TGMC:Squad Smartgunner

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SUPPORT MARINE
Squad Smartgunner	Access: Squad Smartgunner Equipment Room, Squad Room Difficulty: Easy Rank: Lance Corporal (Starting), Corporal (25 hours), Sergeant (100 hours) Class: Marines Supervisors: Squad Leader Duties: Use built-in IFF weapons to help keep your squad intact and finish off xenomorphs. Guides: This is the guide (and Elsa's YouTube channel) Quote:"RO! I NEED MORE AMMO! WHERE IS IT!?"

LtCol Elsa 'l'Epee' Spinnewyn says: "I remember when field commanders have smartgun skills [1] [2] [3]! I SHALL ALWAYS REMEMBER!"

Introduction

You are specially-trained to operate one of the TerraGov Marine Corps' most effective weapons systems: the T-29 smart machine gun or T-29 smart rifle. Realizing that you suck at not shooting your battle buddies perform well at TerraGov Marine Corps School of Infantry and score high in the ASVAB's electronic, the TerraGov Marine Corps put you in an additional 5 weeks course on operating these weapon systems. These brand new but limited weapon systems can shoot through other marines without a special harness or powerpack compared to its previous ancestor, the M56B Smartgun.

In TGMC, the main role of the Squad Smartgunner is a second-line support unit.

Playing the Smartgunner

Though it may seem powerful with this profound build-in IFF, you are not built to be a front-line combatant. Your gun deals less damage than a T-12 and you are slow enough to be caught by nearly any caste while wielding/reloading your weapon. Your strength is covering your team and putting yourself in the best position to lay down lots of fire on the enemy. Treat yourself as a mobile sentry gun, stay behind your teammates, lead your shots, and pay attention to where you can best bring your firepower to bear.

• If you are using the T-29, you cannot run fast with your weapon since wielding the weapon while running with it wielded is pretty slow.
• If you are using the T-25, you will run dry fast if you incorrectly use it too soon, and now you have to reload fast before xenomorphs capitalize on you or your marines while you're reloading.

Don't forget the most powerful aspect of your weapon: the built-in IFF. It's turned on by default, and when it is on you will not hit any other friendly marines equipped with IFF transmitters. Whereby other weapons have aim mode that reduce their rate of fire and movement speed, you on the other hand have superior rate of fire and movement speed given your SG. You can freely shoot through any marine and your bullets will safely bypass them to hit targets beyond. Note that your bullets will still hit anyone or anything without marine IFF, meaning survivors, FRE ERT, and other civilians, so be careful.

Due to the fact that you cannot get ammunition for free, you need to communicate with requisition for more ammunition. Always inspect the amount of ammunition you have on you before a huge engagement happens since the last thing you want is chasing xenomorphs only to have a dry SG. If you have 2/5 of the total ammunition you can carry, it is the best time to get requisition to order more ammunition. Ensure that requisition verbally receives your order and ships out your orders otherwise you will head to a FOB with no ammunition for you.

For players using T-25, you have to ensure that requisition get the right order. T-29 ammunition do not fit with the T-25. It is also highly recommended to get T-25 ammunition packages since each packages hold 200 ammunition and cost 4 points whereby a single T-25 magazine holds 50 costs 2 points. You cannot use the T-25 ammunition packages for T-29 drums.

Vendors, Equipment, and Weapons

The Smartgunner has their own prep room within their squad prep area (hover your mouse over the doors if you can't find it.) Inside are your GHMME Automated Closet and NEXUS Smartgunner Equipment Rack.

• The closet contains your uniform, standard equipment, webbing, belts, pouches, and any masks you may want.
• The equipment rack contains two choices for smartgunner kits, but you can only choose one!, and gun attachments.
  
• When you wake up, you get either 1000 ammo for your T-29 or 800 ammo for your T-25. Obtain more from requisition; T-29 drums cost 5 req points whereby T-25 mags cost 2 req points or T-25 ammo boxes cost 4 req points.

GHMME Automated Closet

Standard KitWebbingBeltsPouchesMasks

Item:	Desc.:
TGMC Radio	This is used by squad members. Default channels are ; for your squad, and :h for common.
TGMC Uniform	A standard-issue, kevlar-weaved, hazmat-tested, EMF-augmented marine uniform.
Combat Boots	Standard issue combat boots for combat scenarios or combat situations. All combat, all the time.
Marine Gloves	Standard issue marine tactical gloves. It reads: 'knit by Marine Widows Association'.
M10 Helmet	A helmet which keeps your head on your shoulders, and not lying ten feet away.

Item:	Desc.:
Webbing	Extra pouches that you can clip to your uniform. Only one thing may be clipped to your uniform Has three slots for storing items. Storage Any tiny item Any small item M41A MK2 Magazines M39 Magazines M42C Magazines Sunfury Lasgun Cells
Black Webbing	Extra pouches that you can clip to your uniform. Only one thing may be clipped to your uniform Has five slots for storing tiny or small items. Storage Any tiny item Any small item
Shoulder Holster	Pistol Holster that you can clip to your uniform. Only one thing may be clipped to your uniform Capable of storing one pistol in it. Storage Any Pistol Tazer

Item:	Desc.:
M39 Belt Holster	SMG Holster that goes on your belt. Has only one slot, and draws revolvers on click. Capable of storing an M39 without increased weight (Grips/Stock) Storage M39 SMGs 64px
Ammo Load Rig	A belt for your uniform, intended for holding magazines. You can right click it to change the drawing mode. Has five slots for storing items. Storage Combat Knife Shells or handfuls of bullets Any kind of flare/flare nade M41A MK2 Magazines M39 Magazines M42C Magazines Sunfury Lasgun Cells M4A3 Magazines M44 Speedloaders Any grenade Claymores
Shotgun Shell Belt	A belt used to hold up to 50 shotgun shells, two boxes worth. Has two drawing methods, click to open, and draw last stored upon click. Defaults to click to open, you can right click on it and change the drawing method. What it can store: Buckshot shells Slug Shells Flechette Shells Incendiary Shells
M4A3 Belt Holster	Pistol Holster that goes on your belt. Has five slots, and draws pistols on click. Capable of storing only one pistol in it. Storage Any Pistol, not revolvers. Any Pistol Magazines
M44 Belt Holster	Revolver Holster that goes on your belt. Has five slots, and draws revolvers on click. Capable of storing only one revolver in it. Storage M44 Revolvers M44 Speedloaders
Knife Rig	A knife rig that goes on your belt Can switch drawing modes by right clicking. Capable of storing six throwing knives within. Storage M11 Throwing Knives.

Pouch:	Desc:
Shotgun Shell Pouch	A pouch used to hold shotgun shells. Has four slots. Has two drawing methods, click to open, and draw last stored upon click. Defaults to click to open, you can right click on it and change the drawing method. What it can store: Buckshot shells Slug Shells Flechette Shells Incendiary Shells
Magazine Pouch	A pouch used to hold magazines. Has two slots. Has two drawing methods, click to open, and draw last stored upon click. Defaults to click to open, you can right click on it and change the drawing method. What it can store: Shells or handfuls of bullets M41A MK2 Magazines M39 Magazines M42C Magazines Sunfury Lasgun Cells M4A3 Magazines M44 Speedloaders
Medium General Pouch	A medium general pouch that goes into your pocket. Holds small and tiny items. Has two drawing methods, click to open, and draw last stored upon click. Defaults to click to open, you can right click on it and change the drawing method. Storage Any tiny item Any small item
Flare Pouch	A pouch used to flares. Has five slots. Has two drawing methods, click to open, and draw last stored upon click. Defaults to click to open, you can right click on it and change the drawing method. What it can store: Flare Grenades Manual Flares
First Aid Pouch	A pouch used to hold construction materials. Has five slots. Has two drawing methods, click to open, and draw last stored upon click. Defaults to click to open, you can right click on it and change the drawing method. What it can store: Tramadol Injectors Tricordazine Injectors Gauze Ointment Medical Splints
Pistol Magazine Pouch	A pouch used to hold pistol magazines. Has three slots. Has two drawing methods, click to open, and draw last stored upon click. Defaults to click to open, you can right click on it and change the drawing method. What it can store: M4A3 Magazines M44 Speedloaders
Sidearm Pouch	A pouch used to sidearms. Has one slot. Has two drawing methods, click to open, and draw last stored upon click. Defaults to click to open, you can right click on it and change the drawing method. What it can store: Any Revolvers Any Pistols

Item:	Desc.:
TGMC Gas Mask	A gas mask that restricts your vision, but filters out harmful gasses.
TGMC Coif	A coif that protects you from extreme cold conditions.
Rebreather	Heats or cools down air as you breath it, protecting you from extreme conditions.

NEXUS Automated Equipment Rack

The Automated Equipment Rack contains your Smartgunner needs, which consists of 45 points to purchase one weapon and its ammo. Choose wisely.

Module	Point Cost	Description
Night Vision Goggles	0	Grants you full sight of the terrain, but not full night sight. The only marine job that spawns with NVG. Yes, you get this for free!
T-29 smart machine gun	29	A heavy machine gun that uses IFF to bypass friendlies, allowing you to fire through them if they have a marine ID. Attachments: Rail Muzzle Fixed Underbarrel Stock Fixed
T-29 drum magazine	4	Supplies your T-29 Smartgun with ammunition and power. 200 ammo per drum.
T-25 Smartrifle	30	The T-25 is the TGMC's current standard IFF-capable rifle, allowing you to fire through them if they have a marine ID. It's known for its ability to lay down quick fire support very well. Requires special training and it cannot turn off IFF. It uses 10x26mm ammunition. Attachments: Rail Muzzle Underbarrel Stock Fixed
T-25 magazine	5	Supplies your T-25 Smartrifle with 80 ammunition and power.
T-25 ammo box	6	Surplus ammo for you T-25 Smartrifle. It holds 320 ammo.

Your Gear

Smartweapon

This is your main weapon. While weaker than a standard rifle, it compensates through having a high rate of fire and being able to shoot through your friends to hit enemies. To use it, you will only need to equip M56 Head Mounted Sight (Eyes), Smartgun (Hands/Suit Storage), Powerpack (Backpack), and M56 Combat Harness (Armor). your smart weapon and ammo for your smart weapon to shoot.

Difference between T-29 and T-25

Recent development with IFF weapons provides a smartgunner with another tool in their deployment, the T-25. The T-29 is considered as the traditional weapon of the smartgunner, giving suppressive fire down the line to ward off xenomorphs from engaging in CQC. The T-25, however, is for the smartgunner with a keener sense of resource management, hyperaggressive mindset, and an acute sense of timing. Metaphorically and in the ideal, the T-29 is the spikes that xenomorphs must deal with when getting closed to marines, whereby the T-25 mows down xenomorphs. While you can unga with both of these weapon systems, the T-25 is best suited for such lifestyle.

Pros of T-29Cons of T-29Pros of T-25Cons of T-25Stats side by side

Desc.:
Beginner friendly! Everyone wants to dakka!
Strong and familiar ammo economy to veterans
A single squad smartgunner with the T-29 can carry a total of 2,800 ammo (3 drums in G8 pouch, 2 drums in Jaegar exoskeleton general purpose storage module, 8 drums in backpack not satchel, and 1 drum in T-29)

Desc.:
Lower rate of fire compared to T-25
Cannot chase xenomorphs so easily; you are slow when wielding T-29
Longer wielding time
Takes time to reload T-29

Desc.:
Faster rate of fire
Easily a weapon to chase xenomorphs with since you can run faster with this weapon compared to the T-29
More underbarrel attachment choices! Can use the mini-flamethrower, mini-shotgun, or mini-grenade launcher!
Putting a bayonet on T-25 one shot resin nodes and sticky resins!
Can put scopes on T-25!

Desc.:
Difficult ammo economy
Bipolar in gameplay: conservative but opportunistic due to having only 80 ammo in rifle
Always reloading since you want to have 81 ammo ready to mag dump xenomorphs

T-29 stats	T-25 stats	T-12 stats
aim_slowdown = 0.95 wield_delay = 1.3 SECONDS name = "smartgun bullet" accurate_range = 15 damage = 20 scatter = -10 penetration = 20 sundering = 1	aim_slowdown = 0.55 wield_delay = 0.6 SECONDS name = "smartrifle bullet" damage = 25 penetration = 15 sundering = 1	fire_delay = 0.2 SECONDS scatter = -10 aim_slowdown = 0.4 wield_delay = 0.7 SECONDS damage = 25 penetration = 5 sundering = 0.5

Difference between M56B and T-29

Note that a squad smartgunner cannot choose between a M56B and a T-29. In TGMC, from their vendor, the squad smartgunner gets either the T-29 or T-25. This section is only used for comparison given that long time ago in TGMC and in another server (CM), squad smartgunners are familiar with the M56B.

The T-29 and T-25 are very flexible compared to the M56B. Whereas the M56B demands that the squad smartgunner wears only one type of armor () and cannot use any backpack (), the T-29 allows for variance in armor and storage.

Pros of T-29Cons of T-29

Desc.:
Does not consume energy since it does not have multiple modes compared to the M56B
Can use full auto, meaning you can hold down the mouse button to shoot rather than spam clicking
Possesses an anti-friendly fire system (IFF), allowing one to shoot through allies to hit your foes
A single squad smartgunner with the T-29 can carry a total of 2,800 ammo (3 drums in G8 pouch, 2 drums in Jaegar exoskeleton general purpose storage module, 8 drums in backpack not satchel, and 1 drum in T-29) compared to the squad smartgunner with the M56B that can only carry 1,500 ammo (1 drum in M56B and 2 drums in belt) M56B holds more ammo than T-29; don't even compare the total ammo count for T-25
T-29 drums can be ordered at Requisitions like other ammo types.
Comes with the Night Vison Goggle, or NVG, to help spot targets in the dark; note that NVG works without T-29

Desc.:
Does not have multiple modes, meaning that the T-29 is lock in IFF
No in-built motion detector like the M56B
Must be manually reloaded AND takes time to reload. Reloading takes about 3 seconds and must be done by standing still; moving at all interrupts the reloading process
SOUNDS UGLY REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
No in-built magnetic harness like the M56B
Only have 200 ammo internal capacity compared to the M56B which has 500 ammo
A single squad smartgunner with the T-29 can carry a total of 2,800 ammo (3 drums in G8 pouch, 2 drums in Jaegar exoskeleton general purpose storage module, 8 drums in backpack not satchel, and 1 drum in T-29) compared to the squad smartgunner with the M56B that can only carry 3,500 ammo (1 drum in M56B and 6 drums in belt); storage is simple and clean for the M56B
Deals about the same damage as a LMG per shot (i.e. 30), making it weaker against T3s unmodded
Wielding has a 1-2 second delay unmodded, and slows you while wielded
Liberal use tends to run the T-29 drums dry, necessitating either Requisitions or periodic trips to and from shipside to maintain usage of the Smartgun.

Reccomended attachments:

• Magnetic Harness (though if you want to use a red-dot sight, it is highly recommended to have a harness belt)

• Laser sight

M56 Head Mounted Sight

Required to use the Smartgun, and gives you enough nightvision to see the entirety of about half of the screen as if it were completely lit, even through walls and darkness.

Tips

• Kill xenos, get more ammo. Use ammo to kill more xenos, then get more ammo. Make req happy.

• If you are rolling with the T-25, it is best to roll with the T-25 ammo package and hold empty T-25 mags .

• Roll and chase down xenomorphs with the T-25 when they are less than half their health. This will utilize the T-25 to its fullest potential assuming you have a fresh mag in your T-25 AND you won't waste your ammo when xenomorphs can just sponge up the ammo and walk away. Just be careful of other xenomorphs!

• Xenomorphs will get punished when they push if you do your job. The SG's job is to ensure that xenomorphs eat more lead when they try to come to CQC range, not to mention the sunder that the SG provides.

• Given that you have IFF, you can save marines from resin traps. These traps make facehuggers jump on marines if they step on the traps. Always be wary of objects on weed as many objects can hide resin traps, so keep your cursor near objects. When a marine triggers a resin trap, they will get stun and have a few second to be saved before the facehugger grabs onto their face.

• Stick with your squad and follow the Squad Leader's (SL's) orders. If this isn't possible, stay with any marines you can find. You will not survive on your own if you are caught out of position, and your weapon is a very important support tool for the entire marine force—don't waste it by running around alone.

• Aim for the chest. You're less likely to hit a target by aiming for the head.

• Aim at the tile behind a target if they're standing still. If you click right on the tile, it might not hit as likely compared to clicking straight behind your target, or the bullet might hit a nearby wall.

• For moving targets, try to lead your shots. Bullets have travel time, so depending on how fast a target is moving you may have to put your cursor 1-5 tiles ahead of a target to hit them.

• If an ally is pounced on, shoot over whoever's in the way behind the tile of the pouncer. You will either drive the pouncer off and make them hesitant to get into range, or you'll fill them with enough lead to drop them for you and your allies. This goes for warrior's lunge, too. Pump lead into that warrior since they have to grab a marine for like 2 seconds, enough to mag dump them.

• A Shotgunner synergizes well with this role: have the PFC as the point-man and stay behind them and their friends. In case they get pounced on or knocked down, you can then blast the offender and either drive them away (giving your team/the PFC time to move back and regroup), or kill them if they remain in the area for too long. It essentially gives you the ability to act as both an anti-flank/harassment force and as area-denial to all.

• DON'T STAND IN FRONT

• SERIOUSLY JUST DON'T

• STOP CHARGING IN FRONT DAMMIT

• TALKING TO YOU, ELSA
• MAN, FUCK YOUR T-25, JUST STOP UNGAING

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