Obelisk



The Obelisk is a heavily armored and shielded dome capable of self teleportation and projecting a strong energy wall. The wall itself allows other Illuminates to pass through but stops everything else. Fortunately the Obelisk exposes its core when projecting the wall and the only defence remaining is the shield.

Tactics
Predominately found on medium to high level planets, Obelisks teleport onto the battlefield alone wherever Observers or Watchers have raised an alarm to warn of a Helldiver's presence.

After spawning, Obelisks will project an energy wall at the nearest player or piece of equipment (such as a M5-32 HAV) - this is a powerful attack which will instantly kill or destroy anything in its path which happens to be moving towards the Obelisk at the time. Stationary players or equipment will still be targeted by the Obelisk but the energy wall will stop short and do no damage.

The wall also blocks player movement and weapons fire while still allowing Illuminate forces to move through and attack Helldivers.

Obelisks have extremely thick armor which can only be damaged with anti-tank weapons or stratagems (such as the REC-6 Demolisher), fortunately this armor is dropped whenever the Obelisk projects its energy wall - this exposes the shielded core of the enemy, which players can target with conventional weapons. However, if Helldivers don't destroy the core quickly enough, the Obelisk will raise its armor again and teleport to another location.

The LIFT-850 Jump Pack allows players to leap over the Obelisk's energy wall.