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Gnomish Drop Bear

Drop Bear

An early gnome fast-attack biplane, koala-faced and underpowered, that drops living-boss 'eggs' rather than bombs.

Story so far

The Gnomish Drop Bear is a rusted twin-engine biplane, its nose painted with a screaming rabid-koala face, drop-launched from the Wasteland Castle to hunt Carl's party on the dunes. One of the gnomes' earliest fast-attack contraptions, its underpowered engines force it to carry quick-escape balloons; instead of bombs it drops Altitude-Based Deployment Device eggs meant to unleash a boss on its target. This one's rusted egg malfunctions, and Carl's Hob-Lobber cripples an engine, forcing the plane to flee and deploy its escape balloon.

Appearance

A rusty open-air twin-engine biplane, engines nested between the wings, a screaming gray koala-monster face painted on the nose, red-hatted gnome pilot and rear passenger.

Role

A gnome attack-plane that harries ground crawlers by air-dropping boss 'eggs.'

Relationships

Dirigible Gnomes — The airborne race that flies it.
Wasteland Castle — Its home base, from which it drop-launches.
Altitude-Based Deployment Device — The boss-egg it drops as a payload.
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Chapter 3
  • An early gnome fast-attack biplane, koala-faced and underpowered, that drops living-boss 'eggs' rather than bombs.
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