Corvette

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Corvette

Corvette
Type Aircraft
Manufacturer Unknown
Size Medium
Base health 100
Difficulty Hard
Standard Weapon(s) Vehicle Rocket Launcher
Vehicle ID veh_corvette

The Corvette is a large unmanned aircraft. Compared to their smaller Drone counterparts, Corvettes are typically armed with heavier weapons, have better, faster maneuverability and are significantly more durable. Unique to Corvettes is their complete immunity to explosive damage, making them much more difficult to destroy compared to a normal vehicle, even with a low amount of HP.

In the Campaign, Corvettes are only seen in Level 41, used by the Civil Security to guard the Time Machine. They all possess 400 health (100 in Impossible difficulty), and are equipped with burst-fire rocket launchers, capable of killing characters within one or two salvos with ease. The Corvettes speed and damage makes them the most challenging enemies in the entire Campaign.

Appearance

The Corvette is primarily made up of white armor plating, with a soft grey gradient laid on top. The armor is held together by a wide, dark grey frame. Three red dots decorate the corners of the body, on top of the armor pieces, with an additional, slightly larger red oval at the front of the vehicle's body, resembling an eye. The underside of the grey frame also holds the Corvette's weapon.

When destroyed, it's armor will be blackened and dented inwards, portions of the frame will be broken off, and It's eye will be shattered.

Strategy

  • As with any vehicle, the Drone Gun CS-Virus trivializes any Corvette encounters, as they attack, and kill the pilots inside; who have less health than the Corvettes in difficulties lower than Impossible.
    • A common side effect of this strategy is that Corvettes being attacked by said viruses will "hug" the ceiling, preventing their pilot from being targeted or harmed. This seems to make Corvette docile, however.
  • Corvettes can quickly overwhelm you with their speed, fire rate, and health, making Time Warp essential for encounters on any difficulty.
  • Because of their immunity to explosives, weapons like the Heavy Railgun, PSI Blades and Ray Gun C-01y, and will prove to be more effective. The CS-BNG is also a useful weapon to combo into because of it's high power, even though it's explosion damage and radiation is nullified.
    • Marine can acquire the Heavy Railgun either from Proxy — who is able to refund Marine's Lite Railgun and it's upgrades into a duplicate Heavy Railgun, or from Level 40, dropped by some of the Civil Security Bosses.
    • Successfully comboing the Heavy Rail, Ray Gun, and BNG will yield 224 damage if all projectiles connect.
  • In Level 41, the Corvette's health will all drop from 400 to 100 in Impossible difficulty, allowing them to be one-shot by a fully upgraded Heavy Railgun

Gallery

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Trivia

  • Their color palette and design is almost identical to the Drones in Forward to the Past, Android SLC-56 also bares a resemblance.
  • In the real world, "Corvette" is a class of small warships; equatable size to Destroyers, but smaller than Frigates.
    • "Corvette" is also a name that is frequently used in science-fiction media and games for vessels, such examples include: Warhammer 40k, Star Wars, and Stellaris.
  • If you shoot a Drone Gun at the Corvette, the Drone Controller inside makes android hit sounds.
  • Corvettes do not eject their driver upon destruction; they blow up and kill the driver instead. This applies to Drones as well.
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