红色警戒3单位介绍——恐怖机器人
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恐怖机器人/TERROR DRONE
Designation: Anti-vehicle Drone
定位：反载具机器人
» 铝制轻型蜂窝式底盘
Of all of the weapons in the Soviet arsenal, perhaps the most aptly named is the Terror Drone. For an allied commander, these robotic arachnids inspire dread far out of proportion to their diminutive size. The now-familiar sound of mechanical legs scurrying across the ground is enough to paralyze an entire platoon of soldiers, each desperately peering from his foxhole to catch a glimpse of moonlight reflected off the Terror Drone’s metallic skin before it’s too late. For vehicle crews, whose engines mask the sounds of the approaching threat, the fear is constant and unrelenting.
The fear is far from unfounded. Originally developed as a remote control scout unit (a role at which it still excels), commanders soon realized the potential of the Terror Drone as a weapon platform. Early prototypes were mounted with a variety of weaponry, from machine guns to missile racks, but limited room for ammunition in the Terror Drone’s small chassis and recoil issues prevented the ranged-assault Terror Drone from ever leaving Soviet engineering labs, though further iteration on the initial design concept would ultimately result in the creation of the manned KDB-5 Sickle. To maintain the advantages inherent in the minute frame, designers opted to mount iridium-alloy claws capable of slicing through several inches of reinforced steel to each of the legs. The Terror Drone would use these Dismantler Claws, as they came to be known, to burrow into vehicles (or chest cavities, when appropriate) and then destroy the vehicle and crew from the inside.
Two problems remained. Because the Terror Drone could only be lighly armored, it was vulnerable to even small arms fire. designers added the long-range Zmeika¹ Electro-Stasis ray, a variable-frequency electro-magnetic beam that is able to renderer vehicles completely immobile. Because its range was longer than most other weapons, this allowed the drones to engage vehicles without exposing themselves to return fire.
The second problem was more difficult. designers realized early on that the drone needed some onboard sensory and guidance system capable of locating the weak points in enemy armor within seconds of contact to minimize the exposure to enemy fire. The vast neural networks designed for this task were fiendishly difficult to program, and development stalled until a brilliant young member of the design team, Konstantin Belousov, found a solution – program the neural net through a direct interface with a human brain. Confident in his solution, he volunteered for the process.
The experiment was a success. The newly-programmed Terror Drone destroyed vehicles 94% faster than its predecessors, increasing its kill rate and survivability. After interfacing with the drone, however, Belousov began to show signs of mental illness. He quickly fell into dementia and was finally arrested in a subway after attacking passers-by with a cattle prod. While several commentators wondered out loud whether his behavior was a result of directly interfacing with the Terror Drone’s military neural network, his condition was officially attributed to stress. The Bureau of Robotics has refused to comment on whether later versions of the Terror Drone are still controlled via human interface.
试验非常成功。重新编写了程序的恐怖机器人摧毁车辆的速度比上一个版本快了94%，极大地提高了其杀伤力和生存机会。然而在操控完机器人之后，别洛索夫开始出现精神疾病的迹象。他很快就陷入了认知障碍，最终在地铁里因为拿着赶牛棒袭击路人而被捕。虽然有评论者高度质疑他的这一行为是不是与恐怖机器人的军用神经网络直接连结导致的后果，但官方将此事归咎于他的个人压力。机器人的管理部门也拒绝评论后续版本的恐怖机器人是否仍旧通过脑机接口控制。
Battlefield reconnaissance has revealed at least these facts about the Terror Drone:
战场侦察已经揭示了恐怖机器人的以下情报：
迅捷斥候——恐怖机器人最初是作为侦察单位而设计的，它也能够很好的胜任这一定位。其极高的速度使得它们能够快速侦察战场，而且凭借着它们对车辆和人员的杀伤力，在与敌人的小规模冲突中也能占据优势。然而，恐怖机器人只有轻型装甲，即使是在小型武器面前，它也很脆弱。
乘虚而入——恐怖机器人可以用它们的分解利爪攻击敌人的步兵和载具。这些爪子可以切开车辆的装甲，接触内部精密的各种仪器和电子设备。一旦它钻进了载具，那只有战争工厂、机甲工厂和粉碎起重机等设施中受过训练的维修人员才能拆除恐怖机器人。如果是碰上步兵的话，那这些爪子就会……好吧，咱也只能说这下场会很惨不忍睹就是了。
老实呆着——恐怖机器人的静滞射线可以完全定住敌方载具，而一群机器人完全可以阻止敌方的载具大部队。这些射线对载具的武器系统没有影响，但其较远的射程可以使恐怖机器人躲避敌方除了极远射程单位之外的大部分攻击。
无法对空——恐怖机器人的爪子和静滞射线都无法瞄准飞机。因此恐怖机器人只能要么完全躲开空袭，要么立刻进入就近的敌方载具或者友军牛蛙内躲避。
1：即俄语的Змейка，意思是「蛇」。
