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''On a related note, I believe that the GTVA made this vessel because they believed their anti-capital ship work would be fulfilled by a future vessel yet to be introduced, the yet-to-be retired Orions, large numbers of the Deimos corvettes, or the GTVA Colossus.''<br><br>
 
''On a related note, I believe that the GTVA made this vessel because they believed their anti-capital ship work would be fulfilled by a future vessel yet to be introduced, the yet-to-be retired Orions, large numbers of the Deimos corvettes, or the GTVA Colossus.''<br><br>
  
''Oddly enough, I found this to be more vulnerable to bombers than an Orion''
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''It depends at which side you decide to attack the Hecate. Because it has such a large surface area, it needs many more effective turrets to cover every nook and cranny of the Hecate. At certain angles, the Hecate has enough turrets to easily destroy a lot of bombers, but at others, it has far less coverage.''
  
 
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File:Hecate320X240.jpg
The GTD Hecate


The GTD Hecate-class of destroyers is the advanced, more developed version of the GTD Orion. Specifically developed to mount advanced weaponry such as flak or beam cannons, it meant a threat to any capital-sized ships.

One of the most famous of these destroyers was the GTD Aquitaine, a ship that played a major part in the Second Shivan Incursion.

Description:

FS2 Tech Room Description

The new GTD Hecate class of destroyers is replacing the Orion class as the flagship of Terran battle groups. More heavily armed than the Orion, the Hecate also carries over 150 combat spacecraft and a crew of 10,000. The GTD Aquitaine is a superb example of this new ship class, serving as the flagship of the Capella-based 3rd Fleet.

Developer Notes

None

Veteran Comments

The Hecate is admirably armed for killing fighters and deals with fightercraft threats far, far better then an Orion. However, if you need to form Battle Line and handle big targets, the Hecate is not the ship you want.

My best guesses as to why the Hecate would, or could replace the Orion is that it costs much less, and that it holds an extra four and a half squadrons. (There are twelve combat-craft in a squadron.) Also I suppose in an optimal battle scenerio (if there is such a thing) the Hecate would be escorted by corvettes and cruisers.

It does work well in a surgical strike role, hitting smaller warships with its considerable forward firepower before they have much chance to fight back. But if attacked by a warship from any direction but the front, it's in real trouble and needs to either leave fast or rely on bomber wings to take care of the threat.

It is sort of like the GTVA Colossus. Very good at taking on things smaller than it, but not so good against ships of equal size or larger.

On a related note, I believe that the GTVA made this vessel because they believed their anti-capital ship work would be fulfilled by a future vessel yet to be introduced, the yet-to-be retired Orions, large numbers of the Deimos corvettes, or the GTVA Colossus.

Oddly enough, I found this to be more vulnerable to bombers than an Orion

It depends at which side you decide to attack the Hecate. Because it has such a large surface area, it needs many more effective turrets to cover every nook and cranny of the Hecate. At certain angles, the Hecate has enough turrets to easily destroy a lot of bombers, but at others, it has far less coverage.

Performance:

Statistics

Type Destroyer
Manufacturer Unknown
Manuverability N/A
Max Velocity 15.0 mps
Max Afterburner Velocity N/A
Armor N/A
Hitpoints 100 000
Shields N/A
Length 2174 m
Fighter Complement 150+ fightercraft

Armaments

Freespace 2
Turret Type Amount
Terran Turret 5
Terran Huge Turret 1
Standard Flak 6
Long Range Flak 2
Heavy Flak 2
Anti-Fighter Beam 6
Terran Slashing Beam 4
Big Green Beam 1