Description
The Terrahawk flagship, the heavy transporter. Battlehawk is
my personal favourite, in part due to its size but also those
cool design lines. The production model is also huge and it does
raise the question: How was it ever supposed to fly? Not that it
really matters, Battlehawk is the business! Not only does it
incorporate Terrahawk but it also carries the Zeroid driven
Battletank, deploying and then later swooping down to pick the
tank up without even landing. Control of the Battlehawk rests
with the Terrahawk and therefore Dr. Ninestein and Capt. Mary
Falconer. Battlehawk is also crewed by a full compliment of
Zeroids which (knowing Zeroids) also contribute to the weaponry.
Battlehawk's main drive is a McKinley-Thor photonic thrust drive
which allows the craft to cruise at mach 5. Firepower is provided
by a Marauder machine cannon, Zeroids and of course the Terrahawk
and Battletank when available. Of course the Thunderbird counterpart
is Thunderbird 2.
Launching
Battlehawk's launch is one of the more interesting. Starting off
in the depths of the Terrahawks base, Battlehawk lifts off
horizontally as you might expect from a craft of this design.
However, halfway into the launch sequence Battlehawk starts to
stand on end pointing its nose skywards! As it heads up the launch
tunnel the base's cover, the "White House", starts to collapse to
allow Battlehawk to exit. This soon happens and we're treated to
the sight of Battlehawk roaring vertically up and out of the now
collapsed house. This whole process is reputed to take 3 minutes
and 6 seconds. Not bad for something of that size.
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