Termite

Termites are mechanoids that specialize in destroying walls and other impassible structures.

Summary

As mechanoids, every termite is immune to fire, Flame and Heat damage, and temperature extremes, despite having Comfortable Temperatures defined. They have 100% Toxic Resistance and Toxic Environment Resistance, making them immune to toxic buildup, rot stink and other toxic effects. They do not need to eat, rest, and have no mood. They will be stunned by EMP attacks for a time proportional to the EMP damage inflicted and will "adapt" and rendered immune to further EMP strikes for 2,200 ticks (36.67 secs).

Along with apocritons, termites are the only mechanoids that can't be gestated in the Biotech DLC.

As an enemy

Termites are primarily found in breach raids, and don't typically appear outside of them. They aim to destroy nearby walls, if no pawns are in range.

Dead termites may be shredded at the machining table or crafting spot for 30 steel and 10 plasteel. However, these values are affected by mechanoid shredding efficiency, as well as missing parts on the termite.

Combat

Termites wield the thump cannon. While it only deals moderate damage to living targets, it can easily destroy buildings and walls. A single shot deals 270 damage to walls in a 3-tile wide stretch, enough to destroy wooden walls in one shot, stone block walls in two, uranium in three, and plasteel in four. In melee, they have a fairly weak attack with no special quirks:

Melee Attacks	Damage Amount	Cooldown
Blunt	11.7	2.6 sec

The thump cannon can down unarmored pawns in five hits on average, and most often kill from brain damage.

Termites have a shooting accuracy of 96%, though this is entirely negated by the Forced Miss Radius of their only weapon, the thump cannon. They have a melee hit chance of 62%, equivalent to a pawn with a Melee skill of 4.

Armor

Armor

Analysis

Termites are exclusive to breacher raids. Defending against termites, in terms of base design, is like defending against any other breacher. Make cover in multiple separate locations, so that you can be prepared to fight anywhere. Contain termites before they can disassemble your defenses and cover, which will allow more deadly mechanoids to go through. Unlike with regular raids, faster mechs like lancers will remain behind the breachers, and wait for them to catch up. If the termites are killed, it does not necessarily mean that the other mechs will stop breaching, but it does mean less damage to your walls.

When compared to other mechs, the thump cannon is not especially deadly. However, it can injure multiple pawns clumped together. Spread out. You can use weapons with high range, such as assault rifles and bolt action rifles, to outrange the termite completely. Alternatively, you can use melee and/or EMP to prevent the termite from firing at all.

If available, combining the melee with the use of the Skip psycast is ideal. Bring the termites closer to you, rather than bring your melee pawns closer to the mechanoids. Use of Low-shield packs or the Skipshield psycast can also prevent their shots from hitting their, but both shields come with their own cost.

Health

Body Parts (Summary)

Note: Termites have a health scale of 2.0 - meaning their parts have twice the health of body parts listed in the files.

Body Part Name	Health (× Health Scale)	Base Health	Quantity	Coverage (per part)^[1]	Group	Function / Required for following System	Effect if Destroyed/Removed
First Body Ring	200	100	1	?	Core Part	Functioning in general	Machine Failure
Mechanical Head	60	30	1	15%	Head	Houses Artificial Brain, Sensors	Machine Failure
Artificial Brain	60	30	1	5%	Inside Head	Data processing	Machine Failure
Sight Sensor	20	10	2	8%	Head	Sight	Loss of sight/Blindness
Hearing Sensor	20	10	2	8%	Head	Hearing	Loss of hearing/Deafness
Smell Sensor	20	10	1	8%	Head	-	-
Second Body Ring	170	85	1	71%	Inside first ring	Moving, Manipulation	Loss of moving/manipulation ability
Reactor	40	20	1	5%	Inside second ring	Blood pumping	Machine Failure
Third Body Ring	170	85	1	80%	Inside second ring	Moving, Manipulation	Loss of moving/manipulation ability
Fluid Reprocessor	30	15	1	5%	Inside third ring	Blood filtration	Machine Failure

↑ Coverage determines the chance to hit this body part. It is dependent on which group the body part is part of, so, for example, you can't shoot someone in the toe and hit them in the brain.

Version history

1.3.3066 - Added
1.3.3200 - Thump damage multiplier versus walls reduced from 4x to 2x, reducing termite effectivenes.

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

[coverage-1] Coverage determines the chance to hit this body part. It is dependent on which group the body part is part of, so, for example, you can't shoot someone in the toe and hit them in the brain.

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