Drones
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Drones are the Chimera's robotic soldiers, first seen in Resistance 2, but appear earlier in the storyline, appearing in Resistance: Retribution.
Much like the Chimera, Drones have multiple yellow eyes-possibly used for purely aesthetic reasons, since the Drones could easily function with just one. Another possibility is that the machines uses the multiple eyes to allow thermal imaging or night vision.
There also appears to be at least five different variants of drone: Worker, Recon, Patrol, Attack, and Hunter.
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[edit] Worker Variant
Featured only in Resistance: Retribution, these drones are simply cheap labor used to supplement the Menials and Boilers as the Chimeran workforce. They are mostly seen operating machinery with some sort of interface beam.
[edit] Recon Variant
The Recon drones are unarmed and high-flying, looking alone for enemy positions.
[edit] Patrol Variant
The Patrol Drones in Resistance Retribution are of an earlier variety, thus they are larger and their firing rate is much slower, using charged shots. The Patrol Drones in Resistance 2 are lightly armed with a weapon similar to the Bullseye, which fire at a much faster rate than their earlier counterparts, but without the secondary ability, and attack in large numbers.
A very easy way to dispatch an attacking swarm of patrol drones in Resistance 2 is to use the LAARKs secondary fire ability, which fires a large number of miniature, self guiding rockets that target and destroy most, if not all of the drones in one volley.
[edit] Attack Variant
The Attack drones are large, heavily armed and armored, and also shielded. Attack drones carry two weapons; a single barreled Bullseye look alike and a triple barreled mini-rocket launcher. The mini-rockets are somewhat similar in shape to a hypodermic needle, with a hard needle-like nose that can penetrate organic tissue and hard materials before exploding, or possibly releasing the Chimeran virus into the target.
Apparently, these drones can be piloted as Sentinel Aaron Hawthorne was manage to briefly pilot one in Orick, California.
[edit] Hunter Variant
The Hunter drones are medium sized drones that have a weapon similar to the Bullseye, but fires with much more distance between shots at a fast rate. They reappear in Resistance: Retribution, with little differences, but they are called "assault drones" in-game.
[edit] Trivia
- The Swarm, when zoomed in at with the L23 Fareye, is seemingly compose of a large group of Recon/Patrol Drones with a tail.
| 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 | |
