GTW Banshee

From FreeSpace Wiki
Revision as of 16:10, 12 January 2006 by Wanderer (talk | contribs) (FS Doc additions)
Jump to: navigation, search

GTW-7 Banshee

Primaries
Secondaries
Turrets

Weapon Comparison Table, FS1

Primaries
Secondaries
Turrets

Weapon Comparison Table, FS2


Tech Room Data

An electromagnetic weapon - sends rapid pulses of exceptionally strong electromagnetic energy resulting in a 1.63 x 105 J blast that forces its way through any known shield technology and produces a dramatic shearing effect which quickly destroys the target ship's materials - named for the fact that in an atmosphere, the pulse creates an atmospheric disturbance similar to a quasi-human scream at 180 dB - uses up a tremendous amount of available ship energy - already, it is has been used by many GTA fighter aces and test pilots as a coup de grace, although such a use for this massively powerful offensive weapon is officially viewed as poor sportsmanship by the GTA.

The GTW-7's impressive anti-shielding capabilities make it the weapon of choice against the Shivans. The main limitation of this weapon is low weapons compatibility. It can only be fitted on a GTF Valkyrie or a GTF Hercules.

Veteran Comments

The Banshee's higher energy requirements and lower hull damage are, in general, not worth the added shield-stripping punch when compared to the Prometheus. At the very least the Banshee requires being paired with a more powerful antihull cannon.

The only primary weapon with an actual value matched to it. Should be fun for those who want to calculate weapon powers.

Performance

Statistics

Range 975 m
Rate of Fire 2.5 / s
Velocity 650 mps
Damage 31
Against Hullplating Average
Against Shields Excellent
Against Subsystems Poor

Notes