SC Rakshasa

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The SC Rakshasa

The SC Rakshasa was a Shivan cruiser used during the Second Shivan Incursion. A Rakshasa had three anti-capital ship beam canons; however, it was not particularly effective against larger targets.

Description:

FS2 Demo Tech Room Description

The Rakshasa is one of the most deadliest crusiers in the Shivan fleet. The four "prongs" on its front hull comprise four laser beam weapons of devastating accuracy. The other parts of the ship are well defended with 10 other gun banks.

FS2 Tech Room Description

Though not as thickly armored as the Lilith class, the SC Rakshasa class of Shivan cruisers is far deadlier. With over a dozen turrets, the Rakshasa is the most heavily armed Shivan cruiser class. It was a Rakshasa cruiser that destroyed the GTC Vigilant at the Gamma Draconis node in the Capella system.

Developer Notes

None

Performance:

Statistics

Type	Cruiser
Manufacturer	Unknown
Manuverability	N/A
Max Velocity	20.0 mps
Max Afterburner Velocity	N/A
Armor	N/A
Hitpoints	40 000
Shields	N/A
Length	349 m

Armaments

• Turrets

Freespace 2
Turret Type	Amount
Shivan Turret Laser	8
Shivan Heavy Laser	2
Anti-Fighter Beam	1
Small Red Beam	3

Veteran Comments

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The Rakshasa, with its three forward-mounted SReds, packs a nasty punch that's difficult to knock out with primaries...but very vunerable to secondaries. The Rakshasa is powerful but fragile, and poorly defended against fightercraft attack, with only a single ventral AAA beam and no flak guns, like the other Shivan cruisers. A careful and determined heavy assault fighter can deal with it well, but give the Rakshasa no chances to shoot at friendly capital craft: one of these could probably kill a Hecate if it didn't engage head-on.

Despite its overwhelming frontal firepower courtesy of 3 SReds, the GTC Aeolus can cream the Rakshasa in a toe to toe fight with its Flak and AAA turrets, as well as its Terran Huge Turrets. The Rakshasa is designed to kill things right away, if they survive and get past its main beam turrets, the Rakshasa is toast.

The Rakshasa is not exactly fragile. With 40,000 hitpoints, it has a little over half the armor of the Lilith, but slightly more armor than either the Leviathan or Aeolus. Its SReds are superior to the Leviathan's TerSlash and the Aeolus' SGreen, plus the Rak has 3 of 'em vs. the Leviathian's 1 beam and 1 Fusion Mortar or the Aeolus' two SGreens. Think of it as a mini-Sathanas: awesome firepower, as long as the target stays in front and doesn't bomb the beams.

Incredibly dangerous to fighters and bombers. Recommended method of attack is to neutralise turrets at range with Maxim Cannons or Trebuchets, or allow friendly interceptors to provide faster moving targets in order to divert beam fire whilst bombers deliver their payload against this vessel.

I don't find this thing that dangerous to fighters. Its only real threat is its single SAAA beam, which can easily be avoided by attacking from above or behind. Another threat is its Shivan Heavy Lasers, which are more of a threat than the Shivan Turret Lasers, but can still be easily dodged.