Dave's Cultsmen

Dave's Cultsmen
Dave's Cultsmen as they appear in Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense
Name(s):	Dorkiel, others are unknown
Age(s):	19-33
Appearances:	Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense
Vehicle:	Xanadu RV
Special Weapon:	Super Invasion
Alignment:	Vigilante

The Xanadu RV as it appears in Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense.

Dave's Cultsmen are a fictional trio of characters appearing in Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense.

Overview

After Dave goes on to live with aliens, he achieves the status of legend among other hippies who want to follow in his footsteps. Of all of his followers, Dorkiel and his two unnamed friends seem to be the closest to achieving their goal of contacting with aliens, and will not rest until they do so. While trying to contact Dave in his RV, Dorkiel comes up with the idea that in order to receive a signal from Dave they must retrace his steps. And so, with a goal in mind, the Henchmen take a spiritual trip around the southwest in search of a signal. Their first stop, to visit the man that guided Dave throughout the auto wars: Convoy.

Ending

Dave's Cultsmen do not have a Questline for Quest Mode, therefore do not have an ending.

Vehicle & Statistics

Dave's Cultsmen bop around in the Xanadu RV, a vehicle that's somewhat slow and has above average armor.

Acceleration:	IIIII
Top Speed:	IIIIIIII
Armor:	IIIIIIIIIIIIII
Avoidance:	IIIIII
Reverse Top Speed:	Average

Special Weapon

Dave's Cultsmen's Special Weapon is Super Invasion, a compact radar dish, that when activated, summon three UFOs that descend from above around the Cultsmen's RV, and within that area, closest they can to the targeted enemy, which head towards them to repeatedly crash into them for a short amount of time. The UFOs deal weak damage, but can hit rapidly, dealing overall from low, to great damage (depending on the number of times each UFO hit the opponent). They may bump and bounce away when hitting a vehicle, but if given the chance, for instance, against a vehicle that is stationary, or held in place, they can shred. The UFOs appear to deal continuous damage, such as when they hook under the bottom of a vehicle when it is right side up for example. Each UFO can also Whammy on their first hit, but only on their first hit; any later hits will not Whammy, regardless if their first hit had gotten a Whammy or not.

Trivia

• Dave's Cultsmen's Special Weapon is identical to Dave's Special Weapon in Vigilante 8, but there are a few differences.
  • Dave's Cultsmen's have a limited spawn range, where as Dave's has unlimited spawn range. The furthest that the UFOs from the former can spawn from, is within the first ring from the center on the radar (based on when the vehicle isn't tilted; every other thing that appears on the radar like allies, enemies, (and quest items that show on the radar specifically in the N64 version), are affected on how they appear on the player's radar based on if the player's own vehicle is tilted sideways/forwards/backwards; however, this has no effect on the range of which the saucers spawn from).
  • The saucer UFOs from Dave's Special Weapon deal quite a bit of knockback, while the ones from the Cultsmen's deal much less, dealing little (Whether it's the attack itself or not maybe a little unclear, as everything that dealt knockback in the first game, like area of effects seen from the Mortar's Crater Maker combo, or structures, deal less of it, including even the building that shoots players out after entering it in the Sand Factory map being shot out for less distance).
• According to Dave's Cultsmen's bio in Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense, Dave and Dave's Cultsmen's hometown is Santa Cruz, California.
• In the Dreamcast version, the Xanadu RV looks significantly more run down and damaged than in the Nintendo 64 and Playstation versions.

Quotes

2nd Offense:

• "Lead the way, oh Dave!"
• "The proof is out there!"
• "(humming) Come on, show us a sign, man!"
• "Invasion!"
• "Far out!"
• "Join us! Join us!"
• "(humming) Dave will deliver you!"
• "Give up your earthly possessions, now!"
• "Lights! We see lights in the sky!"
• "(humming) This just sucks, man!"
• "We're stray, we're not worthy!"

Japanese Version

• Yee-hoo!