SD-248 Starfighter

This experimental spacecraft has advanced targeting options and flies around the track firing out a spread shot of four bullets that pop four bloons per shot. Two bullets are fired out straight ahead, while the other two are fired out at a right angle to each other. However, the path 2 upgrades cannot be accessed by normal means! They have to be activated by collecting power-up items which give it temporary super-powers. Cost: $2700 (Attack Speed = 2-3 Boomerang Thrower)

Target Options

 * Hover: Stays at a specific point chosen by clicking anywhere on the screen.
 * Patrol: Flies in a figure-of-eight shape around a point of your choosing.
 * Follow Mouse: Flies wherever your cursor is.
 * Idle: Stops moving and acts as if it was on Cease Fire! mode.

Path I

 * Faster Firing: Improved cannons massively increases the starfighter's attack speed! Cost: $3400 (Attack speed = 0-0 Super Monkey)
 * F-type Attack Drones: Two attack drones follow the starfighter, firing bullets rapidly (speed = Bionic Boomer), but only straight ahead. Cost: $4250
 * Grinderbots: These powerful drones circle around the starfighter and shred anything that gets too close. (The Grinderbots do not replace the drones.) Cost: $9000
 * Burst Mode: (Passive Ability) Burst Mode Ability: Dramatically increases fire rate and damage, and offers a massive 30 AD! Cooldown: 60 seconds (can only activate when the wings get hit 50 times) Cost: $25000

Power-Up Items:

 * Double Fire: Doubles number of bullets fired! Does not affect drones. Chance of obtaining: 35%
 * Tracking Bullets: Adds a pair of bullets to the fighter's attack that home in on bloons and pop through six bloons per bullet. Does not give drones this ability. Chance of obtaining: 30%
 * Plasma Blasts: Adds a powerful plasma cannon to the starfighter. Plasma shots are fired at the speed of a 2-3 Monkey Ace, and explode on impact, destroying as many as 50 bloons in each blast! Chance of obtaining: 20%
 * Laser Cannon: Replaces the two forward-facing guns with a very powerful laser cannon that pierces through 25 bloons and pops through 4 layers off of the first three bloons hit. The next three are popped by 2 layers, and the rest are popped by 1 layer. Chance of obtaining: 5%

Trivia

 * This was made to add shmup elements to BTD6. Oh, and to show a certain user that his templates are useful.
 * This is my first space-spawnable tower (because, like the Black Void Shooter, it can operate in space as well as on land. :P).