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Though armored against small arms fire and shrapnel, they possess minimal weaponry and are often vulnerable to attack from combat aircraft or surface-to-air batteries. Escort fighters can help with the former, but to avoid the latter, dropships may need to avoid detection by entering the atmosphere outside the enemy's surveillance range and attempting a low-altitude approach of the landing zone. Dropships are capable of rapid vertical takeoffs and landings (VTOL), often possess anti-personnel weapons for laying down suppressive fire in a wide arc while transferring personnel, and are invariably piloted by women.
A dropship usually refers to a ship that ferries troops, heavy armor, and supplies from carriers in orbit to a planet's surface. Sometimes it refers to any futuristic in-atmosphere transport that is not a helicopter or airplane.
Dropships are flying transport vessels capable of carrying combat units and supplies from a larger space vessel in orbit down to the surface of a planet and back again. Their typical role on the battlefield is to dart into a conflict zone at maximum speed, land just long enough to offload or pick up their cargo, and swiftly retreat back behind friendly lines.Though armored against small arms fire and shrapnel, they possess minimal weaponry and are often vulnerable to attack from combat aircraft or surface-to-air batteries. Escort fighters can help with the former, but to avoid the latter, dropships may need to avoid detection by entering the atmosphere outside the enemy's surveillance range and attempting a low-altitude approach of the landing zone. Dropships are capable of rapid vertical takeoffs and landings (VTOL), often possess anti-personnel weapons for laying down suppressive fire in a wide arc while transferring personnel, and are invariably piloted by women.
Dropship games
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Starcraft Ghost |
PS2, XBOX, GC | Blizzard Entertainment, Swingin' Ape Studios, Nihilistic Software |
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Half-Life 2: Episode Three |
X360, PC | Valve Corporation |
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Halo 3: ODST released on Sept. 22, 2009 |
X360 | Bungie Studios |
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Scribblenauts released on Sept. 15, 2009 |
DS | 5th Cell Media |
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Section 8 released on Sept. 1, 2009 |
X360, PC | TimeGate Studios, Inc. |
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Metroid Prime Trilogy released on Aug. 24, 2009 |
WII | Nintendo, Retro Studios |
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Bionic Commando released on May 18, 2009 |
X360, PC, PS3 | GRIN |
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Watchmen: The End is Nigh released on March 4, 2009 |
PS3, X360, XBLM, PC, PSN | Deadline Games A/S |
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Halo Wars released on March 3, 2009 |
X360 | Ensemble Studios |
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Killzone 2 released on Feb. 27, 2009 |
PS3 | Guerrilla Games |
| Name: | Dropship |
| Appears in: | 66 games |
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