Specter

Specter
A Specter as seen in the Talidor System.
Armor	800
Cargo Hold	65
Primary Weapons	4
Secondary Weapons	2
Turret	0
Equipment	16
Handling	138
Price	30,000,000$ (iOS) 12,000,000$ (Android) 9,500,000$ (Original)

Description

In-Game

The Specter is a flexible, extremely dangerous interceptor used by the Trunt Harval's Black Guard . It has a surprisingly large number of equipment slots and a pre-installed U'tool cloaking device.

Game Guide

The Specter is a flexible, extremely dangerous interceptor used by the Trunt Harval's Black Guard . Its uncommonly flat design could only be realized by leaving out additional equipment slots. In compensation, there is a U'tool cloaking device preinstalled.

Appearance

The Specter is somewhat of a modified and/or revamped Aegir/Ghost. Its 4 primary weapon slots make it just as deadly, as well as having a U'tool pre-installed. This state-of-the-art vessel is used by all known members of the Black Guard except Trunt Harval.

Upgraded Stats

Upgrade	Upg. to	Cost w/ VIP Card	Normal Cost
Armor	840	6,000,000	12,000,000
Handling	158	6,000,000	12,000,000
Equipment	17	12,000,000	24,000,000
Cargo	95	9,000,000	18,000,000

 K  Upgrades are only available at the Kaamo station lounge.

Notes

• The Specter is a great ship for roaming around. Its high firepower and armor can help in tough situations. Despite its high armor, players still have to be careful in Extreme difficulty as even its high armor can be chipped off at a decent pace by even a few enemies.
  • It's built-in U'Tool, along with the handling, armor and number of equipment slots already beats the well-known Bloodstar. However, Bloodstar still outclasses Specter in terms of general utility due to its much larger cargo space, a turret slot and more secondary slots.
• The prototype of the Specter is the Ghost (See it's description).
  • "Specter" is a synonym of "Ghost", which probably is a reason for the two ships' connection.
• The Specter can be purchased only at Katashán Station in the Paréah System.
• Originally, the Specter could only be unlocked by completing the Supernova campaign on Extreme difficulty. With the update that came out on October 6th, 2012, the Specter can also be unlocked in all difficulties by completing the entire campaign and obtaining all Gold Medals and Supernova medals. After the Specter is unlocked, it can be bought for 30,000,000$ (12,000,000$ for Android).
  • The Specter is available at Katashán Station, in the Paréah System.
• Different cloaks can still be installed and will overwrite the default U'tool.
  • However, on Android, the default U'tool will still overwrite the cloak you've installed.
• The Specter is considered as one of the most powerful ships in the game, due to the large amount of armor and equipment slots it possesses.
• The afterburners from the engines does not have strips of flames like the NPCs do.

Bug Reports

• There was a bug in version 1.1.7 of GOF2 SD and in version 1.1.1 of GOF2 HD, respectively. In these versions, when another cloak was mounted on the Specter the game asked: "Do you want to replace the U'tool with the Sight Suppressor II?". If "Yes" was selected, the new cloak got mounted and the pre-installed U'tool of the Specter got unmounted and moved to the cargo hold. By unmounting the new cloak again, the Specter became outfitted with a new U'tool, the original cloak staying in the cargo hold. This process could be repeated indefinitely, thus producing an unlimited amount of U'tools.
• As of the GOF2 1.1.8 and GOF2 HD 1.1.2 updates, the U'tool glitch has been removed (unlisted on the update page) and has upset many players that relied on the glitch for making money fast. (When equipping another cloak the U'Tool no longer spawns, but it will become usable once the other cloak is removed) However the U'Tool glitch still exists in the GOF2-Full HD version that runs on OS X (Mac), and credit generated there using the U'Tool bug can still be transferred to iOS devices by saving the game to iCloud and then re-loading the save on the iOS device.
• With the removal of the original U'Tool bug another bug was introduced into the game, which doesn't allow players to install any other cloak than the U'tool for the Specter, however this glitch isn't present in the Full HD version.
• From version 1.1.5 of GOF2 HD, the Specter glitch has been fixed; however, it doesn't seem to be fixed on GOF2 SD.
• Note: On the Android version, the U'tool will still overwrite whichever cloaking device you have equipped.
• Currently, Specter's U'Tool is automatically overwritten if another cloak is installed, but can be used if the other cloaking device has been dismounted.

Trivia

• The Specter, Scimitar and the Ghost feature the Abyss Engine™ logo on their wings. The Abyss Engine is the game engine DS FISHLABS use for their games.
• The design of the ship greatly resembles the design of the Vic Viper, the famous space Fighter from Konami’s legendary ‘’Gradius’’ series.
• Specters used by the Black Guards are not affected by Gamma Rays.
• It has the highest armor rating and the most equipment slots of any combat-suited ship.
• The Specter essentially has 17 equipment slots, due to its inbuilt cloaking device.
• It is the best ship the Nivelians have made.
• The Specter has a similar design to the Aegir and the Ghost.
• It's the only ship that has two ways of being unlocked.
  • The first way is to complete the Supernova DLC in Extreme Difficulty.
  • The second way is to obtain ALL Gold and ALL Supernova Medals outside Extreme Difficulty.
• The Specter's original price as stated on the official game guide was $9,500,000.
• On the Android Version, the price of the Specter is $12,000,000, instead of the iOS price of $30,000,000.
• The word "Specter" means "ghost", which it is relative to the ship due it the fact that it cannot be seen or tracked when they are invisible.
• It is possibly the Black Guard's equivalent to the VoidX.
• If one looks very closely near the cockpit of the ship while in the hangar, there appears to be 2 orange words possibly written in Chinese, Korean, or Japanese on the sides behind the cockpit. However, it is unknown what the words actually mean since it is blurred out. This could possibly mean that the Specter was developed by Nivelians that are from a different nation. It is also possible that Trunt Harval stole the design of the ship and recreated a replica of it with the Ghost.

Gallery

Specter Stats

Specter in the Beidan system.

The Specter with 3 Nivelian wingmen.

Specter using Shock Blast

Specter using Shock Blast

Specter in SD Graphics, flying by Katashán

Concept Art

Specter flying by the remains of Luur Station

Specter boosting towards Kaamo Station

Approaching Katashán station

A Specter in all of its glory

Trunt Harval with an armada of Black Guards

Specter flying by Katashán Station

Specter in Talidor

Specter at Wah'norr with a Vossk Battlecruiser in the background.

A Specter with fan-made paint job. Link to 3D Model can be found here: https://skfb.ly/6DZAu

Game Guide Description

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