Decepticon HISS Drone (Transformers Essence20 rpg)

Imagine if you will a combined Transformers / GIJoe setting where the Decepticons have infiltrated the ranks of Cobra using their Pretender agents. Eventually, Cobra learns of a powerful device being held in secret by GIJoe forces within a hidden facility under the Hoover Dam. A Cobra Strike Team infiltrates the Hoover Dam, taking down one Greenshirt after another in as they dive deeper into the facility, only to come to the center vault which contains... The AllSpark!

Suddenly one of the Cobra agents -- secretly a Decepticon Pretender -- guns down her fellow Cobra Vipers and immediately calls in to Soundwave, seeking an extraction team on her position: "For the glory of Megatron, the AllSpark has been found!" Knowing full well the importance of the mission's success, Soundwave immediately dispatches the elite Seeker trio of Seekers: Starscream, Skywarp, and Thundercracker, alongside the Combaticons to serve as Special Forces back-up; all of whom arrive within minutes.

Alerted to a Decepticon attack on the Hoover Dam, the Autobots dispatch their forces and a massive battle is on! With the Aerialbots covering the sky, the Seekers cannot just escape with their prize, so the Pretender guides her Decepticon brethren to a place where they can get immediate reinforcements: her own Cobra headquarters. 

It's a long driving / flying gunfight across highways and desert, smashing through the occasional small town at high speed and MichaelBay explosions! The AllSpark trades hands between Autobots and Decepticons several  times over the course of the fight, only to fall into the hands of the Pretender we've been following as our "main character" since the beginning! But the 'Con finally arrive to the hidden Cobra base, where she activates the powers of the AllSpark and animates all of the Cobra vehicles and B.A.T.s... suddenly a small army of new Decepticon drone warriors ready and able to bolster the evil forces of Megatron!

Among those forces there will be plenty of HISS Drones!



HISS Drone (Threat Level 5)

Size: Large/Long Health: 5

Movement: 40 ft. (Bot-Mode); 60 ft. (Alt-Mode)

Energon: 3

Strength 7: Brawn +d6, Intimidation +d4, Might +d4

Speed 3: Driving +d2, Targeting +d4

Smarts 3: Alertness +d6

Social 3: Persuasion +d6

Toughness: 20 Evasion: 13

Willpower: 13 Cleverness: 13

PERKS

Mode Conversion: Cybertronians spend a Standard Action to convert between Bot Mode and Alt-Mode.

Lackey: While in the presence of a Decepticon Commander, a HISS Drone can’t suffer greater than ↓2 on any given Skill Test.

Partnered (HISS Drones): A HISS Drone can always Lend Assistance using a Free Action to another HISS Drone, as long as they are within line of sight of each other.

ATTACKS

Twin Cannons (Targeting): +d4, Range 200ft; min 30 ft. (1 Sharp Damage; Blast 20 ft. radius)

Upgrades: Ammo Belt

Traits: Anti-Tank, Linked, Reload

Ram (Driving): +d2, Reach (1 Blunt Damage)

Alternate Effects: Maneuver 

Requirements: Alt-Mode only; must move 10 feet before attacking.

Traits: Integrated

Unarmed Combat (Might): +d4, Reach (1 Stun)

Alternate Effects: 1 Blunt Damage (↓1), Maneuver (↓1)

Hands: 0

Traits: Blunt, Martial Arts, Silent

GEAR

Armor: Heavy Armor Matrix (+3 deflection to Toughness)

Weapons: Twin Cannons

HANGUPS

HISS Tank Form: The HISS Drones suffer a Snag on Infiltration Skill Tests to blend in.

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