Spider Drone
From The Vault
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Spider Drones are small robots which are employed by the Chinese Army.
These little robots are a sort-of mobile landmine for the Chinese army. Their primary method of attack is to approach enemy targets and explode. They are only encountered briefly during the Paving the Way quest and thus there is very little information to be gathered on them.
According to a Chinese terminal entry, the model encountered in the Anchorage Reclamation simulation is designated "Spider Drone MKVI Prototype", and they are air dropped via bomber.
A Chinese terminal entry advises their own soldiers to be careful around the drones even though they are configured to only attack Americans. Additionally, you will occasionally see a Chinese Soldier fighting one of these on the way to the Chimera Depot, suggesting that the prototypes might still suffer from problems with friend-or-foe recognition or might even lack it entirely.
Despite little information available on the robots itself, their very little size and ability to move towards their target could mean that Chinese were more advanced in microcomputer technology than Americans, however the simulation is realistically inaccurate, and there may have never been such things as "Spider Drones".
[edit] Notes
- Spider Drones move fairly fast, so it's best to shoot them at range when you have a clear shot. You can hear them making metal clinking sounds when they are nearby.
- They have very low HP. You can usually destroy one with a few Assault Rifle Rounds.
- When they are destroyed, they will explode, killing any other Spider Drones nearby.
- Targeting the Spider Drones at any distance greater than a few feet in V.A.T.S. may prove difficult as they provide very small targets and thus a lower chance to hit ranging from 0% at more than 20 feet to about 50% at about 5 feet.
- If you have become attached to your squad, or for any other reason want to keep them alive, it is advised that when you send Sarge and the men out to the depot you accompany them. Though they are small and easy to kill, it is very possible to come across the slaughter of your whole unit on your way to the depot.
- The middle of the Drone is the unused model of the Cryo Mine.
[edit] Appearances
Spider Drones appear only in Fallout 3's add-on Operation: Anchorage.
