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| type = Mechanoid
 
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| movespeed = 2.5
 
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| production facility 1 = Large mech gestator
 
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'''Pikemen''' are a type of slow-moving, long range [[mechanoid]].  
 
'''Pikemen''' are a type of slow-moving, long range [[mechanoid]].  
  
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==Summary==
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== Occurrence ==
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{{Stub|section=1|reason = General. Ensure parity with other non-commander mechs, whatever standard you or others might decide to set.}}
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Raids = Yes. When?
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Ancient shrines = Yes
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Clusters = Yes
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Diabolus summons = Waves 2, 3, 6
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War queen summons = Waves 1, 3, 5
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Apocriton summons = No.
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== Acquisition ==
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{{Biotech|section=1}}
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{{Acquisition}}
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Dead, friendly {{lc:{{PAGENAME}}}}s can also be resurrected at the {{lc:{{P|Production Facility 1}}}} using the "''Resurrect medium mechanoid''" bill. This requires the corpse of the friendly {{PAGENAME}}, {{Icon Small|Steel||50}} [[steel]], and 1 [[gestation cycle]] taking {{ticks|1800}} to initiate.
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== Summary ==
 
{{Mechanoid Summary}}
 
{{Mechanoid Summary}}
  
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===As an enemy===
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Dead pikemen may be shredded at a [[machining table]] or [[crafting spot]] for {{Icon Small|Steel||15}} [[steel]], though these values are affected by [[Mechanoid Shredding Efficiency|mechanoid shredding efficiency]] as well as any missing parts on the pikeman.
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=== As an enemy ===
 
Pikemen will slowly move until they are at range, in which they will stay at maximum range to fire. They will not move around to seek cover, or avoid incoming fighters. Pikemen have moderate resistance to sharp damage and very small resistance to blunt damage, making them trivial to disable if one can get close enough to them.
 
Pikemen will slowly move until they are at range, in which they will stay at maximum range to fire. They will not move around to seek cover, or avoid incoming fighters. Pikemen have moderate resistance to sharp damage and very small resistance to blunt damage, making them trivial to disable if one can get close enough to them.
  
 
Mechanoids can raid the player's base through [[events]], and are found in most [[Crashed Ship Part#Poison Ship|poison ships]], [[Crashed Ship Part#Psychic Ship|psychic ships]], and [[mech cluster]]s{{RoyaltyIcon}}. Pikemen are often supported by [[centipede]]s, [[scyther]]s, and [[lancer]]s, though their speed and range difference often leaves them at the back of the formation.   
 
Mechanoids can raid the player's base through [[events]], and are found in most [[Crashed Ship Part#Poison Ship|poison ships]], [[Crashed Ship Part#Psychic Ship|psychic ships]], and [[mech cluster]]s{{RoyaltyIcon}}. Pikemen are often supported by [[centipede]]s, [[scyther]]s, and [[lancer]]s, though their speed and range difference often leaves them at the back of the formation.   
  
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===Combat===
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=== Combat ===
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Pikemen are always equipped with [[needle gun]]. It doesn't deal too much damage, but has an extremely long range, better-than-average armor penetration, and has the possibility of getting a lucky shot to the head. They also able to engage in (less effective) melee combat with colonists.
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Pikemen are always equipped with [[needle gun]]. It doesn't deal too much damage, but has an extremely long range, and better-than-average armor penetration. Like any other weapon, the needle gun has the possibility of getting a lucky shot to the head. They are also able to engage in (less effective) melee combat with colonists.
  
 
Pikemen have a [[shooting accuracy]] of 96%, equivalent to a pawn with a [[Shooting]] skill of 8. They have a [[melee hit chance]] of 62%, equivalent to a pawn with a [[Melee]] skill of 4.
 
Pikemen have a [[shooting accuracy]] of 96%, equivalent to a pawn with a [[Shooting]] skill of 8. They have a [[melee hit chance]] of 62%, equivalent to a pawn with a [[Melee]] skill of 4.
  
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==As an ally==
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=== As an ally ===
 
{{Biotech|section=1}}
 
{{Biotech|section=1}}
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{{Main|Mechanoid creation}}
 
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Pikemen are medium mechanoids, and require [[Research#Standard Mechtech|Standard Mechtech]] to be researched.  Mechs do not count as a pawn for determining [[raid points]], but still contribute towards wealth.
 
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They are created from a [[large mech gestator]] with {{Required Resources}}, taking up 2 [[bandwidth]] from a [[mechanitor]]. They take 1800 [[ticks]] to initally craft, and then it must gestate for 2 cycles. Mechanoids can be fully repaired at the cost of power and nothing else. A dead pikeman can be resurected for 50 [[steel]] and 1 gestation cycle so long as the corpse is extant.
 
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Mechs under player control require power: pikemen use 10% of their power per day while active.  If set to dormant self-charging, they instead recharge for 1% power / day, without pollution. They recharge in a [[large mech recharger]] (400W), for 50% power/day, creating 10 [[wastepack]]s whenever the recharger's waste is filled up.
 
Mechs under player control require power: pikemen use 10% of their power per day while active.  If set to dormant self-charging, they instead recharge for 1% power / day, without pollution. They recharge in a [[large mech recharger]] (400W), for 50% power/day, creating 10 [[wastepack]]s whenever the recharger's waste is filled up.
  
 
== Analysis ==
 
== Analysis ==
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===As an enemy===
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=== As an enemy ===
 
{{main|Defense tactics#Pikemen}}
 
{{main|Defense tactics#Pikemen}}
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Pikemen play a supportive role. While their damage output is atrocious, their range is massive, analogous to a [[sniper rifle]]. This makes kiting a group of mechanoids, or firing and backing away from them, a difficult task. It also gives a mechanoid group flat range. The needle gun's piercing value means that it has the potential to be lethal, if it hits the right body part. In large groups, they are not to be underestimated, and don't expect basic [[mini-turret]]s to be able to hit them.  
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Pikemen play a supportive role. While their damage output is atrocious, their range is massive, analogous to a [[sniper rifle]]. Thus, a pikeman serves a few functions:
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*They make [[kiting]] a group of mechanoids, i.e. firing and backing away from them, more difficult. Kiting a lone centipede is easy, but kiting a centipede with a pikeman firing potshots is very difficult.  
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*They allow [[crashed ship part]]s and [[mech cluster]]s{{RoyaltyIcon}} to fire from far away.
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*They have a small chance to instantly kill a pawn. If the needle gun hits the right body part (brain, heart) without protection, it can flat out kill.  
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In large groups, they are not to be underestimated, and don't expect basic [[mini-turret]]s to be able to hit them.  
  
 
As their description says, engaging pikemen at close range can be a viable way to take them down, though you'll have to deal with their comrades first. Their gun is weak, but their melee is even weaker.
 
As their description says, engaging pikemen at close range can be a viable way to take them down, though you'll have to deal with their comrades first. Their gun is weak, but their melee is even weaker.
  
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===As an ally===
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=== As an ally ===
 
{{Biotech|section=1}}
 
{{Biotech|section=1}}
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A pikeman's needle cannon is still as weak as ever. And, unlike your colonists, a tiny chance to instantly kill a raider doesn't really matter. Enemies almost always have larger numbers than you, so good overal {{DPS}} (leading to [[pain shock]]) is much more consistent. Once you've researched [[Research#High Mechtech|High Mechtech]], [[lancer]]s become a much better option for general combat: they have the same bandwidth cost, move much faster, and have a much greater DPS.
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Pikemen are quite weak. Enemy pikemen can be threats as they can headshot colonists, but a tiny chance to instakill a raider doesn't really matter. Thus, they aren't the best for combat. Enemies almost always have larger numbers than you, so occasional lucky kills are not impactful and good overall {{DPS}} is much more reliable and useful metric - and one where the pikeman lags behind. Once you've researched [[Research#High Mechtech|High Mechtech]], [[lancer]]s become a better option for general combat: they move much faster and have a much greater DPS.
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Therefore, the pikeman is a niche support unit, using its massive range to its advantage. While any pawn can boast the same range with a [[sniper rifle]], getting into a sniper duel risks getting a colonist's head lobbed off. Thus, pikemen are a safer way to lure [[siege]]s into attacking, pick off preparing [[raider]]s, or hunt with less risk than a human marksman. When using one, beware of their rather slow movement speed. For example, keep your fighting force ready and somewhere nearby when getting a siege to attack.
 
  
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Note that the [[legionary]] shares the needle cannon, moves ''much'' faster, has a useful wide-shield, is the same weight, and has the same bandwidth cost. This comes at the cost of the slightly worse health scale (0.72 vs 0.85 for pikeman), a worse physiology, and more time to initially gestate. The actual deterrent to just building legionaries is that they require the [[Research#Ultra Mechtech|Ultra Mechtech]] research. If you've already got that, then there isn't much reason to continue using pikemen.
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Therefore, the pikeman is a niche support unit, using its massive range to its advantage. While any pawn can boast the same range with a [[sniper rifle]], pikemen are safer to use due to being eminently replaceable. When fighting enemy snipers, a colonist risks getting their head lobbed off but pikemen can easily be revived, so this is not a problem. Thus, pikemen can be used to lure sieges into attacking, pick off preparing raiders, or hunt animals. When using one, beware of their rather slow movement speed. They typically will not be able to run far before aggroed enemies catch up with them - even at maximum range, [[human]] enemies will typically catch up to the pikeman within at most {{#expr: {{Q|Needle gun|Range}}/({{Q|Human|Move Speed Base}} - {{P|Move Speed Base}}) round 0}} tiles of its starting position. Keep your fighting force ready and somewhere nearby when triggering or baiting an attack.
  
 
== Health ==
 
== Health ==
 
Note, that due to mechanoids having different body part structures, this table is only provided as a rough guide.
 
Note, that due to mechanoids having different body part structures, this table is only provided as a rough guide.
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{{Animal Health Table}}
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{{Animal Health Table|Pikeman}}
  
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==Trivia==
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== Trivia ==
 
The line in the description, ''"Veterans of mechanoid wars know that often, the safest place to be around a pikeman is touching it."'' is copied almost verbatim from a previous version of the [[Lancer]]'s description, namely: ''"Veterans of mechanoid wars know that often, the safest thing to do against a lancer is to charge."''
 
The line in the description, ''"Veterans of mechanoid wars know that often, the safest place to be around a pikeman is touching it."'' is copied almost verbatim from a previous version of the [[Lancer]]'s description, namely: ''"Veterans of mechanoid wars know that often, the safest thing to do against a lancer is to charge."''
  
 
== Version history ==
 
== Version history ==
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*Introduced in 1.1.
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* [[Version/1.1.0|1.1.0]] - Added.
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*[[Biotech DLC]] - Introduced ability to [[Mechanoid creation|create and control friendly mechanoids]], including pikemen.
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* [[Biotech DLC]] - Introduced ability to [[Mechanoid creation|create and control friendly mechanoids]], including pikemen.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 12:22, 27 September 2024

Pikeman

Pikeman

A clunky multi-legged combat mechanoid specialized as a long-range weapons platform. While effective at distance, it is weak in close-range fights and in melee combat.
Veterans of mechanoid wars know that often, the safest place to be around a pikeman is touching it.

Base Stats

Type
Mechanoid
Market Value
1200 Silver

Armor

Armor - Sharp
40%
Armor - Blunt
20%
Armor - Heat
200%

Pawn Stats

Combat Power
110
Move Speed
2.5 c/s
Health Scale
85% HP
Body Size
1
Mass
60 kg
Pack Capacity
35 kg
Carrying Capacity
75 kg
Filth Rate
1
Life Expectancy
2500 years
Comfortable Temp Range
-100 °C – 250 °C (-148 °F – 482 °F)

Melee Combat

Attack 1
Front left leg
12 dmg (Blunt)
18 % AP
2 second cooldown
Attack 2
Front right leg
12 dmg (Blunt)
18 % AP
2 second cooldown
Attack 3
Head
8.5 dmg (Blunt)
13 % AP
2 second cooldown
0.2 chance factor
Average DPS
3.36

Creation

Crafted At
Large mech gestator
Required Research
Standard mechtech
Gestation Cycles
2
Resources to make
Steel 100 + Plasteel 40 + Component 4 + Standard subcore 1
Technical
weaponTags
MechanoidGunLongRange


Pikemen are a type of slow-moving, long range mechanoid.

Occurrence[edit]

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Raids = Yes. When?

Ancient shrines = Yes

Clusters = Yes

Diabolus summons = Waves 2, 3, 6

War queen summons = Waves 1, 3, 5

Apocriton summons = No.

Acquisition[edit]

BiotechIcon.png
This section relates to content added by Biotech (DLC). Please note that it will not be present without the DLC enabled.

Pikemans can be gestated by a mechanitor at a large mech gestator once the standard mechtech research project has been completed. Note that this research requires a signal chip to unlock. Each requires Steel 100 Steel, Plasteel 40 Plasteel, Component 4 Components, Standard subcore 1 Standard subcore and 2 gestation cycles taking 1,800 ticks (30 secs) each to initiate.

Dead, friendly pikemans can also be resurrected at the large mech gestator using the "Resurrect medium mechanoid" bill. This requires the corpse of the friendly Pikeman, Steel 50 steel, and 1 gestation cycle taking 1,800 ticks (30 secs) to initiate.

Summary[edit]

As mechanoids, every pikeman is immune to fire, Flame and Heat damage, and temperature extremes, despite having Comfortable Temperatures defined. They have 100% Toxic Resistance and Toxic Environment Resistance, making them immune to toxic buildup, rot stink and other toxic effects. They do not need to eat, rest, and have no mood. They will be stunned by EMP attacks for a time proportional to the EMP damage inflicted and will "adapt" and rendered immune to further EMP strikes for 2,200 ticks (36.67 secs).

Dead pikemen may be shredded at a machining table or crafting spot for Steel 15 steel, though these values are affected by mechanoid shredding efficiency as well as any missing parts on the pikeman.

As an enemy[edit]

Pikemen will slowly move until they are at range, in which they will stay at maximum range to fire. They will not move around to seek cover, or avoid incoming fighters. Pikemen have moderate resistance to sharp damage and very small resistance to blunt damage, making them trivial to disable if one can get close enough to them.

Mechanoids can raid the player's base through events, and are found in most poison ships, psychic ships, and mech clustersContent added by the Royalty DLC. Pikemen are often supported by centipedes, scythers, and lancers, though their speed and range difference often leaves them at the back of the formation.

Combat[edit]

Pikemen are always equipped with needle gun. It doesn't deal too much damage, but has an extremely long range, and better-than-average armor penetration. Like any other weapon, the needle gun has the possibility of getting a lucky shot to the head. They are also able to engage in (less effective) melee combat with colonists.

Pikemen have a shooting accuracy of 96%, equivalent to a pawn with a Shooting skill of 8. They have a melee hit chance of 62%, equivalent to a pawn with a Melee skill of 4.

Armor[edit]

Armor

As an ally[edit]

BiotechIcon.png
This section relates to content added by Biotech (DLC). Please note that it will not be present without the DLC enabled.

Mechs under player control require power: pikemen use 10% of their power per day while active. If set to dormant self-charging, they instead recharge for 1% power / day, without pollution. They recharge in a large mech recharger (400W), for 50% power/day, creating 10 wastepacks whenever the recharger's waste is filled up.

Analysis[edit]

As an enemy[edit]

Main article: Defense tactics#Pikemen

Pikemen play a supportive role. While their damage output is atrocious, their range is massive, analogous to a sniper rifle. Thus, a pikeman serves a few functions:

  • They make kiting a group of mechanoids, i.e. firing and backing away from them, more difficult. Kiting a lone centipede is easy, but kiting a centipede with a pikeman firing potshots is very difficult.
  • They allow crashed ship parts and mech clustersContent added by the Royalty DLC to fire from far away.
  • They have a small chance to instantly kill a pawn. If the needle gun hits the right body part (brain, heart) without protection, it can flat out kill.

In large groups, they are not to be underestimated, and don't expect basic mini-turrets to be able to hit them.

As their description says, engaging pikemen at close range can be a viable way to take them down, though you'll have to deal with their comrades first. Their gun is weak, but their melee is even weaker.

As an ally[edit]

BiotechIcon.png
This section relates to content added by Biotech (DLC). Please note that it will not be present without the DLC enabled.

Pikemen are quite weak. Enemy pikemen can be threats as they can headshot colonists, but a tiny chance to instakill a raider doesn't really matter. Thus, they aren't the best for combat. Enemies almost always have larger numbers than you, so occasional lucky kills are not impactful and good overall DPS is much more reliable and useful metric - and one where the pikeman lags behind. Once you've researched High Mechtech, lancers become a better option for general combat: they move much faster and have a much greater DPS.

Therefore, the pikeman is a niche support unit, using its massive range to its advantage. While any pawn can boast the same range with a sniper rifle, pikemen are safer to use due to being eminently replaceable. When fighting enemy snipers, a colonist risks getting their head lobbed off but pikemen can easily be revived, so this is not a problem. Thus, pikemen can be used to lure sieges into attacking, pick off preparing raiders, or hunt animals. When using one, beware of their rather slow movement speed. They typically will not be able to run far before aggroed enemies catch up with them - even at maximum range, human enemies will typically catch up to the pikeman within at most 21 tiles of its starting position. Keep your fighting force ready and somewhere nearby when triggering or baiting an attack.

Health[edit]

Note, that due to mechanoids having different body part structures, this table is only provided as a rough guide.


Body Part Name Health Quantity Coverage[1] Target Chance[2] Subpart of Internal Capacity[3] Effect if Destroyed/Removed
Thorax 34 1 100% 4% N/A[4] Ex.png - Death
Will never take permanent injury
Neck 25.5 1 10% 2% Thorax Ex.png Communication Death
Will never take permanent injury
Head 25.5 1 80% 2.7% Neck Ex.png - Death
Will never take permanent injury
Artificial Brain 8.5 1 10% 0.8% Head Check.png Data Processing Death
Will never take permanent injury
Sight Sensor 8.5 2 20% 1.6% Head Ex.png Sight −25% Sight. −100% if both lost.
Will never take permanent injury
Hearing Sensor 8.5 2 5% 0.4% Head Ex.png Hearing −25% Hearing. −100% if both lost.
Will never take permanent injury
Chemical Analyzer 8.5 1 6% 0.48% Head Ex.png - Will never take permanent injury
Leg 25.5 4 18% 9% Thorax Ex.png Moving −25% Moving.
Will never take permanent injury
Foot 17 4 50% 9% Leg Ex.png Moving −25% Moving.
Will never take permanent injury
Reactor 17 1 6% 6% Thorax Check.png Power Generation Death
Will never take permanent injury
Fluid Reprocessor 12.75 2 4% 4% Thorax Check.png Fluid Reprocessing Death if both lost
−50% Fluid reprocessing
Will never take permanent injury
  1. ↑ Coverage determines the chance to hit this body part. It refers to the percentage of the super-part that this part covers, before its own sub-parts claim their own percentage. For example, if the base coverage of the super-part is 100%, and the coverage of the part is 20%, 20% of hits would hit the part, and 80% the super-part. If the part had its own sub-part with 50% coverage, the chances would be 10% sub-part, 10% part, 80% super part.
  2. ↑ Target Chance is the actual chance for each part to be be selected as the target when each part's coverage has been taken into account(I.E. Neck covers 7.5% of Torso but Head covers 80% of Neck so it actually has only a 1.5% chance to be selected). This is not pure hit chance, as different damage types propagate damage in different ways. See that page for details.
  3. ↑ Note that capacities can affect other capacities in turn. Only the primary effect is listed. See specific pages for details.
  4. ↑ This is the part that everything else connects to to be considered 'connected'.

Trivia[edit]

The line in the description, "Veterans of mechanoid wars know that often, the safest place to be around a pikeman is touching it." is copied almost verbatim from a previous version of the Lancer's description, namely: "Veterans of mechanoid wars know that often, the safest thing to do against a lancer is to charge."

Version history[edit]


Mechanoids
Mechanoids | Core
Centipede (Blaster, Burner, Gunner) • Lancer • Pikeman • Scyther • Termite
Combat
Centurion Content added by the Biotech DLC • Legionary Content added by the Biotech DLC • Militor Content added by the Biotech DLC • Scorcher Content added by the Biotech DLC • Tesseron Content added by the Biotech DLC
Command
Apocriton Content added by the Biotech DLC • Diabolus Content added by the Biotech DLC • War queen Content added by the Biotech DLC (War urchin Content added by the Biotech DLC)
Labor
Agrihand Content added by the Biotech DLC • Cleansweeper Content added by the Biotech DLC • Constructoid Content added by the Biotech DLC • Fabricor Content added by the Biotech DLC • Lifter Content added by the Biotech DLC • Paramedic Content added by the Biotech DLC • Tunneler Content added by the Biotech DLC
Cluster Content added by the Royalty DLC | Buildings
Condition causer Content added by the Royalty DLC • Count-down activator Content added by the Royalty DLC • Mech assembler Content added by the Royalty DLC • Mech capsule Content added by the Royalty DLC • Mech drop beacon Content added by the Royalty DLC • Mech high-shield Content added by the Royalty DLC • Mech low-shield Content added by the Royalty DLC • Mech node Content added by the Royalty DLC • Proximity activator Content added by the Royalty DLC • Unstable power cell Content added by the Royalty DLC
Turrets
Auto charge turret Content added by the Royalty DLC • Auto inferno turret Content added by the Royalty DLC • Auto mortar Content added by the Royalty DLC • Mini-slugger turret Content added by the Royalty DLC
Creation Content added by the Biotech DLC | Pawn
Mechanitor Content added by the Biotech DLC
Buildings
Mech gestator Content added by the Biotech DLC • Large mech gestator Content added by the Biotech DLC • Mechband antenna Content added by the Biotech DLC • Mechband dish Content added by the Biotech DLC

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