RC Flyer

The **RC Flyer** is one of the Weapons available to craft by the Teens during gameplay in VHS. It is the first unlockable weapon for the Shock Stigma weapon category.

## Overview

The RC Flyer is an unlockable weapon crafted from a Shock Stigma Crafting Station, requiring a crafting time of **42** seconds. It is a deployable remote-controlled model helicopter that requires its operator to stand still to pilot the flyer, which carries enough energy for continuous flight up to **55** seconds. Using the lightning rod attached below itself, the RC Flyer draws energy from its battery to continuously zap the Monster with an electric current that reaches up to **8** meters away. Beware that the Monsters can Attack the flyer and destroy it.

### Deployment & Dismissal

The RC Flyer must first be deployed by the Teen. When the deploy hotkey (RMB ) is fully held down for **2.3** seconds, the Teen fiddles with the remote control and deploys the flyer where they stand. The Teen's camera perspective changes to the RC Flyer while deployed.

From *anywhere* on the map, press the dismiss hotkey (RMB ) to instantly dismiss the flyer, shrinking it out of existence and instantly switching the player's camera perspective back to the Teen's body.

### Forced Dismissal

The Monster can destroy a deployed flyer with a single attack, causing it to explode and forcing the Teen to discard their remote control. If the Monster attacks the operating Teen instead, the successful hit dismisses the deployed RC Flyer and the Teen regains control of their body instantly.

If the flyer runs out of energy or the Monster destroys the flyer, the Teen regains control of their body after **1.1** seconds.

### Flyer Properties

While piloting the RC Flyer, the Teen's body stays in place and the weapon drains **1.818** energy per second. The flyer hovers above the ground and uses the movement hotkeys (W A S D ) to fly at a speed of **7.5** meters per second toward any direction; it cannot use sprint to move faster or crouch to slow down.

* Camera and reticle rotation as well as the Ping System, remain the same as Teen controls, performed from the flyer's perspective.
* Due to its flight capability, the flyer can pass through most Vault Points similar to the Spectral.
* The flyer emits a constant loud gear-winding sound while deployed which alerts all players in range of its presence. The operating Teen hears the noise as well, which can mask the Monster's footsteps making them more difficult to track by sound.
* The RC Flyer has constant collision with the Monster when in physical contact, but phases through all Teens in its path.
* The operating Teen player does not see their body's aura through walls while controlling the RC Flyer.

### Attack Mechanics

Once the flyer is deployed, when the fire hotkey (LMB ) is held down, there is a wind-up time of **0.5** seconds before the RC Flyer fires its electric current. As long as the fire hotkey is held down, the flyer continues to fire its attack draining **11.2** energy per second.

When the Monster comes within **8** meters and inside a **?** angle cone around the reticle, the electric current latches onto the Monster to continuously attack it until Wounded or Stunned, it moves out of range, line-of-sight is blocked by obstacles, the RC Flyer runs out of energy, or the RC Flyer is destroyed by the Monster's attack. The electric current will continue to zap the Monster as long as it is inside the flyer's attack cone.

While firing the weapon, the flyer moves at a speed of **2** meters per second. The flyer can still freely rotate its camera and reticle.

## Customizations

### Unlockable

* Red Rising - Default Common Style
* Americana - Uncommon Style, level 5 unlock
* Militia - Uncommon Style, level 9 unlock
* Stop The Press - Rare Style, level 14 unlock
* Rainbow - Ultrarare Style, level 20 unlock

## Media

*Work in progress*

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