SC Rakshasa - Revision history

Androgeos Exeunt: We gotta go back and rescue her!

2012-09-28T07:14:45Z

We gotta go back and rescue her!

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FlamingCobra: /* Armaments */

2012-09-26T02:15:14Z

Armaments

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	===Veteran Comments===		===Veteran Comments===
	{{comment\|''The Rakshasa, with its three forward-mounted SReds, packs a nasty punch that's difficult to knock out with primaries (the beam emitters are very small sections of the prongs and you just '''can't hit''' the things with primaries)... but very vulnerable to secondaries. The Rakshasa is powerful but fragile, and poorly defended against fightercraft attack, with only a single ventral AAA beam and no flak guns, like the other Shivan cruisers. A careful and determined heavy assault fighter can deal with it well, but give the Rakshasa no chances to shoot at friendly capital craft: one of these could probably kill a Hecate if it didn't engage head-on.''		{{comment\|''The Rakshasa, with its three forward-mounted SReds, packs a nasty punch that's difficult to knock out with primaries (the beam emitters are very small sections of the prongs and you just '''can't hit''' the things with primaries)... but very vulnerable to secondaries. The Rakshasa is powerful but fragile, and poorly defended against fightercraft attack, with only a single ventral AAA beam and no flak guns, like the other Shivan cruisers. A careful and determined heavy assault fighter can deal with it well, but give the Rakshasa no chances to shoot at friendly capital craft: one of these could probably kill a Hecate if it didn't engage head-on.''

FlamingCobra at 02:10, 26 September 2012

2012-09-26T02:10:15Z

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	===Developer Notes===		===Developer Notes===
			{{shipimage\|image=[[Image:Scrakshasa.jpg\|500px]]\|caption=The HTL Rakshasa by Rga_Noris}}
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Santander02 at 14:34, 18 August 2011

2011-08-18T14:34:27Z

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	The '''SC ''Rakshasa''''' was a [[Shivans\|Shivan]] cruiser used during the [[Second Shivan Incursion]]. Central to the ''Rakshasa'''s design is its three forward light beam cannons that, when concentrated on a single target up to corvette-class, can deliver serious damage. Against smaller ships like fighters or bombers, however, the ''Rakshasa'' ~~has~~ poorly-armed, with only one anti-fighter beam and ten medium turrets to ward off attackers. It is also lightly armored, especially around its turrets and subsystems.		The '''SC ''Rakshasa''''' was a [[Shivans\|Shivan]] cruiser used during the [[Second Shivan Incursion]]. Central to the ''Rakshasa'''s design is its three forward light beam cannons that, when concentrated on a single target up to corvette-class, can deliver serious damage. Against smaller ships like fighters or bombers, however, the ''Rakshasa'' is poorly-armed, with only one anti-fighter beam and ten medium turrets to ward off attackers. It is also lightly armored, especially around its turrets and subsystems.
	{{shipimage\|image=[[Image:Scrakshasa-old.jpg]]\|caption=The SC Rakshasa}}		{{shipimage\|image=[[Image:Scrakshasa-old.jpg]]\|caption=The SC Rakshasa}}

Androgeos Exeunt: Replaced image and re-wrote opening description.

2009-10-17T16:42:38Z

Replaced image and re-wrote opening description.

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	~~{{shipimage\|image=[[Image:rakshasa320x240.jpg]]\|caption=The SC Rakshasa}}~~		The '''SC ''Rakshasa''''' was a [[Shivans\|Shivan]] cruiser used during the [[Second Shivan Incursion]]. Central to the ''Rakshasa'''s design is its three forward light beam cannons that, when concentrated on a single target up to corvette-class, can deliver serious damage. Against smaller ships like fighters or bombers, however, the ''Rakshasa'' has poorly-armed, with only one anti-fighter beam and ten medium turrets to ward off attackers. It is also lightly armored, especially around its turrets and subsystems.
	The '''SC ''Rakshasa''''' was a [[Shivans\|Shivan]] cruiser used during the [[Second Shivan Incursion]]. A Rakshasa ~~had~~ three anti-~~capital ship~~ beam ~~cannons; however~~, ~~it was not particularly effective against larger targets~~.		{{shipimage\|image=[[Image:Scrakshasa-old.jpg]]\|caption=The SC Rakshasa}}

	==Description:==		==Description:==

Ngtm1r: /* Veteran Comments */ Purged for bloggery and redundancy.

2009-06-11T20:44:58Z

Veteran Comments: Purged for bloggery and redundancy.

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	''The Rakshasa is not exactly fragile. With 40,000 hitpoints, it has a little over half the armor of the Lilith, but slightly more armor than either the Leviathan or Aeolus. Its SReds are superior to the Leviathan and the Aeolus's [[SGreen]]s, plus the Rak has 3 of 'em vs. the Leviathan's 1 beam and 1 Fusion Mortar or the Aeolus' two SGreens. Think of it as a mini-Sathanas: awesome firepower, as long as the target stays in front and doesn't bomb the beams.''		''The Rakshasa is not exactly fragile. With 40,000 hitpoints, it has a little over half the armor of the Lilith, but slightly more armor than either the Leviathan or Aeolus. Its SReds are superior to the Leviathan and the Aeolus's [[SGreen]]s, plus the Rak has 3 of 'em vs. the Leviathan's 1 beam and 1 Fusion Mortar or the Aeolus' two SGreens. Think of it as a mini-Sathanas: awesome firepower, as long as the target stays in front and doesn't bomb the beams.''


	~~''The AAA turret is very annoying, as it has a very good field of fire. Deal with it and the Rakhasa is done for.''~~


	''I dread facing a hostile Rakshasa as much as I dread facing a [[SJ Sathanas\|Shivan Juggernaut]]. Not only does it look fearsome, it ''is'' fearsome. The rear turrets of the Rakshasa can actually destroy a [[GVF Serapis\|Serapis]] if the pilot doesn't take them out quickly. On the upside, the Rakshasa has only one [[SAAA]] mounted on some protruding spike in its underbelly. That allows the Rakshasa to strike at enemy fighters and bombers from anywhere except the rear and above. However, it was also placed such that it cannot be destroyed easily from the sides, rear and top... so the only option is to destroy it from the front or bottom, and that means trouble. There are ways to destroy that single SAAA, though. For one, the Rakshasa always seem to target bombs first, rather than fighters. If you have any wingmen, get them to lob a [[GTM Cyclops\|Cyclops]] at it, and the SAAA will blast away. During the time it takes to reload, you can destroy it. For another, its turrets aren't that sturdy; you could fly over it and blow up the turrets on its rear and it'll be mostly harmless.''

Ngtm1r: More gratitous and malicious lies with a dose of blob hate.

2009-06-08T23:25:49Z

More gratitous and malicious lies with a dose of blob hate.

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	''The Rakshasa's forward armament is asymmetrical. While it has four prongs which are turrets (the two largest spikes lower center aren't turrets at all), only three of them are [[SRed]]s and the fourth, leftmost turret is a regular "blob" turret. Keep this in mind if disarming by sight as it will save some time that may otherwise have been spent firing on a relatively low-priority turret. Of the Rakshasa cruisers that appear in the main FS2 campaign, all of them share this trait, except for the [[FreeSpace_2_Shivan_Ship_Database#SC_Iblis\|SC Iblis]] which only has a single SRed on its lower starboard spike.''		''The Rakshasa's forward armament is asymmetrical. While it has four prongs which are turrets (the two largest spikes lower center aren't turrets at all), only three of them are [[SRed]]s and the fourth, leftmost turret is a regular "blob" turret. Keep this in mind if disarming by sight as it will save some time that may otherwise have been spent firing on a relatively low-priority turret. Of the Rakshasa cruisers that appear in the main FS2 campaign, all of them share this trait, except for the [[FreeSpace_2_Shivan_Ship_Database#SC_Iblis\|SC Iblis]] which only has a single SRed on its lower starboard spike.''}}


	''I've run several FRED-ed battles between this ship and Terran cruisers. Even against a Leviathan, with its pathetic single SGreen, the Rakshasa didn't always win. While this cruiser has the edge in frontal firepower, as soon as the ships pull alongside, this thing is toast.}}

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Chammy: /* Veteran Comments */

2009-06-08T05:25:46Z

Veteran Comments

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	''The Rakshasa's forward armament is asymmetrical. While it has four prongs which are turrets (the two largest spikes lower center aren't turrets at all), only three of them are [[SRed]]s and the fourth, leftmost turret is a regular "blob" turret. Keep this in mind if disarming by sight as it will save some time that may otherwise have been spent firing on a relatively low-priority turret. Of the Rakshasa cruisers that appear in the main FS2 campaign, all of them share this trait, except for the [[FreeSpace_2_Shivan_Ship_Database#SC_Iblis\|SC Iblis]] which only has a single SRed on its lower starboard spike.''		''The Rakshasa's forward armament is asymmetrical. While it has four prongs which are turrets (the two largest spikes lower center aren't turrets at all), only three of them are [[SRed]]s and the fourth, leftmost turret is a regular "blob" turret. Keep this in mind if disarming by sight as it will save some time that may otherwise have been spent firing on a relatively low-priority turret. Of the Rakshasa cruisers that appear in the main FS2 campaign, all of them share this trait, except for the [[FreeSpace_2_Shivan_Ship_Database#SC_Iblis\|SC Iblis]] which only has a single SRed on its lower starboard spike.''


	''I've run several FRED-ed battles between this ship and Terran cruisers. Even against a Leviathan, with its pathetic single SGreen, the Rakshasa didn't always win. While this cruiser has the edge in frontal firepower, as soon as the ships pull alongside, this thing is toast.}}		''I've run several FRED-ed battles between this ship and Terran cruisers. Even against a Leviathan, with its pathetic single SGreen, the Rakshasa didn't always win. While this cruiser has the edge in frontal firepower, as soon as the ships pull alongside, this thing is toast.}}

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Chammy: /* Veteran Comments */

2009-06-08T05:25:27Z

Veteran Comments

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	''The Rakshasa's forward armament is asymmetrical. While it has four prongs which are turrets (the two largest spikes lower center aren't turrets at all), only three of them are [[SRed]]s and the fourth, leftmost turret is a regular "blob" turret. Keep this in mind if disarming by sight as it will save some time that may otherwise have been spent firing on a relatively low-priority turret. Of the Rakshasa cruisers that appear in the main FS2 campaign, all of them share this trait, except for the [[FreeSpace_2_Shivan_Ship_Database#SC_Iblis\|SC Iblis]] which only has a single SRed on its lower starboard spike.''}}		''The Rakshasa's forward armament is asymmetrical. While it has four prongs which are turrets (the two largest spikes lower center aren't turrets at all), only three of them are [[SRed]]s and the fourth, leftmost turret is a regular "blob" turret. Keep this in mind if disarming by sight as it will save some time that may otherwise have been spent firing on a relatively low-priority turret. Of the Rakshasa cruisers that appear in the main FS2 campaign, all of them share this trait, except for the [[FreeSpace_2_Shivan_Ship_Database#SC_Iblis\|SC Iblis]] which only has a single SRed on its lower starboard spike.''

			''I've run several FRED-ed battles between this ship and Terran cruisers. Even against a Leviathan, with its pathetic single SGreen, the Rakshasa didn't always win. While this cruiser has the edge in frontal firepower, as soon as the ships pull alongside, this thing is toast.}}

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Ngtm1r: Identical AAA beam placement with the others, hasn't realized missile launchers suck by FS2, wtflol manuvering is a capital ship concern?

2009-05-11T01:43:14Z

Identical AAA beam placement with the others, hasn't realized missile launchers suck by FS2, wtflol manuvering is a capital ship concern?

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	''The Rakshasa's forward armament is asymmetrical. While it has four prongs which are turrets (the two largest spikes lower center aren't turrets at all), only three of them are [[SRed]]s and the fourth, leftmost turret is a regular "blob" turret. Keep this in mind if disarming by sight as it will save some time that may otherwise have been spent firing on a relatively low-priority turret. Of the Rakshasa cruisers that appear in the main FS2 campaign, all of them share this trait, except for the [[FreeSpace_2_Shivan_Ship_Database#SC_Iblis\|SC Iblis]] which only has a single SRed on its lower starboard spike~~.''~~		''The Rakshasa's forward armament is asymmetrical. While it has four prongs which are turrets (the two largest spikes lower center aren't turrets at all), only three of them are [[SRed]]s and the fourth, leftmost turret is a regular "blob" turret. Keep this in mind if disarming by sight as it will save some time that may otherwise have been spent firing on a relatively low-priority turret. Of the Rakshasa cruisers that appear in the main FS2 campaign, all of them share this trait, except for the [[FreeSpace_2_Shivan_Ship_Database#SC_Iblis\|SC Iblis]] which only has a single SRed on its lower starboard spike.''}}

	''It's surprising how many new ships in FreeSpace 2 are inferior to their predecessors. The Rakshasa's maneuverability and speed are only as good as the Lilith it doesn't even have as much hull integrity. The one thing the Rakshasa has over the Lilith is its number of beams. Where the Rakshasa is deadly to large vessels, the Cain and Lilith cruisers are deadly to small ones, easily threatening bombers and fighters with their twin missile launchers and anti-fighter beams.''}}

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