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Combine Dropship
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| Combine Dropship | |
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| General information | |
| Affiliation | |
| Type |
Support and deployal Synth |
| Individual information | |
| Health |
N/A (invulnerable to player weapons) |
| Weapon(s) |
None (pulse cannons are mounted on troop containers) |
| Game information | |
| Entity / spawn codes |
npc_combinedropship |
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The Combine Dropship, often simply referred to as Dropship, is a Synth used by the Combine to quickly send units by air to areas they are needed.
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[edit] Overview
The front and two rearmost pairs of "legs" on the craft contain engines that give the Dropship lift and movement. The front two legs also hold retractable wings used for maneuvering. The middle four legs end in large suction pads which are used to carry various forms of cargo.
Dropships by themselves are unarmed and as a result don't attack the player. However, the containers typically carried by Dropships sport a mounted pulse turret on the front, designed to suppress any opposition in front of the synth, allowing the occupants to deploy safely.
[edit] Application
Dropships are very useful aircraft for the Combine, being able to quickly transport Combine Soldiers, APCs, Striders, and Civil Protection officers to where ever they may be needed. Dropships are also seen dropping Rollermines along the coast, making it evident that the Combine also use them as minelayers. The Scout Car was also taken away by a Dropship at the end of the battle lead at Lighthouse Point.
[edit] Container
The Combine Dropship Container is a large, streamlined container used to transport Overwatch and Civil Protection soldiers. It is used in conjunction with a Dropship, which picks it up and carries it wherever it is needed. These containers are equipped with a powerful and accurate pulse turret mounted on the front of the container, designed to provide suppressing fire for the troops as they disembark.
Though the Containers are heavily armored, they can still be destroyed with enough explosives (4 RPG rockets in Normal mode). However, Dropships rarely stay in one place long enough for the container to sustain that much damage, so containers are rarely lost to enemy fire. During the Water Hazard chapter in the Canals, however, firing at the container from the airboat's pulse cannon will destroy it within seconds. The Dropship itself is completely undamaged.
The container can hold up to six Overwatch troops per unit.
[edit] Behind the scenes
The early model, based on concept art by Dhabih Eng, depicts it red with bright blue apparent circuits.[2] The bright blue apparent circuits can still be found in the Crab Synth or the Mortar Synth.
The Dropship as seen on retail was originally supposed to be able to walk on land with its legs in addition to flying.
Although never fully displayed in-game, close examination in Garry's Mod or the Source Model Viewer reveals that the grasping surfaces of the Dropship's suction appendages bear a design modeled after the mouths of terrestrial sea lampreys.
[edit] Gallery
[edit] Pre-release
Concept art of the earlier model.
The earlier model, based on the concept art on the left.
Ditto.
Ditto, lifting off.
Ditto, flying. This is very similar to the way the Star Wars starship Slave I flies.
Concept art for the current version.
Ditto.
Ditto.
Ditto.
Ditto.
Ditto.
Dropship leaving after offloading the troops at Bridge Point, with a placeholder container.
[edit] Retail
Dropship leaving after offloading the troops at Bridge Point.
Crashed Dropship Container in the Citadel.
Crashed Dropship Container in the Victory Mine.
Ditto.
Dropship Container model.
Detail of the Dropship Container pulse gun.
Dropship containers being transported inside the Citadel.
Red "clamp" Combine logo featured on each side of its front "wings".
[edit] List of appearances
- Half-Life 2 (First appearance)
- Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar
- Half-Life 2: Episode One
- Half-Life 2: Episode Two
[edit] References
- ↑ Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar
- ↑ Playable Half-Life 2 Beta files
