Hivehand

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The Hivehand, also called the Hornet Gun, is an organic weapon used by Alien Grunts and Gordon Freeman.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Tactics 3 Behind the scenes 4 Gallery 5 List of appearances 6 Notes and references

Overview

The Hivehand is a biologically engineered living assault rifle. The weapon fires small insect-like organisms called 'hornets', sometimes known as 'thornets' at a steady rate. These creatures will home in on any targets in the general direction in which they're traveling. Their means of target identification, if any, are unknown. When fired from an Alien Grunt hornets will never attack an ally such as Vortigaunts or Alien Controllers.

Tactics

• The Hivehand's rate of fire is quite slow and the hornets do not do an impressive amount of damage, but the Hivehand's chief advantage is its hornets can be fired around corners and will chase after retreating enemies. The secondary attack fires hornets more rapidly (depleting its reserve in seconds), but they will not hone in on enemies. This mode can be useful for unleashing a large amount of damage in a hurry at close range, or for destroying stationary objects such as explosive barrels (since hornets unleashed via primary fire won't damage non-organic objects, they'll just bounce off looking for an organic target to chase).

• The Hivehand can be used to eliminate enemies such as Standard Headcrabs and Barnacles, to preserve ammuntion from other weapons.

• The Hivehand has an infinite ammo supply as it can produce an unlimited number of hornets; though it can only hold up to eight hornets ready for firing at any one time, insects that are fired are quickly replaced. Also, when all hornets are depleted, the Hivehand shakes violently before regenerating, as if it lost its breath.

• Due to its infinite ammunition and the hornets' homing ability, the Hivehand is an exceptionally useful weapon at range in multiplayer games, where players spawn with very little ammunition and targets rarely stop moving.

• Hivehand's primary fire is very useful against Alien Controllers because of its homing ability and unlimited ammo.

Behind the scenes

• The Alien Grunt was originally to use a weapon dubbed "Black Hole Gun" and other weapons such as the "Alien Organic Chainsaw" and the "Spore Missle Launcher".

• The Hivehand was originally dubbed "Alien Organic Assault Rifle" and greatly differed in design of its retail. The Hivehand's final design came from another cut weapon dubbed the "Alien Organic Chainsaw".

• The Hivehand originally had no model and was rather "built-in" in the Alien Grunt's right hand,^[3] although it was probably temporary.

Gallery

Concept art.	Ditto.	Ditto.	Ditto.
Alien Grunts attacking with "built-in" Hivehands.	The Hivehand being held by the player.	The HD Hivehand being held by the player.	HD world model.
Projectile model.	An Alien Grunt with the Hivehand.	The Hivehand HUD icon.

List of appearances

• Half-Life (First appearance)
• Half-Life: Opposing Force
• Half-Life: Blue Shift
• Half-Life: Decay
• Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar

Notes and references

Weapons of the Half-Life universe
Half-Life		.357 Magnum · Black Mesa Crossbow · Crowbar · Glock 17 · Gluon Gun · HECU Double Turret · HECU RPG · HECU Sentry Turret · HECU SPAS-12 · Hivehand · Land Mine · Laser Tripmine · M198 Howitzer · M2 Browning Machine Gun · M202A1 FLASH · Mk 2 Grenade · MP5 · Satchel Charge · Snark · Snark Mine · Tau Cannon · Xen Sentry Turret
Half-Life: Opposing Force		Barnacle Gun · Black Ops Mortar · Combat Knife · Desert Eagle · Displacer · M249 Squad Automatic Weapon · M40A1 Sniper Rifle · Mark IV Thermonuclear Device · Pipe Wrench · Shock Roach · Spore Launcher
Half-Life 2		.357 Magnum · Alyx's Gun · Annabelle · Combine Sentry Turret · Combine SPAS-12 · Crowbar · Headcrab Shell · Hopper Mine · Hunter-Chopper Bomb · Laser Tripmine · Manhack · MK3A2 Grenade · MP7 · Overwatch Sniper Rifle · Overwatch Standard Issue Pulse Rifle · Pheropods · Ravenholm traps · Resistance Crossbow · Resistance RPG · Rollermine · Stun Baton · Suppression Device · Tau Cannon · USP Match · Zero Point Energy Field Manipulator
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch		S.L.A.M
Portal		Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device · Aperture Science Sentry Turret · Rocket Sentry
Half-Life 2: Episode Two		AR3 (non-existent) · Autogun · Magnusson Device
Half-Life (cut)		Black Hole Gun
Half-Life: Opposing Force (cut)		Flash Grenade
Half-Life 2 (cut)		AK-47 · Brickbat · Combine Guard Gun · Combine Launcher · Desert Launcher · FIM-92 Stinger · Fire Extinguisher · Flare Gun · GR9 · HK-707 · Hopwire Grenade · Ice Axe · Immolator · Incendiary Rifle · Molotov Cocktail · MP5K · MP7 · Physgun · Pulse Shield · Rollerwand · S.L.A.M · Sniper Rifle · Socket Wrench · Sticky Launcher · Stun Baton · Thumper · XM29 OICW
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast (cut from Half-Life 2)		Harpoon
Half-Life 2: Episode One (cut)		Vortex Hopwire

Xen
Creatures		Alien Controller · Alien Grunt · Barnacle · Boid · Bullsquid · Chumtoad · Gargantua · Headcrab · Houndeye · Ichthyosaur · Leech · Manta Ray · Nihilanth · Snark · Tentacle · Vortigaunt
Headcrabs		Headcrab · Fast Headcrab · Gonarch · Lamarr · Poison Headcrab · Standard Headcrab · Headcrab Shell
Zombies		Zombie · Fast Zombie · Gonome · Poison Zombie · Standard Zombie · Zombine
Vortigaunts		Vortigaunt · Vortigese · All-Knowing Vortigaunt · R-4913 · Sweepy · Uriah · Victory Mine Vortigaunt · Vortigaunt Camp · Vortigaunt Shepherd · X-8973
Flora		Light Stalk · Fungus · Tree
Weapons		Sentry Turret · Hivehand · Snark · Snark Mine
Other		Crystal
Creatures (cut)		Archer · Charger · Fast Walker · Flocking Floater · Kingpin · Mr. Friendly · Panther Eye · Sand Barnacle · Snapbug · Stukabat
Headcrabs (cut)		Brickbat
Vortigaunts (cut)		Vorti-Cell
Weapons (cut)		Black Hole Gun