Guard Post

From OPU Wiki

• Common Metals Cost very low
• Rare Metals Cost none
• Build Time very short
• Tube Connection Required optional
• Power Required 10
• Size very small
• Workers Required none
• Hit Points low
• Scientists Required none
• Armor medium

Description

Guard Posts are simple unmanned defense-sentry installations. The offensive element of the Guard Post is any one of the available combat vehicle turrets, with that turret's normal capabilities and limitations. Lacking the vehicle's computers, sensors, and power system, the Guard Post incorporates a power receiver, allowing it to operate from the colony's power plants, a targeting sensor array, and a simple electro-optical targeting and fire tasking (TAFT) computer. The TAFT is not as sophisticated as the primary computers used in vehicles and arachnids, and in fact, is derived from an emergency-backup computer commonly used in such units. While the electro-optical logic unit handles most of the TAFT's functions, a protein-based pattern recognition unit is used to identity hostile and friendly units, and to select an appropriate threat response. The TAFT's effectiveness can be improved by connecting the Guard Post to the Command Center through the Tube system, which provides a secure data channel to the Savant computers. This allows for pinpoint targeting, increasing the effective damage from most weapons by 50 percent.

While Guard Posts normally operate independently, they can be directed at individual targets in response to commands from the Command Center.