Drone Harbinger

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Drone Harbinger
Race	Tau
Version	Dark Crusade v1.2 Soulstorm v1.2
Build Info
Hotkey D	Build Cost 100 200  5 Build Time 30 s Built From Vehicle Beacon Unit Size 1 Requires Nothing Limit 2
Unit Stats
Hitpoints	750
Armour	Vehicle Medium
Unit Mass	50
Move Speed	18
Sight Radius	60 (cannot detect)
Weapons
Ranged	2x Twin-Linked Pulse Carbines
Melee	None

Contents 1 Drone Harbinger 2 Tactics 3 Abilities 3.1 Construct Drone 4 Weapons 4.1 Twin-Linked Pulse Carbine 5 Researchable Upgrades 5.1 Improved Metallurgy 6 The Dawn of War Player's Guide

Drone Harbinger

"Launching drones."

Another variant of the Hammerhead Gunship. Armed with only two Twin-Linked Pulse Carbines it can seem defenseless, but the Harbinger is in fact a mobile Drone factory and can continue to churn out cheap Gun Drones that simply overwhelm their enemies with sheer numbers.

Tactics

Drone Harbingers are best used in the middle of the game to overwhelm the enemy with masses of Gun Drones. Always keep the Drone Harbinger at a safe location as it is very fragile, and set the way point where you want the Gun Drones to go. When your forces are already engaged, Gun Drones draw little threat and can add lots of fire-power. When targeting bases, mass the Gun Drones outside before attacking to prevent turrets from picking them off one by one. If you devote all your power to creating Gun Drones you can gain a massive advantage temporarily, but risk a disadvantage in the long run if you severely deplete your power. Drone Harbingers can be extremely useful, especially if your army is annihilated, when Gun Drones replace the role of an army while you rebuild your force.

It is recommended that you assaign your Harbinger it's own hotkey (Ctrl+any number with the harbinger selected) in order to select it at a moment's notice in order to churn out more drones or back away from imminent danger.

Drones creation can be set to auto-cast by right-clicking on the icon. This lets you have a constant stream of support fire while still being able to command your army. Be sure to keep an eye on your energy, though, because you'll be burning through it very quickly.

Abilities

Construct Drone

	Construct Drone			Hotkey: S
	Requires	Nothing
	Target Types	Own unit
	Range	0
	Area of effect	0	Cooldown time	3 s
	Cost	35
Effects	The Drone Harbinger constructs a simple Gun Drone with a 40 second lifespan. It has the following statistics: Health: 325/0 Armour Class: Vehicle Low Unit Mass: 10 Movement Speed: 24 Sight Radius: 35 (cannot detect) Weapon: Twin-Linked Pulse Carbine (exact same statistics as the Harbinger's own Pulse Carbines) There can be a maximum of 20 Drones active at the same time, regardless of how many Harbingers there are. Note: In Dark Crusade Drones cost 30  .

Weapons

Twin-Linked Pulse Carbine

The Harbinger is are armed with two Twin-Linked Pulse Carbines and its drones are armed with one as well, but out of convenience it has only been listed here once.

	Twin-Linked Pulse Carbine
Damage Per Second Values Infantry Vehicles Buildings Daemons Morale Base Damage Low Med High H.Med H.Hi Cmdr Low Med High Air Low Med High Med High DPS Base Min Max Min.D Initial DPS: 28.8 28.8 28.8 33.6 28.8 16.0 19.2 19.2 19.2 19.2 19.2 19.2 16.0 16.0 16.0 1.6 1 25 35 5
Cost	Default Weapon	Range	20	Setup Time	0 s
Build Time	Default Weapon	Accuracy	80%	Refire Rate	0.25 s
Area of Effect	0	Requires	Nothing

Researchable Upgrades

Improved Metallurgy

	Improved Metallurgy			Hotkey: I
	Cost	150 150	Research Time	25 s
	Researched From	Path to Enlightenment
	Requires	Kauyon Command Post
Effects	Fire Warrior armour is upgraded from Infantry Heavy Medium to Infantry Heavy High. Health of Fire Warriors increased by 10% to 374. 35% health bonus to Skyray Missile Gunship (1350 HP), Drone Harbinger (1013 HP), Drone Squad (439 HP), Barracuda (1687 HP), Krootox (8775 HP) and Greater Knarloc (10800 HP). Health of Tau Commander increased by 200 to 1200.

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