YP-107 Phoenix

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YP-107 Phoenix
Vehicle in Just Cause 2
Type	Lightly armed patrol boat
Weapons	Mounted Gun turret
Rarity	Very common
List of owners	Panau Military Ular Boys
Top speed (km/h)	122.45
Top speed (mph)	76.09
The following statistics are from the official strategy guide.
Top Speed	70
Acceleration	70
Armour	55
Handling	60

The YP-107 Phoenix is a military boat in Just Cause 2.

Description

It's the most frequently-used military vessel in Just Cause 2 and also the smallest of the fleet.

It's a small, modern gunboat which seems to have a V8 engine in the rear and is armed with a Mounted Gun turret. Its powerful engine and weaponry make it perfect for a patrol vessel and Pandak "Baby" Panay has deployed these in almost every stretch of water around or even on the main islands of Panau.

It can appear in many different colors, but only the forest green and desert colour ones can be seen in use. The other colors include yellow (Ular Boys), white, orange, red and blue. The ones that spawn at Offshore Rigs in Panau are often in unusual colors. However, a few ports can also have them in different colors.

Holding the accelerator key and then Stunt-jumping will put a brick on the pedal; The boat, despite the engine being "off", will maintain full acceleration.

When commandeered by military; if the gunner is shot, the driver will automatically abort the attack and go away. This is useful if you can't be bothered to sink the entire boat.

Performance

The YP-107 Phoenix is a prime choice as the predominant patrol boat of the Panauan Military for a number of reasons, among them are its blisteringly-fast speed and acceleration. Its mounted machine gun makes it a brilliant vehicle to use for sabotaging government equipment from the water, even more so given how easy it is to find one.

Locations

• The Phoenix is normally used as a patrol boat from neutral to Heat level 3, meaning that it is guaranteed to appear if you spend enough time in or around the waters of Panau. They do not move at full speed while being commandeered by military personnel, so you can grapple or stunt jump to one from the water or a helicopter, pull out or shoot the gunner in the turret and then hijack the boat.
• At the Ular Boys HQ, where once again it appears that the Ulars have stolen and reconditioned a couple of Phoenixes to compliment their Winstons Amen 69 and Zhejiang 6903. As expected, this Phoenix is in a dark yellow paint job, but is never seen being used by the Ulars.
• A white, non-military (you won't get Heat going near them) version can be found in the Lautan Lama Desert at an unnamed dock at X:10710 Y:23935. This boat, though rarely, can spawn in other colors.
• Two or three Panau Military versions can always be seen guarding the Offshore Rigs in Panau. However, a Phoenix in different colors is moored up at every Offshore Gas Rigs in Panau or at some Ports in Panau; colors include yellow, red, and blue. On rare occasions, they can spawn in their livery: green or tan.
• Spawns at military ports, and often in a more 'unusual' color than the usual desert tan or jungle green.
  • Kem Kuala Utara - Uniquely green-marked.
  • Kem Port Pelangi
  • Kem Port Rodrigo
  • Port Gurun Lautan Lama
  • Pulau Ketam Kecil
• There might be other locations where it spawns.

Trivia

• The Triton - patroller or even Pequod - Harpoon PC 350 from Just Cause (1) could be seen as predecessors to this boat, as both are armed with a mounted gun and they are decently fast.
• It's the only boat with 3 numbers in its name. There are other boats with numbers, but those have only 2 numbers with the exception of the Pattani Gluay Pro 2, which has 1 number and the Zhejiang 6903, which has 4 numbers.
• It's the only boat, or even vehicle starting with "Y".
• There are only two locations where you can find a green-marked version of this vehicle.

Glitches

 PC   Sometimes if you crash a Phoenix into a boat or terrain or something, there's a chance the turret will "detach" from the ship. Many pictures in the gallery below show this. However if you go into the stunt position and hop into the turret, it will magically reappear. As such, it's only a visual glitch.

 PC   It is also possible (albeit rare) to witness the Panau Military inadvertently crash this boat onto land and not explode. However the driver and gunner will die.

Gallery

A unique white version can be found here in the Lautan Lama Desert, just south of the broken cargo ship.

The white phoenix.

A heatless red version.

The side of the red version.

Crash landed onto land.

In this case, the AI "behaved" as it should, with the boat blowing up on land when the driver accidentally drove onto land, blowing himself up and the Mounted Gun operator. See also: Vehicle damage.

One from Kem Port Rodrigo in the same blue as used by the Roaches.

Glitched versions

If the AI drove onto land but the boat did not explode, the driver and Mounted Gun operator die anyway.

Notice the Mounted Gun isn't there.

One driven onto land. This should be impossible, because unless done by Rico, the boat should explode.