The Rattler, a powerful aircraft based on, and highly modified from an A-10 Thunderbolt, was designed by Destro and his M.A.R.S. corporation to serve as a dangerous air to air and/or air to ground combatant for the Cobra organization, and served them well for years. It has these vehicular capabilities:

AEA-56 Quick-Thrust Short-Range Missiles: these four missiles are primarily meant for air to air combat, but don't necessarily need to be used in such a fashion. Designed to track heat sources and eliminate them, these potent explosive devices detonate to inflict intensity 10 damage to whatever they hit.

Armor Plating: the Rattler is built from an aluminum/carbon composite frame, has titanium plating around its engine covers, gunner's turret, and cockpit (an 'armored bathtub'), and has molded, shell-proof turrets, all of which contribute to its high material strength (which is 13).

EO-118 Renegade Electro-Optical Missiles: these two missiles are suitable for tracking any target that emits radio waves, especially those that have an active radar system. Functional as both air to air and air to surface assault missiles, these rockets inflict intensity 10 damage whatever they hit.

Flight: the hallmark feature of the Rattler, this describes the Ground Attack Jet's ability to soar above the opposition. Functioning at intensity 8 rank, this vehicular power allows the Rattler to zip about at 450 miles per hour, with an ultimate combat radius of 300 miles (1.5 hours over target).

Infra-red Air Defense Jamming System: useful for deflecting those nasty heat-seeking missiles, this system consists of heat-emitting flares dropped from the back of the Rattler to confuse projectiles that track warmth. The system functions at intensity 8, making heat seekers unreliable if used in time.

Kerry CDV-9B 'Jawbreaker' Nose Cannon: the primary non-missile armament on the Rattler, this front-pointing chin turret can inflict devastating damage. This gun barrel can fire a short burst to inflict damage per a +7 weapon, +8 in a high-speed stream of lead.

L.O.R.A.D.S. Constant-Scan Ion-Seeking Missile: these two missiles, armed with a L.O.R.A.D.S. (long range radar and display system), can easily track and destroy moving targets by means of a powerful radar lock, and inflict intensity 12 damage to everything within striking (near missile) distance of where they hit.

Levitation: the primary departure from the basic A-10 model Destro 'borrowed' to make it, the Rattler has the ability to take off and land vertically. This V.T.O.L. capacity consumes lots of fuel, but this effective intensity 1 levitation allows a lot of Rattlers to be launched from a very small space.

PL-MK48 Wave-Sensor Cluster Bombs: being a primarily air to surface attack vessel, the Rattler is naturally equipped with bombs. Six 750 lb cluster bombs, in fact, launched from two triple ejector bomb racks are carried on the Rattler, which detonate to inflict intensity 16 damage.

This damage being the combined result of three bombs being dropped at once, of course. Furthermore, this damage, as is the damage caused by all of the Rattler's missiles, has a splash effect, affecting everybody within striking (near missile) distance of their detonation point equally if they are not under cover.

Radar-Guided Autopilot: the Rattler has a powerful, flight-enhancing mechanism that can automatically guide it around obstacles, which is great for nap-of-the-earth flying. This function works at intensity 8, and acts at that rank to control the Rattler (like artificial Agility) when it is activated.

Twin 40mm Multiple-Fire Cannons: mounted in the Rattler's gun-booth, these twinned machine guns can be fired to lethal effect. They can fire a short, controlled burst of ammunition to inflict damage per a +5 weapon, or a full-auto spread to inflict damage per a +6 weapon.

Xenon Stun-Spot Search Lights: the Rattler is equipped with these powerful, twin light emitters in order to spot hard to see targets when flying at night. Able to illuminate an area with intensity 10 light, the Rattler nonetheless can't really make good use of these at really high speeds...