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|pilot          =[[Nathan Lind]] and unnamed [[Apex Cybernetics]] employees
|pilot          =[[Nathan Lind]], [[Apex Cybernetics|Apex]] employees{{sup|[[Godzilla vs. Kong|GvK]]}}, <br>Mikael, [[Trapper Beasley]]{{sup|[[Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire|GxK]]}}
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The '''Hollow Earth Aerial Vehicle''', abbreviated '''HEAV''', is an antigravity craft designed by [[Apex Cybernetics]] to traverse the [[Hollow Earth]] in ''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]''.  
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The '''HEAV''' {{Nihongo|ヒーヴ|Hīvu}}, an acronym for '''Hollow Earth Aerial Vehicle''', is an anti-gravity craft designed by [[Apex Cybernetics]] to traverse the [[Hollow Earth]] in the [[2021]] [[Legendary Pictures]] film ''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]''. It reappeared in the film's [[2024]] sequel ''[[Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire]]'', bearing an updated design.
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==Name==
==Name==
In ''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]'', HEAV is an acronym for "'''H'''ollow '''E'''arth '''A'''erial '''V'''ehicle." However, packaging for [[Playmates]]' 6-inch [[Skullcrawler]] and [[Mechagodzilla/Legendary|Mechagodzilla]] figures expand it as '''H'''ollow '''E'''arth '''A'''nti-Gravity '''V'''ehicle,<ref>[[File:Skullcrawler back.jpeg|150px]][[File:Playmates Mechagodzilla packaging back.jpg|150px]]</ref> possibly an early production name.
In ''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]'', HEAV is established to be an acronym for "'''H'''ollow '''E'''arth '''A'''erial '''V'''ehicle." However, packaging for [[Playmates]]' 6-inch [[Skullcrawler]] and [[Mechagodzilla (Monsterverse)|Mechagodzilla]] figures expand it as '''H'''ollow '''E'''arth '''A'''nti-Gravity '''V'''ehicle,<ref>[[File:Skullcrawler back.jpeg|150px]][[File:Playmates Mechagodzilla packaging back.jpg|150px]]</ref> possibly an early production name.
==Development==
==Development==
The HEAV originally had a small role in ''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]'', deploying a HETV (Hollow Earth Terrestrial Vehicle) where the explorers spent most of their time.<ref name="TAoGvK">{{cite book|author=Wallace, Daniel|title=[[Godzilla vs. Kong: One Will Fall - The Art of the Ultimate Battle Royale]]|date=21 May 2021|publisher=Insight Editions|page=78-79|isbn=1-64-722140-4}}</ref> Script revisions removed the need for the HETV. Michael Meyers and Simon Murton designed the HEAV, with Murton drawing on the way beetles retract their legs while flying.
The HEAV originally had a small role in ''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]'', deploying a HETV (Hollow Earth Terrestrial Vehicle) where the explorers spent most of their time.<ref name="TAoGvK">{{cite book|author=Wallace, Daniel|title=[[Godzilla vs. Kong: One Will Fall - The Art of the Ultimate Battle Royale]]|date=21 May 2021|publisher=Insight Editions|page=78-79|isbn=1-64-722140-4}}</ref> Script revisions removed the need for the HETV. Michael Meyers and Simon Murton designed the HEAV, with Murton drawing on the way beetles retract their legs while flying.
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The film's construction department built a full-sized HEAV for certain exterior shots, with a gimbal-mounted cockpit set built for interiors. The ''Macross'' series inspired the missile barrage one HEAV unleashed upon a [[Warbat]].<ref>''Godzilla vs. Kong'' audio commentary by Adam Wingard.</ref>  
The film's construction department built a full-sized HEAV for certain exterior shots, with a gimbal-mounted cockpit set built for interiors. The ''Macross'' series inspired the missile barrage one HEAV unleashed upon a [[Warbat]].<ref>''Godzilla vs. Kong'' audio commentary by Adam Wingard.</ref>  
==History==
==History==
===[[MonsterVerse]]===
===[[Monsterverse]]===
====''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]''====
====''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]''====
Shortly after [[Godzilla/Legendary|Godzilla]] attacked an [[Apex Cybernetics]] facility in [[Pensacola]], Florida, CEO [[Walter Simmons]] and Chief Technology Officer [[Ren Serizawa]] dropped in on Professor [[Nathan Lind]] at Denham University in Philadelphia, where they expressed their interest in Lind's studies of the [[Hollow Earth]]. They revealed that scans of the planet's core revealed a powerful energy source, much like the energy possessed by Godzilla, that sustained the Hollow Earth's ecosystem. They proposed a joint Apex-[[Monarch]] mission to the Hollow Earth using the company's new Hollow Earth Aerial Vehicles, or HEAVs. These HEAVs would allow the expedition members to survive the gravity inversion experienced when entering the Hollow Earth, which had killed Lind's brother when he tried to lead an expedition there earlier. There, they could harvest this energy and create a weapon capable of defeating Godzilla. Convinced, Lind proposed that a [[Titan]] may be able to lead them to the energy source due to genetic memory, which drew the Titans back to the location where they originated. The Titan he had in mind was [[King Kong/Legendary|Kong]], and he turned to his former colleague Dr. [[Ilene Andrews]] and the young [[Iwi]] girl [[Jia]] for help securing his cooperation. Apex approved the mission, sending Simmons' daughter [[Maia Simmons|Maia]] to oversee it, while also providing three HEAVs. She boasted that their engines "produce[d] enough charge to light up Vegas for a week."
Shortly after [[Godzilla (Monsterverse)|Godzilla]] attacked an [[Apex Cybernetics]] facility in [[Pensacola]], Florida, CEO [[Walter Simmons]] and Chief Technology Officer [[Ren Serizawa]] dropped in on Professor [[Nathan Lind]] at Denham University in Philadelphia, where they expressed their interest in Lind's studies of the [[Hollow Earth]]. They revealed that scans of the planet's core revealed a powerful energy source, much like the energy possessed by Godzilla, that sustained the Hollow Earth's ecosystem. They proposed a joint Apex-[[Monarch]] mission to the Hollow Earth using the company's new Hollow Earth Aerial Vehicles, or HEAVs. These HEAVs would allow the expedition members to survive the gravity inversion experienced when entering the Hollow Earth, which had killed Lind's brother when he tried to lead an expedition there earlier. There, they could harvest this energy and create a weapon capable of defeating Godzilla. Convinced, Lind proposed that a [[Titan]] may be able to lead them to the energy source due to genetic memory, which drew the Titans back to the location where they originated. The Titan he had in mind was [[King Kong (Monsterverse)|Kong]], and he turned to his former colleague Dr. [[Ilene Andrews]] and the young [[Iwi]] girl [[Jia]] for help securing his cooperation. Apex approved the mission, sending Simmons' daughter [[Maia Simmons|Maia]] to oversee it, while also providing three HEAVs. She boasted that their engines "produce[d] enough charge to light up Vegas for a week."


After Godzilla attacked the fleet transporting Kong to [[Antarctica]], leaving the Titan badly beaten and most of the ships in ruins, helicopters transported him the rest of the way. The HEAVs followed him into a Vile Vortex provided access to the Hollow Earth. After passing through it, their engines briefly lost power, but restarted just in time to avoid crashing. As they followed Kong, a [[Warbat]] ambushed one of the HEAVs and bit down on it, destroying it instantly. Kong grabbed it before it could attack the ship carrying Lind, Andrews, Jia, and Simmons, and quickly killed it. When a second Warbat threatened to suffocate him with its hood, Lind ordered his HEAV to fire a barrage of missiles at it. Pained, it loosened its grip, allowed Kong to recover and beat it to death.
After Godzilla attacked the fleet transporting Kong to [[Antarctica]], leaving the Titan badly beaten and most of the ships in ruins, helicopters transported him the rest of the way. The HEAVs followed him into a Vile Vortex provided access to the Hollow Earth. After passing through it, their engines briefly lost power, but restarted just in time to avoid crashing. As they followed Kong, a [[Warbat]] ambushed one of the HEAVs and bit down on it, destroying it instantly. Kong grabbed it before it could attack the ship carrying Lind, Andrews, Jia, and Simmons, and quickly killed it. When a second Warbat threatened to suffocate him with its hood, Lind ordered his HEAV to fire a barrage of missiles at it. Pained, it loosened its grip, allowed Kong to recover and beat it to death.


After feeding on the monster, Kong continued on a determined path. He soon located an enormous temple built by his ancestors. Inside, he found a massive axe that glowed with blue energy. Kong set the it into a depression, which caused the ground to begin glowing with the same blue energy. Apex immediately unleashed a drone to begin extracting and analyzing the substance in the ground. When Lind and Andrews tried to stop them, Maia had her men point their firearms at them and [[Jia]], causing Kong to roar angrily at them in their defense. Suddenly, Godzilla's atomic breath burst into the Hollow Earth, aggravating the [[Hellhawk]]s roosting overhead and causing them to attack everyone. Maia and her men escaped in a HEAV, but made the mistake of firing on Kong, who caught the HEAV and crushed it in his hand, killing Maia. After Kong traveled to the surface to battle Godzilla in [[Hong Kong]], Lind, Andrews, and Jia followed in the final HEAV, narrowing avoiding Godzilla's atomic breath. Godzilla triumphed over Kong, leaving him for dead, but found himself outmatched by [[Mechagodzilla/Legendary|Mechagodzilla]], Apex's ultimate weapon gone rogue after receiving the energy from the Hollow Earth. Recalling Simmons's comment about the HEAV's energy outpost, Lind landed the ship on Kong's chest and set it to self-destruct, product an electrical charge which restarted his heart. With Jia's encouragement, he ran to Godzilla's aid.
After feeding on the monster, Kong continued on a determined path. He soon located an enormous temple built by his ancestors. Inside, he found a massive [[Kong's battle axe|axe]] that glowed with blue energy. Kong set the it into a depression, which caused the ground to begin glowing with the same blue energy. Apex immediately unleashed a drone to begin extracting and analyzing the substance in the ground. When Lind and Andrews tried to stop them, Maia had her men point their firearms at them and [[Jia]], causing Kong to roar angrily at them in their defense. Suddenly, Godzilla's atomic breath burst into the Hollow Earth, aggravating the [[Hellhawk]]s roosting overhead and causing them to attack everyone. Maia and her men escaped in a HEAV, but made the mistake of firing on Kong, who caught the HEAV and crushed it in his hand, killing Maia. After Kong traveled to the surface to battle Godzilla in [[Hong Kong]], Lind, Andrews, and Jia followed in the final HEAV, narrowing avoiding Godzilla's atomic breath. Godzilla triumphed over Kong, leaving him for dead, but found himself outmatched by [[Mechagodzilla (Monsterverse)|Mechagodzilla]], Apex's ultimate weapon gone rogue after receiving the energy from the Hollow Earth. Recalling Simmons's comment about the HEAV's energy outpost, Lind landed the ship on Kong's chest and set it to self-destruct, product an electrical charge which restarted his heart. With Jia's encouragement, he ran to Godzilla's aid.
====''[[Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire]]''====
To be added.
 
==Capabilities==
==Capabilities==
===Flight===
===Flight===
The HEAVs are equipped with antigravity engines which allowed them to keep pace with [[King Kong/Legendary|Kong]] as he dashed through the [[Hollow Earth]]. Their energy output is immense, allowing Professor [[Nathan Lind]] to restart Kong's heart by landing a HEAV on his chest and setting it to self-destruct.
The HEAVs are equipped with antigravity engines which allowed them to keep pace with [[King Kong (Monsterverse)|Kong]] as he dashed through the [[Hollow Earth]]. Their energy output is immense, allowing Professor [[Nathan Lind]] to restart Kong's heart by landing a HEAV on his chest and setting it to self-destruct.
===Missiles===
===Missiles===
The HEAVs possess a hidden eight-cell and four-cell missile launcher above each front engine. A barrage of these missiles caused a [[Warbat]] to loosen its grip on Kong.
The HEAVs possess a hidden eight-cell and four-cell missile launcher above each front engine. These missiles have camera lenses on their noses, indicating that they are guided. A barrage of these missiles caused a [[Warbat]] to loosen its grip on Kong.
===Machine guns===
===Machine guns===
Two retractable machine guns on the bottom of each ship round out the HEAVs' arsenal. These weapons merely annoyed Kong, prompting him to destroy [[Maia Simmons]]'s HEAV. They resemble [[wikipedia:M230 chain gun|M230 chain guns]] chambered for [[wikipedia:30 mm caliber|30mm]] [[wikipedia:Autocannon|autocannon]] rounds, specifically 30×113mmB.<ref name="GvK IMDb">[http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Kong Godzilla vs. Kong - Internet Movie Firearm Database]</ref>
Two retractable machine guns on the bottom of each ship round out the HEAVs' arsenal. These weapons merely annoyed Kong, prompting him to destroy [[Maia Simmons]]'s HEAV. They resemble [[wikipedia:M230 chain gun|M230 chain guns]] chambered for [[wikipedia:30 mm caliber|30mm]] [[wikipedia:Autocannon|autocannon]] rounds, specifically 30×113mmB.<ref name="GvK IMDb">[http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Kong Godzilla vs. Kong - Internet Movie Firearm Database]</ref>
===Durability===
===Durability===
The HEAVs were designed to survive the crushing gravitational inversion of the Vile Vortex leading to the Hollow Earth. However, two of the ships were easily crushed by a Warbat's teeth and Kong's grip.
The HEAVs were designed to survive the crushing gravitational inversion of the Vile Vortex leading to the Hollow Earth. However, two of the ships were easily crushed by a Warbat's teeth and Kong's grip.
===Camouflage and mimicry===
The Bio-Mimic HEAV is able to alter the coloration of its hull to blend in with its surrounding, even mimicking the appearance of nearby monsters. In ''[[Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire]]'', [[Trapper Beasley]] used this feature to make the HEAV imitate a [[Vertacine]], even leading them into battle against [[Skar King]]'s army.
==Video games==
*''[[Funko Pop! Blitz]]'' (2019; added in 2021) - Android, iOS <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[King Kong (Monsterverse)|Kong]] ([[Kong's battle axe|Battle Axe]]) stickers]
*''[[Pinball FX]]'' (2023) - PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Steam, Epic Games
*''[[Minecraft: Bedrock Edition]]'' (2011; added in 2024) - Windows 10, Windows 11, Xbox One, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Fire OS/TV, Android, iOS, Windows Mobile, Samsung Gear VR
*''[[Lords Mobile]]'' (2016; added in 2024) - Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, iPadOS, Fire OS
<gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small">
File:LM daily login bonus.png|HEAV in ''[[Lords Mobile]]''
File:2024-03-21 144618.png|HEAVs in ''[[Lords Mobile]]''
</gallery>
==Books==
*''[[Godzilla vs. Kong: The Official Movie Novelization]]'' (2021)
*''[[Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire - The Official Movie Novelization]]'' (2024)
==Comics==
*''[[Godzilla x Kong: The Hunted]]'' (2024)
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
===Concept art===
===Concept art===
====''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]''====
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<gallery widths='120' position='center' captionalign='center' spacing='small' orientation='landscape'>
IMG 20210413 173051.jpg|Concept art by Dean Sherriff
IMG 20210413 173051.jpg|Concept art by Dean Sherriff
File:godzilla-vs-kong-Concept-ART-12.jpg|Concept art by Dean Sherriff
File:godzilla-vs-kong-Concept-ART-12.jpg|Concept art by Dean Sherriff
File:Nick-keller-apex-setantarcticabuildings-paintovers-v02-002-nk-copy.jpg|Concept art by [https://www.artstation.com/nickkeller Nick Keller]
</gallery>
====''[[Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire]]''====
<gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small">
File:GxKHEAV1.jpg|Concept art by [https://www.artstation.com/mrcid Matthew Cunningham]
File:GxKHEAV2.jpg|Concept art by [https://www.artstation.com/mrcid Matthew Cunningham]
File:GxKHEAV3.jpg|Concept art by [https://www.artstation.com/mrcid Matthew Cunningham]
File:GxKHEAV4.jpg|Concept art by [https://www.artstation.com/mrcid Matthew Cunningham]
</gallery>
</gallery>


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===Screenshots===
===Screenshots===
====''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]''====
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</gallery>
====''[[Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire]]''====
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File:GxK - HEAV.png
File:GxK - Hollow Earth entrance.png
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File:GxK - Entring Hollow Earth.png
File:GxK - Entring Hollow Earth 2.png
File:GxK - Kong and HEAV.png
</gallery>
===Merchandise===
===Merchandise===
<gallery widths='120' position='center' captionalign='center' spacing='small' orientation='landscape'>
<gallery widths='120' position='center' captionalign='center' spacing='small' orientation='landscape'>
Skullcrawler with HEV.jpg|[[Playmates]] [[Skullcrawler]] with HEAV
Skullcrawler with HEV.jpg|[[Playmates]] 6" [[Skullcrawler]] with HEAV
Playmates 6-inch Mechagodzilla1.jpg|Playmates 6" [[Mechagodzilla/Legendary|Mechagodzilla]] with HEAV
Playmates 6-inch Mechagodzilla1.jpg|Playmates 6" [[Mechagodzilla (Monsterverse)|Mechagodzilla]] with HEAV
File:GXK 6INCH Kong - 4.jpg|Playmates 6" [[King Kong (Monsterverse)|Kong]] with [[B.E.A.S.T. Glove]] and HEAV
File:GCJvMMzW0AAJdP0.jpg|Playmates Kong vs. [[Skar King]] diorama set
Prime 1 Studio GvK Diorama HEAV.jpg|The HEAV miniature from Prime 1 Studio's ''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]'' diorama
Prime 1 Studio GvK Diorama HEAV.jpg|The HEAV miniature from Prime 1 Studio's ''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]'' diorama
File:Kong2021-evex-hires-5.jpg|[[S.H. MonsterArts]] HEAVs, packaged with [[King Kong (Monsterverse)|Kong]] Exclusive Edition
File:GxK RIPPLE JUNCTION 5.jpg
File:GxK RIPPLE JUNCTION 6.jpg
File:GxK T-Shirt Monarch H.E.A.png
File:GxK Women's Fit T-Shirt Monarch H.E.A.png
</gallery>
</gallery>
==Trivia==
*The HEAV's missile have camera lenses on their nose for [[wikipedia:Missile guidance|guidance systems]]. What kind of guidance the missiles used is unknown.
*The HEAV's machine guns resemble M230 chain guns. The M230 can fire a variety of 30×113mmB rounds that come in [[wikipedia:High-explosive dual-purpose|high-explosive dual-purpose]] rounds such as the M789 (HEDP) and [[wikipedia:High-explosive incendiary|high-explosive incendiary]] rounds such as M799 (HEI), respectively.


===Miscellaneous===
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File:GNK-Antigravity-Craft-300x300.png|HEAV NFT model by Terra Virtua
File:Card_HAGCraft.jpg
</gallery>
==References==
==References==
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Hollow Earth Aerial Vehicle (HEAV)
A HEAV in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
A HEAV in Godzilla vs. Kong
Alternate names H.E.A.V., Hollow Earth Anti-Gravity Vehicle, Antigravity Craft[1], Bio-Mimic HEAV[2]
Piloted by Nathan Lind, Apex employeesGvK,
Mikael, Trapper BeasleyGxK
First appearance Latest appearance
Godzilla vs. Kong Godzilla x Kong:
The New Empire
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The HEAV (ヒーヴ,   Hīvu), an acronym for Hollow Earth Aerial Vehicle, is an anti-gravity craft designed by Apex Cybernetics to traverse the Hollow Earth in the 2021 Legendary Pictures film Godzilla vs. Kong. It reappeared in the film's 2024 sequel Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, bearing an updated design.

Name

In Godzilla vs. Kong, HEAV is established to be an acronym for "Hollow Earth Aerial Vehicle." However, packaging for Playmates' 6-inch Skullcrawler and Mechagodzilla figures expand it as Hollow Earth Anti-Gravity Vehicle,[3] possibly an early production name.

Development

The HEAV originally had a small role in Godzilla vs. Kong, deploying a HETV (Hollow Earth Terrestrial Vehicle) where the explorers spent most of their time.[4] Script revisions removed the need for the HETV. Michael Meyers and Simon Murton designed the HEAV, with Murton drawing on the way beetles retract their legs while flying.

The film's construction department built a full-sized HEAV for certain exterior shots, with a gimbal-mounted cockpit set built for interiors. The Macross series inspired the missile barrage one HEAV unleashed upon a Warbat.[5]

History

Monsterverse

Godzilla vs. Kong

Shortly after Godzilla attacked an Apex Cybernetics facility in Pensacola, Florida, CEO Walter Simmons and Chief Technology Officer Ren Serizawa dropped in on Professor Nathan Lind at Denham University in Philadelphia, where they expressed their interest in Lind's studies of the Hollow Earth. They revealed that scans of the planet's core revealed a powerful energy source, much like the energy possessed by Godzilla, that sustained the Hollow Earth's ecosystem. They proposed a joint Apex-Monarch mission to the Hollow Earth using the company's new Hollow Earth Aerial Vehicles, or HEAVs. These HEAVs would allow the expedition members to survive the gravity inversion experienced when entering the Hollow Earth, which had killed Lind's brother when he tried to lead an expedition there earlier. There, they could harvest this energy and create a weapon capable of defeating Godzilla. Convinced, Lind proposed that a Titan may be able to lead them to the energy source due to genetic memory, which drew the Titans back to the location where they originated. The Titan he had in mind was Kong, and he turned to his former colleague Dr. Ilene Andrews and the young Iwi girl Jia for help securing his cooperation. Apex approved the mission, sending Simmons' daughter Maia to oversee it, while also providing three HEAVs. She boasted that their engines "produce[d] enough charge to light up Vegas for a week."

After Godzilla attacked the fleet transporting Kong to Antarctica, leaving the Titan badly beaten and most of the ships in ruins, helicopters transported him the rest of the way. The HEAVs followed him into a Vile Vortex provided access to the Hollow Earth. After passing through it, their engines briefly lost power, but restarted just in time to avoid crashing. As they followed Kong, a Warbat ambushed one of the HEAVs and bit down on it, destroying it instantly. Kong grabbed it before it could attack the ship carrying Lind, Andrews, Jia, and Simmons, and quickly killed it. When a second Warbat threatened to suffocate him with its hood, Lind ordered his HEAV to fire a barrage of missiles at it. Pained, it loosened its grip, allowed Kong to recover and beat it to death.

After feeding on the monster, Kong continued on a determined path. He soon located an enormous temple built by his ancestors. Inside, he found a massive axe that glowed with blue energy. Kong set the it into a depression, which caused the ground to begin glowing with the same blue energy. Apex immediately unleashed a drone to begin extracting and analyzing the substance in the ground. When Lind and Andrews tried to stop them, Maia had her men point their firearms at them and Jia, causing Kong to roar angrily at them in their defense. Suddenly, Godzilla's atomic breath burst into the Hollow Earth, aggravating the Hellhawks roosting overhead and causing them to attack everyone. Maia and her men escaped in a HEAV, but made the mistake of firing on Kong, who caught the HEAV and crushed it in his hand, killing Maia. After Kong traveled to the surface to battle Godzilla in Hong Kong, Lind, Andrews, and Jia followed in the final HEAV, narrowing avoiding Godzilla's atomic breath. Godzilla triumphed over Kong, leaving him for dead, but found himself outmatched by Mechagodzilla, Apex's ultimate weapon gone rogue after receiving the energy from the Hollow Earth. Recalling Simmons's comment about the HEAV's energy outpost, Lind landed the ship on Kong's chest and set it to self-destruct, product an electrical charge which restarted his heart. With Jia's encouragement, he ran to Godzilla's aid.

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

To be added.

Capabilities

Flight

The HEAVs are equipped with antigravity engines which allowed them to keep pace with Kong as he dashed through the Hollow Earth. Their energy output is immense, allowing Professor Nathan Lind to restart Kong's heart by landing a HEAV on his chest and setting it to self-destruct.

Missiles

The HEAVs possess a hidden eight-cell and four-cell missile launcher above each front engine. These missiles have camera lenses on their noses, indicating that they are guided. A barrage of these missiles caused a Warbat to loosen its grip on Kong.

Machine guns

Two retractable machine guns on the bottom of each ship round out the HEAVs' arsenal. These weapons merely annoyed Kong, prompting him to destroy Maia Simmons's HEAV. They resemble M230 chain guns chambered for 30mm autocannon rounds, specifically 30×113mmB.[6]

Durability

The HEAVs were designed to survive the crushing gravitational inversion of the Vile Vortex leading to the Hollow Earth. However, two of the ships were easily crushed by a Warbat's teeth and Kong's grip.

Camouflage and mimicry

The Bio-Mimic HEAV is able to alter the coloration of its hull to blend in with its surrounding, even mimicking the appearance of nearby monsters. In Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Trapper Beasley used this feature to make the HEAV imitate a Vertacine, even leading them into battle against Skar King's army.

Video games

  • Funko Pop! Blitz (2019; added in 2021) - Android, iOS [Kong (Battle Axe) stickers]
  • Pinball FX (2023) - PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Steam, Epic Games
  • Minecraft: Bedrock Edition (2011; added in 2024) - Windows 10, Windows 11, Xbox One, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Fire OS/TV, Android, iOS, Windows Mobile, Samsung Gear VR
  • Lords Mobile (2016; added in 2024) - Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, iPadOS, Fire OS

Books

Comics

Gallery

Concept art

Godzilla vs. Kong

  • Concept art by Dean Sherriff

    Concept art by Dean Sherriff

  • Concept art by Dean Sherriff

    Concept art by Dean Sherriff

  • Concept art by Nick Keller

    Concept art by Nick Keller

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

Production

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Screenshots

Godzilla vs. Kong

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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

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Merchandise

Miscellaneous

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    HEAV NFT model by Terra Virtua

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References

This is a list of references for HEAV. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. ↑ "Godzilla Vs Kong Monster Collection - Terra Virtua Blog". Terra Virtua.
  2. ↑ B.E.A.S.T-Glove.png
  3. ↑ Skullcrawler back.jpegPlaymates Mechagodzilla packaging back.jpg
  4. ↑ Wallace, Daniel (21 May 2021). Godzilla vs. Kong: One Will Fall - The Art of the Ultimate Battle Royale. Insight Editions. p. 78-79. ISBN 1-64-722140-4.
  5. ↑ Godzilla vs. Kong audio commentary by Adam Wingard.
  6. ↑ Godzilla vs. Kong - Internet Movie Firearm Database

 
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