Spire missile

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A Spire Missile is a Chimeran weapon designed to infect large numbers of humans with the Chimeran Virus. Spire Missiles can wipe out entire cities in a matter of minutes, and have become the Chimera's deadliest weapons.

A Spire Missile is fired from a Goliath into human-held areas. After impacting and embedding itself in the ground, the Spire opens up and releases it's deadly payload of Crawlers. In Resistance 2, however, both Spinners and Crawlers were used in Spires, each designed for a different purpose.

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They are most likely inspired by the remarkably similar missiles used by the Combine to deliver parasitic Headcrabs to warzones in the game Half-Life 2 [1].