's tactical suite, mounting the HOTLOAD dumbfire missile launch system, the SMOKESCREEN flare/stealth hybrid system, and a customizable slot accommodating the OVERDRIVE afterburner supercharger, the SMARTBOMB defense system, or the REPAIRKIT auto-repair package. The Stheno was planned to enter service last year, but the extraordinary cost has slowed deployment. As a result, the bomber is currently in the final phase of OpEval, and is reserved as a special-issue bomber for SOC strike missions. Although Special Operations Command refuses to comment on the bomber's performance, rumors suggest that SOC bomber pilots are extremely happy with the Stheno's performance.

Blue Planet Tech Room Description (GTB Gorgon)

Next-generation GTVA fortress bomber. Designed to perform standoff attacks with Bifrost torpedos, launch local SSMs, and command flights of drone bombers. Survivability and return rate are primary design goals, so the class carries self-defense EMP charges, armor hardeners, and a sprint drive. BACKBREAKER integration provides the Gorgon with full AWACS capability.

Credits List

• Model by Esarai

Performance:

Statistics

• Blue Planet

Name	GTB Gorgon
Type	Fleet Bomber'
Description	Massive ordinance assault.
Yaw, Pitch, Roll	6 - 6.5 - 8 s
Max Velocity	45 (65) ms-1
Max Afterburner Velocity	95.0 ms-1
Max Afterburner Duration	3.75 s
Hitpoints	1070 pts
Shields	1250 pts
Length	74.93 m
Width	54.09 m
Height	23.86 m
Weaponry
Primary weapons
1st bank	4 guns
2nd bank	2 guns
3rd bank	4 guns
Secondary weapons
1st bank capacity	160
2nd bank capacity	120
3rd bank capacity	120
4th bank capacity	120
Countermeasures
Countermeasure capacity	50 countermeasures
Turrets	4 turrets

Armaments

• Gun Mounts

Default Statistics			Inferno Nostos				Blue Planet
Bank	Guns	Standard Loadout	Bank	Guns	Standard Loadout	Capacity	Bank	Guns	Standard Loadout	Capacity
1st	6	Maxim	1st	4	Prometheus G	2000	1st	4	Prometheus S	80
2nd	4	UD-8 Kayser	2nd	2	HPAC	-	2nd	2	Prometheus S	40
			3rd	4	Typhoon	3000	3rd	4	Prometheus S	80
Compatible Primaries			Compatible Primaries				Compatible Primaries
Subach HL-7, Akheton SDG, Prometheus S, Prometheus R, Lamprey, Circe, Maxim			[1]: Subach HL-12, Subach SD-14, Vulcan, Prometheus, Prometheus G [2]: MPAC, HPAC [3]: Prometheus, Prometheus G, Typhoon, Aquinas, Hastor				Subach HL-7, Akheton SDG, Morning Star, Lamprey, Prometheus S, Prometheus R, UD-8 Kayser, Circe, Maxim, Balor, Balrog

• Missile Banks

Default Statistics			Inferno Nostos			Blue Planet
Bank	Capacity	Standard Loadout	Bank	Capacity	Standard Loadout	Bank	Capacity	Standard Loadout
1st	160	Hornet	1st	160	Titan	1st	160	Bifrost
2nd	120	Cyclops	2nd	100	Corinthos	2nd	120	Eos
3rd	120	Cyclops	3rd	160	Titan	3rd	120	Eos
4th	160	Hornet	4th	Kit	OVERDRIVE	4th	120	EMP Adv.
Compatible Secondaries			Compatible Secondaries			Compatible Secondaries
MX-64 Rockeye, Tempest, Harpoon, Hornet, Tornado, Trebuchet, Piranha, GTM Stiletto II, Cyclops, Helios, EMP Adv., Infyrno			[1 and 3]: Shocker, Stiletto III, Ghost, Corinthos, Venom, Arbalest, Cyclops II, Titan [2]: Shocker, Stiletto III, Hornet M, Maelstrom, Helldart, Corinthos, Arbalest [4]: OVERDRIVE, SMARTBOMB, REPAIRKIT			Tempest, Trebuchet, Piranha, Stiletto II, Hornet, Harpoon, EMP Adv., Infyrno, Cyclops, Helios, Bifrost, Eos

• Turrets

Default Statistics		Inferno Nostos		Blue Planet
Turret Type	Amount	Turret Type	Amount	Turret Type	Amount
Subach HL-7	4	Hastor	4	Balor	4

Modding Resources

• Blue Planet

$POF File: GTB_Gorgon.pof

Texture list: stheno;glass;Tckpt;doctile6;sthenod

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The release package comes with two pofs. The above stats reflect the tabled version, the alternate pof has its primaries in a 4-2-4 configuration.

Related Links:

• Release thread:
  • Esarai's Fleetpack | Hard light forums
• Download:
  • Download | FSMods.net
• Blue Planet Complete:
  • RELEASE - Blue Planet