Stukabat

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Stukabat
General information
Type	Wildlife
Affiliation	Xen
Individual information
Attacks / Weapons	Claws
Game information
Designed by	Chuck Jones

The Stukabat is an alien cut from Half-Life. It can be found in the game files.

Behavior and skills

A bat-like creature with six eyes, the Stukabat would have been met in open spaces - at least during the Half-Life chapters Blast Pit, On A Rail,, and on Xen - and attack the player from the air with its claws. According to its animations and early gameplay footage, it was able to hang itself on ceilings like a normal bat, walk on the ground after being forced on it, aided by its single rear leg and its wings, and would not always attack the player. It would also emit bird of prey-like noises.

Gallery

Concept art for the Half-Life chapter Blast Pit. Roosting Stukabats can be seen on the far right, as "Stukas."

Concept art for Xen, including Stukabats.

Another view of the model.

Stukabat in an early test map.

Stukabats flying at the player.

Trivia

• The Stukabat may have been named after the Junkers Ju 87 'Stuka' dive-bomber, used by the German Luftwaffe in World War Two. Both the Stukabat and the aircraft share similar wings and 'Stuka' originating from the term "Sturzkampfflugzeug"; which in German means 'Dive-bomber', and usually refers to the Ju-87 alone.
• Another reference is that it has a dive-bombing animation.
• It is an enemy featured in Sven Co-op.

List of appearances

• Half-Life (First appearance) (Game files only) (Non-canonical appearance)
• Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar (As "Stuka") (Non-canonical appearance)