"Deerstalker"

Tech

2

Level

Structure

17

Points

Energy

12

Points

Salvage

6

Value

System

14

Slots

Module

4

Slots

Cargo

6

Capacity

Heat

8

Capacity

The 'TC48' Pioneer was developed by the Opus Institute as a scavenging Mech designed to endure the harsh, freezing, conditions of the Frozen Gulf. Initial builds were bought en masse by Stefanus when they moved their Arco to the Forgotten Tundra, following global rises in temperature that made cooling their vast data centres unfeasible elsewhere.

As with most Opus Mechs, its blueprints are open source on the corpo-net. As a result, it is often scrapped together by wastelanders living in arctic regions or salvagers delving into the ice.

Chassis Ability

Sub-Zero Engineered Chassis

Passive

Designed by Opus to operate within sub-zero temperatures and reinforced with titanium alloys, insulative materials and numerous locomotive stabilisers. The Pioneer suffers no adverse effects (including damage) from freezing conditions. It is also not slowed by Difficult Terrain in frozen and snowy biomes, such as the Frozen Gulf or the Forgotten Tundra. A Pilot within the Pioneer Chassis is also entirely protected from any adverse effects from freezing conditions, as the insulated interior keeps them at a stable body temperature.

Deerstalker

Wasters who live in the Forgotten Tundra favour this pattern for its reliability and deadly effectiveness when hunting for scrap.

These Mechs are often available for scrap barter at Ostfjord port due to the huge glut of them that were bought by Stefanus. This is a rare exception, as most corpo Mechs require Scrip debt to purchase.

Systems

Modules

Pattern

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