The Raiden (雷電)[1][2] is Main Protagonist the original fighter from the first Raiden game.
Details[]
The original Raiden fighter was built from recovered Crystal technology in 2090 in response to their initial invasion of Earth. It is the first ship made in the Fighting Thunder line. It was replaced in 2093 by the Raiden II with new weapons for the second Crystal threat[3].
Loadout[]
The Raiden uses the following weapons. Weapon names in quotes are unofficial names.
- Wide Vulcan: The Raiden uses a wide-spreading main gun to attack enemies in different directions in front of it.
- Lightning Laser: The Raiden shoots a straight powerful laser beam forward.
- Homing Missiles: The Raiden fires these as a secondary weapon.
- Nuclear Missiles: A more powerful secondary weapon for the Raiden than the Homing Missiles, it travels straight forward, moving slightly horizontally along the way. When the missiles hit a target, they explode, dealing additional secondary damage to anything else nearby.
- "Thermonuclear Bomb": The Raiden's special attack that has a delay before deploying, dealing damage over a wide area and clearing all enemy bullets after deployment.
Other names[]
- Raiden Supersonic Attack Fighter: unofficial fan name
- Fighting Thunder: Alternate name later adopted by Seibu Kaihatsu after its trademark on the name "Raiden" used in video games expired in 1994.[4]
- Vulcan Cannon: fan name for the Wide Vulcan.
- Ion Laser: fan name for the Lightning Laser.
Trivia[]
The Raiden fighter shares its name with the World War II Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service land-based fighter craft, the Mitsubishi J2M Raiden. Both names are spelled with the same Kanji, 雷電 (raiden), meaning "thunder and lightning".
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File:Raiden_Trad_MD_US_Manual.pdf&page=4
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/raidentheaceshigh/page/n2/mode/1up (in Japanese): AD 2090地球は、突如として現れた外字宙生命体の侵略を受けた。激戦の続く中、世界連合軍は破壊された敵の戦闘機を基に、世界中の優秀な技術者を集めて超高空戦闘爆撃機"雷電"を作り出したが、あまりにも高性能、高機動であったために、実戦に耐えられるパイロットは、僅か二名しか残らなかった。(AD 2090: The Earth was invaded by a sudden appearance of an extraterrestrial race. During the fierce battle, the World Allied Forces gathered top engineers from all over the world to create the ultra-high altitude fighter-bomber "Raiden" based on a destroyed enemy fighter, but it was too high performance and high mobility. As a result, only two pilots were left to withstand the actual battle.)
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/raidentheaceshigh/page/n2/mode/1up (in Japanese): この戦況を打開ずるために、世界連合軍は新兵器“プラスマレーザー "と“拡散ボンバー”を搭載し、更に機動性の増した"雷電II"上を開発した。(In order to overcome this war situation, the World Allied Forces have developed the new weapons "Plasma Laser" and "Diffusion Bomber", and the more mobile "Raiden II".)
- ↑ https://trademarks.justia.com/742/12/raiden-74212751.html
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