THE JUMPGATE DEFINITIVE GUIDE - Tripod

Typhoon
Classification: Heavy Fighter
Powerplant: Instigator (size 3)
Engines: Guzzler x 2 (size 3 x 2)
Radar: Knocker (35000 meter range) (size 2)
Shield: Haven (15400mm equivalent) (size 2)
Armor: 14490mm
Capacitor: Often a Spore; see below (size 3)
Laser Config: Heavy Laser x 4 (non-Octavian), Spitfire x 4, VAPOR x 2/Warper x 2
Ammo Config: Hitman x 2/Barrak x 2, Hammer x 4, Cobra x 4 (all rarely used)
Missiles (# x size): 1x4, 2x2
MODx: 4
ECM: 1
Speed (nor/ab/ff): 464/530/917 MPS
Acceleration: 105.2 (laser), 99.9 (ion), 88.1 (railgun/Deepol), 94.8 (ammo/Seed) kN/kg
Yaw/Pitch/Roll: 50/75/60 DPS
Cargo: 16 m³
Notes:
TRI isn’t kidding when it states on JOSSH that “Master Typhoon pilots are some of the most
feared in the galaxy.” When properly flown, the Typhoon is one of the most powerful aerospace
fighters ever created. As the Phoenix epitomizes the Octavian ideal of fighter design, so the
Typhoon is the embodiment of the Quantar ideal: it does things that by rights nothing called a
“Heavy Fighter” should be capable of doing. It can out-accelerate a Medium Fighter, pitch like a
Light Fighter, and run down almost anything in space. It does this at the expense of one thing:
power. To properly fire its guns a Typhoon often has to cut throttle to 50% or lower or face
massive fire delays. To a master Typhoon pilot, though, this is not an impediment. They will
sacrifice fire rate just to get on top of a pilot or lock him into a hopeless circle – and it won’t seem
like they’re firing less as your shields melt away into nothing.
The main weakness the craft has is the fact that it requires a veteran pilot, however. Green
Phoon pilots have another name: target practice. There are so many ways to mess up combat in
this ship or overestimate what it can do that a single mistake can cost a pilot his ship. Green or
inexpert Phoon pilots can most easily be dealt with by exploiting the ship’s large profile and to
keep it accelerating – the less firepower it throws at you, the better. Against master pilots,
however, your best chances are guts, prayers and with luck a wingman. And even a combination
of all three won’t save you all the time.
As a final note, many vet Phoon pilots use the Spore; the Phoon originally mounted this capacitor,
and so most veterans are used to their Phoons chain-firing (and being lighter.)
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