Gold Aero-Cannon


 * You may be looking for Aero-Cannon or Aero-Chaser.

"Eggman built these pure gold gunners on a whim one day. They run away after popping out for a quick attack-beat them before they can for a nice treat!"

- Description, Sonic Unleashed

The Aero-Cannon is an enemy that appears in Sonic Unleashed. It is a model of Eggman's robots and a variant of the Aero-Cannon, made of pure gold, that Dr. Eggman built on a whim one day. They work as a hovering gun turrets that fires on all intruders and are capable of teleportation.

Overview
The Gold Aero-Cannons are an extremely rare type of enemy in Sonic Unleashed and can only be encountered in the daytime Action Stages/Stages. When destroyed, however, they give a large amount bonus points to the player's score.

Physical Appearance
The Gold Aero-Cannons are relatively small robots. They have an orb-shaped torso with two small semicircles on the bottom of it, functioning as feet, and a hemisphere attached on each side of their torso. Their head is a think bar running along the top surface of their torso, and have two eyes and a small straight field of green light running across its face, resembling teeth. Sticking out from the chest and a little from their back, they have a long, single-barreled cannon. They are all colored golden yellow, green and silver, and have bright green eyes.

Powers and Abilities
The Gold Aero-Cannons have the ability to levitate in mid-air on their own, and are also able to teleport themselves away from their location. Thanks to the cannon built into them, the Gold Aero-Cannons are able to fire highly powerful energy blasts at their opponents. However, the recoil from their shots are so strong that they are send reeling back when firing them, leaving them vulnerable. The Gold Aero-Cannons are able to compensate for the vulnerability, however, by teleporting themselves away after shooting.

Attack Patterns
In gameplay, the Gold Aero-Cannons attack the player by shooting fast and precise energy blasts at the player. After taking their shot, the Gold Aero-Cannons teleport away from the scene, but reappears less a second later. When the player is trying to perform a Homing Attack on the Gold Aero-Cannons caution is advised since there is a good chance they can hit the player with their shots before he/she can hit them.