Ulysses-McCoy Redcloud

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Ulysses-McCoy Redcloud
At the Quesada military base.
Vehicle in Just Cause
Type	Fighter plane
Weapons	Missiles
Rarity	Common
List of owners	San Esperito Military Black Hand Ejértico Revolucionario de Liberación (never seen in use)

The Ulysses-McCoy Redcloud is a fighter plane in Just Cause (1).

Appearance

It's a 1970's era jet fighter. It has "tailed delta" configuration body layout and "cranked arrow"-type wings.

It's not based on any real aircraft, but parts of it have been identified as resembling the following aircraft:

• The vertical tail resembles the MiG-21.
• The wings resemble the General Dynamics F-16XL.
• The engine air intake holes are unusually small and located at the wing roots. Similarly to the Saab 35 Draken, but even smaller. In fact there's no actual holes. There's only dents with the aircraft body being made darker to give the impression of holes.
• The overall fuselage resembles a Saab JA 37 Viggen.

Performance

As a jet fighter, it's one of the fastest vehicles in the game, but its cornering ability is very limited.

It's only armed with missiles, which are launched 2 at a time.

Versions and locations

There are two versions of the fighter: a grey San Esperito Military version, and a dark Black Hand version. Towards the end of the game, the grey version is rarely piloted by Black Hand instead of the San Esperito Military. There are no Guerrilla-marked versions, even if their spawn points are captured.

• San Esperito Military:
  • At 3 Military bases in San Esperito:
    • Don Velasco Air Base - A little to the north-east of the large lake in the middle of the nation. South-east edge of the island with the largest mountains.
    • Los Islas Defence HQ - Middle of the southern edge of the nation.
    • Quesada military base - Just north-east of Esperito City.
  • Appears during a high level of heat and tries to kill Rico. This is after the mission Guadalicano Choo Choo.
  • Several can appear during the last mission ("Taking Out The Garbage Vol. 3") and try to kill Rico.
• Black Hand:
  • Patrols the skies above Isla Dominio.
  • Appear in Taking Out The Garbage Vol. 2 and 3.
• Guerrillas:
  • After liberation of one or all of the above bases. Technically these are still military versions, because of the military markings.

Trivia

• A part of its name "Ulysses" is a reference to "Ulysses S. Grant", a military leader and 18th president of the United States.
• A part of its name "Redcloud" is a reference to "Red Cloud", a famous native American.
• Some players have mistaken this plane for a space shuttle.
• Neither version of the jet has any decals, and can only be identified by their colors. As such, this is one of the very few military vehicles to not have any markings at all.
• The successor to this vehicle is the CS7 Thunderhawk in Just Cause 3.

Gallery

San Esperito Military

At the Quesada military base.

Black Hand

Miscellaneous

Two at Don Velasco Air Base in Provincia de Don Velasco. See also: Maps.

At the Don Velasco Air Base.

At the Quesada military base. That vehicle is a Wallys GP.

Out-fought by a Rage-Johnston F10 Wraith over Isla San Cristobal.

HD model, extracted from the game files.

The fuselage resembles the JA 37 Viggen's

The tail resembles the MiG-21's one.

The air intakes resemble the ones found on the JAS 35 Draken

The wings resemble the ones from an F-16XL.