Mohawk gunship

"Prepare broadside!"

- Mohawk when attacking

The Mohawk Gunship is a common GDI's anti-vehicle helicopter in Command & Conquer: Rivals.

Background
GDI's AH-95 Mohawk Gunship was developed to give GDI a heavy armed ground attack craft that could loiter over enemy targets but was neither as fragile as the Orca Assault Craft nor as expensive as a Kodiak Command Ship.

Abilities

 * Flying.
 * Must turn so that its target is to its left before firing.
 * Can fire while moving.
 * Can fire while moving.

Game unit
Mohawk is a heavy anti-vehicle aircraft. It has a similar role to that of Orca, but they accomplish their goals very differently. Mohawk has greater sustained firepower, whereas Orca deals a great amount of damage right away, but if that wasn't enough, it's useless for a while. Mohawk will blast until the job is done, making it a great option to deal with heavy tanks.

The raider ability work like for no other unit. Mohawk can attack while moving so long as target is on the left side. Although it can be used to harass retreating units, it's mainly used to start firing at the target even before the Mohawk has come settled into the firing position.

Although a sturdy aircraft, the main weakness is the Stealth tank, which will take it out of the sky with a single volley. Phantom will hurt them quite badly, but they will stay in the air. The humble Laser squad can be a real pain for the Mohawk in the middle game.

Works well with Razorback, since together they will make short work on any early to mid game ground units.

The asymmetrical nature of the unit means that it would benefit from having the home base in the bottom left or top right corner of the maps.

Changelog

 * 2019-03-13: Damage decreased to 396 (was 410)
 * 2019-04-03:
 * Damage to Harvesters reduced to 295 (was 396)
 * Health increased to 1650 (was 1500)
 * 2019-06-05:
 * Attack speed increased to 1.15 (was 1.4)
 * Added Raider ability
 * 2019-06-06: Fixed raider ability
 * 2019-06-27: Damage decreased to 382 (was 392)
 * 2020-03-25: Rate of fire reduced to 1.3 (was 1.15)

When created

 * Gunships cannons loaded, ha-har!
 * Mohawk ready to face the enemy

When selected

 * Ye-ho-ho-ho!
 * Cannons are loaded!
 * Mohawk ready for full broadside
 * Blades are cutting the air
 * Mohawk ready to fire!

When moving

 * Mohawk setting sail
 * Cutting the air
 * Navigating into position
 * Mohawk moving
 * Gunship advancing

When moving to attack favorably
 Playing Ride of the Valkyries in the background 


 * Firing full broadside
 * Prepare broadside!
 * Bringing her alongside

When moving to attack neutral
 Playing Ride of the Valkyries in the background 


 * Lighting up to fire
 * Enemy in my sight
 * Cannons are ready
 * We'll take them on!

When moving to attack unfavorably

 * Batting down the hatches!
 * Brace yourselves!
 * Gonna take a flogging

When unable to attack target

 * Cannons ineffective
 * Can't be done

When attacking

 * Gonna blow them out of the water
 * Ha-har!
 * Raking fire!
 * Ho-ho-ho!

When under attack

 * Walking the plank!
 * Need to back out of here!
 * Gunship under pressure!

When crashing

 * Abandon ship!
 * Going down with the ship
 * Should have joined the navy!

Trivia

 * The Mohawk is based on The Chinook from Command and Conquer : Tiberian Dawn, albeit with differing roles as an infantry transport.
 * The Gunship is the only asymmetrical unit in the game.
 * Scottish sailor. Male.

Videos
Mohawk raider

Behind the scenes
"We wanted to give GDI a unit that could perform a role similar to the Orca, but in a way that was more reliable but with lower efficacy."

- MrBlack