Paradrop (Generals 1)

	For other uses, see Paradrop.

Paradrop
Rangers paradropping during Black Gold
Support Power
Faction	United States Shin Fai
Deployment
Cooldown	4:00
Requires	Command center Paradrop General Power at 3-Star
Notes
American Paradrop called as Ranger Paradrop and deploys Ranger paratroopers on C-130s General Fai Paradrop called as Mini-Gunner Drop and deploys Mini-Gunner paratroopers on Y-8

Paradrop is a three-level support power in Command & Conquer: Generals and Zero Hour that calls in a team of transport planes to drop a variable amount of infantry on the selected location. Such tactics were used by both the United States and China over the course of the GLA Conflict.

Game effect

Starting from after the level 3 general's promotion is unlocked, American or Chinese commanders can call in one or two transport planes to drop infantry on a target location. The amount and type of infantry deployed to the field depends on the support power's level and which faction is deploying it.

American generals deploy Rangers from C-130 Hercules.

• Level 1: five Rangers from one C-130, drops each Ranger within a 150 delay
• Level 2: ten Rangers from one C-130, drops each Ranger within a 80 delay
• Level 3: twenty Rangers from two C-130s (ten each), each C-130 drops each Ranger within a 80 delay

Chinese general "Anvil" Shin Fai was also known to paradrop his own elite infantry, Mini-Gunners, using Y-8 transport planes.

• Level 1: five Mini-Gunners from one Y-8, drops each Mini-Gunner within a 150 delay
• Level 2: ten Mini-Gunners from one Y-8, drops each Mini-Gunner within a 80 delay
• Level 3: fifteen Mini-Gunners from two Y-8s (eight in one, seven in the other), each Y-8 drops each Mini-Gunner within a 80 delay

Note that, as with all other aircraft-based support powers, the cargo planes can be intercepted and shot down while en route. Should one of them be downed, their passengers will be killed along with it if they have not already paradropped onto the field.

Chinese general Ta Hun Kwai, who was known for the legions of tanks he deployed in combat, developed a similar support power. Aptly dubbed the "tank drop", his Y-8 transport planes dropped Battlemasters to the field at the target location. However, they were deployed in far smaller groups.

Trivia

• The selection picture of Fai's paradrop is the same as the one of the American one. There is one unused icon made for him, but icons for the other two levels were not found in the game's files.

Gallery

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  Unused icon for General Fai

See also

• Tank drop, General Kwai counterpart