S-Trike

Our striking wheels come directly from M.A.S.A. They were engineered by the wildest minds of the Military Aeronautics and Space Administration

— In-game description.

The S-Trike is the first vehicle unit from the Factory and the fastest of all of them.

Information

The S-Trike’s movement speed is almost on par with the movement speed of Falcons. It’s attack tactic is to “get inside and go ape-style.” Once it is deployed, it will weave around bases, firing at anything it passes. Because of these two factors, S-Trikes are the most Mortar-resistant unit. When Mortars fire, the S-Trike it was targeting will have already moved out of range of the Mortar bomb. After that, it’s all luck whether or not the Mortar bomb hits anything. Cannon Blasts function similarly to Mortars, so S-Trikes will also be able to dodge their bombs, to a lesser degree, however (Cannon Blast bombs move faster). Turrets target Mechanized units, making S-Trikes a candidate to distract units. Bunkers filled with fast units (Falcons), targeting units (Bazookas, Colossus', and even Wasps) or Air Units will quickly get rid of S-Trikes. Sniper Towers and Laser Towers will also quickly take out S-Trikes. Upgrading S-Trikes to level 4 upwards will give massive health and damage increases, but also huge price increases.

Very fast, similar to a ground version of Falcons.
Low damage and health at low levels, making them easy to destroy, but after level 3, S-Trikes become one of the best units in the game, both damage, health, and cost-wise.
They have one of the highest damage output at a higher level.
Firebit attacks you with 4 of these early in the game
First unit to be unlocked in Factory
Stops in front of enemy bunker units to destroy them (works the same way if placed in bunkers)
It doesn't shoot at buildings while on the way to it's next target. When buildings are far apart, there is a delay in which the S-Trike does not attack anything.
Expensive to upgrade from level four upwards. Highest price to upgrade to max level in the game currently, at 97,708,117 and 110,000 to unlock level 7 S-Trikes
Massive cost increases prevent S-Trikes from becoming overpowered
Before the Doomsday Event, S-Trikes did not work in bunkers. After the event, however, a bug fix was released, making S-Trikes better in bunkers. They can still only attack ground units though.

News

S-Trikes were approved (on the Galaxy Life app) on 7/18/12
S-Trikes were released on Facebook on 8/2/12
Based on Moto Akira Anime Protagonist (The Protagonist is Shotaro Kaneda).

Tips

If an enemy base is completely walled (no opening in the wall) and you deploy S-Trikes outside the wall, S-Trikes will move to the nearest corner and start shooting at it. A good way to counter this is to use Kamikazes to destroy the wall first.
Good for Alliance Wars due to short build time. At level 4, it's also very cheap (damage vs cost)
be aware of levels 6-7 as it increases the time!
Easily dodges Mortars and Cannon Blasts to a lesser degree.
Destroyed easily by Sniper Towers, Laser Towers, Colossus, and Zeppelins.
If you have too many minerals, unlocking and upgrading S-Trikes is one of the best ways to spend it.
Best unit for distracting Defensive Buildings, as well as units in bunkers (with the exception of Falcons, as they target infantry.
Works best in large groups.
Its weakness is many Falcons, Zeppelins, and Colossus or simply, Air Units(except the Hoover UFO) and powerful/strong ground units.
Freeze Turrets combined with Mortars will utterly destroy S-Trikes. Use Moles or Falcons/Air Units except for the Hoover UFO and Mender to destroy them!
Blue Traps and Flytraps can be fairly effective against S-trikes.
Much better to use than beetle tanks when leveling 3 as they are too slow as high range units/turrets can destroy them and the cannons of the turrets are undetected. In Level 3-7, There is a large health pool and a difference from beetle tanks, They deal With explosive damage to buildings and like the bazooka, it has a high range. but even if the Beetle Tank has a large health pool, S-Trikes have a bigger Heath Pool.
They are the vehicle version of Bazookas, as it releases Rockets and bazookas, and has a high range, similar to the relationship between Looters and Hoovers.

Upgrades

To see detailed info of how to unlock each level, consult the Laboratory page.

Level	Training time	Cost	Health	Damage^{[note 1]}	Fire rate	Speed	Range
1	3m	2,115	1,700	200	0.43/Sec	2.2	150 (13.64 tiles)
2	3m	5,600	2,700	200	0.77/Sec
3	5m	16,250	3,800	500
4	7m 30s	38,000	3,800	1,000		2.5
5	10m	44,640	5,000	1,000	1.25/Sec
6	15m	106,020	8,000	1,500	1.25/Sec
7	20m	127,224	10,000	1,800	1.66/Sec

↑ S-Trikes fire two shots at a building per pass, which lets it deal double damage to all targets.

Videos

Teaser video

Unit gameplay trailer

Gallery

S-trike front
S-trike Alternative Render (Picture of Level 1-6 S-trike)
S-trike Medal
S-trike riding animation
S-trike shooting animation
S-Trike Concept Art(Similar through the Moto akira art)
A new Wallpaper of the S-Trike
S-Trike at the loading screen
S-Trike Promotion
S-Trike on GL Xmas Poster(Appeared as a flying unit that appears like Santa's Ride)
S-trike shooting animation
S-trike In-Game