TGMC:Praetorian

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UNDEFINED XENO
Praetorian	Difficulty: Hard Rank: Hatchling (Starting), Young (10hrs), Mature (25hrs), Elder (70 hrs), Ancient (175 hrs) Duties: Assist xenos with your pheromones and very strong acid, stun marines with acid cone Guides: no separate guides Quote: "Say 'what' again. Say 'what' again, I dare you, I double dare you motherfucker, say what one more Goddamn time!"

The Praetorian

The Praetorian is a powerful ranged-support Tier 3 Xenomorph that can spit both neurotoxin and acid, spray a large cone of acid, and emit pheromone auras to help allies within a certain radius. You are also tough enough to help with front-line combat, but are still somewhat vulnerable to fire.

Playing the Praetorian

Praetorians are some of the hive's most powerful support and leader castes. When the hive decides what caste the spitter should evolve to, they default to the praetorian for the following reasons:

• opening push with acid spray
• stunning multiple marines with acid spray
• increasing marines' horizontal state with acid spray
• assaulting, harrassing, and insulting the marines with acid spits
• disengaging out of marines' firing lane with the pheromones frenzy to repeat the harrassment
• emitting pheromones to fellow xenomorphs
• extinguishing fire with acid wells and, to a lesser extent, acid spray

You can switch between neurotoxin and acid spit, and your acid spray is a very powerful ability which sprays a cone of acid across the ground seven tiles wide and four tiles long. Acid spray will knock down any marine that it hits and will do damage to anyone that stays in it or moves through it while it's on the ground.

Pheromones are another critically important tool you must use. You can switch between recovery for faster healing and plasma regeneration, warding for extra protection, and frenzy for a speed bonus. Make sure you're always emitting pheromones to help yourself and your team, and when applicable, make sure you aren't overlapping pheromone types with other Xenomorphs to maximise their usefullness.

Maturity Statistics and Evolution Paths

The Praetorian is a Tier 3 and cannot evolve further.

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.

Pheromones for their respective castes also grow in strength along with growth levels.

Age

Health

Plasma

Slash

Melee

Bullet

Laser

Energy

Bomb

Bio

Rad

Fire

Acid

Young

290

800

20

x

x

x

x

TBH

x

x

x

x

Mature

320

900

20

x

x

x

x

TBH

x

x

x

x

Elder

340

1000

23

x

x

x

x

TBH

x

x

x

x

Ancient

360

1000

23

x

x

x

x

TBH

x

x

x

x

Praetorian Abilities

Ability	Description	Plasma Cost	Cooldown
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 only when resting on weeds and will also regenerate plasma faster.	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
Corrosive Acid	Lets you expel acid from your body onto any structure/object you are able to. Praetorian acid is medium strength, stronger than a Sentinel's but still weaker than a Boilers or Queens acid.	Easy	75
Place acid well	Place an acid well that can put out fires when a xenomorph steps on the acid well.	Easy	75
Toggle Spit Type	Toggle between using neurotoxin and acid spit.	Easy	30*
Xeno Spit	Spit neurotoxin or acid at a target or tile up to 7 tiles away. Acid does permanent burn damage.	Easy	30*
Spray Acid	Channel a cone of acid across the ground in a 4x7 tile area. Knocks down targets it hits and does tick damage to any target that stands in or moves across the acid while it remains on the ground.	Medium	30*
Open/Collapse Pheromone Options	Opens the pheromone options, allowing you to select recovery, warding, or frenzy. You may only emit one at a time, and you can see which pheromones you are effected by in the stats tab.	Medium	30*

Tips & Tricks

• In the absence of the Queen, you will often be looked at as a central point of combat due to your powerful pheromones. Make sure you're supporting your other Xenomorphs and paying attention to the battle.
• You can help an assault succeed, or even influence a push to begin, with a well-placed acid spray that drives marines back from barricades or catches some out, wounding them or cutting them off from support.
• Praetorians also rival Spitters in their harassment ability, so make sure you're constantly spitting neuro or acid when you're not spraying or fighting.

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