In function, it replicates FOW EMP guns protecting Corda Dracon: Centcom that disable any vehicle approaching it.Unlocked for Rebel drop after completing Tangled Up In Blue.It arguably fares better in combat than the Power Core since it completely eliminates them in one hit, although the Power Core may be more appealing for hijacking vehicles since it will merely disable them momentarily. It works especially well against the likes of Corvette and CS Odjur, as well as the fearsome Imperator Bavarium Tank/ Urga Mstitel, greatly increasing their vulnerability if they are not taken down outright and only bested by a Mech's GRIP. The Thunderbird is best suited for areas densely populated with enemy vehicles, able to wreck them immediately from some distance with little trouble, sometimes even besting the GE-64. It doesn't seem to have any effects on anything else. This weapon projects an EMP blast that has a relatively short range and small area of effect, destroying any vehicle and bavarium shield it hits permanently. The Rebel drop description states: ' A staggering advance in technology, this portable point-and-shoot EMP gun FOW disables vehicles and Bavarium shields across a large distance.' The Thunderbird's structure vaguely resembles a submachine gun with a stock, but replacing most of the usual mechanisms and internals with a turbine apparatus.

The thunderbird