TGMC:Defender

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UNDEFINED XENO
Defender	Difficulty: Medium Rank: Hatchling (Starting), Young (10hrs), Mature (25hrs), Elder (70 hrs), Ancient (175 hrs) Duties: Be the toughest tier 1 xeno, attract attention, but not too much yet. Guides: no separate guides

The Defender

The Defender is a combat caste, focused on being the "tank" of any group of tier 1 xenos, and one of the most lethal xenos at tier 1.

As a Defender, you take more hits to kill than any other xeno at tier 1, so don't be afraid to step in and take a bullet for one of your sisters that is bleeding.

It is important for a defender to be able to combo its abilities together efficiently, or your damage and or capture potential will be severely limited.

Playing the Defender

As a Defender, you will be able to harass marines more efficiently than any other tier 1 besides the Sentinel. Work together with a sentinel and or Carrier, and you will be able to capture an inordinate amount of marines for the hive. A Defiler is also a wonderful xeno to work with, due to your ability to knock people down; Knocking marines down in the Defiler's Neurotoxin Gas clouds will render them stun-locked, giving the defiler plenty of time to Defile sting the marines.

Maturity Statistics and Evolution Paths

Defenders are born to evolve into Warriors and then eventually Crushers.
Maturity increases stats as follows.

• Slash is the melee damage when the xenomorph is in harm intent and slashing marine. In the code, it's melee_damage.
• Melee, bullet, laser, energy, bomb, bio, rad, fire, and acid are soft armor values, not hard armor, which means that they reduce damage by a percentage rather than a flat value.

Age	Health	Plasma	Slash	Melee	Bullet	Laser	Energy	Bomb	Bio	Rad	Fire	Acid
Young	260	150	17	30	30	25	20	TBH	20	20	30	20
Mature	280	175	17	33	33	28	25	TBH	25	25	33	25
Elder	300	190	21	35	35	30	28	TBH	28	28	35	28
Ancient	320	200	21	40	40	40	40	TBH	30	30	40	30

Defender Abilities

Abilities	Functions	Difficulty of use	Plasma cost
Toggle Bump Attacks	This ability allows you to toggle bump attacks on and off. If for some reason you want to avoid them, toggle this off. The red arrow means it's on; the green arrow means it's off.	N/A	N/A
Rest	This ability is used to rest and get up, you will heal faster when resting on weeds.	Easy	N/A
Regurgitate	Regurgitate does exactly what it sounds like. Expels the contents of your stomach onto the current tile. To consume someone, grab them then click on your sprite, and stand still.	Easy	N/A
Headbite	This ability is used to remove the brain of a downed marine, allowing for a quick execution. Takes 10 seconds to pull off.	Braindead	100
Crest Defense	Lowers your crest, slightly increasing your defense, at the cost of agility.	Medium	N/A
Fortify	Squat your body down and tuck your head down into your torso, exposing only the hardest parts of your exoskeleton. Greatly increases defense.	Medium	N/A
Tail Sweep	Does a 360 degree tail sweep in a 1 tile radius all directions from your current tile, knocking marines over and back.	Easy	N/A
Headbutt	Use your hard crest to headbutt a marine, sending them flying in the direction you hit them	Medium	N/A

Defender tips & tricks

• Always try to eat bullets for your xeno buddies.
• If you're just purely tanking for the boiler, hit that FAT fortify.
• If you're covering other xeno's retreat, HIT THAT FAT CREST BUTTON

TGMC Roles
	TerraGov Marines Ranks	Command	Captain, Field Commander, Staff Officer, Pilot Officer, Transport Officer, Mech Pilot
		Vehicle Crew	Assault Crewman, Transport Crewman
		Engineering and Supply	Chief Ship Engineer, Requisitions Officer, Ship Technician
		Medical	Chief Medical Officer, Medical Doctor, Researcher
		Marines	Squad Leader, Squad Smartgunner, Squad Engineer, Squad Corpsman, Squad Marine
		Civilians	Corporate Liaison
		Silicon	Combat robots, Synthetic, AI
	Xenomorphs Playtime	Tier 0	Larva, Minions
		Tier 1	Drone, Runner, Defender, Sentinel
		Tier 2	Hivelord, Carrier, Hunter, Wraith, Bull, Warrior, Puppeteer, Spitter
		Tier 3	Gorger, Defiler, Widow, Ravager, Warlock, Behemoth, Crusher, Praetorian, Boiler
		Tier 4	Shrike, Queen, King, Hivemind
	Others		Zombie, Emergency Response Teams, Sons of Mars, Survivor