Dropship (Armada)
Dropships are a type of Decepticlone from the Transformers (PS2) video game.
Decepticlone Dropships are the standard form of transportation for Decepticlone forces throughout the Transformers PS2 game, they are heavily armoured and thus resistant to most basic forms of weaponry. However, a Dropship can be brought down with either concentrated firepower or considerable force. Dropships have no offensive capabilities of their own, and arguable have no artificial intelligence to speak of; it seems more likely that a Decepticlone pilot (possibly a Light Unit or Medium Unit) is at the helm. Dropships are used to combat the Autobots by deploying squads of varying Decepticlones into the combat zone. Some Decepticlones may remain in the Dropship after the deplyment, in which case the Dropship will hover above the ground and allow the remaining Decepticlones to attack from the air. Under these circumstances, Dropships will always pull out if they sustain too much damage, or if the Decepticlones onboard are destroyed.
The presence of a Dropship always indicates an organised Decepticon/Decepticlone occupation in the area; their most basic function is to simply patrol a set path in the level. However, if an Autobot comes within its sensor range, the dropship may change course to intercept, and release its cargo of Decepticlone troops. Destroying the Dropship destroys all of the Decepticlones it may contain and also yields a fair amount of Energon.
Since the Dropships do not attack by themselves, they can be used by Autobots as transport around the level, should they somehow manage to get high enough to leap onto their upper decks. A Dropship is capable of carrying a Heavy Unit, a squad of Rollarm Units or a Spider Tank clamped into the external cargo mount between its thruster vanes.
