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: It's hard to say exactly what they do. The problem with getting infected through the mouth is that the helmets aren't exposed around the mouth - although with the X-Com Disrupter helmet, we can always assume it can break through the glass. The neck on the other hand seems more likely because it's basically resting along the seam between the helmet and the torso and is much less protected. Perhaps all it needs to do is rip enough of the protection off to get the proboscis close enough to the nasal and mouth passages. At close proximity, the micronoids can then be sprayed into the host. I'm just making this up as I'm reminded of the micronoid rain, which is air dropped onto a building. - [[User:NKF|NKF]] 12:40, 22 August 2008 (PDT) | : It's hard to say exactly what they do. The problem with getting infected through the mouth is that the helmets aren't exposed around the mouth - although with the X-Com Disrupter helmet, we can always assume it can break through the glass. The neck on the other hand seems more likely because it's basically resting along the seam between the helmet and the torso and is much less protected. Perhaps all it needs to do is rip enough of the protection off to get the proboscis close enough to the nasal and mouth passages. At close proximity, the micronoids can then be sprayed into the host. I'm just making this up as I'm reminded of the micronoid rain, which is air dropped onto a building. - [[User:NKF|NKF]] 12:40, 22 August 2008 (PDT) | ||
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| + | ::Looking at the in-game pictures, I can see the brainsucker either ripping the face-plate open or getting through the under-chin layer, which isn't actually plated. Also a prime place for infected agents to lift the pistol to while their friends try to help, not yet knowing that it's too late. I just didn't notice any way for the proboscis to penetrate bone or anything, unlike with Chryssalids. | ||
| + | ::Could the micronoid slip through cracks in the plating and the lower layer ( fabric, synthetic materials or whatnot holding the plates in place ) of the armor? No need to rip the armor open. | ||
| + | ::--[[User:Karpatius|Karp]] 22:53, 24 August 2008 (PDT) | ||
Revision as of 05:53, 25 August 2008
Brainsucker Attacks
Doesn't the Brainsucker stick it's proboscis down the victims throat, as the official entry says instead of the neck?
--Karp 05:32, 22 August 2008 (PDT)
- It's hard to say exactly what they do. The problem with getting infected through the mouth is that the helmets aren't exposed around the mouth - although with the X-Com Disrupter helmet, we can always assume it can break through the glass. The neck on the other hand seems more likely because it's basically resting along the seam between the helmet and the torso and is much less protected. Perhaps all it needs to do is rip enough of the protection off to get the proboscis close enough to the nasal and mouth passages. At close proximity, the micronoids can then be sprayed into the host. I'm just making this up as I'm reminded of the micronoid rain, which is air dropped onto a building. - NKF 12:40, 22 August 2008 (PDT)
- Looking at the in-game pictures, I can see the brainsucker either ripping the face-plate open or getting through the under-chin layer, which isn't actually plated. Also a prime place for infected agents to lift the pistol to while their friends try to help, not yet knowing that it's too late. I just didn't notice any way for the proboscis to penetrate bone or anything, unlike with Chryssalids.
- Could the micronoid slip through cracks in the plating and the lower layer ( fabric, synthetic materials or whatnot holding the plates in place ) of the armor? No need to rip the armor open.
- --Karp 22:53, 24 August 2008 (PDT)