Hover Unit

Hover Unit
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Primary Weapons	Torpedos, Piercing machine gun (Metal Slug Attack)
Secondary Weapons	Laser Cannon (Metal Slug Attack
Factions	Ptolemaic Army
Health	Low
Game Appearances
First Game	Metal Slug 5
Last Game	Metal Slug Attack
Game(s)	Metal Slug 5 Metal Slug Defense Metal Slug Attack
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The Hover Unit is the Ptolemaic main fighter bomber in Metal Slug 5.

Information

Although it leaves its operator exposed, the hover units are very fast and are able to turn in a 180° without leaving its position, which means a great maneuverability. It launches rockets in a similar way as the rebel Flying Tara. The Ptolemaics like to appear with a lot of these at the same time and place.

The Spec-ops also can ride this, but instead of dying like the Guerrillas, they jump off.

In Metal Slug Attack three hover units can be seen:

• Normal Variant: The basic one. Flying in a group, the pilot shoots the missile it carries before leaving the scene.
• Elite Variant: Used by the Special Forces, the hover unit's missile is replaced with a gatling gun, which can be swapped out for a powerful laser.
• Commander Variant: Used exclusively by Dragunov, a Ptolemaic Army commander. It is presumably the same as the Elite Hover Unit, as Dragunov can be seen using the laser that comes with it. The only differences are that it is colored orange and has more durability.

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Trivia

• It also appears in Metal Slug Defense as purchasable unit, or can be sortie by the Commander.
• The Elite variant of this in Metal Slug Attack does fires laser cannon, similar to that of Dragunov's.
• Another variant is called Hover Unit(Navy), a special Hover Unit that can be sortied by Commander(Navy).

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