Orca Strike Craft
Three Strike Craft
Unit
Affiliation	GDI
Role	Tactical Bomber
Production
Cost	$500
Build time	5:00
Requires	Airfield

The Orca Strike Craft is a tactical bomber appearing in Tiberium Wars.

BackgroundEdit

The Orca has oversized supercharged engines on articulated mounts and a modified pilot cockpit. They cannot be constructed on the battlefield directly and are called in to perform a tactical strike. The Orca is very fast and has surprisingly high armour, compared to the Orca Gunship.

It has 2 rocket pods mounted on both sides just under the cockpit which do moderate damage against buildings and light damage against vehicles. It will also kill infantry with 1 hit. ZOCOM uses a modified version of this aircraft, which use sonic grenades instead of rockets.

In-gameEdit

If an airfield is built, a commander can request an Orca Strike for $500. Three Orca Strike Craft fly in from outside the combat zone, bomb the selected area, and then fly off again. The Orca Strike is only capable of damaging stationary targets, and a beacon, deployed in the area to guide the pilots, can reveal to the enemy the bombing target.

Behind the scenesEdit

An Orca Fighter was seen along with a group of Orca Gunships defending the outskirts of Sydney during the initial Scrin invasion. In the worldbuilder, the Orca strike craft is actually called, "The Mini Orca". The Orca Strike Craft also has a striking similarity in appearance to the Orca from the First Tiberium War.

v·d·e ORCA Aircraft
First Tiberium War ORCA Assault Craft Second Tiberium War Orca Fighter • Orca Bomber • Orca Carryall • Orca Dropship • Orca Transport • Orca Command Third Tiberium War A-15 Orca • Orca Strike Craft • ZOCOM Orca Third Interbellum Orca Mk. IV Ascension Conflict Orca Mk. V Cancelled Tiberium Orca drone

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