Editing War queen

{{Biotech}}{{See also|War urchin}}
{{infobox main|none|
| name = War queen
| image = Warqueen east.png
| description = An ultra-heavy mech with a built-in mech gestator. Fed with appropriate resources, the war queen can form small war urchin combat mechs within its massive carapace and deploy them into combat. Even more than other mechanoids, the war queen resembles a giant, living insect. All war mechs can be terrifying, but humans tend to find the war queen disturbing on a deeper level.
| type = Mechanoid
| movespeed = 1.6
| flammability = 0
| marketvalue = 1600
| armorblunt = 25
| armorsharp = 75
| armorheat = 200
| min comfortable temperature = -100
| max comfortable temperature = 250
| bandwidth = 5
| bodysize = 4
| healthscale = 5.2
| lifespan = 
| attack1dmg = 4
| attack1type = Blunt
| attack1cool = 2
| attack1part = Head
| attack1chancefactor = 0.2 
| page verified for version = 1.4.3525
<!-- Creation -->
| research = Ultra mechtech
| production facility 1 = Large mech gestator
| gestation cycles = 12
| resource 1 = Steel
| resource 1 amount = 600
| resource 2 = Plasteel
| resource 2 amount = 300
| resource 3 = Advanced component
| resource 3 amount = 3
| resource 4 = Nano structuring chip
| resource 4 amount = 1
| resource 5 = High subcore
| resource 5 amount = 1
}}
A '''war queen''' is a [[mechanoid commander]] added by the [[Biotech DLC]]. It drops the [[powerfocus chip]], required to research further [[mechanitor]] technology.

== Occurrence ==
You can summon a hostile war queen with a [[mechanitor]] and a [[mechband antenna]], and destroys the antenna. Therefore, each summon requires {{Required Resources|Mechband antenna}} for the antenna, and [[Research#High Mechtech|Standard Mechtech]] already researched. However, war queens are not exclusive to summoning, as strong enough mechanoid raids may feature one or even multiple. 

When summoned, it will be accompanied by other mechanoids. The amount of other mechanoids depends on how many times you have summoned a War queen before, but is independent of wealth, time, or colony progress. They will crash down in a ship after a random amount of time ranging from a few in game hours to days. They will not attack immediately, but will instead act like a raid and "prepare" before launching their assault.

'''Summoning:'''
# 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]]

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. If the war queen is summoned once on one map, summoning another on a second map will bring the second wave. [[Endings#The_Archonexus|The Archonexus]] colony reset does reset this progression.

== Acquisition ==
{{PAGENAME}}s can be gestated by a [[mechanitor]] at a [[{{P|Production Facility 1}}]] once the [[Research#{{P|Required Research}}|{{P|Required Research}}]] research project has been completed. They require {{Required Resources}} and {{P|Gestation Cycles}} [[gestation cycle]]s taking {{ticks|1800}} each to initiate. They take up {{P|Bandwidth}} [[bandwidth]] from their linked mechanitor.

Dead, friendly {{lc:{{PAGENAME}}}}s can also be resurrected at the {{lc:{{P|Production Facility 1}}}} using the "''Resurrect ultraheavy mechanoid''" bill. This requires the corpse of the friendly {{PAGENAME}}, {{Icon Small|Steel||150}} [[steel]], and 1 [[gestation cycle]] taking {{ticks|1800}} to initiate.

== Summary ==
{{Mechanoid Summary}} War queens have a 70% [[EMP]] resistance, meaning they are stunned for 70% less time.

Defeating a hostile War queen rewards the player with a [[Powerfocus chip]]. Studying one is required to research [[Research#High_Mechtech|High Mechtech]], and they can also be used to create various mechanitor gear.

===Combat===
*Equipped with a [[charge blaster turret]].
*Spawns [[war urchin]]s; the queen can make up to 3 war urchins at a time. Each war urchin costs 25 [[steel]] to make. The war queen generates with 600 steel.
**This steel is not recovered upon killing the queen or shredding her at a [[Machining table]]
*May come with an energy shield. 300 HP, recharges at a 0.5 rate.
*MeleeDoorDamageFactor = 1.5

When used by the player, deploying a batch of urchins has a 15 second cooldown. 

Player urchins cannot be operated manually, nor can they be [[allowed area|zoned]]; they just behave like ally pawns from NPC factions.

=== As an ally ===
It costs 25 steel to create each [[war urchin]]. Dead war urchins can be shredded at a [[machining table]] for up to 10 steel, so the actual cost of single urchin is closer to 15 steel, assuming you can retrieve their corpses intact.

== Analysis ==
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===As an enemy===
Despite their description in a [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/294100/view/3319740412995640186 Biotech preview], rushing the war queen is generally not the best strategy.  The war queen will only begin to deploy urchins when she is within range of an enemy, so it can be advantageous to let her come to you.  Furthermore, the war queen can only build a finite number of urchins, so it is quite viable to hunker down and win a battle of attrition. Aiming for the queen can help, but you'll need to use [[EMP]] and rush it down ''very'' quickly, lest the swarm takes you out. Letting all the urchins be deployed allows for more steel to be recovered, as they can be shredded after, but any remaining steel inside the queen is lost. 

The real threat isn't so much the war queen as the escorts she spawns with. The first summon comes with 5(!!) pikemen, and later fights only get harder. Pikemen in particular can snipe from a long range, making it extra difficult to interrupt the constant flow of war urchins. You might want to construct a close quarter combat arena in order to counter this.

===As an ally===
The war queen is the single most durable mech you can gestate, boasting the highest health scale and 2nd highest armor in the game. Even if the war queen never fires, it makes for an amazing distraction. This is further enhanced by the [[war urchin]]s it can deploy. If a [[doomsday rocket launcher]] hits a war urchin, little is lost. War urchins aren't nearly as durable, but due to their small body size, they are hard to hit.

In terms of raw firepower, the war queen is lacking, especially for an ultra-heavy mech. Instead, it relies on the swarm of urchins. Individual urchins are not effective against large enemy forces, so you may want to bunch them up. In order to bunch up your urchins, deploy them inside a room where its [[door]]s are forbidden. Once all the urchins are ready, unforbid the doors and unleash the swarm. This can be an effective but expensive way to deploy a lot of firepower.

== Health ==
{{Animal Health Table}}<!--{{Animal Health Table|Mech_Warqueen}}-->

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Warqueen east.png| Age 0-99 War queen facing east
Warqueen north.png| Age 0-99 War queen facing north
Warqueen south.png| Age 0-99 War queen facing south
</gallery><gallery>
WarqueenAncient east.png| Age 100+ War queen facing east
WarqueenAncient north.png| Age 100+ War queen facing north
WarqueenAncient south.png| Age 100+ War queen facing south
</gallery>

== Version history ==
* [[Biotech DLC]] Release - Added.
* [[Version/1.4.3531|1.4.3531]] - Increased EMP resistance from 45% to 70%. Fix: War urchins are not newborn when created by a war queen.
* [[Version/1.4.3555|1.4.3555]] - Now immune to [[psychic shock lance|psychic]] [[psychic insanity lance|lances]].

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