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A scorcher is a mechanoid added by the Biotech DLC.

Summary

As mechanoids, scorchers 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 may spawn dormant. They will be stunned by EMP attacks and will "adapt" for 2,200 ticks (36.67 secs), rendering them immune to further EMP strikes.

As an enemy

Scorchers will charge at the player, then try and mantain their maximum range. They will retreat if an enemy is too close. Due to the short-ranged nature of their weapon, this behavior is counterproductive - see #Combat for more detail.

Mechanoids can raid the player's base through events, and are found in most poison ships, psychic ships, and mech clusters. Scorchers are a fairly low level threat.

As an ally

Scorchers are medium mechanoids, and require Standard Mechtech to be researched. They are created from a large mech gestator with 1 standard subcore, 80 steel, 32 plasteel, and 4 components, taking up 2 bandwidth from a mechanitor. They take 1800 ticks to initally craft, and then it must gestate for 2 cycles (default 1.8 game days per cycle). Mechanoids can be fully repaired at the cost of power and nothing else. A dead scorcher can be resurected for 50 steel and 1 gestation cycle so long as the corpse is extant. Mechs do not count as a pawn for determining raid points, but still contribute towards wealth.

Mechs under player control require power: scorchers 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.

Combat

Uses a mini-flameblaster.

Analysis

? A close-approach war mechanoid that specializes in incendiary attacks. Its flame burst attack has little reach, but once it closes on defenders, it can ignite and disrupt them with blasts of searing flame. Scorchers quickly turn firefights into “fire” fights. These mechanoids start wildfires with ease and are especially effective against large groups of attackers or those taking shelter in flammable defenses.

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	28
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)	21
Appendage (left, right, fore, hind)	14

↑ Located inside of Head.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 Located inside of Body.

Version history

Biotech DLC Release - Added.

Mechanoids

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

[Head-1] Located inside of Head.

[Body-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 Located inside of Body.

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-A '''scorcher''' is a [[mechanoids|mechanoid]] added by the [[Biotech DLC]].
+A '''scorcher''' is a [[mechanoid]] added by the [[Biotech DLC]].
 == Summary ==
-?
+As mechanoids, scorchers 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 may spawn dormant. They will be stunned by [[EMP]] attacks and will "adapt" for {{Ticks|2200}}, rendering them immune to further EMP strikes.
+==As an enemy==
+Scorchers will charge at the player, then try and mantain their maximum range. They will retreat if an enemy is too close. Due to the short-ranged nature of their weapon, this behavior is counterproductive - see [[#Combat]] for more detail.
+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}}. Scorchers are a fairly low level threat.
+==As an ally==
+Scorchers are medium mechanoids, and require [[Research#Standard Mechtech|Standard Mechtech]] to be researched. They are created from a [[large mech gestator]] with 1 [[standard subcore]], 80 [[steel]], 32 [[plasteel]], and 4 [[component]]s, taking up 2 [[bandwidth]] from a [[mechanitor]]. They take 1800 [[ticks]] to initally craft, and then it must gestate for 2 cycles (default 1.8 game days per cycle). Mechanoids can be fully repaired at the cost of power and nothing else. A dead scorcher can be resurected for 50 [[steel]] and 1 gestation cycle so long as the corpse is extant. Mechs do not count as a pawn for determining [[raid points]], but still contribute towards wealth.
+Mechs under player control require power: scorchers 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.
+===Combat===
+Uses a [[mini-flameblaster]].
 == Analysis ==