Everyone has their favorite combination of HERC's and weapons. Here is a set to work well in
   most situations. You may want to make modifications to the weapons list depending on the
  particular mission you're going on, such as loading up on precision weapons for salvage runs, or
      snapping on a missile pack or three if you know you're going to be up against flyers. 

                              Maverick (25 tons)

                               Weapon Slots: 4
                               Speed: 90 KPH
                        Tonnage required to build: 55 tons
                        My preferred weapon configuration:
                               (2) 50mm ATC
                                  (1) Elf2
                              [1]Plasma Cannon

                               Outlaw (27 tons)

                               Weapon Slots: 3
                               Speed: 100 KPH
                        Tonnage required to build: 60 tons
                        My preferred weapon configuration:
                               (2) 50mm ATC
                                  (1) Elf2

                              Raptor II (41 tons

                               Weapon Slots: 5
                               Speed: 65 KPH
                        Tonnage required to build: 90 tons
                        My preferred weapon configuration:
                               (2) 75mm ATC
                            (2) 400GW laser cannon
                                (1) shield pod

                             Tomahawk (45 tons)

                               Weapon Slots: 5
                               Speed: 75 KPH
                        Tonnage required to build: 100 tons
                        My preferred weapon configuration:
                               (2) 50mm ATC
                            (2) 300GW laser cannon
                              (1) plasma cannon

                               Samson (63 tons)

                               Weapon Slots: 8
                               Speed: 60 KPH
                        Tonnage required to build: 170 tons
                        My preferred weapon configuration:
                               (3) 50mm ATC
                              (1) plasma cannon
                                 (1) EMP 2
                                  [1] Elf2
                               (2) missile pack

                             Apocalypse (70 tons)

                               Weapon Slots: 9
                               Speed: 60 KPH
                        Tonnage required to build: 190 tons
                        My preferred weapon configuration:
                               (3) 50mm ATC
                               (2) 400GW laser
                                 (2) EMP 2
                               (2) missile pack

                              Colossus (77 tons)

                               Weapon Slots: 9
                               Speed: 55 KPH
                        Tonnage required to build: 200 tons
                        My preferred weapon configuration:
                               (2) 100mm ATC
                                   (2) elf2
                              (1) plasma cannon
                                  (1) EMP
                               (1) missile pack
                                (1) energy pod

                                Ogre (84 tons)

                               Weapon Slots: 10
                               Speed: 58 KPH
                        Tonnage required to build: 230 tons
                        My preferred weapon configuration:
                               (2) 100mm ATC
                               (2) 500GW laser
                              (2) plasma cannon
                               (2) missile pack
                                (1) turbo pod
                                (1) shield pod 

                               Razor (21 tons)

                               Weapon Slots: 6
                               Speed: 225 KPH
                        Tonnage required to build: 120 tons
                        My preferred weapon configuration:
                               (2) 50mm ATC
                          (2) plasma cannons (wingtips!)
                                (1) shield pod
                                (1) ECM pod 

                                Cheat Codes

 Enter the command line parimeter -SPRUNKNOWN. Ex. while in the ES2 directory type es.exe
                 -SPRUNKNOWN to run the game. Must be in caps. 

                            Type these while playing. 

 [ALT] + [LEFT] or [RIGHT] or [UP] or [DOWN] = Warp in this direction left, right, forward or
                                   back 

               [ALT] + [CTRL] + [N] = Nuke one or more nearby enemy 

  [CTRL] + [N] = Lets you view the combat from different viewpoints, including structures and
                          enemies press [ESC] to return 

            [ALT] + [CTRL] + [S] = Causes several Herc textures to appear 

             [ALT] + [S] = Freezes the intelligence AI, press again to resume 

 [ALT] + [the "+" on the numpad] = Steps the game one frame at a time after you have frozen the
                                    AI 

                    [ALT] + [] = Listen to cockpit announcements 

        WARNING This makes the game unstable. Will crash all instant action games.