The Prototype Reaper Gunship 2016-03-09

With the pirates growing stronger with tougher design models, so must ARD come up with new ships and fighters to combat the new threats. Surveillance reported that the pirates had yet to really bump up their shield game, thus ARD produced a gunship meant to deal heavy damage to unshielded targets. A glass cannon almost specializing in this field. The Copperhead series was meant to be frontline soldiers. This new design was the Heavy weapons support. It was the Reaper. Armed with a twin chin cannons, dual dumb fired rockets and a heavy beam cannon, the Reaper could slice through unshielded targets and pick away at the critical components inside. It also had mounts for two turrets on either flank for an extra buff. Of course, like many Altonavin designs, this gunship doesn't have any shielding, leave its pilot and weapon systems very very vulnerable. That is why the few prototype Reapers in service are in very defensible positions or heavily supported with Tusks or Moccasins.