GTW Shield Breaker
GTW-99 Shield Breaker
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| The GTW-99 Shield Breaker |
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Tech Room Data
Developed as an anti-Shivan weapon, the Shield Breaker inflicts massive damage to enemy defensive systems. This weapon causes no structural damage, but coupling it with an anti-hull cannon is very effective against larger Shivan bombers such as the Seraphim.
Developer Notes
The anti-subsystem weapon
Performance
Statistics
| Range | 1600 m | |
| Rate of Fire | 3.33 shots per second | |
| Velocity | 400 ms-1 | |
| Base Damage | 40 | |
| Armor Damage | None | 0 |
| Shield Damage | Full | 40 |
| Subsystem Damage | None | 0 |
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Veteran Comments
The Shield Breaker is 'almost' identical to the Freespace 2 GTW Circe, close enough that most any comments that apply to one apply to the other. The Shield Breaker is commonly known as the S-Breaker.
The S-Breaker could be considered a poor man's Banshee. On one hand, it doesn't harm hulls at all, and is pretty much useless once the shields are gone. On the other...it has an excellent rate of fire, doesn't consume that much energy, and can be installed on pretty much any fighter. What's more, is that it damages shields even more than the Banshee does. Coupled with a hull damaging weapon such as the Avenger or Prometheus, this weapon can be devastating.
