Spectre Gunship
Circling heavy gunship raining sustained cannon fire.
Stats
- Tier
- Tier 3
- Cost
- 1800 metal
- Build time
- 60 s
- Hit points
- 1100
- Armor
- Aircraft
- Speed
- 2.8 tiles/s
- Unit cap
- 5
- Vision
- 10 tiles
- Power
- −5
- DPS
- 62.2
- Range
- 5.5 tiles
- Requires
- Radar Station
Weapons
Gatling cannon
- Damage
- 28
- Reload
- 0.45 s
- Rounds carried
- 150
- DPS
- 62.2
- Range
- 5.5 tiles
- Splash
- 10 px
- Traits
- Aimed from a mount that turns on its own: the unit fires in any direction without turning its hull, and can keep firing on the move. A fixed gun has to face its target first.
- vs Light
- ×1.20
- vs Medium
- ×1.20
- vs Heavy
- ×0.80
- vs Structure
- ×0.80
- vs Ship
- ×0.70
Counters
- Light
- Effective against: ×1.20; Countered by: —
- Medium
- Effective against: ×1.20; Countered by: ×1
- Heavy
- Effective against: ×0.80; Countered by: ×0.70
- Structure
- Effective against: ×0.80; Countered by: ×1
- Ship
- Effective against: ×0.70; Countered by: ×1
- Submarine
- Effective against: —; Countered by: —
- Aircraft
- Effective against: —; Countered by: ×1
The Spectre Gunship is the Tier-3 aircraft: a heavy airframe that circles its target and rains sustained cannon fire with splash. It needs a Radar Station and an Advanced Airbase, and it costs as much as a small army.
How to use
The Spectre keeps firing while it circles, wearing down light and medium vehicles. Heavy armor, fortifications and ships absorb more of its cannon fire: bring Cobra Attack Helicopter for tanks, Vulture Bomber for buildings and Albatross Naval Striker for ships. Clear the enemy's anti-air before committing it; a powered SAM Site can bring down a lone Spectre. The drum holds 150 bursts; when it runs dry the Spectre flies home to an Airbase or an available Aircraft Carrier, takes 25 seconds to rearm and comes back to the fight. Repair it between sorties.
Anecdotes
The real gunship is the AC-130, and the trick is the pylon turn: bank hard and circle one point so every gun down the left side stays on it. Its ancestor was an armed transport the crews called Puff the Magic Dragon.
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