Like someone above said, Hyper was for the awesome rld ability. But to be honest, I have a
pair of average based Special Kai Torpers, lvl 81 and they have an insane rld ability.
Each turn I do with my Kita they're already reloaded. So why bother with Hyper....

Cheers for JP for this pic!

Yes thats right, I knew it was for one of them. And as a bonus here is the picture of it.
Atleast I am more than sure this is the proposed torp launcher. With our tools from TBNF I
was able to find this sprite which is unused in the NF Game, and called Aganor Torpedo
Launcher.

JPhoenix, i believe what they had in mind was that special torpman would be able to use
proxy torps, just like KM. Heck, i still remember watching that torp listed in the IJN
List of torps.

It's also answered in a sticky:
http://www.navyfield.com/board/view.asp?Num=138188&Sort=A03

And it's "torps," not "trops." >_<

Yes special because of the higher ability.
Exthileon please don't answer if you don't know what you are talking about.
Finally, this question comes up at least once a month, please use search feature.

Back in beta I remember there was talk (rumor) they were going to introduce a special torp launcher for IJN which the
hyper torper could use. That was why it split between the two groups. Don't know the exact reason why this wasn't
implemented but I'm sure I know why. Either way, I would go special, thats what I went to get the extra ability.

forget last post....

go special torpedoman, since that class gives you more ability rate than the hyper
torpedoman. No matter what class you choose, both of them can use the last 5x torp
launcher that comes in lvl 60ish, if im not mistaken.

If you want insane Reload, Go Hyper. If you want true torpers who have amazing
Torping skills then go Special