A Fiend is a Xeno caretaker. They run on all fours and are very small. They pounce on the player and attack him.

Overview

Fiends are very easy to kill and have energy shields. They have armor like most Xenos.

They hide in walls and can crawl on ceilings. This means they have claws, or gravitational technology that allows them to walk on ceilings and walls.

They feature in the first N.O.V.A. and N.O.V.A. 3; in the first N.O.V.A. they seem almost parrot like and tend to creep up on you, and burst through ceilings. They tend to run at you in both games. In N.O.V.A. 3, they seem almost like robot spiders, making clicking sounds. Player will often see them running underneath the glass in the Lost Ark, or spilling out through broken vents or small holes.

They announce their presence by a short wailing or clicking sounds. Within those few seconds, they will start to come. They are never alone, and, unlike in the first game, they explode (even if the explosion is rather small) upon death.

History

The fiends were developed by the Judgers first as engineered animals for terraforming and populating and fertilising dead planets. But as the Ark failed they escaped, and overrun the ship.

Gallery

Concept Art

Early concept art.

Screenshots

N.O.V.A.

An edited screenshot of the beginning of the level "(Un)Happy To Help" where two Fiends appear.

A brown variant of the Fiends exclusive to the New Ceres and Bunker levels.

A red variant of the Fiend exclusive to the Monolithic City levels.

A gray variant of a Fiend with a Red Demon.

N.O.V.A. (Java)

The Fiend in the Java game of N.O.V.A.

N.O.V.A. 3

The Fiend from NOVA 3. In the level lost ark.

N.O.V.A 3 (Java)

The Fiend in the Java game of N.O.V.A. 3, this time with a completely different design than the one in the 3D game.

Trivia

• They make metallic noises as they walk, a clinking, in N.O.V.A. 3.
• They resemble in both purpose and structure Grunts from Halo. Their strength relies on large mass attacks and are easy to kill. They also resemble Sentries from Conduit.
• In one of the promotional screenshots for N.O.V.A. for PSP, you can see a gray variant of a Fiend along with a Yellow Demon, However, this variant of the Fiend never appears in the game or in the PSP version of N.O.V.A.
• They are the second weakest enemy in the N.O.V.A. series.
• They almost always are in groups.
• They can be be destroyed in one Handgun shot in N.O.V.A. 3 at close range.
• It is currently unknown why they are used by the Xenos for fighting if they were originally meant for terraforming. They may be used to board ships as they seem to execel at navigating and ambushing aboard ships
• The original model apears similar to the xenomorph from Alien. Also they both are effective at attacking inside a ships.
• These creatures seem to explode like robots in N.O.V.A. 3.
• Many Players seemingly despise the Fiends for no particular reason, as far as to wish that they were never created in the first place.
• In N.O.V.A. 2 it is possible to hear some of the Fiends' noises in Aquarius even though they do not appear at any time in the game.