During early playtesting, Valve found that the Gunship would accidentally consider rockets fired at it as the more interesting enemy and try to shoot them down. However, when deployed to oversee vast spaces (such as the coast) they are deployed only one unit at a time.Īs seen in Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar, early Gunship concepts were quite machine-like, while the final version depicts a more ambiguous, synthetic look. In urban environments or when protecting highly important facilities (such as the Citadel dark fusion reactor, Nova Prospekt's outer defense or the Overwatch Nexus) Gunships are deployed in what appears to be a buddy system, in which one Gunship protects the other from missile attacks. The gunship is generally deployed to attack enemies located in locations not normally accessible to ground forces, due to their dangerous actions or in remote locations where air power would be more convenient. Because of this weakness to explosives, gunships will give any incoming explosives a priority over enemies and will attempt to shoot them down.Īlthough lacking the Hunter-Chopper's explosive mines and rockets, the gunship surpasses its aerial counterpart in maneuverability and accuracy with its pulse turret. Like most Combine Synths and vehicles, the gunship is invulnerable to small arms fire and can only be damaged by heavy weapons, such as rocket-propelled grenades. In addition, the chassis itself has one large exposed compound eye on either side, which is assumed to be used to detect enemies under normal conditions. Compound eyes that bear a close resemblance to those of a dragonfly are positioned directly behind the Gunship's pulse gun. They are powered by an array of jet engines on their underside, and maneuver using a rear-mounted rotor with fin-like blades. Like other Synths, Gunships were living creatures that have been artificially altered and augmented with Combine technology. 'The Combine Gunship, often simply referred to as Gunship, is an autonomous Combine Synth assault aircraft.

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