EAD Tereus

Original EAD Tereus as seen in Inferno Release 1.

First HTL of EAD Tereus as seen in Inferno: Nostos

Second HTL of EAD Tereus

The EAD Tereus is an Earth Alliance destroyer, based on the old GTD Orion. It houses many spacecraft within its fighterbay.

Description:

Inferno R1 Description

Based on the old Orion destroyer, the Tereus has numerous beam cannons mounted on her port and starboard quarters, but can also deliver a significant punch from her forward cannon as well. A distinct lack of anti-fighter turrets has cost the EA several Tereus units to medium bomber attacks.

Inferno Nostos Description

Based on the old Orion-class destroyer, the Tereus has numerous beam cannons mounted on the port and starboard quarters, but can also deliver a significant punch from the forward cannon as well. The Tereus carries a large strikecraft group, but a distinct lack of point defense turrets has cost the EA several Tereus units to medium bomber attacks.

Credits List

• Original model by Venom
• First HTL version
  • Model by Moonred textured by FSF
• Second HTL version
  • Model by Rampage and Nyctaeus, textured by Nyctaeus

Developer Notes

None

Name origin

In Greek mythology, Tereus was a Thracian king the son of Ares and the naiad Bistonis. He was the brother of Dryas. Tereus was the husband of the Athenian princess Procne and the father of Itys.

Performance:

Statistics

Type	Destroyer
Manufacturer	Earth Alliance
Maneuverability	N/A
Yaw, Pitch, Roll	18.0 s
Max Velocity	15.0 ms-1
Max Afterburner Velocity	0 ms-1
Armor	150000
Hitpoints	N/A
Shields	0
Length	2430 m

Armaments

• Turrets

Inferno R1		Inferno Nostos
Turret Type	Amount	Turret Type	Amount
EA Turret	4
EA RFT	3
MSilv	14
BSilv	1

Veteran Comments

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The Tereus isn't dangerous towards fighters, but is very dangerous to cruisers and corvettes. The best place to attack from is from behind, below the thrusters. The engine wash and turrets shouldn't bother you too much if you park there and pound away, but considering the nature of most of the INFR1 missions, there will probably be a horde of fighters to hunt you down.

Tereus by itself is perfect target if you fly a bomber. A side of this ship is in fact a single, large blind spot with no point defenses at all. Top and bottom sides are covered only by few, token defense turrets as well. Large beam emmiters are easy to hit with primary weapons, but this 'bomber pilot dream' scenario rarely happen. Nostos inherited large swarms of fighters deployed to escort Tereus units from INFR1, so expect multiple enemy wings doing whatever they can to ruin your day. Also Tereus is usually exchanging fire with other ships with her broadside and she has four beams on each side. When Tereus arrive, never position yourself between her and your capships as opening volley can easily wipe you out of existence. Avoid beam fire then keep fighter/bomber at close distance, between the beams and hammer her beams to death with sustained volleys of missiles and primaries. Keep in mind that EA capships [especially Tereus] used to do a barrel roll when they lose beams on one side to bring other, remaining ones to bear and... Ehh... Yes, you have to repeat whole thing.

Tereus was supposed to be capital ship of Tau Imperium along with ITD Ryujin or it's replacement in Over the Top mod. This is evidenced by original filename in INFR1 release - taud-inf.pof.

Download link:

• Inferno: Nostos Release thread | Hard-light forums