HAB-2 "CLOUDWATCHER" AIRCRAFT
Basic Information
- Full Title: High-Altitude Bomber
- Generation: 2
- Candidate #: 238/72
- Role: Bomber
- National Origin: FoGM
- Manufacturer: Undetermined
- Introduction: 1954
- Produced: 1951 - 1966
- End of Service: 2014
Statistics
- Maximum Altitude: 50k feet
Mounts [weight capacity: 75,000 lb]
- 2x Turret (HMG)
- 1x Lower
- 1x Tail
- 1x Bomb Bay
Utilities
- TBD
Loadouts
- Configuration "Break"
- Description: General-purpose configuration viable in most situations. The name is a play on words.
- Turret Mounts
- 2x R2-SPAW [100 lb]
- Ammo [300 lb]
- 2x R2-SPAW [100 lb]
- Bomb Bay
- Variable
"Above the clouds the arrogant loom."
Background
The HAB-2 "Cloudwatcher" is the FoGM's first jet-powered bomber, leagues more heavy and powerful than its predecessor. Due to its immense weight capacity, it can carry a great variety of useful things...unlike its turrets, which saw little use for the entirety of its service. When they did, they often didn't help.
Its service was originally planned to end in 1994, but it was extended during 90s global tensions to maintain military readiness. It was extended again in the early 2000s as a precaution to a return to 90s-era crisis, then finally allowed to die.
The lesson: nothing can hurt you when you're way above the clouds. And if it can, guns won't save you.