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Ursian Military (1912 roleplay) (Black project) - Kraken

Name: B14 Kraken
Class: Kraken plane
Plane Type: Super heavy sea bomber
Preceded by: Cloudwalker
Succeeded by: not disclosed yet
Built: 1910 - 1919
In service: Active
Planned: Unknown
Completed: Unknown
Cancelled: Unknown
Retired: Unknown

Details: Sometimes, the Ursian leaders just can't control the sheer innovation made by their own citizens. Once torpedoes were made that could survive a drop from a significant distance, and had a travel time of a quarter of a kilometer, the government knew they had to use this. However, solely using ships to launch these torpedoes was not the Ursian way. And while the Cyclone served magnificently, even it could not do significant damage to battleships all the time due to its limited payload for torpedoes. The Megalodon was also not suited for this as it was an ekranoplan, and it was too weakly-armored to approach battleships with torpedoes when it can just harass them with their Stormbreath Cannon. Thus, the Ursians went again to make another monstrosity. Even as other projects came up, this one was pursued for nearly a decade to make the greatest ship sinking plane known to man. And they succeeded, the Kraken was born. Regular torpedo bombers usually are as small as interceptor craft and wield one torpedo. This monster, carries 10. Usually fielded in groups of 20 Krakens, the absolute tide of 200 torpedoes was a terrifying sight Ursian Admirals had to face in training exercises. And while most of them missed, it merely takes one to kill the rudder or engine. Due to the long ranged nature of said torpedoes, a Kraken can release them safely from a quarter of a kilometer from a target. However it is ill-advised for Krakens to go alone (unless for Project Scylla which will be released soon), and you will rarely find them without 5 squadrons of Falcon interceptors. Krakens are also the most heavily armored plane in Ursia, taking in so much flak and bullets yet still surviving due to the requisite that the bomber must be exceptionally tough, tougher than the Cyclone. It can only land in sea areas, thus this is strictly a ship killing plane (unless for Project Vulcan). A Kraken is almost as big as the Megalodon, and its speed is fast enough to return home fine.

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