| Scouting Balloon | |
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| Put a picture of the scout balloon from top down here, please? | |
| Pirate Tier 0? | |
| Combat | Armor: 1-mm Manuever: 1? Ammo: ??? rounds |
|---|---|
| Performance | Max Speed: ??? kph Stall Speed: ??? kph Acceleration: ??? kph/s Corner Velocity: 10 kph |
| Gun Mounts |
Forward: 1x Small Turret Rear: None Wing: None Diagonals: None |
| Disabled Maneuvers |
None |
| Availability: Combat | |
Scouting Balloon[]
The Scouting Balloon is a special zeppelin/blimp-type "plane" that cannot be bought by players, and is seen solely in the employ of the Pirate Faction. It is a bright green hot air balloon, with a blue ring around the balloon and a blue diamond on the top. The fins are presumably somehow related to the craft's propulsion or maneuvering.
Rumoured to be part of a bizarre hazing ritual for new pirates, these utterly unmaneuverable and very poorly protected balloons are little more than floating targets, even for those Skyrates who are truly ineffectual in a fight. The Scouting Balloon possesses a single Small Turret mount with very limited arc range, which is frequently fitted with a machinegun. Whilst individually they are of little threat, their turrets a bit more threatening with flaks (or howitzers if one has a high Silhouette plane)
Oddly, the Scouting Balloon can perform all known maneuvers like Loop and Wingover. Like the other zeppelin/blimp-type aircraft, it's sprite does not "deform" when turning or maneuvering like the fixed-wing aircraft, so watching it slide from side to side or do a sudden flip around as part of a maneuver can be a touch disconcerting... or amusing, once you realise what's happening.
| Planes | ||||||||||
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| Type\Tier | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Combat | - | - | Phantom | - | Seahawk | - | Vengeance | - | Hades | Avenger |
| Perf | - | - | Marauder | - | Thor | - | Loki | - | Nova | Ingersoll |
| Trade | - | - | Nomad | - | Halifax | - | Bullfrog | Leviathan | KingFisher | |
| Upgrade | CR-4P | - | Excelsior | - | Seafire | - | Barracuda | - | Dauntless | Mantis |
| Perf/Combat | - | Chapparal | - | Valkyrie | - | Mkii | - | Thunderbolt | - | Havoc |
| Combat/Trade | - | Mastiff | - | Bolo | - | Cyclops | - | Barashiki | - | Bismarck |
| Perf/Trade | - | KittyHawk | - | Requin | - | Cetacea | - | Lancaster | - | Spectre |