GTCv Chimera

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The original GTCv Chimera.

The GTCv Chimera, as seen in Blue Planet: War in Heaven.

Description:

Default Tech Room Description

The GTCv Chimera Corvette was the first corvette design to enter service in place of the aging Deimos design, and was the first ship of her class to mount modern weapons such as the Trinity-class main cannon. The Chimera, while sporting more turrets than the average Corvette, is not as heavily armored as more recent designs, and her Trinity Cannon configuration is noticably weaker than that of the larger Bellerophon class.

BP:AoA Tech Room Description

The main escort vessel of the Alliance fleet, Chimera-class multi-role corvettes fill the role of anti-ship combat and destroyer escort admirably. Three anti-capital ship beams and several short-ranged turrets provide significant firepower with a surplus of reactor energy to provide an appreciable boost in speed. Chimera corvettes are a welcome addition to GTVA forces.

Credits

• Model by Stratcomm

Name Origin

Chimera (Χίμαιρα) was a monster with the body of a lioness with a goat head rising from her back, a tail that ended in a serpent head. The child of Typhon and Echidna, she was the sibling of the Cerberus and the Hydra. From the Illiad "a thing of immortal make, not human, lion-fronted and snake behind, a goat in the middle, and snorting out the breath of the terrible flame of bright fire."

Performance:

Statistics

Default

Type	Corvette
Manufacturer	Unknown
Maneuverability	N/A
Max Velocity	25
Max Afterburner Velocity	N/A
Armor	N/A
Hitpoints	45 000
Shields	N/A
Width	286 m
Height	286 m
Length	812 m

Blue Planet

Type	Assault Corvette[1]
Manufacturer	Unknown
Maneuverability	N/A
Max Velocity	25
Max Afterburner Velocity	N/A
Armor	N/A
Hitpoints	80 000
Shields	N/A
Width	286 m
Height	286 m
Length	812 m

Armaments

• Turrets

Default		Blue Planet
Turret Type	Amount	Turret Type	Amount
LRBGreen	3	MBlue	3
AAAf	7	AAAf	7
Standard Flak	7	STerPulse	5
Terran Turret	10	Terran Turret 2	12

Veteran Comments

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Very powerful, but its armor is very weak and barely survive a substained assult. More like a smaller Terran version of the Ravana.

In Blue Planet, I cannot overemphasize the fighter screen on this corvette, the sheer number of AAA, pulse cannons, and blob turrets on a ship only slightly longer than a Deimos is staggering. In Forced Entry the Labouchere needs virtually no escort, and in Collateral Damage the hostile Chimeras are deadly to approach. The front and rear of this ship are probably the safest approaches when you are attacking one, but remain cautious of the turrets mounted on the front of the extrusions on the aft of the vessel; they have a clear shot at anything not within a few meters of the front of the vessel. The Chimera doesn't have quite the firepower of the Bellerophon so prioritize those when disarming. It is more dangerous to fighters and bombers and still has massive forward power, however. In terms of armor, it is exactly equivalent to a Deimos under normal circumstances.

Download link:

• Stratcomms Fleet Pack: http://www.freespacemods.net/download.php?view.387
• Blue Planet: AoA - http://www.freespacemods.net/download.php?view.42