DESCENT: Robots (original) (raw)

Class 1 Drone
	First Appears Level 1	Size 3 meters	Weapon 2 pulse rock cutters
Threat Low	Points 100	Often Drops Energy Boost
Doesn't fire very fast except on higher difficulties. Almost always travels in groups. Occasionally seen dropping Proximity Bombs (first seen on Level 11); these are distinguished by their camouflage texture.

Class 2 Drone
	First Appears Level 1	Size 4 meters	Weapon 2 argon welding lasers (LL3)
Threat Low	Points 200	Often Drops Shield Boost
Slightly more dangerous.

Small Hulk
	First Appears Level 1	Size 5 meters	Weapon 2 heavy argon lasers (LL4)
Threat Low	Points 500	Often Drops Shield Boost
Seems a lower threat than even the C1D's, but there's usually 2-3 of them at one time.

Medium Hulk
	First Appears Level 3	Size 7 meters	Weapon 2 missile launchers (Concussion)
Threat High	Points 500	Often Drops Concussion Missiles
Don't let these guys surprise you, or you'll be sorry.

Medium Lifter
	First Appears Level 4	Size 5 meters	Weapon 2 diamond plated swingarms
Threat Medium	Points 500	Often Drops Shield Boost
Travel in packs, and screech just like C1D's.

Cloaked Lifter
	First Appears Level 4	Size 4 meters	Weapon 2 diamond plated swingarms, cloaking device
Threat Low	Points 1000	Often Drops Cloaking Device
Annoying, but they often drop Cloaking Devices.

Super (Heavy) Hulk
	First Appears Level 5	Size 7 meters	Weapon 2 missile launchers (Homing)
Threat Very Very High	Points 1500	Often Drops Homing Missiles
Your nemesis. DO NOT let one of these get on your blind side! They increase in quantity with every level, and often guard the reactor.

"Spider" Processing Robot
	First Appears Level 6	Size 8 meters	Weapon 3 mass driver rifles (rock cutters)
Threat Medium	Points 600	Often Drops Baby Spiders
This unique robot often spawns Baby Spider robots (or even clones of itself!) when it's destroyed.

Baby Spider
	First Appears Level 6	Size 2 meters	Weapon Laser (LL1)
Threat Medium	Points 100	Often Drops nothing
Quite an annoyance if you lose one in your blind spot.

Boss #1 (Level 7)
	Size 28 meters
Weapon Smart Missiles, cloaking device, teleport
Threat Very Very High
Points 5000
Do not take this boss lightly! Its Smart Missiles are very damaging, and will kill if they hit you directly. See the Level 7 walkthrough.

Advanced Lifter
	First Appears Level 8	Size 5-6 meters	Weapon 4 tungsten swingarms
Threat Medium	Points 800	Often Drops Shield Boost
More dangerous than Medium Lifters, as they are nearly silent and have twice as many claws.

Class 2 Supervisor Robot
	First Appears Level 8	Size 4 meters	Weapon None
Threat Low	Points 400	Often Drops Varies
These appear rarely, but if you're lucky, you may get a nice powerup (or some robots, if you're not so lucky) for destroying it. Supposedly, the Supervisors are programmed to increase the awareness of nearby robots, but I don't recall seeing that really happen.

Cloaked Hulk
	First Appears Level 10	Size 7 meters	Weapon 2 missile launchers (Concussion), cloaking device
Threat Very High	Points 700	Often Drops Concussion Missiles
Slightly more heavily armored than their visible counterparts, and thus much more dangerous.

Class 1 Heavy (Plasma) Driller
	First Appears Level 10	Size 8 meters	Weapon Plasma Cannons
Threat Very High	Points 1000	Often Drops Plasma Cannon / Energy Boost
Obviously, the Plasma Drillers are very dangerous, and are more heavily armored than Vulcan Drillers. Don't turn your back on them.

Miniboss
	First Appears Secret Level 1 / Level 23	Size 11 meters	Weapon Fusion Cannons
Threat Very Very High	Points 2000	Often Drops Fusion Cannon / Energy Boost
Takes a Mega Missile and another missile (two Megas would be wasteful), two Smarts, or a steady stream of cannon fire to dispose of. Don't let one catch you by surprise—Fusion fire can rob you of 60 shield units per hit!

Class 2 Platform Robot (Laser)
	First Appears Secret Level 1 / Level 16	Size 5 meters	Weapon Rapid-fire argon laser (LL3)
Threat Medium	Points 300	Often Drops Shield Boost
Piece of cake. Laser Platforms fire faster than C2D's, in 3-bolt bursts.

Class 2 Platform Robot (Missile)
	First Appears Secret Level 1 / Level 16	Size 5 meters	Weapon Rapid-fire missile launcher (Concussion)
Threat Very Very High	Points 800	Often Drops Concussion Missiles
NOT a piece of cake. Missile Platforms fire in 3-missile bursts, and thus are a serious threat if you're not careful.

Class 3 Gopher Robot
	First Appears Level 17	Size 5 meters	Weapon Proximity Bombs
Threat Low	Points 200	Often Drops Energy Boost
They take lots of shots to kill, they drop bombs everywhere, and they occur in large numbers. Needless to say, extremely irritating. Ordinarily, Gophers use the same lasers as C2D's and Laser Platforms, but all of the ones in First Strike are programmed to drop bombs.

Cloaked Vulcan
	First Appears Secret Level 1 / Level 22	Size 5 meters	Weapon Uranium mass drivers (Vulcan Cannon), cloaking device
Threat Very Very High	Points 600	Often Drops Cloaking Device
Pray you have a Cloaking Device or Invulnerability handy when you face one of these.

Boss #2 (Level 27)
	Size 32 meters
Weapon Mega Missiles, cloaking device, teleport
Threat Insane
Points 10000
Very, Very Bad. Mega Missiles will kill on impact if you have less than 180 shield units! See the Level 27 walkthrough.

Split Pod (Red Triangle)
	First Appears Not in First Strike	Size 5 meters	Weapon none
Threat Low	Points 100	Often Drops nothing
The Red Triangle is included in the DESCENT engine but not used in First Strike. It can be found in many fan-made levels, often as a bomber; in bomber mode, Red Triangles fly very fast—much like the Omega Guppy in DESCENT II, but with weak armor.