Ship details

With the escalation of the Thargoid conflict, it was clear that a new heavy rescue vessel with greater capability and survivability than the original Thunderbird would be needed if rescue efforts were to continue. Thunderbird 2 was commissioned to meet this challenge: equipped for a broad range of rescue and support tasks, its main purpose is to extract survivors from Thargoid attacked mega ships.

Unlike its lightly armed counterpart Thunderbird (1), Thunderbird 2 mounts a dorsal battery of 4 Guardian Plasma Charger turrets, a heavy shield and a fighter bay with Javelin fighters allowing it to cover the withdrawal of unarmed rescue ships and complete the mission, even when Thargoids return in force. The forward and ventral hard points mount a mixed armament of dumb fire missiles, beam laser turrets and a flack turret, providing protection against lesser threats from thargon swarms or pirates as well as providing shield regeneration to wing members.

Thunderbird 2 is named for the rescue ship in Gerry Anderson's series Thunderbirds and follows the convention of 'Thunder' names for my vessels assisting in the Thargoid conflict.