Difference between revisions of "Mechband antenna"

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A mechband antenna a building added by the Biotech DLC that allows a mechanitor to summon the war queen.

Acquisition

Mechband antennae can be constructed once the Standard mechtech research project has been completed. Each requires 50 Steel, 4 Componentss and 8,000 ticks (2.22 mins) of work.

Summary

A mechband antenna can be activated by a mechanitor to summon the hostile war queen, which will drop a powerfocus chip when defeated. This destroys the antenna, turning it into 2-4 steel slag chunks.

It cannot be used in the time between another mechanoid boss being summoned and that boss arriving. In addition, there is a 2 day cooldown between summoning any mech boss.

Summoning

Each time an antenna is activated, the number of mechanoids escorting the war queen increases.^[Detail]

1x War queen with heavy shield unit, 5x pikeman, 2x scyther
1x War queen with heavy shield unit, 7x militor, 2x centipede (burner)
1x War queen with heavy shield unit, 5x pikeman, 2x tesseron, 3x tunneler
2x War queen with heavy shield unit, 8x militor, 4x lancer, 2x centipede (burner)
2x War queen with heavy shield unit, 5x pikeman, 5x lancer, 3x legionary, 3x centipede (burner)
2x War queen with heavy shield unit, 14x scyther, 4x centipede (burner), 1x centurion
2x War queen with heavy shield unit, 8x centipede (burner), 18x scorcher
3x War queen with heavy shield unit, 6x scyther, 6x lancer, 3x legionary, 8x centipede (burner), 1x centurion

Like the other mechanoid bosses, after being summoned 8 times, the next summon will be the same as wave 3. The wave count is per playthrough, not per colony or map.^{[Archonexus?]} If the war queen is summoned once on one map, summoning another on a second map will bring the second wave.

Analysis

Version history

Biotech DLC Release - Added.
1.4.3555 - Super-mechanoids cannot be called when there is already another super-mechanoid on the way.

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

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 == Summary ==
-{{Stub|section=1|reason=How long until the war queen arrives. Copy of escort list and their order wouldn't be a bad idea either. Activation method etc.}}
+{{Stub|section=1|reason=How long until the war queen arrives. Activation method etc.}}
 A mechband antenna can be activated by a [[mechanitor]] to summon the hostile [[war queen]], which will drop a [[powerfocus chip]] when defeated. This destroys the antenna, turning it into 2-4 [[steel slag chunk]]s.
+It cannot be used in the time between another mechanoid boss being summoned and that boss arriving. In addition, there is a 2 day cooldown between summoning any mech boss.
+===Summoning===
 Each time an antenna is activated, the number of mechanoids escorting the war queen increases.{{Check Tag|Detail|reason=Per colony map or world wide?}}
+# 1x War queen with heavy shield unit, 5x [[pikeman]], 2x [[scyther]]
+# 1x War queen with heavy shield unit, 7x [[militor]], 2x [[centipede]] (burner)
+# 1x War queen with heavy shield unit, 5x [[pikeman]], 2x [[tesseron]], 3x [[Tunneler (Mechanoid)|tunneler]]
+# 2x War queen with heavy shield unit, 8x [[militor]], 4x [[lancer]], 2x [[centipede]] (burner)
+# 2x War queen with heavy shield unit, 5x [[pikeman]], 5x [[lancer]], 3x [[legionary]], 3x [[centipede]] (burner)
+# 2x War queen with heavy shield unit, 14x [[scyther]], 4x [[centipede]] (burner), 1x [[centurion]]
+# 2x War queen with heavy shield unit, 8x [[centipede]] (burner), 18x [[scorcher]]
+# 3x War queen with heavy shield unit, 6x [[scyther]], 6x [[lancer]], 3x [[legionary]], 8x [[centipede]] (burner), 1x [[centurion]]
-It cannot be used in the time between another mechanoid boss being summoned and that boss arriving. In addition, there is a 2 day cooldown between summoning any mech boss.
+Like the other mechanoid bosses, after being summoned 8 times, the next summon will be the same as wave 3. The wave count is per playthrough, not per colony or map.{{Check Tag|Archonexus?|Confirm the wave count doesn't reset after archonexus transfer}} If the war queen is summoned once on one map, summoning another on a second map will bring the second wave.
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