Deltatry

“	Destroy the core!	„
	~ Announcer in Gradius Gaiden

Deltatry (デルタトライ, Derutatorai^?) is the fourth boss in the boss rush in Gradius Gaiden.

Description[]

It is likely the most well known Core Warship in the game, its design and attacks are mainly inspired by the classic arcade shoot 'em up, Trigon, which is also made by Konami.

Attack patterns[]

*Note: All attacks except Lightning Sword & Dragon Laser are purely conjectural

"Projectile Barrage": Deltatry attacks by launching slow red and easy to destroy projectiles that will block your shots. On higher loops it will also release blue projectiles that are invulnerable to most weapons.
"Deltatry Beam": On the first loop, it "warps" to a location and unloads 3 lasers across. On higher loops, it'll "warp" around much more erratically, shooting its lasers as it moves along.
Dragon Laser: Periodically, it deploys Fire Dragons, possibly the same species as Intruder, as living weapons.
Lightning Sword: After a second round of projectiles, it will fire a blue sword-shaped laser that slowly sweeps with its movement.

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

Interestingly, when Deltatry is defeated, its fire dragons turn against it and destroy it. It takes itself out in a gesture of honor as it rather destroy itself than being destroyed by the player.
It is possible to get behind the boss as it fires its laser, but you'll get stuck when it calls out the Fire Dragons and die when it moves backward as it fires its shots.
This boss is inspired by the ship from Konami's arcade-exclusive shooting game Trigon. Both of its attacks are based on the smart bombs used by Trigon's ship.
As with numerous other bosses, this and the dragons it summons has a Yu-Gi-Oh! card- Delta Tri and Trigon.

Gradius Gaiden
Ships	Vic Viper • Lord British • Jade Knight • Falchion β
Stages	Beyond the White Storm • Requiem for Revengers • Into the Crystal Cage • Ruins of Silence • Organic Fortress • Green Inferno • On the Event Horizon • Formidable Guardians • Fate...
Bosses	Blizzard Crawler • Grave • Nobil • Shining Core • Moai Dimension • Mad Skin • Stinger Kid • Hunter Fang • Giga's Rose • Kraken • Laser Tetran • DeathDouble • Parasite Core • Triple Core • Deltatry • Juggler Core • Neo Big Core • Heaven's Gate • Boost Core • Gunner Wall • Heavy Ducker • Sol • O.V.U.M.

Core Warships
Big Cores	Big Core MK I (Old Big Core) • Big Core Custom • Big Core MK-I Rev.2 • Big Core MK II • Big Core MK II Kai • Big Core MK III • Big Core MK IV
Big Core variants	Beacon • Berserk Core • Big Core Duo • Big Core DX-01 • Big Core Orthos • Big Core Prometheus • Blaster Cannon Core • Boost Core • Bubble Core • Circle Core • Coreship • Crater Core • Crystal Core • Dellinger Core • Desert Core • Heaven's Gate • Juggler Core • Laser Core • Lizard Core • Mirrored Core • Neo Big Core • Parasite Core • Perla Meralda • Planet Core • Rexion Core • Rolling Core • Serpent Core • Shining Core • Super Big Core • Terra Core • Vanishing Core • Genocide Core • Odin Core
Core-style bosses	Abaddon Warship • Bolboros • Covered Core • Covered Core MK II • Dead End • Deltatry • Kraken • Mayhem Warship • Metal Slave • Misfit Warship • Queensrÿche • Riot Warship • Plate Core
Pseudo-Cores	Death • Death MK II (DeathDouble) • Death MK III • Beta Core • Nobil • Tri-Pod Core • Triple Core • Crash Bam
Tetran variants	Tetran (Zylom • Tetran Sweeper • Tetran Scavenger) • Covered Tetran • Crystal Core D-X02 • Laser Tetran • Tenny Rop
Parody Cores	Candy Core • Decoration Core • Decoration Core MK II • Viva Core