UFO

The UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) is a non-controllable vehicle that was temporarily released in Beta 8 as an April Fool's joke. It is also the first non-controllable vehicle that moves, as well as the first bot that is not part of the Eagle or Raven teams.

First Encounter
The UFO is first found in Temple, crashed in a crevice beyond the southwestern corner of the map. Its distance from the rest of the map, coupled with uneven terrain makes reaching it on foot somewhat difficult. However, the Tank that spawns at the River can make the journey easier.

As the player approaches the UFO's crash site, strange sounds will start playing in the background. If the player climbs onto the UFO and kicks its dome (Default key: V), they will be knocked back and will bleed to death while alien music plays loudly in the background.

After the player respawns, an active UFO will spawn in the sky, randomly flying around the map and attacking both Eagles and Ravens with a death ray or abducting them with its tractor beam.

After this first encounter, the UFO will spawn on every other map in the game.

Characteristics
The UFO is essentially the most powerful vehicle in the game, possessing deadly firepower, high speed and maneuverability, and, at present, invincibility. Its armament consists of a large death ray mounted on its underside, along with a tractor beam. The death ray fires fast-moving energy pulses at a high rate of fire. The pulses explode on impact, inflicting splash damage to infantry and vehicles. The tractor beam pulls infantry up to the UFO; any infantry that makes physical contact with it will immediately bleed to death.

The UFO is the fastest vehicle in the game, far surpassing the Westland Wyvern in speed and maneuverability, capable of evading most weapons fire, and traveling to any point on the map almost instantaneously.

The only way to destroy the UFO is to use the Railgun, which takes three hits to destroy it. The Scalpel and Hydra are unable to lock onto it, rendering them useless. Collision with other vehicles does not affect its flight, so trying to ram it is not an option either.