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The Chimeran Fleet attacking San Francisco.
The Chimeran Fleet was a massive, aerial Chimeran armada, consisted of many large airborne airships, supported by hundreds of smaller fighters, dropships, and medium-sized ships of an unknown class; it was led by Daedalus' flagship. The fleet was the primary attack force that invaded the United States in May 1953.
History
The Fleet was constructed in massive construction yards across Europe, in places such as Gerolstein, Germany.[1] Chimeran airships were first constructed in August and September 1951 in which European intelligence were initially wary of what their use was. By 1952, the fleet was responsible for expanding the Chimera's onslaught in Africa and South America, and even took part in recon missions to scout the United States coastlines, and launched Spire attacks on areas such as Orick, California and the American Southeast states. As of January 10, 1953, the Fleet was reported to have eighty or more airships.[2]
The Fleet ultimately invaded America on May 15, 1953 with the intentions of activating the dormant Chimeran towers within the American mainland. During the invasion, the Fleet attempted to breach the Liberty Defense Perimeter at Twin Falls, Idaho, but was repulsed by SRPA.[3] However, the Fleet later launched a massive assault on the LDP at the southern perimeter on May 28, in which they successfully broke through and relentlessly launched Spire missiles on the civilian population.[4] Thereafter, the Fleet gathered at the Chicxulub crater in Mexico with the purpose to harness the energies from the activated tower network into Daedalus' flagship to open a portal to the Chimera's home planet. The Fleet was ultimately annihilated by the detonation of a fission bomb in Daedalus's flagship during Operation Black Eden.[5]
Organization
The Fleet consists of multiple battleships, a command ship, and many smaller cruiser and destroyer analogues. The Fleet was heavily armed and was equipped to carry a large invasion force, supported by heavy vehicles. The fleet's larger battleships appeared to also act as energy conduits in Daedalus' plan for the Chimeran tower network.
Fighters
- Main article: Chimeran Fighter
Hornets
Black Ops soldiers unload the fission bomb from a Hornet.
Hornets are single-occupant aircrafts. A Hornet acquired by Joseph Capelli in Cocodrie. It appears to be a low-altitude supply craft and it was capable of carrying the fission bomb to the landing pad in the second-to-last level of Resistance 2. It has a simpler design than other Chimeran craft and it is unarmed.
Shuttles
- Main article: Chimeran Shuttle
Battleships
These ships were huge constructs, dwarfing everything around them, and are as large as Chimeran Towers. They had big, empty, spherical holes with a glow emanating from inside, probably the reactor. When immobile, the ships were seen to have rings turning inside the empty hull that were blocked from view by the light from the reactor, possibly the anti-gravity system. The interior of the ships were a combination of large, open air spaces, claustrophobic corridors, and cathedral-esque rooms. The underside of the ships had a green, metallic look about them. They also had numerous spikes on the front around the reactor hole, used for directing the mysterious energy that encircled the planet to the flagship.
Their only known weapons were large spheres on either side of the prow, which were seen to fire enormous blasts of energy down into San Francisco. They were used to shuttle millions of Chimera across the oceans to invade America, and to act as conduits for the energy web produced by the Chimeran tower network that encircled the planet. They had built-in conversion centers and can hold hundreds of smaller crafts in their many hangars. Basically, they were mobile Chimeran towers. The exact numbers are unknown, but there are numbered at least over twenty.
Flagship
The Flagship over Bryce Canyon.
The flagship was commanded by Daedalus. It was larger and had a taller "mast" than the other battleships. It also possessed a spike on the underside that could have been used to communicate with the Chimeran tower at the center of the Chicxulub crater. It served as a conduit for the tower network, directing their energy into the Chicxulub tower. The flagship was destroyed by the combined nuclear explosion of its reactor and the fission bomb shuttled aboard by SRPA.
Miscellaneous
There are still many unknown types of aircraft that appear in the Chimeran Fleet. There are also aircrafts that only appear in a trailer for Resistance 2. It seems that these aircrafts were cut from the final game.
Appearances
Resistance 2
The Fleet is seen in various locations in the entire game.
Resistance: Retribution
The Fleet briefly appears in a construction zone in Gerolstein, Germany and the ending cutscenes.
Resistance 3
The wreckage of a battleship in Resistance 3.
One wrecked ship can be seen from the train where the Wardens are first encountered.
Resistance: Burning Skies
Several Chimeran airships appeared in the level "George Washington Bridge". A few Chimeran warships can be seen in the backdrop with Chimeran fighters engaging F-86 Sabres.
Gallery
Concept Art
Resistance: Retribution
Resistance 2
Resistance: Buring Skies
Miscellaneous
References
- ^ Intel 1
- ^ Intel 7
- ^ Resistance 2, campaign level Twin Falls
- ^ SRPA Intelligence Memorandum 19
- ^ Resistance 2, campaign level Chicxulub Crater