Hybrid

Description
Hybrids are the foot soldiers of the Chimeran army and are the most commonly encountered enemy in both Resistance: Fall of Man and Resistance 2. They are about several inches taller than the average human soldier, but are highly agile and posses remarkable strength. Overall they are a savage enemy, but are also keen and tenacious. Hybrids quickly learn the methods of their adversaries; they had already displayed expertise in British Army tactics by the time of Fall of Man, and later they displayed such expertise in U.S. Army tactics as well. Beyond their adaptive nature, the most obvious attribute of Hybrids is their sheer numbers.

Even though the game does not mention the different kinds of Hybrid subspecies, there are several apparent classes of Hybrids. The five mentioned below all appear in Resistance: Fall of Man. However, only two appear in Resistance 2: The standard infantry, and the advanced hybrid.

Standard infantry
These Hybrids are the most commonly encountered. They have no head gear and little armor protection; however, some armor protection can be found on their legs and a little bit on their stomachs. They always wield the Bullseye Rifle. They are commonly led by at least one Steelhead. On lower difficulties standard infantry Chimera are easy to defeat as well but seem to fight more aggressively when led by a Steelhead. They make up the bulk of the Chimeran military. They can be identified by four rectangular cooling towers, two on each side of their spines. In Resistance 2 they are skinnier and have less armor on their torso.

The Close Quarter Combat for a Hybrid is grabbing a soldier by the neck and slamming their body into the ground. A less common form is a rifle butt to the face, knocking their rifle out of their hand, then while on the ground the Hybrid shoots the soldier in the face. Both ways take under 5 seconds to complete.

Sharpshooter/Scout


This type of Chimera is a lot less common than standard infantry. Because of that fact, they wear very little to no armor whatsoever, and they also wear a visor device on their heads for the purpose of scouting. They also have another role: they act as sharpshooters and are commonly seen in positions that give them a good angle to shoot at enemies, such as on top of a building. Since they wear even less armor than normal Hybrid soldiers, they are more often than not easier to take down. They are almost never found alone or operating within only small groups of normal Hybrids; they tend to stick to larger squads of Chimeran soldiers. The reason for this is because their strategy is to pick off enemy soldiers while they're busy fighting other Chimeran soldiers. They are usually led by Steelheads, just like the standard infantry Hybrids usually are. They can be identified by four conical cooling towers, two on each side of their spines, and their trademark visors.

Heavy/Armored Infantry Hybrids
These Hybrids are heavily armored, and are very rare. They can be identified by four cylindrical cooling towers, two on each side of their spines. These Hybrids are also used for defending important locations.

Gray Jacks
See Gray Jack.

Advanced Hybrids
See Advanced Hybrid.

Tactics against Hybrids
Almost every weapon is useful against Hybrids, including the Bullseye, Auger, Fareye, Hailstorm, LAARK, M5A2 Folsom Carbine, Rossmore 236, and Arc Charger.

Trivia



 * In Resistance: Fall of Man, Hybrids have three toes, whereas Hybrids in Resistance 2 they have four.
 * In R:FOM multiplayer, Hybrids carry the LAARK under their arms, as opposed to humans who carry it on their shoulder.
 * In Little Big Planet you can buy an add-on costume for a Sackboy which is a Hybrid suit.
 * In Resistance: The Gathering Storm, Hybrids have limited ability to drive human vehicles, such as trucks for example. The Hybrids' ability to drive is perhaps that since that they were once human beings, they can still remember how to operate human machinery and vehicles, and yet have "minor" difficulties in operating them.
 * In Resistance 2 Co-op, upon being hit by a grenade, the Hybrids are, for some humorous reason, sometimes stuck "dancing" for a couple of seconds. However, they resemble the effects of one of the guns from Insomniac's Rachet and Clank future series, which forces it's unlucky targets to dance in a similar fashion to the Hybrids.
 * In FOM all Hybrids and similiar strains had a slouched posture, with their head bent forwards and leaning forward, in Resistance 2 all hybrids stand more or less upright and carry their heads upright, whether this is supposed to be due to new cooling units not putting pressure on their frame or just to do with Insomniacs revamp of the overall design is up to personal interpretation.