RA3 Unit Profile: Allies Hydrofoil

[Sonic 296]

Once again the Official Red Alert 3 Site has been updated with another unit profile. This one gives us a close up look at the Allies Hydrofoil. As always, this profile has a short in game video, concept art and extra information. Here is a sample....

 

Today's hydrofoil was made famous in the Battle of Port-Au-Prince, in which a small fleet of them were able to shoot down an entire squadron of MiG fighters before the MiGs could eliminate a wing of Century bombers carrying reinforcements to the city. Meanwhile, several of the hydrofoils broke off to thwart an offshore dreadnought bombardment. This was the first time a naval commander employed one group of hydrofoils dedicated exclusively to jamming enemy ship capabilities and another to shred an airforce. After the MiGs were destroyed, the hydrofoils executed a high-speed tactical retreat. The only naval casualties that day were hydrofoil detachments that were unlucky enough to be sucked from out of the water by the Soviets' hated magnetic satellite. It has been rumored that the performance of the hyrdofoil that day was largely responsible for increased numbers of Soviet Akula-class submarines in Soviet operations around the Gulf of Mexico.

 

Though the hydrofoil is usually one of the first naval units fielded by many naval commanders, it features one of the most advanced pieces of technology ever produced by the Allied nations in the Scramblegun weapon jammer. The Scramblegun's electromagnetic force is demanding on all onboard weapon systems and thus is mutually exclusive with the 20mm gun. The jammer's capability is focused enough to block weapon systems of vehicles as small as the Sickle or ships as large as a Dreadnought. This allows the hydrofoil to at least stalemate a conflict with most other naval craft or enemy armor at the shoreline, leading a group of Guardian Tank and Apollo Fighter pilots to publicly question why the jamming technology has not been applied to ground and aerial attack craft. It appears that until Allied military scientists work out a way to add more than a single special weapons hardpoint to any design, they will have to make due as-is.

Click here for the full Hydrofoil profile.

[Silverthorn 0]

Looks powerful, but it does make naval assault nearly impossible when I see many skilled players spam them, making counters extremely difficult.

[sith_wampa 6]

I love this thing its so awesome.

Edited September 23, 2008 by sith_wampa

[Pyrodaimon 0]

Looks powerful, but it does make naval assault nearly impossible when I see many skilled players spam them, making counters extremely difficult.

I think that'll mean you'll have to rush your superweapons.

[hagren 0]

Hyrofoil--->Pure awsomeness. I see this turning into an iconic Allied unit...along with almost any other unit EA added

[Nmenth 291]

I see this turning into an iconic Allied unit...along with almost any other unit EA added

Replacing Tanya, who has fallen from icon to man-in-wig status.

[Silverthorn 0]

I think that'll mean you'll have to rush your superweapons.

 

Woo, sounds like I got to change tactics, eh? Hmm. I wonder.