Burrower

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Burrower is an armored worm used by the Chimera to dig tunnels. It is also a transport capable of inserting Chimera directly into battle at a moment's notice. It was first believed to be a machine until recently in a Intel document, witnesses say that one of the blades that broke off of the Burrower's face was bleeding and is in fact hardened bone which proved that this machine is a creature. How it is created is unknown and how it safely transports infantry troops is unknown.

Despite the fact that they are unarmed, the Burrower deals a great deal of damage on enemies that are exposed to the excavating teeth of the creatures "face". Outside its combat duties, the Burrower is used to develop Chimeran infrastructure such as excavating buried Chimeran towers, and is primarily responsible for carving the network of tunnels throughout Britain to accommodate the Chimeran supply lines. These same tunnels are also used to protect the power conduits found near Chimeran structures. Also in Resistance: Retribution, it is revealed that a Burrower emits toxic fumes, leaving traces of it within the tunnels it creates, and is able to use its fumes as a weapon by "spitting" a ball of fumes from its "mouth".

[edit] Resistance: Fall of Man

During Resistance: Fall Of Man, a Burrower can be seen. This event occurs only once when Hale is traversing the underground tunnels in Chesire. It crashes from one wall to another right in front of the player. However the movement of the machine is so quick it is difficult to attain any real details. In the final level of Chesire, during the sub-level "Angel" the Burrower breaches through the room and deployed Chimeran troops from it's "mouth". The player gets to see only the frontal part of the Burrower.

[edit] Resistance: Retribution

In Resistance: Retribution, multiple Burrowers are seen throughout certain parts of the game, digging tunnel as access ways for Chimeran forces and the player to reach his/her destination. It is seen more prominently during the siege of the Marquis' fortress base in Luxembourg, including when a Burrower kills Dr. Claude Bouchard. While below the Paris Catacombs stronghold, the player finally has the chance to battle one of these machine-like creatures. It begins when the Chimera digs a tunnel, then retreats back into it. The cave is filled with toxic gas, which will drain the player's health. Hybrids and Steelheads begin to pour out of the hole, unaffected by the gas. After they are defeated, and the gas has cleared, the player must enter the hole and come face-to-face with the Burrower. The player must shoot both of the Chimera's "eyes" until they close. Once the eyes are closed, the player must fire into the Chimera's "mouth" for a short period of time. Soon the Burrower will close its mouth and the player must repeat the process. When the Burrower's health reaches the half-point, it will retreat further down into its hole. More toxic gas will emerge, but instead of Hybrids or Steelheads, Hunter Drones will emerge. Take them out and go deeper into the hole. Repeat the process until the Burrower finally explodes in a burst of fire. Throughout the fight, the Burrower can shoot balls of toxic gas that will deplete the player's health, and must be very careful. The player can always retreat out of the hole where there is a lot of health and ammunition lying around.

[edit] See Also

• Wild Kingdom

Chimeran Techonology
Siege Vehicles		Burrower | Chimeran Dropship | Chimeran Fleet | Drone | Earth Mover | Goliath | Hammer | Stalker
Chimeran Structures		Chimeran Tower | Chimeran Conversion Center
Chimeran Defenses		Chimeran AA Turret | Chimeran Gun Tower | Chimeran Mine | Chimeran Mortar | Hellfire Turret | Sentry Gun

Chimera
Strains		Advanced Hybrid | Alpha Grim | Angel | Boiler | Brute | Burrower | Carrier | Chameleon | Cocoon | Crawler | Fury | Gray Jack | Grim | Hag | Hardfang | Howler | Hybrid | Leaper | Leaper Pod | Leech | Marauder | Mauler | Menial | Pure Chimera | Queen Leaper | Ravager | Roller | Siren | Slipskull | Spinner | Steelhead | Titan | Widowmaker
Bosses		The Chrysalis | Daedalus | Kraken | Leviathan | The Mother | Mother Spinner | The Swarm