Space Monkey

"Get your hands off me, you damned dirty ape!"

- Takeo Masaki after killing a space monkey that attacked him.

Space Monkeys are first introduced in Ascension. They are similar to the Pentagon Thief by stealing the players' weapons, except they steal the players' Perks in the form of attacking the various Perk machines. They replace the Hellhounds on this map. They wear space suits similar to the ones worn by regular zombies, and are likely zombified primates from the Soviet Space Program. The space monkeys will attack a perk machine until the player loses his/her perk. Once the machine has been disabled the player must re-buy the perk. Therefore, it would seem that the effect of Perks are linked to either the machines or the monkeys. If the players successfully kill all monkeys without having any machines attacked then they will drop a 'mystery cola' at the end of a round, giving the player a random perk. The monkeys arrive in rockets crashing onto the ground. It can be assumed that they are related in some way to Yuri Kravchski, due to an excerpt from his rant in the second radio message, "My intellect is ill served blasting a bunch of monkeys into the atmosphere!". It can also assumed that they have been exposed to 115, due to their glowing red eyes, and increased physical capabilities. This might also hint that the rockets were powered by 115.

It should be noted that if the player has obtained a Perk from the Mystery Cola and have not opened the area in which the Perk-A-Cola is in, the Space Monkeys will not attack that Perk Machine.

The best strategy for monkeys is the moment you see the red fog (which tells that monkeys are coming) separate and go to different perk-a-colas that players have. Shotguns are most effective against monkeys because of their spread when shot.

Trivia

 * When space monkeys die, they appear to release a red pulse of some kind.
 * The space monkeys use a modified model of the monkeys from Rebirth Island
 * Monkey rounds will only occur after at least one player has purchased a perk.
 * Unlike Hellhounds, they do as much damage as a Zombie.
 * The monkeys also appear to be resistant to the effects of the Thundergun, as they simply perform a back-flip and continue to attack the player. A second well placed, consecutive shot should kill them.
 * When a Gersch Device is used on the monkeys they willingly jump through the singularity, however this only teleports them to another part of the map and doesn't harm them at all. This may be due to the fact teleporters are programmed to teleport humans, and the monkeys are closely related.
 * Monkeys can destroy claymores without damaging themselves.
 * Monkeys cannot destroy a claymore if it is not level with them, so a claymore placed on a set of stairs can kill monkeys.
 * Monkeys can throw back fragmentation grenades, which usually renders them useless, unless a player cooks them.
 * It is still possible to kill space monkeys with grenades even though they throw them back at the player. To do this it must be cooked or you can kill them with a second grenade. (As they do a taunt after throwing the first, which leaves them defenceless for the second)
 * Monkeys have two different attacks, close range which is strong, and long range which will cause you to daze but weaken. Their attack can be dodged by keeping your distance and jumping before they slam the ground.
 * Attacking a Monkey that is attacking a Perk Machine will make it chase you.
 * In the first monkey wave, a single knife blow will kill it instantly.
 * If the players have PhD Flopper and they are out of ammo,it would be a good strategy to dive down a flight of stairs to kill the monkeys.
 * Space Monkeys can also throw back Matryoshka Dolls.
 * Space monkeys can hit you when they throw back a grenade like in multiplayer how you can hit someone with a grenade.

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