Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Hawker Jumpjet

"Jumpjet is ready for liftoff!"

-Hawker Jumpjet

The Hawker Jumpjet is the primary multirole fighter used by the Minutemen. This unit is planned to be voiced by *TBA*

Tactical analysis

 * It's a bird, it’s a plane, NO IT'S A, er... Nevermind: The Hawker is a rather oddly shaped VTOL aircraft, and the Minutemen' air superiority fighter. The Hawker has a rack of six heat-seeking missiles, capable of blasting through aircraft with ease. The Hawker's decent armor also can sustain several hits from flak shells and keep on flying.
 * All Terrain Landing Capabilities: Additionally, unlike other aircraft, the Hawker can land anywhere and stealth itself with a fiber optic netting, ready to ambush the next enemy that dares to pass. Additionally, the Hawker gets a fire rate boost when popping out of stealth due to the ease of locking on in such a state.
 * DIY Repairs: Hawker crews have realize that all they need to get the .303s operating again is a dash of lubricating oil, some ammo, and a new gunsight. This gives the Hawker a secondary weapon and some defensive capabilities when it runs out of missiles.
 * Limited Reserves: However, care must be taken while deploying the Hawker. The Hawker is vulnerable to ground-based AA, and also struggles against heavy air, as it usually takes more than six missiles to take down heavy aircraft, thus requiring the Hawker to make multiple passes. Lastly, the Hawker requires reloads often and is very vulnerable when out of ammo due to its slower speed and inability to retaliate.

History
"You don't have time to think up there. If you think, you're dead."

-...

The P-55 Hawker Jumpjet was introduced by Andoran aviation company United Aviation in First Season of Zephyr 1954 V.C. as the world's first VTOL aircraft. Before this point, the Voshkod had enjoyed massive air superiority due to their field airstrips and the ubiquitous MiG-9, MiG-15 and MiG-17 jet fighters, which was faster and more manoeuvrable than Aquila' staple F-86 Sabres, F-80 Shooting Stars and F-84 Thunderjets, and more numerous and closer to the front than the Hawker Hunter, the most advanced Andoran fighter around at the time. Though organic Allied air support was arguably superior, with the Stuka Dive Bomber from the Alliance of Hawke and the A-26 Invader from Aquila comparing favourably to the Voshkod Il-10 and Il-20 Sturmoviks and the Tupolev Tu-2s and the Longbow consistently outperforming the Mi-4 Hounds, the risk of a sudden strike from a MiG squadron was ever present.

This all changed on 54th Season of the Zephyr, 1956 V.C. when the first Hawker squadron lifted off from a field just five kilometres from the front lines and engaged a larger group of MiG-15 and MiG-17 fighters, using their unique manoeuvrability and Rattler missiles, the first heat seeking missiles in history, to devastate three whole squadrons of MiGs with only two losses. With a machine that could land anywhere, change altitudes with frightening speed, and knock out a MiG before it could hope to return fire, the Allied Forces (Aquila, Alliance, Zemuria, Ulthua and Andora) gained air superiority overnight, and the Garlean never succeeded in getting it back.

The Minutemen have salvaged somewhere just over two thousand Hawkers in various states of disrepair, which they have cobbled together into an unknown number of aircraft, all upgraded with a fibre-optic camouflage system along its broad wings originally designed to hide squadrons close to the front lines in Having universally applied this upgrade as well as tuning the engines, the Minutemen Hawker takes to the air once again, a true jumpjet presenting the bizarre image of a plane that can point in one direction while flying in another.

Guardians of the Tacitus

 * F/A-18E Super Hornet (Aquila)
 * Harrier (Alliance)
 * FA-50 (ADI)
 * Kaizen (Protectorate)
 * Draken (Andora)
 * J-10 (Empire)
 * KF-16 Fighting Falcon (Community)

Destroyers of Balthazar

 * MiG-35 Fulcrum (Voshkod)
 * Yak-141 Freestyle (Brotherhood)
 * MiG-15 Fagot (Horde)
 * Su-17 "Vulture" (MLA)
 * F-20 Tigershark (Collective)
 * MiG-21bis Fishbed (Encantadia)
 * Mystere
 * ... (Scrin)

Neutrals

 * Land Speeder Tempest (Coalition)
 * Chaos Harrier (Heralds)
 * Samael Assault Plane (Order)
 * Hawker Jumpjet (Survivors)
 * Phoenix Interceptor (Syndicate)
 * nEUROn (Conglomerate)
 * Thunderbolt Fighter (Legion)

Bonus Factions

 * A-143 Buzzard (ASA)
 * Bastion AMX (Bastion)
 * Multirole Fighter Creep (Rangers)
 * G91 (Pirates)
 * Elona Mirage 2000 (Elona)
 * MiG-17 Fresco (Ascalia)
 * Beta Warbird (Dominion)
 * Netz (Security)
 * Tolan Rocket Glider (Ascendancy)

DLC

 * Viper (Federation)
 * Chongming (Corona)
 * ... (Party)
 * Vulture Droid (Skynet)
 * ZR-15 (Elemental)
 * Jackal Fighter (Autocracy)
 * MiG-17 Fresco (League)
 * ... (Swarm)
 * AMX (Confederation)
 * J35J Draken (Kingdom)
 * ... (Goo)
 * Me-262 Schwalbe (Imperium)
 * ... (Dynasty)
 * La-11 (Warlords)
 * Gargoyle (Cult)
 * JF-17 Thunder (Raiders)
 * Fokker (Theocracy)
 * Hawker Hunter (Insurgents)
 * Ender of Malice (Guardians)
 * Paranoia Craft (Hierarchy)
 * Dervish Jet Fighter (Sundered)
 * Inti Fighter (Ecumene)
 * De Havilland Vampire (Concordat)
 * X-32 JSF (Contingent)
 * F-16V Viper (Eden)
 * Dracoavis (InGen)
 * ... (Hallows)
 * F-86F Sabre (Commune)
 * Mirage 2000 (Clique)
 * Reisen (Guild)
 * Assault Dragonfly (Threat)
 * ... (Traders)
 * SAAB 21R (Entente)
 * ... (Oblivion)
 * ... (Corporation)
 * Banshee Fighter (Covenant)
 * ... (Institute)
 * S-55 LFS (Eremite)
 * P.1127 Kestrel (Netstorm)
 * ... (Carnival)
 * ... (Wraiths)
 * ... (Chronophage)
 * F7U Cutlass (Privateers)
 * ... (Foundation)