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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 more common Lancer with a few key differences. Like a Lancer, they move into a range sufficient to use their weapon and continuously fire until interrupted, either by being engaged in melee or killed. However, tesserons have a few key differences. 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 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.

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

↑ 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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 ===As an enemy===
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+Tesserons are similar to the more common [[Lancer]] with a few key differences. Like a Lancer, they move into a range sufficient to use their weapon and continuously fire until interrupted, either by being engaged in melee or killed. However, tesserons have a few key differences. 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 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 [[Research#High Mechtech|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 tessron can be resurected for 50 [[steel]] and 1 gestation cycle so long as the corpse is extant.
+Tesserons are medium mechanoids, and require [[Research#High Mechtech|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 [[wastepack]]s 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 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 ==
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+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 rifle]]s, and their low health scale makes them vulnerable to being picked off quickly.
 == Health ==