Tiān Zhǎo Printable version

The Tiān Zhǎo (天爪 - Heavenly Claw) is a general purpose aerial recon and disposable attack platform, the Heavenly Claw is a lab made chimera with thermoptic camouflage, high-speed silent-flight and a light anti-tank explosive inside its body. Though its full thermal stealth has a limited operational time, its feathers can be set to radiate heat above or below its body while in flight indefinitely. These same feathers are configured in the same manner as an owl's for silent flight. Underneath the feathers, the skin possesses patches of radio receiving-emitting organs that act together as a phased array radar. The creature features a total of four eyes, with an additional eye above and below its head. These additional eyes in particular are engineered to serve as laser emitter-receivers for communication and warning, in addition to observation. In combat, the Heavenly Claw is meant to intercept and destroy enemy drones using its long, retractable, armored legs and claws, or detonate the fragment lined shaped charge on impact against a target.