The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Name: Guide-Bot Behavior: The Guide-bot searches for keys, hostages, powerups, or just about anything else you care to specify. It is oblivious to the enemy, though, and they are oblivous to it. Makes a cute sound and can be told to get lost. Strategy: For scouting ahead, call up the Guide-bot's point of view and send it away. It will also set off mines. Name: Thief-bot Behavior: The Thief-bot does no damage, but will steal items from the PyroGX ship -- usually the best weapon onboard. Strategy: Always keep an eye on the rear view. The Thief-bot is a master at sneaking up behind and will make its raid before you can react. If worse comes to worse, find a long, blind alley, put your back to the wall, and wait. It will come. Pump it full of missiles as it approaches. It may run, but it can't resist coming back, and if your ordinance holds out you will eventually destroy it. When it explodes it releases everything that it stole. Merry Chirstmas!
Name: This brute has no official name. We call it Claude. Behavior: Although it can and does shoot, Claude likes to get close and personal and tear into you with its claws. It can take an enormous amount of punishment, and when it explodes in close quarters it does devastating damage to you.< /p> Strategy: Avoid, followed by run.
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