Spearhead Transport

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Spearhead Transport
Vehicle in Just Cause 4
Type	Ship
Weapons	None
Rarity	Uncommon
List of owners	Black Hand Army of Chaos
Top speed (km/h)	68
Top speed (mph)	37 (knots)

The Spearhead Transport is a vehicle in Just Cause 4.

Appearance

It is an amphibious landing ship, designed to bring vehicles and soldiers to a beach during an amphibious invasion. As such, it is the biggest player-controllable ship in the Just Cause game series.

The ship is unarmed and a little smaller, but resembles a Lublin-class landing ship.

This boat is comparable in size to the La Honradez super yacht.

There is a helicopter landing pad behind the bridge structure. The vehicle deck has high, armored walls, but is wide enough to be used as a runway for small planes. The vehicle deck has a yellow stripe painted along its center line, making it resemble a flight deck. Also, the vehicle deck is as long as the whole ship and has a controllable ramp at either end. The ramps are controlled from the same button and drop/raise in about 2 seconds.

Two of these ships are "aircraft carriers". They have a Spectre Attack Heli parked on the landing pad and a fighter jet on the vehicle deck. Both of these are in Black Hand markings.

Strangely, the ship has only one propeller for a ship of this size. It is also shaped weirdly that it should produce barely any to no thrust.

There are 9 unusable Inflatable liferafts around the main building.

Performance

The initial acceleration is slow, but it can reach 37 knots in a straight line. It can get up to at least 30 in reverse.

This ship is very big, so it naturally has very heavy armor, making it extremely durable. It is large and armored enough to take over five large explosions such as those from a Conquistador Warship cannon or a Longbow Cannon Truck artillery blast. It can take over eight medium explosions such as tank shells from a Warchief Assault Tank or missiles from a Bloodhound Siege Heli. Gun and autocannon fire does completely zero damage to it. The only weapons capable of sinking/destroying the ship in one hit are Defense Cannons (possibly one, maybe two hits to destroy the Spearhead), Ballistic missiles and the most powerful type of lightning. The above traits makes it the strongest, most armored vehicle in the entire game.

You can control the ramps. Normally both ramps touch the water when they're lowered, but when going at full speed the front ramp is in the air.

Uses

There are a lot of different ways this ship can be used. Here are some examples:

• It can be used as a giant wrecking ball of sorts due to its enormous size. You can rebel drop it onto anything that isn't terrain. This will seriously mess up the game, but just about everything in the immediate area will be crushed by the gigantic boat.
• You can turn it into a destroyer/battleship. Supply drop some combat vehicles and artillery pieces on the deck and landing pad. Due to the size of the boat, you can fit an enormous amount of weapons and vehicles on it. If you have mods, spawning in a few SAMs on the boat will be helpful as well, since the Black Hand often sends aircraft to naval battles.
• You can turn it into an aircraft carrier. Supply drop a fighter jet on one end of the deck. Since this is Just Cause, you can takeoff on the tiny runway without much trouble.
• You can also use this for stunts. One example would be opening the ramp and flying a PA Microfighter through the boat.

Versions and locations

Owner	Color(s)	Special features	Locations
Black Hand	Black with thin red stripes.	6 parked rigged civilian vehicles on them from the missions where the Black Hand tried to blow up the ports.	Puerto Tullu has 2 of them at docks. Puerto Diego has 2 of them at docks.
		None.	Parked at all major ports before they're taken over by the Army of Chaos. Puerto Málaga has one in Black Hand colors even after the port is taken over. Puerto Espada contains three. 5 of them are defeated in the mission Beachhead. The mission implies that the majority were still out at sea, when told to cancel their attack. 2 appear in the mission Extermination where they attack Isla De Los Annilos.
		Aircraft carrier (1 Fellhawk Jet Fighter and 1 Spectre Attack Helicopter).	Puerto Diego (near the port, not at any dock). At the mouth of the river in the desert. Under the most western bridge.
Army of Chaos	Still black.	None, but it has a glitch. All Black Hand that sees AoC Spearheads will attempt to destroy it regardless of Rico's heat level, or whether he even has heat at all. Standing on the ship will give Rico heat.	Unlocked at the supply drop after conquering Distrito Capital.

Trivia

• It's a successor to the smaller Urga Hroch from Just Cause 3.
• It can be funny to drop it in the middle of roads or on enemies, as this will instantly destroy just about anything. It would also make a large obstacle to stop enemy movement. Dropping it on roads will not only crush all cars and NPCs, but will also mess up civilians' AI and they will crash into the ship, disrupting traffic. Spawning one inside of an enormous radar dish will destroy both, and glitch the pieces inside of the ship.
• In reality, most non-VTOL aircraft can not take off from this ship, because they need a significantly longer runway for takeoffs and landings. Real aircraft carriers have catapults and special cables built into the flight deck to significantly shorten required runway, but the Spearhead Transport does not have any. The ship is usable as an aircraft carrier only thanks to the unrealistic handling of aircraft in Just Cause 4.
• See barge for all similar vehicles.

Gallery

The first time it was seen in pre-release promotional videos.

"Aircraft carrier".

Front at high speed, ramp down.

Front. Ramp up while turning.

Left front corner.

Left side, highest angle.

Right side at full speed.

Right rear corner.

Rear, ramp down.

Propeller.

Captain's room.

Spearhead Transport loading vehicles at a port (staged, it does not spawn this way).

Near a Conquistador Warship, at Puerto Málaga.

In the very far background, at Puerto Espada. The other ships are the Conquistador Warship in the background and a Dame de la Mer Yacht in the foreground.

Video

MOST POWERFUL BATTLESHIP IN JUST CAUSE 4! - Just Cause 4 Challenges!

Putting armed vehicles and weapons on the Spearhead, making it a makeshift mini "battleship".