Orca (Tiberian Dawn)

The ORCA Assault Craft was a multi-purpose support gunship of the Global Defence Initiative, employing a set of twin articulated jet engines as propulsion in place of the classic rotary wing, providing it with incredible maneuverability, but also substantially limiting endurance. These advantages came at the expense of armour, allowing the Orca to withstand only a few missile hits, provided it didn't outrun these missiles first.

The craft was armed with two weapons - a six barreled, forward mounted minigun (equipped with a searchlight) and a pair of Dragon TOW missile launchers on its sides, each containing nine rockets.

It's compact design allowed it to fit in small passages such as canyons with ease, as well as be transported and deployed from freight trucks. The fuselage dimensions limited the crew size to only a single pilot, limiting the craft's performance in combat somewhat.

While it had its drawbacks, the design proved so effective during the First Tiberium War, that it served as a basis for GDI's air forces design up to the Third Tiberium War.

Nod didn't produce these assault craft, even though they acquired the schematics, due to the engines emitting too much heat and being extremely vulnerable to IR tracking missiles.