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For Red Alert 3 version, see Terror drone (Red Alert 3).

Sir! The Soviets have released their terror drones. If our tanks get too close, these mechanical arachnids will tear them to shreds.
- Eva Lee(src)

The Terror Drone is a Soviet AI-piloted anti-personnel and vehicle unmanned combat ground vehicle in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 and Yuri's Revenge.

Official description[]

Terror Drones are a new robotic unit created by the Soviet military. These small, mechanical spiders scuttle across the battlefield looking for enemy vehicles. When a vehicle comes within range, the Terror Drone leaps into action, jumping inside the vehicle and dismantling it from the inside. Only a Service Depot or Outpost can remove a Terror Drone once it attacks.
- Red Alert 2 manual(src)

Game unit[]

Comrade, I have just received a demonstration brief of our new anti-armor weapon. They are affectionately referred to as 'Terror drones'. Do you like, Comrade? I thought you might like to play rough in battle.
- Zofia

Terror Drones are very cheap, costing only $500 per unit or, if the Industrial Plant is built, a mere $375. They can be used to attack ore miners, the only downside being that they would exit a chrono miner when the latter chronoshifted back to the ore refinery.

Due to the Terror Drone's extremely fast speed, it is very difficult to catch them before they reach their targets, but their lack of armor makes them easy to destroy. Small-arms fire, electrical bolts, prism beams and Mirage Tanks' guns are sufficiently accurate to quickly destroy terror drones, while tank shells and missiles are somewhat less so. Air units are ideal for scouting the map for terror drones and destroying them, since they are immune to their attacks.

Aside from a Service Depot or Tech Outpost, an Infantry Fighting Vehicle with an engineer inside it is also fit for the task. The drone will also be destroyed if the vehicle it infects is destroyed by an outside attack, so in desperate situations, deliberately destroying one's own infected vehicles by force-firing on them will prevent other units from being attacked. Also, applying the Iron Curtain effect on a targeted infected vehicle will make a Terror Drone inside it completely disappears.

Bug[]

On rare occasions, if a Terror Drone happens to leap on an enemy infantry unit that is adjacent to a body of water, the drone will disappear. This leaves the possibility that the drone tackled the infantry into the water, killing them both simultaneously.

AI behavior[]

In skirmish, Terror Drones controlled by the AI have the following attack patterns:

Easy[]

  • 1x targeting vehicles

Medium/Hard[]

  • 4x targeting vehicles
  • 2x guarding Ore Refineries, War Factories, Tesla Reactors and Sentry Guns
    • This strike force will only be constructed if the enemy owns 6 or more Rhino Tanks

Hard[]

  • 2x guarding Ore Refineries, War Factories, Tesla Reactors and Sentry Guns
    • This strike force will only be constructed if the enemy owns 8 or more Grizzly Tanks

Aftermath[]

Terror Drones return in Red Alert 3, capable of swimming and replacing the squid in attacking enemy ships.

Changelog[]

  • Red Alert 2 patch 1.004: a glitch preventing the game from ending while an MCV is deployed while infected with a terror drone is fixed.

Gallery[]

Cameos[]

English French German Korean Chinese
RA2 Terror Drone Icons CNCRA2 Terror Drone French Cameo CNCRA2 Terror Drone German Cameo CNCRA2 Terror Drone Korean Cameo CNCRA2 Terror Drone Chinese Cameo

Beta cameo:
CNCRA2 Terror Drone Beta Cameo

Trivia[]

  • The Dolphin's attack will eject the Terror Drone from an infected unit, if the Dolphin's IsSonic weapon can hit the unit.
  • When attacking, the drone essentially "becomes the bullet" until it reaches and kills the target. During this phase, the drone is immune to even a nuke blast.

See also[]

We will bury them! Soviet Third World War Arsenal Death to capitalists!
CNCTW Juggernaut HQ Render Mechanized walkers CNCKW Titan Cameo
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