Harridan Class Lance Fighter by Boskov01 on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

The image above was acquired via Homeworld Remastered. The following information is considered non-canon.
Note: the Lance Fighter is the only vessel in all of Homeworld 2 to have been given a canon class name: Harridan.***CLASSIFIED HIIGARAN INTELLIGENCE DOSSIER - FOR DAIAMID AND FLEET COMMANDERS EYES ONLY***

Class: Harridan Class Lance Fighter
Armaments: 1 Plasma Lance
Squadron Size: 7 fighters per squadron
Affiliation: Vaygr

The Harridan Lance Fighter is, to put it simply, a corvette killer. The Vaygr are very deliberate. They have very few multi-role vessels and the Harridan Lance Fighter is but one example of this. Often working in tandem with Zealot Assault Craft, while the Zealots engage enemy fighters or bombers, the Harridans take on any corvettes in their path. Like the Zealot Assault Craft and Purifier Bomber, the Harridan is built upon the default Zealot chassis. Also like the Zealots, they fly in tightly formed squadrons of seven fighters per squadron. As usual, these are prime targets for flak batteries.

Harridans do not perform very well against other fighters and as such are typically escorted by Zealots or by Hailfire Missile Corvettes. Priority should be given to targeting these fighters assuming they are not running interference for squadrons of Purifier Bombers.

The technology for the Plasma Lance has several engineers within Kiith S'Jet intrigued. Salvage of Plasma Lances from destroyed Harridans or the capture of functional Harridans has been requested. Given the difficulty of capturing and decrypting Vaygr carrier and shipyard PDA controls, the odds of capturing a functional Harridan is exceedingly low. Salvage teams have been given instructions to salvage Harridan wreckage whenever possible.