Killer Whale

Unit

Changelog

The subject of this article is from previous version(s) of Mental Omega, which might contradict current information and are to be taken as reference.

Killer Whale
Unit
Faction	Soviet Alliance (version 2.x) Soviets (version 1.2)
Role	Scout Anti-armor Cloak detection
Armament	Sharp Teeth Echosonic Waves
Tier	2
Tech level	7 (version 2.x) 9 (version 1.2)
Properties
Hit points	265 (version 2.x) 255 (version 1.2)
Armor type	Light
Speed	8 (version 2.x) 7 (version 1.2)
Turn rate	40
Sight radius	8 (version 2.x) 6 (version 1.2)
Training
Cost	$800 (version 2.x) $1000 (version 1.2)
Trained at	Soviet Naval Shipyard
Requires	Radar Tower
Combat
Naval	140 (version 2.x) 130 (version 1.2)
Cooldown	35 frames
Range	1.83
Function
Ability	Submerged Detects cloaked/submerged enemies (range 9 in version 2.x/10 in version 1.2)
Notes	Cannot be mind-controlled Self-healing Trained as veteran when playing as  Iraq (version 2.x)
Miscellaneous
Artist(s)	Lao Tze (SHP sprite)

The Killer Whale is a naval reconnaissance unit used by the Soviets in version 2.x and 1.2.

Official description

v2.x

Since the Epsilon has restored use of mind-controlled Giant Squids, Soviets have lost good scout and cloak detecting naval unit. They have decided to send whale hunting ships to the places where they live, in order to capture few of them, and start mass production of echo-controlled Killer Whales. It looks like Soviets still know how to control animals, even without using Yuri's mind control technology! After coming very close to enemy ship, Whales will start to attack it with it's sharp teeth or from headbutt, depends what is the actual humour of this mammal like. Those can also see underwater units on long range and even unreveal them to other units by emitting a echosonic wave. This wave can also be used to confuse Giant Squids and make them stop attacking your ships with tentacles. After releasing such wave Whale can't attack for a while though.

v1.2

Since I have restored usage of mindcontrolled Giant Squids, Soviets lost good scout and cloak detecting naval unit. They decided to send whale hunting ships to the places where they live, to capture few of them, and start mass production of genetically modified and mindcontrolled Killer Whales. It looks like Soviets still know how to control animals, but rest of psychic technology is still forbidden for them! Killer Whales are fast animals, after coming very close to enemy ship, they will start to attack it with it's sharp teeth or from headbutt, depends what is humour of this mammal. Those can also detect underwater units on long range.

Trivia

• In version 1.2, the Killer Whale uses higher-pitched voiceset of Dolphin from vanilla Red Alert 2, while in 2.x it got its own voiceset.

See also

• Dolphin
• Giant Squid