User Guide

44 DUNE 2000
UNITS
Unit: Devastator Type: Advanced Battle Tank
House: Harkonnen
Requires: Heavy Factory and Ix Research Center
Range: Medium - Speed: 30 km/h
Armor : The Devastator is very resistant to bullet and high explosives, but
vulnerable to missiles and high caliber guns.
Purpose: The Devastator is the most powerful tank on Dune - powerfully
effective against most units, but slow - and slow to fire. Using forbidden
Atomic technology, the Devastator fires dual plasma charges and may become unstable during
combat. Note: The Devastator Unit can be deployed on a suicide mission to self destruct -
damaging surrounding units.
Unit: Deviator Type: Battlefield Support Vehicle
House: Ordos
Requires: Heavy Factory and Ix Research Center
Range: Medium
Speed: 30 km/h
Armor : Medium. The Deviator is vulnerable to most types of weapon,
though high caliber guns are slightly less effective at attacking this unit.
Purpose: The Deviator causes little physical damage, but discharges a
gaseous cloud that interferes with vehicle controls and turns them upon themselves
temporarily changing the allegiance of the targeted unit to that of the firing unit. Personnel are
not effected by the cloud.
Unit: Ornithopter Type: Attack Aircraft
House: Atreides
Requires: Upgraded High Tech Factory
Range: N/A - Speed: 340 km/h
Armor : T h e y a re vulnerable to missiles and can only be hit by AA weapons.
Purpose: The fastest aircraft on Dune, the Ornithopther is lightly armored
and capable of dropping 500lb bombs. This unit is most effective against
infantry and unarmored targets, but also damages armored targets. Note:
Once the player selects the target of the air strike, the Ornithopter will
automatically attack it.