As gunships don't need to make sweeping passes to attack (unlike bombers) they make ideal units for attacking vulnerable parts of an enemy base without exposing themselves to air defences in other parts. Air to air units such as the Wasp Air Superiority Fighter will readily destroy Gunships, even in large numbers. Use their high attack power directly on the shield generators to quickly shut down enemy defenses. Gunships fly low enough to attack from inside enemy shields. Keeping this in mind means that even a few gunships can easily and effectively level almost any early ground force with their high damage output. Late-game almost any ground attack will include anti-air ( Rock Head Tanks gain anti-air upgrades, Cybran players will bring Adaptors, and Illuminate groups include Airnomos or even Pulinsmashes), but early on few players will dedicate resources to traditionally weak mobile anti-air units. Gunships are a highly effective combatant against enemy ground units early on. The Air Fortress is a UEF experimental air factory with powerful ground attack weapons that are fired while hovering. It however cannot be fired upon by gunships nor may it fire upon such targets itself. The Darkenoid is an Illuminate experimental flying saucer designed primarily for structure bombardment that fires its weapons while hovering. The Proto-Brain is a Cybran experimental air unit created by the Cybran Proto-Brain Complex that has a stationary hovering attack like gunships. The Sooprizer is an Illuminate experimental gunship, and has considerably more health than the other gunships, but also costs a lot more. This is counterbalanced by it also being hugely expensive and far into the research tree. 
The Soul Ripper has light anti-fighter defences and easily more powerful anti-ground weapons than the gunships mentioned above. The Soul Ripper II is a Cybran experimental gunship. Unlike other gunships which will simply hover in front of their target, the Terror's firepower is mostly located on its starboard side, meaning it circles its target to bring to bear its firepower. The AC-1000 is a UEF experimental gunship.
When upgraded, it possesses the greatest survivability due to a the anti-air flare upgrade. The Vulthoo is the basic Illuminate gunship. After being upgraded this unit has by far the greatest amount of firepower of the three standard gunships. The Renegade is the basic Cybran gunship. It however has the fewest upgrades available to it.
It is more expensive than the Eagle Eye but has significantly more firepower. Gunships can fire on ground and surface naval units and other gunships, but cannot fire upon fixed wing air units such as fighters and bombers or on submerged naval units. Gunships attack by hovering and firing, in contrast to the strafing or bombing runs employed by bombers. Gunships are a class of air unit characterised by high firepower and heavy armor at the expense of speed.
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