AP-540 "Bullhead" Core Battlecruiser

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AP-540392 "Bullhead" APM Battlecruiser
Ship Class	Battlecruiser
Built by	AP Manufacturing
Tech Column	Bounty Hunters - Ships
Technical information
Guns/Turrets	0 / 12
Opt. weapon class	6
Max. weapon class	9
Other equipment	1xCD 1xCM
Hull strength	405,000
Max. shield class	9
Cargo space	950 units
Nanobots/Batteries	900/900
Max. impulse speed	80 m/s
Max. turn speed	11.46 deg/s
Max. thrust speed	140 m/s
Max. cruise speed	350 m/s
Power output	3,600,000 u
Power recharge	170,000 u/s
Hyperspatial Modules	2 Hyperspatial Modules
Docking Bays	2 Docking Bays
Additional information
Ship price	$309,000,000
Package price	$314,082,250

An advanced and heavily reinforced version of the APM Destroyer, the Battlecruiser is a rare and expensive ship used for missions that involve countering enemy capital ships. This ship's hull can withstand the fire of heavy battleship weaponry, and an advanced energy supply provides for impressive firepower. However, due to its reduced maneuverability the Battlecruiser can become an easy prey for enemy bombers, and it is advised that this ship not enter battlefield without fighter escort.

Handling

• This ship is too large to use docking bays, it must use mooring points.

Outdated Review (4.86)

Review (4.86) Date: 5th of August, 2012. The Bullhead(to me) is an amazing ship. Being a fan of the Battle-cruiser class I had been looking for a battlecruiser that would be powerful, yet not slow, clunky and huge. The Bullhead delivered it! This ship amazes me in what it can do. This beast goes along the line of what most bounty-hunter guild ships do: low armor, compensated with high firepower. (All of its turrets can fire forward, while 10 of the turrets can fire backwards. The ones that can't fire backwards are two heavy cruiser turrets, 7 and 8. It also goes along the shape most BHG ships do: hard to hit from forward, backwards, top and bottom, while easy to hit from the side. Do NOT let the lower hull and lower cargo space fool you, this ship is excellent at long range, and does best while firing forwards and backwards, particularly because that's when its hard to be hit. However, the firepower on it allows you to go in guns-blazing as well, but don't forget to KEEP THE ENEMYS AWAY FROM YOUR SIDES. Seriously, that's a huge weak-spot. One last awesome thing about this ship is the extra thruster speed that you get, compared to the LABC and the Kusari Battlecruiser. This comes in handy when you're trying to get away from killer Battleships. The only real problem I have with this ship is its agility. I would expect a bounty-hunter ship to be much more agile, as most are. Another annoyance is getting the BHG Core to tolerate you to get it. However, other than these two pet-peeves, I highly recommend this ship. Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Review by Silverleaf81

Hardpoints

• 2 Battleship Primary Turrets
• 1 Battleship Secondary Turret
• 4 Heavy Cruiser Turrets
• 6 Cruiser Turrets

Purchase Includes

Spoiler:
1 Advanced Deep Scanner ($82,250) 1 Cruiser Molecular Shield ($5,000,000)

Availability

Spoiler: Buying Locations
Base Owner System Location Alabama Shipyard The Core Omicron Rho Nomad Worlds

Origin

Modeled by jinx