Diverbee

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Diverbee
Unit
Faction	Haihead Pacific Front (campaign only)
Role	Anti-unit
Armament	Plasma discharge Explosive charge as prototype
Tier	3
Tech level	9
Properties
Hit points	220
Armor type	Light
Speed	34 (flying)
Turn rate	16
Sight radius	5
Production
Cost	$950 $800 as prototype
Estimated build time	0:34 0:32 as prototype
Built at	Foehn War Factory
Requires	Cyberkernel Expansion
Combat
Ground	220-88
Ground modifiers	200% vs. Light 190% vs. Medium/Harvester 175% vs. Heavy 100% vs. Drone 60% vs. Basic/Animal 50% vs. Flak 40% vs. Plate 15% vs. Light Structure, Defensive Structure and Lightning Rods 10% vs. Big Light Structure, (Very) Big Defensive Structure, Heavy Structure and Nuclear Reactors 5% vs. Big Heavy Structure
Range	7, radius 2
Function
Ability	Launches itself in a kamikaze dive at the target upon attack
Miscellaneous
Artist(s)	ONEX (voxel) Nooze (cameo)

The Diverbee is a flying kamikaze drone used by Haihead to destroy enemy vehicles in fast, surprise attacks.

Official description

Where the Shadray or Megalodon cannot reach, the Diverbee will. This seemingly harmless little drone aircraft is the reason the Epsilon has deployed much more anti-aircraft weaponry in recent times than ever before. The Diverbee is a single-strike demolition drone that will quickly identify its enemy once given the command, and then launch itself at the target, triggering a powerful explosion that will heavily damage anything in its range. These units have been deployed by Haihead to destroy high priority objects in the enemy tank divisions and infantry batallions, however their effectiveness against buildings is average at best. Whenever possible, they should avoid the anti-air units rather than directly engage them.

Overview

The Diverbee is Haihead's unique suicide unit that follows Haihead's strategy of fast and powerful strikes. Diverbees are used exclusively to take out high priority targets, especially armored units. Its high speed make them quite difficult to escape from once they lock on to a target. Since they are flying air units, Diverbees can launch nasty surprise attacks to any careless commander not expecting a sudden assault. A Diverbee is extremely powerful against vehicles as a single direct hit from one can instantly destroy any tank, while two is enough to effectively destroy most monster tanks. They also deal splash damage, damaging anything that is too close to the Diverbee's impact radius.

Unfortunately, Diverbees are not as destructive as its bigger M.A.D.M.A.N. and Soviet Demolition Truck/Bomb Buggy counterparts. While they are effective counters to vehicles and tanks, they are less effective versus infantry and structures. These suicide units are also quite costly, so it is important not to use them wastefully. The are quite fragile as well, and will fall after taking a few hits from anti-air weapons.

Appearances

“	A new drone based on the unfinished next-gen Hunter Seeker project is now available.	”
	—Foehn intel during Operation: The Great Beyond

In the campaign, Diverbees bear the Allied unit color scheme and cause a conventional explosion instead of a plasma discharge (using the same effects as a barrel explosion and are more effective against light and medium vehicles). The Diverbee prototype requires an Allied War Factory and a Tech Center to be built.

Origins

• Diverbee prototypes appear in The Great Beyond, where they can be built by Pacific Front War Factory if the player choose to use the Pacific Front arsenal, requiring Tech Center.

Special Ops

• In the Epsilon Special Ops mission Split Seconds, enemy Diverbee prototypes appear in the ranks of the Pacific Front.

Assessment

Pros	Cons
Effective against groups of armored vehicles. Very fast and mobile. Decimates lightly armored vehicles. 2 Diverbees are capable in destroying most tanks caught within the target area. Very difficult to stop as it dives towards the target.	Expensive suicide unit. Not effective against infantry and structures. Small blast radius. Cannot target aircraft. Fragile. Vulnerable to anti-aircraft fire. Only available at Tier 3, after a Cyberkernel Expansion is built.

Trivia

• The Diverbee uses the voiceset of the Slave from Tiberian Twilight.

External links

• Official showcase of the Diverbee prior to official release of version 3.3, along with other units