Hellcat class medium fighter

Lynx

Spaceman
Today it's up to me to unveil our newest addition to our growing collection of fighters, my eternal favourite Hellcat V!

The F-86C Hellcat V recently entered service in the Space Force as a replacement for the F-44G Rapier II. Designed as a multi-role medium interceptor, Hellcats are good solid choice for any type of mission. Need a combat air patrol? Send in some Hellcats. Incoming enemy fighters and need a scramble? Send in some Hellcats. A bunch of transports need an escort? Send in some Hellcats. Need air support for the Marines on a planetary battlefield? Send in some Hellcats.

An all-purpose fighter with well-balanced characteristics, the Hellcat V does not skimp in any one area and its modular design allows it to pack easily interchangeable systems. Thus, Hellcats are capable of undergoing modification to house with tractor beams, high-powered reconnaissance camera systems, mounts to carry ejection pods, among other types of hardware. Cheap to build and easy to maintain, more Hellcats were produced than any other fighter in ConFleet. The jack-of-all-trades-but-master-of-none design has been touted both as the fighter’s greatest strength and its looming weakness.

The Hellcat V does have one advantage over other fighters in the Confederation fleet and has become the only fighter in widespread service that can enter a planet’s atmosphere. Its sturdy airframe and wing design, which can support atmospheric lift without the fear of structural failure, allow the Hellcat V to play a crucial role in ground attack missions and planetary assault operations involving Terran Confederation Marines who need and appreciate air support. For these missions, Hellcats are outfitted with precision guided anti-matter bombs, free-fall plasma bombs, anti-armor micro-missile pods, rockets, and other air-to-ground attack weapons. In addition, the ship’s designers enjoy pointing out that the Hellcat V contains internal missile hardpoints, another first for a ship in its class.

Model is by gevatter Lars, model fixes and texturing by me, Lynx.

Hellcat1.jpg
 
Very impressive! I've just been playing WC4 DVD and the leap in quality from WC4-era models and textures to Saga's is remarkable. I'm really looking forward to WC Saga.

Keep up the great work, lads!


BrynS
 
Nice work, bro... Love the texturing under the wings in particular. Any chance there'll be some in-game screenshots with better lighting? ;)
 
Hmm, that looks great... I mean, for one of the ugliest WC fighters ever ;).

BTW, Lynx, have you checked your email recently? There's that small matter of Standoff voiceovers for you to record ;).
 
@Quarto: iknow, just with university and everything progress slowed down some. But you should get all of it in no more than two weeks.

@McGruff: No, that'd be the Epee. :p
 
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