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The Hawk is essentially a heavy weapons platform capable of carrying a significant payload. It is the most powerful vehicle manufactured by Marsec and should be the first line of defense against any invasion force, wherever it comes from. ''From: Apocalypse Ufopaedia''
'''''Official Entry:''''' "The Hawk is essentially a heavy weapons platform capable of carrying a significant payload. It is the most powerful vehicle manufactured by [[Marsec]] and should be the first line of defense against any invasion force, wherever it comes from."
== [[Cityscape (Apocalypse)|Cityscape]] Information ==
‡ Armour values are for: Top/Front/Left/Right/Rear/Bottom
The Hawk Air Warrior is primarily a heavier version of the [[Valkyrie]]. It serves an identical role to its predecessor, with extra passenger space, endurance, and firepower. It has two long weapon hardpoints and a 2x3 main gun hardpoint. This makes it the only conventional craft that can fit turret systems and alien weapons like the [[Medium Disruptor Beam (Apocalypse)|Medium Disruptor Beam]]. Additionally, it has four standard module slots and space for 10 agents, so can fit an impressive 6 more agents than the Valkyrie, letting 18 agents assault a UFO site with a standard cargo+bio module. This makes it the most roomy conventional craft for performing UFO assaults. While the Hawk's absolute price is high, there's little reason to keep your Valkyrie once you have one so you can trade in to take a lot of the cost off.
A super-heavy duty combat vehicle for dominance of the local airspace.<br>
The armament can be upgraded to use [[Laser_Defense_Array_(Apocalypse)|anti-missile defence systems]] or to use the powerful [[Medium_Disruptor_Beam_(Apocalypse)|Medium Disruptor Beam]] or [[Disruptor_Bomb_Launcher_(Apocalypse)|Disruptor_Bomb_Launcher]].<br>
An expensive vehicle which has strong armour in the rear for resistance to missile attack but due to its physical size, the chassis is very slow when turning in dog-fights. This can overwhelm the vehicle resulting in heavy damage if used singularly.<br>
The module slots can fit four [[Small_Disruption_Shield_(Apocalypse)|small shields]], and along with powerful armaments, can destroy medium and light UFOs quickly before sustaining heavy damage.<br>
If used as a troop transport, the modules (2x passenger, 1xcargo, 1xbio-tranport) enables a large X-Com force to cleanup alien infestations within Mega-Primus.
Both the [[Valkyrie]] and the Hawk Air Warrior can function as bomber craft as well. By outfitting them with the extremely long range [[Retribution_Missile_Launcher_(Apocalypse)|Retribution missile Launcher]] and hovering at maximum altitude, you can strike enemy buildings with pinpoint accuracy from a very long distance. This is useful if your sole purpose is to bankrupt a specific organization by destroying their buildings, as it's possible to fire the missiles from an extremely long distance, then turn back and dock at base before they can send out craft to intercept you.
In combat the Hawk is basically a giant flying whale. It is a massive target with a horrendous turn rate, moderate firepower, and an insane price tag. It's best kept away from trouble, only begrudgingly used as a heavy weapons support ship for small squadrons of [[Hoverbike (Apocalypse)|Hoverbikes]] or [[Phoenix Hovercar (Apocalypse)|Hovercars]]. Expect it to be your only Medium Disruptor Beam for most of the mid game, and to be very careful it does not get destroyed as more than a week's income is needed to replace it.
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The Hawk is obsolete once you can manufacture X-COM hybrid craft, with the [[Bio-Trans]] having better carrying capacity and the [[Explorer]] having equal firepower. Both at considerably lower prices.
:<sup>1</sup> Armor is given as Top/Front/Left/Right/Rear/Bottom. The in-game Ufopedia rather misleadingly displays only a single armor value, the sum of the values on all six of the vehicle's facings.
==See Also==
* [[Marsec]]
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Revision as of 21:06, 20 September 2023
The Hawk is essentially a heavy weapons platform capable of carrying a significant payload. It is the most powerful vehicle manufactured by Marsec and should be the first line of defense against any invasion force, wherever it comes from. From: Apocalypse Ufopaedia
‡ Armour values are for: Top/Front/Left/Right/Rear/Bottom
A super-heavy duty combat vehicle for dominance of the local airspace.
The armament can be upgraded to use anti-missile defence systems or to use the powerful Medium Disruptor Beam or Disruptor_Bomb_Launcher.
An expensive vehicle which has strong armour in the rear for resistance to missile attack but due to its physical size, the chassis is very slow when turning in dog-fights. This can overwhelm the vehicle resulting in heavy damage if used singularly.
The module slots can fit four small shields, and along with powerful armaments, can destroy medium and light UFOs quickly before sustaining heavy damage.
If used as a troop transport, the modules (2x passenger, 1xcargo, 1xbio-tranport) enables a large X-Com force to cleanup alien infestations within Mega-Primus.
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