GTF Hercules Mark II

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The GTF Hercules Mark II

The GTF Hercules Mark II was the advanced version of the original Great War-era GTF Hercules. It is advanced in almost all aspects of the original Hercules, except for primary firepower. This sacrifice had to be taken to save up more space for secondary weapons.

Description:

FS2 Demo Tech Room Description

The second generation of the Hercules fighter. It is faster, more maneuverable, and still carries a decent payload.

FS2 Tech Room Description

The GTF Hercules Mark II is the next generation of Terran heavy assault fighter. Introduced during the Great War, the original Herc's balance of firepower and maneuverability made it the most versatile strike fighter in the fleet. Some military historians have claimed the Hercules won the Great War, citing its deployment in key battles near the end of the Shivan conflict. Implementing recent advances in fusion drive technology, the Mark II improves the assault fighter's speed and maneuverability without sacrificing loadout capacity.

Developer Notes

None

Veteran Comments

The Herc II flies okay. My only complaint is with the weapsons placement, as having the primaries set side by side makes shooting a fleeing target with horizontal deflection tricky. The secondary max loadout is a blessing, sometimes i like to load out on nothing but Harpoons and be a mobile SAM launcher.

I like all the Hercs. Good armour with large missile capacity, although a bit on the slow side, but decent maneuverability.

The Herc II gets introduced rather cruelly to you; in your first mission in the fighter you are thrown against Shivan Maras and Astaroths, both of which can outmanuver and outrun you with ease. A Lion At The Door demonstrates the problems with the Herc II in rather brutal fashion on high difficulties.

The problem with the Herc II is the missions for where its a default fighter often aren't well suited to heavy fighters (or at least not to pure heavy fighter formations), and while it is more manueverable than many heavy fighters, its not enough more manueverable to be treated as a primary dogfighter

Performance:

Statistics

Type	Heavy Assault
Manufacturer	RNI Systems
Manuverability	Average
Max Velocity	55.0 - 65.0 mps
Max Afterburner Velocity	120.0 mps
Armor	Heavy
Hitpoints	275
Shields	610
Length	17 m

Armaments

• Gun Mounts

Freespace 2
Bank	Guns	Standard Loadout
1st	2	Subach HL-7
2nd	2	Prometheus R
Compatible Primaries
Subach HL-7, Akheton SDG, Prometheus R, Prometheus S, Morning Star, UD-8 Kayser, Circe, Lamprey, Maxim

• Missile Banks

Freespace 2
Bank	Capacity	Standard Loadout
1st	80	Harpoon
2nd	100	Hornet
Compatible Secondaries
MX-64, Emp. Adv, Tempest, Hornet, Tornado, Harpoon, Trebuchet, TAG-A, TAG-B, Infyrno,