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GTF Hercules - Terran Heavy Assault Fighter (Vanilla Convertible) True Scale [Freespace 2]

Fully vanilla. Survival ready. Thruster damage compatible.
Experimental mode and in-game scripts necessary for full functionality.


Freespace 2 is a lifetime classic for me. Despite its age it didn't get old, especially with all the support from its modding community. I have probably completed the main campaign a dozen times. Its dramatic story, accompanied by a moody but diverse soundtrack, exotic spaceship design and an unmatched balance between the arcade and realistic gameplay solutions are the game's main selling points.

Terran spacecraft is the most diverse of the three races present in the game. The Hercules fighter stole the spotlight the moment it showed up in the intro to the second part of the series and looks more sexy than the Mark II. It's slow, heavily armored, and well armed. The auxiliary Hydrogen Engines and Large Reactors can supply the Defense Shields with tons of HP. I took a different approach on designing this ship and decided to over-greeble the crap out of it. You're welcome to get confused by its geometry.

• PCU: 24007
  
• Total blocks: 2619
  
• Dimensions: (L x W x H) [m]: 19.5 x 15 x 12.5
  
• Mass: 295 t
  
• Propulsion: Hydrogen, Ion - auxiliary
  
• Acceleration:
  
  
  Direction

  Value [m/s²]

  Forward

  8.17

  Backward

  7.58

  Up

  10.26

  Down

  10.26

  Side

  6.62

• 4 Reloadable Rocket Launchers
  
• 6 Gatling Guns
  
• 5 Hydrogen Tanks, 1 H2/O2 Generator, 1 Oxygen Tank, 4 Air Vents
  
• Batteries: 4.6 MWh, 18.4 MW max
  
• 3 Hydrogen Engines, 2 Large Reactors
  
• Fully automatic reload via the top-mounted Connector port
  
• 3 Projectors for a convenient repair process
  
• 2 Decoy pylons flanking the main body
  
• 2 Spotlights
  
• Ore Detector
  
• 2 cameras - one in the nose, the other near the Connector
  
• 10 Parachute Hatches (conveyored)
  
• Rocket Salvo script
  
• WMI Radar display script
  
• Refueling, Inventory Management, and Block Renaming scripts
  
• Stealth Mode - turn off the lighting, sound, antenna and beacon with one click.
  CAUTION: Breaks any remote control connection.

Cosmetic stuff mostly but the Shields mod really helps to set the tone of the Freespace games and save your hide at the same time.

1. Defense Shields
   
2. [VSI] Recolorable Thrusters

I have left plenty of space inside to install some small additional features you might like. The existing abilities have been appropriately named and assigned to their respective hotbars:

1. Combat, cameras, Stealth Protocol ON
   
2. Thrusters, power management, spotlights, antennae, Stealth Protocol OFF
   
3. Repair Projectors, sensor, lighting, O2/H2 generator, parachutes

Shout-out to the real heroes of the Workshop half of the Hercules wouldn't be possible to create without:
Isy
Whiplash141