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Cooling units are apparatuses used by the many Chimera strains, with a few exceptions, that regulate and stabilized their high metabolism. The devices are recognizable for their protruding heat stacks.

Description[]

Cooling units are essential for the long-term survival of Chimeran strains, as they are needed to regulate their high body temperature due to their high metabolism, which could literally, and fatally, cook the Chimera from the inside out.[1][2] Cooling units are surgically grafted into the Chimera's bodies during the final phase of the conversion process that took place in conversion centers.[3]

In-game, the cooling units of various Chimera have different effects associated with them, such as the tendency of a Titan's heat stack to catch fire and explode if it suffers enough damage, or a Chameleon's distinctive cooing sound. In Resistance 3 and Resistance: Burning Skies, the cooling unit's heat stacks can be damage in which destroying them by any highly accurate weapon will cause the Chimera's (such as Hybrids) cooling unit to overheat and explode, killing its user in the process.[4]

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Trivia[]

  • Players can customize the heat stacks of their Chimeran character in Resistance 2 online multiplayer in addition to the rest of their appearance.
  • Heat stacks in certain Chimeran strains can be used for another purpose, other than preventing overheat. An example of this is the Ravager strain using their heat stacks to generate shields depicted in Resistance 3.

References[]

Chimera
Characters Chrysalis · Daedalus · Pure Chimera
Strains Abomination · Angel · Boiler · Brawler · Brute · Carrier · Chameleon · Crawler · Executioner · Fury · Gray Jack · Grim (Alpha Grim, Leech) · Hag · Hardfang · Howler · Hybrid (Advanced Hybrid) · Impaler · Kraken · Leaper (Queen Leaper) · Leviathan · Longlegs · Marauder · Mother Spinner · Menial · The Mother · Ravager · Roller · Satan · Siren · Slipskull · Spinner · Steelhead · The Swarm · Titan · Widowmaker
Vehicles/Machines Burrower · Chimeran Fleet (Battleship · Dropship · Fighter · Flagship · Shuttle) · Chimeran Transport Walker · Drone · Earth Mover · Goliath · Hammer · Hornet · Stalker
Weapons Arc Charger · Atomizer · Auger · Brute Minigun · Bullseye · Bullseye Mark II · Chimeran AA Turret · Chimeran Mine · Chimeran Mortar · Deadeye · Hedgehog Grenade · Hellfire Turret · Hunter · Mauler · Reaper Carbine · Sentry Gun · Sixeye · Spire Missile · Splitter · Wildfire
Structures Conversion Center · Chimeran Gun Tower · Chimeran Tower · Terraformer
Technology Cooling unit · Energy Shield · Gray Tech · Power Core · Power Station · Spire Beacon · Sym-Bac
Other Blast Root · Cocoon · Leaper Pod
Terminology Death Squad · Feral Chimera · Gray Territory · Hive Mind · Military Chimera · Overseer · Primarch
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