GTF Perseus

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The GTF Perseus


Description:

FS2 Demo Tech Room Description

Designed by GTI engineers to replace the aging Valkyrie. This ship has the Valkyrie's speed and maneuverablity with more armor and weapon capabilities

FS2 Tech Room Description

The GTF Perseus is the newest fighter in the GTVA's arsenal. Slated to replace the aging Valkyrie as the Alliance's primary interceptor, the Perseus's high max speed and maneuverability make it ideal to hunt and destroy enemy bombers. Perseus fighters have been assigned to the 3rd Battle Group on a trial basis, with wide deployment expected after the OpEval period. Primary weapons include the Subach HL-7 and Prometheus cannon, with secondary loads of Harpoon and Hornet missiles. Preliminary results have shown the Perseus to be a superb fighter.

Developer Notes

None

Veteran Comments

The Perseus, with its speed and manuverablity, is a joy to simply fly, much like the Serapis. Unlike the Serapis, the Perseus can also fight in addition to doing acrobatics. With shielding and armor to let it fight it out on even terms with most space superiority fighters, and better manuverablity, the Perseus is among the best fightercraft available to you as a GTVA pilot.

The best overall craft that you get to fly on a regular basis. Fast, maneuverable, and has enough armor to deal with defence missions as well as attack ones. However, missile bays are sort of small, and has an average amount of gun points.

The tech rooms lie: The Valkyrie is as fast or faster than the Perseus (85, 100, and 165 vs 80, 100, and 140 for speed, max Oclk, and AB). In addition to being slower and looking like the Valkyrie on water retention, the Perseus has a larger xz-plane profile and its advantages are relatively minor; overall, the Perseus is a moderately distant second for best interceptor after the Horus, but the Valkyrie would have been a close first.

The Perseus has better firing points, maneuvers better, and is slightly tougher than the Valkyrie. Compared to the Horus, the Perseus is much tougher, has better firing points, and although not quite as fast as the Horus, it is much more maneuverable.

Of the playable fast, high maneuverablility end Fighters the Perseus is the most useful, The GVF Thoth, GTF Loki and GTF Ulysses and the Stealth Fighters all suffer from poor weapon loads and the GTF Valkyrie and GVF Serapis have an almost comical inablity to take any punishment whatsoever, The Serapis also suffers incompatiblty with the GTM Trebuchet, not quite compensated for by GTW Maxim abilty, all the moreso for the inablity for Carry GTW UD-8 Kayser , The GVF Horus is more or less equal in weaponary, but the Faster turning, relative toughness and better gun mounting location of the Perseus serves it better than the Horus's sheer speed does

Performance:

Statistics

Type Interceptor
Manufacturer Nankam Aeronautical
Manuverability High
Max Velocity 80.0 - 100.0 mps
Max Afterburner Velocity 140.0 mps
Armor Average
Hitpoints 265
Shields 350
Length 17 m

Armaments

Freespace 2
Bank Guns Standard Loadout
1st 2 Subach HL-7
2nd 2 Prometheus R
Compatible Primaries
Subach HL-7, Akheton SDG, Prometheus R, Prometheus S, Morning Star, UD-8 Kayser
Freespace 2
Bank Capacity Standard Loadout
1st 40 Harpoon
2nd 40 Hornet
Compatible Secondaries
MX-64, Emp. Adv, Tempest, Hornet, Tornado, Harpoon, Trebuchet, TAG-A, TAG-B, Stiletto II