Harpy
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| Harpy | |
|---|---|
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| Unit | |
| Affiliation | |
| Role |
Support gunship |
| Armament |
Chaingun |
| Protection |
Light |
| Tech level |
5 |
| Properties | |
| Hit points |
225 |
| Production | |
| Cost |
1000 |
| Requires | |
| Combat | |
| Air Speed |
14 |
| Function | |
| Abilities |
Radar invisibility |
The Harpy was the name given to a support gunship used by the Brotherhood of Nod during the Second Tiberium War.
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[edit] History
These helicopter gunships were an advanced version of the AH-64 Apaches that were used by the Brotherhood in the First Tiberium War and had been developed as their predecessors had grown inferior in light of the Global Defense Initiative's newly developed Orca Fighters. After the start of the Second Tiberium War, Black Hand leader Anton Slavik took his loyalist forces to combat those of the rebel leader General Hassan. During one of his missions, Slavik rescued a captured Nod commander that was trapped in one of Hassan's prison bases and used a Harpy to evacuvate him from the facility. Before, at the onset of the Firestorm Crisis, Slavik asserted his dominion over the Inner Circle by having his agents assassinate rival generals; one of whom was travelling on his Harpy when it exploded.
These gunships were later retired from service from Nod's arsenal as they had become obsolete and instead work began on reverse engineering the technology used to create the Orca. This led to the creation and the deployment of the Venom attack ships which were used in the Third Tiberium War.
[edit] Description
The Harpy featured a much more aerodynamic, radar-invisible design, powerful rotors and an integrated chaingun cannon in its forward section. It was mainly a scout, used to patrol areas or evacuate important personnel (the gunner wasn't an integral part of the crew). It was also the bane of infantry, as its chaingun cannon could easily slaughter advancing infantrymen.
Unlike the Apache before it, it could not carry rockets nor missiles. However, it had two 30mm chain guns as opposed to one on the Apache, giving it twice the firepower. Despite this being the case, they were no match for the Hover MLRS or the Mammoth Mk. II walkers.
[edit] In-game unit
The basic air unit of the Brotherhood in Tiberian Sun, the Harpy is a pretty weak unit, though useful for taking out infantry or harassing other units. Since it is also invisible on the mini-map, it's useful as a decoy or distraction.
Despite the fact the Harpy has rotors in renders, there are none present in-game, due to engine limitations.
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[edit] Behind the Scenes
- The Harpy is the name given to a horrible half woman half bird flying monster from Greek mythology which harassed its enemies from the sky.
