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{{infobox Fighter
{{infobox Ship
|faction = terran
|faction = terran
|name = A-18 Crossbow
|name = A-18 Crossbow
|type = Heavy Bomber
|type = [[ship type:=Bomber]]
|manufacturer =  
|image = image:WCA_Crossbow_Header_Image_2.png
|image = image:Wc2crossbow.jpg
|caption =  
|primary user = [[main user:=Terran Confederation]]
|additional users = [[Pirates]]
|introduction = 2667
|introduction = 2667
|primary user = Terran Confederation
|crew = [[crew:=2]] Pilot and Gunner
|more users =
|produced =  
}}
}}


The '''A-18 Crossbow''' is a heavy bomber in the service of the [[Terran Confederation]].
The [[A-18 Crossbow]] is a bomber in the service of the [[Terran Confederation]]. A contingent of Crossbows destroyed the [[KIS Grakneth'Dak]].


The Crossbow was designed with the purposes of a typical bomber, but also as an alternative to the [[A-17 Broadsword]]. Having a smaller chassis and greater maneuverability, it was meant to fulfill the purposes of the Broadsword but allowing for better performance in combat. Sporting a heavy weapons loadout, it was a dangerous opponent to enemy capital ships, and could take a lot of damage before it was felled in battle. It is also one of a handful of [[Terran]] starfighters that are capable of hyperspace.
==Specifications==


The Crossbow was first introduced in the 2660s and in [[2667]] was being field-tested on the ''[[TCS Gettysburg]]'' in the [[Epsilon Sector]]. During these tests, the crew of the ''Gettysburg'' staged a mutiny against their commander after he gave them illegal orders to fire on unarmed [[Kilrathi]] refugee ships, overtaking the vessel and the prototype Crossbows on board. After Colonel [[Christopher Blair]] informed the mutineers they had been pardoned for their crimes, the ''Gettysburg'' launched a flight of Crossbows to destroy the [[Rigel Supply Depot]], which had been seized by rogue marines who were preying upon civilian supply convoys.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
! SO1 Player
! SO1 Pirates
! Academy Manual
|-
! Length
|
|
| 24 meters
|-
! Mass
| Small
| Small
| 40 tonnes
|-
! Ship Number
| 15
| 15
|
|-
! Class
| Bomber
| Bomber
| Bomber
|-
! Shield Recharge
| 4
| 5
|
|-
! Damage Flag
| No
| No
|
|-
! Maximum Speed
| 370 kps
| 370 kps
| 370 kps
|-
! Cruise Speed
|
|
| 200 kps
|-
! Acceleration Rate
| 2
| 1
| Average
|-
! Yaw Rate
| 8
| 3
| 8 dps
|-
! Pitch Rate
| 8
| 3
| 8 dps
|-
! Roll Rate
| 8
| 4
| 8 dps
|-
! Guns
| Neutron Gun (2)<br>Mass Driver Cannon (3)
| Neutron Gun (2)<br>Particle Cannon (2)
| Neutron Gun (2)<br>Mass Driver Cannon (3)
|-
! Missiles
| Pilum FF (3)
| Pilum FF (2)
| Pilum FF (3)
|-
! Torpedoes
| Torpedoes (4)
| Torpedoes (2)
| Torpedoes (4)
|-
!Turret
|Turret Gun (2, rear)
|Turret Gun (2, rear)
|Turret Gun (2, rear)
|-
! Tractor Beam
| Rear Turret
| Rear Turret
|
|-
! Front Shield
| 500 units
| 200 units
| 25 cm
|-
! Rear Shield
| 500 units
| 200 units
| 25 cm
|-
! Front Armor
| 400 units
| 150 units
| 20 cm
|-
! Rear Armor
| 400 units
| 150 units
| 20 cm
|-
! Left Armor
| 350 units
| 100 units
| 25 cm
|-
! Right Armor
| 350 units
| 100 units
| 25 cm
|-
! Jump Capable
| Yes
|
|
|}
 
==Images==
 
===External===
 
====Wing Commander Academy====
 
<gallery mode="nolines">
Image:Sprite_Sheet_-_Crossbow.png|Sprite Sheet
Image:Sprite Sheet - Crossbow Wreckage.png|Wreckage
Image:WCA_-_Crossbow_-_Target_VDU.png|Target VDU
Image:WCA_-_Crossbow_-_Damage_VDU.png|Damage VDU
Image:WCA_-_Crossbow_-_Weapons_VDU_2.png|Weapons VDU
Image:WCA_Manual_-_Crossbow.jpg|Weapons of the Terran and Kilrathi Fleets illustration
Image:Crossbow-Academy-Spin.png|Academy Simulator Ship Selection
</gallery>
 
===Internal===
 
====Wing Commander Academy====
 
<gallery mode="nolines">
Image:Cockpit - Crossbow - Front - Base.png|Forward
Image:Cockpit - Crossbow - Front - Alarms 2.png|Forward (Alarms Active)
Image:Cockpit - Crossbow - Front - Damage 1 2.png|Forward (Radar Damaged)
Image:Cockpit - Crossbow - Front - Damage 2.png|Forward (Defense Console Damaged)
Image:Cockpit - Crossbow - Front - Action.png|Forward (In Action)
Image:Cockpit - Crossbow - Right.png|Right
Image:Cockpit - Crossbow - Left.png|Left
Image:Cockpit - Crossbow - Rear - Active.png|Rear
Image:Cockpit - Crossbow - Rear - Inactive.png|Rear (Inactive)
Image:Cockpit - Crossbow - Rear - Action.png|Rear (In Action)
</gallery>
 
==Appearances==
 
===Special Operations 1===
 
===Wing Commander Academy===
 
====TCSN Academy Simulator Handbook====
 
<pre>
The Crossbow is a formidable Confederation anti-capital ship bomber. It combines impressive armor and shields with good maneuverability and traveling velocity. The fighter is equipped with torpedoes, Friend-or-Foe missiles and an array of blasters that include a rear turret. It was a contingent of Crossbows that destroyed the Grakneth’ Dak, a Kilrathi capital ship first sighted near Gorath.
</pre>
 
 
{{#set:source=[[Wing Commander: Academy]]}}
 
[[category:Confederation Fighter Class Names]]
[[category:Confederation Bombers]]


The Crossbow also saw limited service during the defense of [[Ghorah Khar]], which was attempting to secede from the [[Kilrathi Empire]] in [[2667]]. Colonel Blair also used a Crossbow in the capture of Crown Prince [[Thrakhath nar Kiranka]] during this same fleet action, only to see the Crown Prince escape from his imprisonment afterwards.
==Corvette==


It is unknown what further actions the Crossbow undertook in the [[Terran-Kilrathi War]].
===Background===


== Specifications ==
The 3D mesh that was ultimately used for the Crossbow introduced in Special Operations 1 was originally built for Wing Commander 2 where it was intended to be used for what was called the Crossbow-class corvette. The Crossbow corvette was one of several ships cut from the game to reduce the overall size but the assets were reused in 1992 for a new ship Special Operations 1 also called the Crossbow (now a bomber). As part of this process, the Special Operations 1 artists re-textured the mesh to appear to be a smaller spacecraft, replacing multiple decks with a single cockpit and dropping the green-with-yellow-numbers color scheme associated with Wing Commander II's capital ships. The original Crossbow texture scheme is still visible in one place: for Wing Commander Academy, artists rendered a 'turnaround' of each ship which rotate when selected on the mission design menu. The new sprites were rendered from the original Crossbow corvette rather than the Special Operations 1 update, making the green paint scheme visible. The original corvette-textured Crossbow model created by Origin for the game is available for download [https://download.wcnews.com/files/wing2/WC3D-Crossbow_Corvette.zip here]. Additionally, a set of specifications for the cut ship have been identified from a preserved printout of Wing Commander II's in-progress ship statistics.


{|border="1" cellpadding="2"
===Specifications===
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
| Class:
!
| Heavy Bomber
! Crossbow Corvette -CUT-
|-
|-
| Length:
! Mass
| 24 meters 
| 400
|-
|-
| Mass:
! Ship Number
| 40 metric tonnes
| 15
|-
|-
| Max Velocity:
! Class
| 370 kps
| Capital Ship
|-
! Scale
| 0x400
|-
! Shield Recharge
| 5
|-
! Fuel
| 300000
|-
! Damage
| 70
|-
! Explosive Force
| 20000
|-
! Maximum Speed
| 35 kps
|-
! Cruise Speed
| 10 kps
|-
! Acceleration Rate
| 1
|-
! Yaw Rate
| 4
|-
! Pitch Rate
| 4
|-
! Roll Rate
| 4
|-
|-
| Cruise Velocity:
! Angular Inertial
| 200 kps
| 4000
|-
|-
| Acceleration:
! Guns
| Average
| Particle Cannon (2)
|-
|-
| Max Y/P/R:
! Missiles
| 8/8/8 deg/s
| Spiculum IR (8)
|-
|-
| Fore Shield:
! Torpedoes
| 25.0 cm equivalent
| Torpedo (4)
|-
|-
| Aft Shield:
!Turret
| 25.0 cm equivalent
|Flak Turret (2)
|-
|-
| Front Armor:
! Front Shield
| 20.0 cm
| 200 units
|-
|-
| Right Armor:
! Rear Shield
| 20.0 cm
| 200 units
|-
|-
| Left Armor:
! Front Armor
| 25.0 cm
| 150 units
|-
|-
| Rear Armor:
! Rear Armor
| 25.0 cm
| 150 units
|-
|-
| Guns:
! Left Armor
| [[Mass Driver]]s (3)
| 100 units
| [[Neutron Gun]]s (4)
|-
|-
| Missiles:
! Right Armor
| ???
| 100 units
|}
|}


[[category:Fighters]][[category:Terran Fighters]]
===Gallery===
 
<gallery mode="nolines">
Image:WCA_Ship_Selection.png|Wing Commander Academy screen showing the unused 'green' Crossbow corvette
Image:Crossbow Corvette Render.png|Render of the Crossbow mesh with corvette textures
Image:Crossbow-Corvette-Stats-1.jpg|Unused Crossbow corvette specifications (1/2)
Image:Crossbow-Corvette-Stats-2.jpg|Unused Crossbow corvette specifications (2/2)
</gallery>

Latest revision as of 13:20, 8 November 2019

A-18 Crossbow
WCA Crossbow Header Image 2.png
Type Bomber
Primary User Terran Confederation
Additional Users Pirates
Introduction 2667
General Characteristics
Crew 2 Pilot and Gunner


The A-18 Crossbow is a bomber in the service of the Terran Confederation. A contingent of Crossbows destroyed the KIS Grakneth'Dak.

Specifications

SO1 Player SO1 Pirates Academy Manual
Length 24 meters
Mass Small Small 40 tonnes
Ship Number 15 15
Class Bomber Bomber Bomber
Shield Recharge 4 5
Damage Flag No No
Maximum Speed 370 kps 370 kps 370 kps
Cruise Speed 200 kps
Acceleration Rate 2 1 Average
Yaw Rate 8 3 8 dps
Pitch Rate 8 3 8 dps
Roll Rate 8 4 8 dps
Guns Neutron Gun (2)
Mass Driver Cannon (3) 		Neutron Gun (2)
Particle Cannon (2) 		Neutron Gun (2)
Mass Driver Cannon (3)
Missiles Pilum FF (3) Pilum FF (2) Pilum FF (3)
Torpedoes Torpedoes (4) Torpedoes (2) Torpedoes (4)
Turret Turret Gun (2, rear) Turret Gun (2, rear) Turret Gun (2, rear)
Tractor Beam Rear Turret Rear Turret
Front Shield 500 units 200 units 25 cm
Rear Shield 500 units 200 units 25 cm
Front Armor 400 units 150 units 20 cm
Rear Armor 400 units 150 units 20 cm
Left Armor 350 units 100 units 25 cm
Right Armor 350 units 100 units 25 cm
Jump Capable Yes

Images

External

Wing Commander Academy

  • Sprite Sheet

    Sprite Sheet

  • Wreckage

    Wreckage

  • Target VDU

    Target VDU

  • Damage VDU

    Damage VDU

  • Weapons VDU

    Weapons VDU

  • Weapons of the Terran and Kilrathi Fleets illustration

    Weapons of the Terran and Kilrathi Fleets illustration

  • Academy Simulator Ship Selection

    Academy Simulator Ship Selection

Internal

Wing Commander Academy

  • Forward

    Forward

  • Forward (Alarms Active)

    Forward (Alarms Active)

  • Forward (Radar Damaged)

    Forward (Radar Damaged)

  • Forward (Defense Console Damaged)

    Forward (Defense Console Damaged)

  • Forward (In Action)

    Forward (In Action)

  • Right

    Right

  • Left

    Left

  • Rear

    Rear

  • Rear (Inactive)

    Rear (Inactive)

  • Rear (In Action)

    Rear (In Action)

Appearances

Special Operations 1

Wing Commander Academy

TCSN Academy Simulator Handbook

The Crossbow is a formidable Confederation anti-capital ship bomber. It combines impressive armor and shields with good maneuverability and traveling velocity. The fighter is equipped with torpedoes, Friend-or-Foe missiles and an array of blasters that include a rear turret. It was a contingent of Crossbows that destroyed the Grakneth’ Dak, a Kilrathi capital ship first sighted near Gorath.

Corvette

Background

The 3D mesh that was ultimately used for the Crossbow introduced in Special Operations 1 was originally built for Wing Commander 2 where it was intended to be used for what was called the Crossbow-class corvette. The Crossbow corvette was one of several ships cut from the game to reduce the overall size but the assets were reused in 1992 for a new ship Special Operations 1 also called the Crossbow (now a bomber). As part of this process, the Special Operations 1 artists re-textured the mesh to appear to be a smaller spacecraft, replacing multiple decks with a single cockpit and dropping the green-with-yellow-numbers color scheme associated with Wing Commander II's capital ships. The original Crossbow texture scheme is still visible in one place: for Wing Commander Academy, artists rendered a 'turnaround' of each ship which rotate when selected on the mission design menu. The new sprites were rendered from the original Crossbow corvette rather than the Special Operations 1 update, making the green paint scheme visible. The original corvette-textured Crossbow model created by Origin for the game is available for download here. Additionally, a set of specifications for the cut ship have been identified from a preserved printout of Wing Commander II's in-progress ship statistics.

Specifications

Crossbow Corvette -CUT-
Mass 400
Ship Number 15
Class Capital Ship
Scale 0x400
Shield Recharge 5
Fuel 300000
Damage 70
Explosive Force 20000
Maximum Speed 35 kps
Cruise Speed 10 kps
Acceleration Rate 1
Yaw Rate 4
Pitch Rate 4
Roll Rate 4
Angular Inertial 4000
Guns Particle Cannon (2)
Missiles Spiculum IR (8)
Torpedoes Torpedo (4)
Turret Flak Turret (2)
Front Shield 200 units
Rear Shield 200 units
Front Armor 150 units
Rear Armor 150 units
Left Armor 100 units
Right Armor 100 units

Gallery

  • Wing Commander Academy screen showing the unused 'green' Crossbow corvette

    Wing Commander Academy screen showing the unused 'green' Crossbow corvette

  • Render of the Crossbow mesh with corvette textures

    Render of the Crossbow mesh with corvette textures

  • Unused Crossbow corvette specifications (1/2)

    Unused Crossbow corvette specifications (1/2)

  • Unused Crossbow corvette specifications (2/2)

    Unused Crossbow corvette specifications (2/2)

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