Penguin

The Penguin is a replacement for the Snark in the CTF multiplayer game mode of Half-Life: Opposing Force. It is used as a biological weapon that can be found in nests (each one containing 3), having the appearance of a snowman holding a sign that reads "Beware the Penguins!".

The penguin has a grenade attached to it, and thus is much more powerful than the snark due to the devastating explosion, and the penguin also travels farther when thrown. However, as a downside, multiple penguins are thrown slower than snarks, as only one can be thrown every 2 seconds compared to 0.3 seconds for the snarks. Furthermore, a maximum of 9 penguin can be carried at a time compared to 15 for the snarks.

Trivia

 * Penguins can be obtained via the cheat console in singleplayer mode, along with the standard snarks. However, it can only be done with the "give weapon_penguin" command, since the "impulse 101" command than normally gives all weapons does not include the penguin.

List of appearances

 * Half-Life: Opposing Force