A HERCulean Bestiary

Everyone has their favorite combination of HERC's and weapons. I've found the following set to work well in most situations. You may want to make modifications to the weapons list depending on the particular mission you're going on, such as loading up on precision weapons for salvage runs, or snapping on a missile pack or three if you know you're going to be up against flyers.

Maverick (25 tons)
Weapon Slots: 4
Speed: 90 KPH
Tonnage required to build: 55 tons
My preferred weapon configuration:
(2) 50mm ATC
(2) plasma cannon
Outlaw (27 tons)
Weapon Slots: 3
Speed: 100 KPH
Tonnage required to build: 60 tons
My preferred weapon configuration:
(2) 50mm ATC
(1) plasma cannon
Raptor II (41 tons)
Weapon Slots: 5
Speed: 65 KPH
Tonnage required to build: 90 tons
My preferred weapon configuration:
(2) 50mm ATC
(2) 200GW laser cannon
(1) shield pod
Tomahawk (45 tons)
Weapon Slots: 5
Speed: 75 KPH
Tonnage required to build: 100 tons
My preferred weapon configuration:
(2) 50mm ATC
(2) 200GW laser cannon
(1) plasma cannon
Samson (63 tons)
Weapon Slots: 8
Speed: 60 KPH
Tonnage required to build: 170 tons
My preferred weapon configuration:
(3) 50mm ATC
(1) plasma cannon
(2) EMP 2
(2) missile pack
Apocalypse (70 tons)
Weapon Slots: 9
Speed: 60 KPH
Tonnage required to build: 190 tons
My preferred weapon configuration:
(3) 50mm ATC
(2) 200GW laser
(2) EMP 2
(2) missile pack
Colossus (77 tons)
Weapon Slots: 9
Speed: 55 KPH
Tonnage required to build: 200 tons
My preferred weapon configuration:
(2) 50mm ATC
(2) 200GW laser
(2) plasma cannon
(1) EMP
(1) missile pack
(1) energy pod
Ogre (84 tons)
Weapon Slots: 10
Speed: 58 KPH
Tonnage required to build: 230 tons
My preferred weapon configuration:
(2) 50mm ATC
(2) 300GW laser
(2) plasma cannon
(2) missile pack
(1) turbo pod
(1) shield pod
Razor (21 tons)
Weapon Slots: 6
Speed: 225 KPH
Tonnage required to build: 120 tons
My preferred weapon configuration:
(2) 50mm ATC
(2) plasma cannons (wingtips!)
(1) shield pod
(1) ECM pod

Cheat Codes

Launch the MS-DOS shell and go to the directory where you installed Earthsiege 2. Once there, type "ES -SPRUNKNOWN" to run the game.

Once the code is activated you may use any of the following codes while playing.

• [ALT] + [LEFT] or [RIGHT] or [UP] or [DOWN] = Warp in this direction left, right, forward or back

• [ALT] + [CTRL] + [N] = Nuke one or more nearby enemy

• [CTRL] + [N] = Lets you view the combat from different viewpoints, including structures and enemies press [ESC] to return

• [ALT] + [CTRL] + [S] = Causes several Herc textures to appear

• [ALT] + [S] = Freezes the intelligence AI, press again to resume

• [ALT] + [the "+" on the numpad] = Steps the game one frame at a time after you have frozen the AI

• [ALT] + [] = Listen to cockpit announcements