Hiss Demolition Expert

Hiss Demolition Expert
Biography
Type	Hiss-corrupted
Status	Active: Still present in the Oldest House
Origin	FBC explosives specialists
Affiliation	The Hiss

Hiss Demolition Experts are a type of Hiss-corrupted personnel and is one of the enemy types encountered in Control.

Overview

Hiss Demolition Experts are former Bureau agents specialized in handling explosives who have been corrupted by the Hiss. They can be identified by their white hazmat suits and yellow helmets. The Hiss corruption causes their skin, most notably at their faces, to glow a bright red.

Hiss Demolition Experts are armed with a specialized grenade launcher which fires a homing rocket-propelled rifle grenade with an explosive warhead.

Combat

In combat, Hiss Demolition Experts attack with their primary weapon, rocket-propelled grenade rifle. Because these weapons are single-shot with a slow reload, Hiss Demolition Experts will generally try to keep their distance from their enemies in a fight. Hiss Demolition Experts are also armed with hand grenades, which they may use to flush their enemies out of cover. If forced into a close-range engagement, they may also perform melee attacks with their weapons.

The Hiss Demolition Experts' rocket-propelled grenades and hand grenades can be picked up and thrown back using Launch with the Launch Explosives Ability upgrade, dealing heavy explosive damage.

Research summary

Main article: Hiss Demolition Expert (Collectible)

“	The Bureau only allows certain highly-trained individuals to handle volatile materials and weaponry. Our demolition experts are instructed in the use of explosives in dimensions with distinct physical laws, making them important assets for engineering work as well as combat situations. Hiss Demolition Experts are the only observed Hiss variations to wield the specially-built rocket propelled grenade that is designed to identify and track [REDACTED] entities once fired, making them a threat whose termination should be prioritized in combat scenarios. I find it remarkable that the Hiss restrict usage of this weapon to the Bureau personnel who trained specifically for its use. What does this tell us about its behavior? Can it not pass along new information to corrupted entities? Still too many unknowns.	”
— Excerpt from Hiss Research by Emily Pope

Gallery

A Hiss Demolition Expert with its primary weapon, a specialized rocket-propelled grenade launcher

A Hiss Demolition Expert taking aim with his weapon

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