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Revision as of 01:54, 11 November 2022

Tesseron

Tesseron

A medium-range combat mechanoid. While it is fairly vulnerable to attacks, the tesseron's sweeping beam graser attack is so deadly that few opponents can get shots off against it.

Base Stats

Type
Mechanoid
Market Value
1200 Silver
Flammability
0%

Armor

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

Pawn Stats

Move Speed
4.7 c/s
Health Scale
72% HP
Body Size
1
Mass
60 kg
Pack Capacity
35 kg
Carrying Capacity
75 kg
Filth Rate
1
Comfortable Temp Range
-100 °C – 250 °C (-148 °F – 482 °F)

Creation

Crafted At
Mech gestator
Required Research
Ultra mechtech
Resources to make
Plasteel 110 + Component 7 + High subcore 1
Technical
weaponTags
BeamGraserGun


A tesseron is a mechanoid added by the Biotech DLC.

Summary

As mechanoids, tesseron are immune to fire, toxicity, and temperature extremes, despite having a Comfortable Temperature. They do not need to eat, rest, and have no mood. Enemy mechs do not require power, though will spawn dormant outside of a raid. They will be stunned by EMP attacks and will "adapt" for 2,200 ticks (36.67 secs), rendering them immune to further EMP strikes. Mechs do not count as a pawn for determining raid points, but still contribute towards wealth.

As an enemy

Tesserons are similar to the lancer as a fast, ranged mechanoid. They move into range and continuously fire until interrupted, either by being engaged in melee or killed. They are most commonly found alongside later summons of the mechanoid commanders, but can also be found in ancient dangers and in high-wealth mechanoid raids.

Their weapon, the beam graser, fires a sweeping laser that damages pawns in a line, with a 50% chance on hit to set on fire. The main target of the tesseron is the only one that is immune to the sweeping laser; they are checked for hits separately and can be hit even if they move out of the physical path of the beam.

As an ally

Tesserons are medium mechanoids, and require High Mechtech to be researched. They are created from a standard mech gestator with 1 high subcore, 110 plasteel, and 7 component, taking up 3 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 tesseron can be resurected for 50 steel and 1 gestation cycle so long as the corpse is extant.

Mechs under player control require power: tesserons 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 mech recharger (200W), for 50% power/day, creating 15 wastepacks whenever the recharger's waste is filled up.

Combat

Tesserons use the beam graser. This weapon fires a laser that attacks pawns as it travels through multiple different tiles, dealing beam-type damage and potentially lighting them on fire.

Tesserons have a base 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.

Analysis

Coupled with its high damage, tesserons pose a serious threat that can kill several pawns if left to their own devices. If possible, force them into melee, where they are very vulnerable. If not, spread pawns out vertically to avoid multiple pawns being hit at once, and bring several. Ignited pawns will ignore all commands until they are put out, making it very possible for them to flee into other mechanoids, or simply be re-ignited until killed. They have a moderately long range that can be taken advantage of with longer-ranged weaponry such as sniper rifles, and their low health scale makes them vulnerable to being picked off quickly.

As with all other mechanoids, avoid using fire-based weaponry, as they are completely immune to fire damage. In the tesseron's case, this can be taken advantage of, as all allied mechs are immune to the tesseron's ability to light them on fire.

Health

Specify body type when known.


Body part Health
Head 18
Skull 18
Brain 7
Nose 7
Neck 18
Jaw 14
Eye [1]
(left, right)
7
Ear
(left, right)
7
Body 29
Kidney[2]
(left, right)
11
Lung[2]
(left, right)
11
Liver[2] 14
Heart[2] 11
Spine[2] 18
Stomach[2] 14
Limbs
(left, right, fore, hind)
22
Appendage
(left, right, fore, hind)
14
  1. Located inside of Head.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Located inside of Body.

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