Iron Maiden (Beta Class)

 

Iron Maiden (Beta Class)
Health	175
Will gib when health is	-70
Attack Damage	Homing Rocket Launcher: 50 Melee: 10-15
Drops	Rockets
Found in	The Reckoning
[Source]

“	This bitch is bad news. Her rockets will track your ass down, but they won’t around objects. So if she fires one off, look fast for cover.	”
—The Reckoning Manual

The Iron Maiden (Beta Class) is a new enemy introduced in The Reckoning. It is distinct upgrade over her predecessor in that her rockets now track their target. This is a significant change, since the original Iron Maiden was unlikely to hit a savvy player, whereas the Beta Class Iron Maiden has better accuracy when fighting in the open.

The Beta Iron Maiden is a very rare foe, only being encountered in one level of The Reckoning - namely the Refinery - and not being present in any other single-player campaign besides The Reckoning.

Behaviour and attacks

Homing Rocket Launcher: The Beta Class Iron Maiden is essentially the same as the original except for the fact that her rockets now track their targets. It is unlikely that a player will dodge her rocket when fighting in the open, although they can be avoided by taking cover around a corner.

The 2023 remaster alters the tracking ability of her rockets somewhat, making them unable to turn so sharply. This gives a player better chances of dodging them in open ground. However, the remaster also gives her the ability to "blindfire" if she loses sight of the player; she may fire again in the general direction of where she last saw the player.

Curiously, if she is infighting and fires a rocket at another Strogg, its homing ability will attempt to track the player, not the Strogg she fired at. It's unclear if this is intentional.

Strategy

• Beware of their heat-seeking rockets - avoid fighting them in wide open areas. It's best to stay near a corner, and use the Railgun or Rocket Launcher - two hits from either will kill her, and you have cover to duck behind to avoid any return fire.
• In the 2023 remaster, be wary of her "blindfire" ability. If she loses sight of you, she may fire again towards where she last saw you, and it's possible the rocket could track you around the corner from there.

Appearance statistics

Campaign	Easy	Medium	Hard/Nightmare
Quake II	-	-	-
The Reckoning	4	9	14
Ground Zero	-	-	-
Quake II 64	-	-	-
Quake II PSX	-	-	-
Call of the Machine	-	-	-

Sounds

Sounds
The Iron Maiden (Beta Class) spotting an opponent
The Iron Maiden (Beta Class) being injured
The Iron Maiden (Beta Class) being killed

Trivia

• When an Iron Maiden (Beta Class) spots the player, they will shout something that sounds like "Sweetheart!" or "Traitor!".
• If player gets very close to Iron Maiden (Beta Class) when she is about to fire a rocket, the rocket won't be fired, but her firing animation will continue.

Gallery

Beta Class Iron Maiden's texture map

Beta Class Iron Maiden's texture map when injured

An unused texture map

Remastered model