GTW Shield Breaker

GTW-99 Shield Breaker

Weapons in Descent: FreeSpace

Primaries Secondaries Turrets Weapon Comparison Table, FS1

Weapons in FreeSpace 2

Primaries Secondaries Turrets Weapon Comparison Table, FS2

The GTW-99 Shield Breaker

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

Compatibility

The following table refers to weapons compatibility in singleplayer, and does not reflect the compatibility of dogfight variants in multiplayer. A ✓ mark indicates that a ship can mount the weapon, whereas an ✗ mark indicates that it cannot.

Compatibility
Ship Class	Compatible
GTF Apollo	✓
GTF Ulysses	✓
GTF Valkyrie	✓
GTF Hercules	✓
GTF Loki	✓
GTB Athena	✓
GTB Zeus	✓
GTB Medusa	✓
GTB Ursa	✓

Notes

Veteran Comments

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Developer note seems to be remnant from a previous weapon as the S-breaker has no subsystem factor. (Identical to Disruptor comment, actually.)

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.

Please also note its extraordinarily long range.

Does surprisingly more damage than its FreeSpace 2 replacement, the Circe, while draining less energy. The S-Breaker also has the exact same rate of fire as the Prometheus and a very close(for a primary) speed for the bolts. I'd argue that taking an S-Breaker and a Prometheus is more effective a means of dealing with Shivan ships than fitting an all-Avenger loadout.