[LF] Thunderbolt II
The Earth Alliance Thunderbolt 2 is a level 20 core 4 medium fighter, that can be upgraded into a number of configurations for Either Reforged Eden or Vanilla players. With all thrusters upgraded and installed, Thunderbolt 2 will have great forward and reverse velocity, able to hit and fade hostiles at the players discretion.
The Thunderbolt 2, is the successor to the Earth Alliance’s successful Thunderbolt starfighter. If utilized properly, Thunderbolt 2 can operate as a good fast strike medium fighter for mid to late game.
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Hello kindred Empyrion spirits!
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1. First copy the desired color code found either here with control C.
2. While looking at the ship with color/texture tool out, right click to open texture palette, then click configure.
3. Your green selection box should be over the top left color. If not, left click it to select.
4. Now while holding down shift, left click the bottom right color box, then in the left UI box, hit paste.
5. Once done, your new palette should apply, but to lock it in you have to hit OK under the color palette box.
Color code for default Blue textures:
|0#0#0#0#0|1#0#186#194#220|2#0#220#0#0|3#0#138#138#138|4#0#58#58#58|5#0#75#75#79|6#0#80#31#31|7#0#187#135#90|0#1#220#220#220|1#1#221#191#120|2#1#170#5#5|3#1#94#94#97|4#1#28#46#84|5#1#75#141#37|6#1#37#187#80|7#1#123#73#46|0#2#170#170#175|1#2#220#170#3|2#2#181#181#186|3#2#143#220#255|4#2#0#0#0|5#2#255#0#0|6#2#28#46#84|7#2#160#160#163|0#3#110#110#110|1#3#255#134#39|2#3#80#31#31|3#3#75#75#79|4#3#58#58#58|5#3#37#37#37|6#3#50#50#50|7#3#10#10#10
Color code for Red:
|0#0#0#0#0|1#0#186#194#220|2#0#220#0#0|3#0#138#138#138|4#0#58#58#58|5#0#75#75#79|6#0#80#31#31|7#0#187#135#90|0#1#220#220#220|1#1#221#191#120|2#1#170#5#5|3#1#94#94#97|4#1#28#46#84|5#1#75#141#37|6#1#37#187#80|7#1#123#73#46|0#2#170#170#175|1#2#220#170#3|2#2#181#181#186|3#2#143#220#255|4#2#0#0#0|5#2#255#0#0|6#2#80#31#31|7#2#160#160#163|0#3#110#110#110|1#3#255#134#39|2#3#80#31#31|3#3#75#75#79|4#3#58#58#58|5#3#37#37#37|6#3#50#50#50|7#3#10#10#10
Color code for Green:
|0#0#0#0#0|1#0#186#194#220|2#0#220#0#0|3#0#138#138#138|4#0#58#58#58|5#0#75#75#79|6#0#80#31#31|7#0#187#135#90|0#1#220#220#220|1#1#221#191#120|2#1#170#5#5|3#1#94#94#97|4#1#28#46#84|5#1#75#141#37|6#1#37#187#80|7#1#123#73#46|0#2#170#170#175|1#2#220#170#3|2#2#181#181#186|3#2#143#220#255|4#2#0#0#0|5#2#255#0#0|6#2#75#141#37|7#2#160#160#163|0#3#110#110#110|1#3#255#134#39|2#3#80#31#31|3#3#75#75#79|4#3#58#58#58|5#3#37#37#37|6#3#50#50#50|7#3#10#10#10
Color code for Yellow:
|0#0#0#0#0|1#0#186#194#220|2#0#220#0#0|3#0#138#138#138|4#0#58#58#58|5#0#75#75#79|6#0#80#31#31|7#0#187#135#90|0#1#220#220#220|1#1#221#191#120|2#1#170#5#5|3#1#94#94#97|4#1#28#46#84|5#1#75#141#37|6#1#37#187#80|7#1#123#73#46|0#2#170#170#175|1#2#220#170#3|2#2#181#181#186|3#2#143#220#255|4#2#0#0#0|5#2#255#0#0|6#2#220#170#3|7#2#160#160#163|0#3#110#110#110|1#3#255#134#39|2#3#80#31#31|3#3#75#75#79|4#3#58#58#58|5#3#37#37#37|6#3#50#50#50|7#3#10#10#10
Color code for Stealth Black:
|0#0#0#0#0|1#0#186#194#220|2#0#220#0#0|3#0#138#138#138|4#0#58#58#58|5#0#75#75#79|6#0#80#31#31|7#0#187#135#90|0#1#220#220#220|1#1#221#191#120|2#1#170#5#5|3#1#58#58#58|4#1#28#46#84|5#1#75#141#37|6#1#37#187#80|7#1#123#73#46|0#2#170#170#175|1#2#220#170#3|2#2#181#181#186|3#2#143#220#255|4#2#0#0#0|5#2#255#0#0|6#2#37#37#37|7#2#160#160#163|0#3#75#75#79|1#3#255#134#39|2#3#80#31#31|3#3#75#75#79|4#3#58#58#58|5#3#37#37#37|6#3#50#50#50|7#3#10#10#10
The Thunderbolt 2 comes stock with 1 minigun, 2 lasers and a railgun. Thunderbolt 2 can mount up to 15 weapons, and 4 turrets (2 bottom, 2 rear)
The Thunderbolt 2 has a body encasement of Hardened Steel around the internal compartment, and cockpit which itself is armored.
A good measure of chain reaction mitigation has been done, though some areas might become weakspots if some thrusters aren’t properly installed.
Placement for additional thrusters extensively detailed in the tutorial video. Once thrusters are fully installed and upgraded, the build will excel at forward and reverse, enabling the player to engage and disengage with great discretion. Strafe, lift, and down thrust may be mediocre, depending on how the player loads out weapons and internal comparment space.
Comes with Wifi, detector, fridge, and oxygen dispenser, and armor locker.
Space is provisioned for future placement for a Trauma Station.
Thunderbolt 2 comes stock with a modest 1.65k Harvest, and 3k ammo,
The ammunition cargo can be extended by connecting to marked boxes, though with internal space being crucial, discerning pilots will have to decide on the intended function of the build with limited space for devices.
The Earth Alliance forces invested in research for variants to its successful Thunderbolt starfighter. One of such projects produced the Thunderbolt 2, which ended up being a successor rather than a variant. R&D found that by reducing the wingspan a few meters on either side, that the starfighter could be housed in considerably more quantities within Earth Alliance Ships’ hangars.
The tradeoff of wider wingspan left the Thunderbolt 2 at a maneuverability disadvantage vs. its predecessor, but in greater numbers, and with a wider fuselage which allowed the Thunderbolt 2 to house a bigger electronics and avionics package for offense and defense, the advantages swung in favor of the Thunderbolt 2.
The Earth Alliance Thunderbolt 2; Strike with fury!
