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THREATS: UESC WRAITH WARDEN 

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TYPE: WRAITH WARDEN [GHOST] 

AFFIL: Unified Earth Space Council [UESC]  

MODEL: Autonomous Robotic Soldier [ARS]  

CONFIG: Elite Stealth Combat Command Platform [ESCCP]  

MANUF: UESC Combat Robotics Division, Mars  

SERIAL: ESCCPXXXXXXXXXX  

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ROLE[S]: Field operations command unit; Clandestine operations; Combat confusion  

OVERVIEW: WRAITH WARDENS are elite UESC GHOST troopers upgraded with next-gen ACTIVE CAMO stealth enhancement allowing for near complete invisibility. Their combat systems include on-point support troop teleportation, allowing for active reinforcements to escalate an engagement. They use the confusion they seed with their camo and reinforcement protocols to close distances between targets and deliver a localized malware attack. This close-range melee releases infectious coding to scramble an enemy's digital systems—an attack that is especially effective against RUNNER SHELLS. 

OFFENSIVE / DEFENSIVE CAPABILITIES: 

     • Increased armor for improved durability 

     • Hyper-vigilant aggression systems 

     • Enhanced Battle-Ready Rapid Targeter [BRRT] Submachinegun 

     • Next-gen ACTIVE CAMO 

     • On-point support troop teleportation 

            • Additional UESC combat units appear and engage

              enemy threats

     • Malware Localized Melee [with AOE] 

            • Scrambles the operational systems of any target

              within its limited attack radius

KNOWN DEPLOYMENT[S]:  

     • PERIMETER [OVERFLOW] 

REMARK: "Hard to see" is an understatement. STAY ALERT! Don't get distracted. And AVOID close encounters! WRAITH's "scramble glitch" puts a fritz in your system.  

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THREATS: UESC SCORCH WARDEN 

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TYPE: SCORCH WARDEN [ASSAULT] 

AFFIL: Unified Earth Space Council [UESC]  

MODEL: Autonomous Robotic Soldier [ARS]  

CONFIG: Elite Immolation Combat Command Platform [EICCP]  

MANUF: UESC Combat Robotics Division, Mars  

SERIAL: EICCPXXXXXXXXXX  

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ROLE[S]: Field operations command unit; Immolation combat deterrent; High-lethality area defense; Area denial operations   

OVERVIEW: The UESC's SCORCH WARDENS are burn units deployed to clear or defend an area. Their advanced combat, defense, and immolation systems are built into enhanced UESC ASSAULT combat platforms, creating an elite command trooper engineered to deliver heavy damage and limit enemy movements via active scorched-earth tactics. 

OFFENSIVE / DEFENSIVE CAPABILITIES: 

     • Increased armor for improved durability 

     • Hyper-vigilant aggression systems 

     • Enhanced Demolition Heavy Machinegun 

     • Full-War Combat Barricade defensive shield 

     • Scorch trails 

            • Immolation engines in its lower limbs create a wake

              of flames in its path

     • Scorch impact 

            • Delivers a powerful melee assault that creates a

              localized "burst inferno" on impact

KNOWN DEPLOYMENT[S]:  

     • DIRE MARSH [ALGAE PONDS] 

REMARK: AVOID THE FLAMES!!! And find your angle of attack! The SCORCH WARDEN's combat barricade protects against frontal assaults.  

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THREATS: UESC TOX WARDEN 

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TYPE: TOX WARDEN [GRENADIER] 

AFFIL: Unified Earth Space Council [UESC]  

MODEL: Autonomous Robotic Soldier [ARS]  

CONFIG: Elite Chem-Warfare Combat Command Platform [EC3P]  

MANUF: UESC Combat Robotics Division, Mars  

SERIAL: EC3PXXXXXXXXXX  

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ROLE[S]: Field operations command unit; Chemical combat deterrent; High-lethality area defense   

OVERVIEW: TOX WARDENS are specialized UESC GRENADIER combat platforms designed to serve as an elite field command unit. The TOX WARDEN's arsenal is engineered to deliver toxic payloads to disperse or eliminate enemy threats. Their use of chemical warfare in defense of the UESC's fragile jurisdiction in the TAU CETI system is another example of the UESC's willingness to forego established Rules of Engagement.  

OFFENSIVE / DEFENSIVE CAPABILITIES: 

     • Increased armor for improved durability 

     • Hyper-vigilant aggression systems 

     • Enhanced M77 Assault Rifle 

     • Ranged grenade barrage w/ enhanced immobilizing munitions 

     • Specialized grenade arm 

            • Launches toxic chem grenades 

                   • TOX WARDEN's chem grenades release a hazardous

                     chemtrail along their trajectory and a toxic

                     explosion at the point of detonation

KNOWN DEPLOYMENT[S]:  

     • OUTPOST [DORMITORIES] 

REMARK: TOX WARDENS are built to withstand the toxic effects of their weaponry, but their support troops ARE NOT. Use this to your advantage, if you can survive a face-to-face run-in long enough to strategize. 

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SCAVENGING: SECURED RESOURCES

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OPPORTUNITY: SECURED RESOURCES

THREAT: UESC Security Forces, Tripwires, Scan Mines, Turrets, Reinforcements 

RISK: It is definitely a trap 

REWARD: Highly contested loot 

OVERVIEW: The UESC does not want RUNNERS on TAU CETI IV. RUNNERS don't care. But what RUNNERS do care about is a payday. The UESC knows this and uses a variety of tactics to counter RUNNER efforts to secure whatever prize they may be hunting. One such method is a high value container offering RUNNERS a healthy return on their investment, should they survive. Few do.  

SECURED RESOURCES essentially serve as a challenge from the UESC to RUNNERS—"Come get the prize or die trying." 

     • FIND the RESOURCES

     • CLEAR OUT its defenders 

     • HACK the LOCKBOX

     • FIGHT for your life 

     • SURVIVE. PROFIT 

     • FAIL. SUFFER. TRY AGAIN when you're ready 

REMARK: It's a simple and deadly game.  

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SCAVENGING: UESC INTERCEPT

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OPPORTUNITY: UESC INTERCEPT 

THREAT: UESC Security Forces, Rival RUNNERS 

RISK: Cross-ZONE navigation on a clock 

REWARD: UESC Crisis Supplies 

OVERVIEW: The UESC uses coded messaging to signal for emergency supply drops in contested ZONES. Because of the way they've hooked into old colony systems to improve their local comms, RUNNERS have figured out a way to mimic a UESC distress signal. Using colony access points to send a coded message that triggers a UESC crisis drop, a RUNNER or CREW can intercept the UESC response if they can reach the drop point without too many distractions [read: rivals RUNNERS or any other threat or opportunity that may pop up]. 

     • LOCATE a REGION with active colony access points 

     • LOCATE main access point 

     • NOTE numbered code on access point 

     • FIND corresponding access point 

     • TRIGGER mimic signal 

     • REACH drop point before UESC realize 

     • DAMAGE Crisis container under dropship 

     • LOOT Crisis container 

          • And survive UESC compliment 

     • SUCCESS! 

REMARK: Better to lay in wait than show up late.  

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SCAVENGING: UESC TRANSPORT DRONE 

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OVERVIEW: UESC Transport Drones are small, aerial cargo transports utilized by UESC Security Forces on Tau Ceti IV to ferry salvage from the colony and defeated Runners to off-zone collection sites for transfer to UESC command vessels in orbit for assessment and cataloging. 

Transport Drones tend to carry a variety of items—resources, materials, weapons—and they are lightly shielded, so don't be afraid to shoot them out of the sky to check their loot if you feel safe making a little noise while on a run. 

REMARK: Free loot is free loot, unless another crew is in earshot of your pop shots. Careful out there, Runners. Greed is good, until it's not. 

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SCAVENGING: UESC CONVOY DRONE

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OPPORTUNITY: UESC CONVOY DRONE 

THREAT: UESC ASSAULT Troops, Rival RUNNERS 

RISK: Distraction can lead to unexpected trouble 

REWARD: High value loot 

OVERVIEW: The UESC CONVOY DRONE ferries high-value items scavenged from TAU CETI and RUNNERS. The DRONE itself has a defensive shielding that only opens on its underside at checkpoints on its journey across a ZONE. It is also guarded by ASSAULT Troops for added protection against RUNNER theft.  

Best option is to take out the guards before the DRONE reaches a checkpoint, then engage the DRONE itself.  

Successfully destroying the DRONE will drop its payload for any RUNNER to loot [so watch your back] 

     • OBSERVE CONVY DRONE 

     • TRACK it across the ZONE 

     • ELIMINATE guards 

     • ATTACK DRONE'S underside when vulnerable 

     • DESTROY DRONE 

     • LOOT payload 

REMARK: Also works as bait. Stalk and pounce, if you're feeling opportunistic. 

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SCAVENGING: UESC LOCKDOWN

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OPPORTUNITY: UESC LOCKDOWN 

THREAT: UESC Data Blockade, UESC Security Forces

RISK: SHELL deterioration and death 

REWARD: Highly contested loot 

OVERVIEW: The UESC use massive "data blockades" to cordon off an area from RUNNER activity. 

A data blockade is an anti-RUNNER defensive measure that covers a large portion of a REGION with an invasive signal programmed specifically to confuse a SHELL's bio-cybernetic connections, making it increasingly dangerous to be within its range as a RUNNER's neural integrity will eventually fray. As scary as that sounds, a UESC LOCKDOWN tends to mean there is something of value worth the effort somewhere within the blockade's area of effect [AOE]. 

Daring RUNNERS [read: most RUNNERS at TAU CETI] see a LOCKDOWN as an opportunity worth the risks. The trick to surviving is multi-phased but hinges on the technical requirements of a blockade's operation.  

First, to cover an area of any significant size the UESC must deploy a STEWARD operational support vessel. These are in short supply on Tau Ceti, so from the start the blockade requires dedicated resources that may limit the UESC's efforts or response across other ZONES.  

Second, the blockade requires the STEWARD to connect with an end-point signal node somewhere within the affected area—essentially a digital link must be established to trigger and maintain the blockade's AOE. 

If the LOCKDOWN requires a planet-side connection, that's something a RUNNER can locate and disrupt. That's assuming they can survive the invasive data assault long enough to get around UESC Security deployments, find the "off switch" and any loot worth the pain, then escape. No easy task. But prepared RUNNERS can buffer their SHELL's systems with an ANTI-VIRUS PACK, buying them time to push their luck. 

     • OBSERVE UESC STEWARD overhead 

     • OBSERVE data blockade area of effect 

     • APPROACH 

     • POP an ANTI-VIRUS PACK 

     • SEARCH for the blockade node 

     • SHUT IT DOWN 

     • LOOT. FIGHT. SURVIVE 

REMARK: To pull this off, expect reinforcements. 

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