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* EverythingIsAnIPodInTheFuture: Almost all external parts have at least one surface that has a shiny white covering, it's clearer than the other corporation parts, that they are made to slot together better with each other, without any other colour schemes, it's hard to make a tech that doesn't look frankensteined.
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* WeWillUseLasersInTheFuture: Part and Parcel of the Aesthetic, they have no actual kinetic ranged weapons, while they tear through most techs, they are notably fragile.
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* MakeMeWannaShout: In a weird way, their Sonic Blaster. This is largely an InformedAttribute, however, as the shots act more like laser energy and subvert the usual tropes asssociated with it, especially it having long range.
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* SuperScream: In a weird way, their Sonic Blaster. This is largely an InformedAttribute, however, as the shots act more like laser energy and subvert the usual tropes asssociated with it, especially it having long range.
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* NamesTheSame: He shares his name with the GSO's mobile AI module.
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* StoneWall: Turned UpToEleven in that the cube doesn't attack the player at all. Breaking through its shields within the [[TimedMission time limit]] is still a challenge.
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* StoneWall: Turned UpToEleven Exaggerated in that the cube doesn't attack the player at all. Breaking through its shields within the [[TimedMission time limit]] is still a challenge.
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* EarlyBirdBoss: A boss wielding Hawkeye HG Cannon Turrets and ''several'' Mk3 Battleship Cannons at a point where you're likely to not even have a Hawkeye license, let alone the high-level weaponry he sports.
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* EarlyBirdBoss: A boss wielding Hawkeye HG Cannon Turrets and ''several'' Mk3 [=Mk3=] Battleship Cannons at a point where you're likely to not even have a Hawkeye license, let alone the high-level weaponry he sports.
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* ManlyFacialHair: He has an impressive horseshoe "moustache" made of bumper blocks, evoking the image of a rugged martial arts guru.
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* BadassMoustache: He has an impressive horseshoe moustache made of bumper blocks, evoking the image of a rugged martial arts guru.
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Geo Corp has some ranged weapons now.
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* WeaponsOfTheirTrade: All of [=GeoCorp's=] "weapons"- drills, buzzsaws, jackhammers and plasma cutters- are actually mining equipment, and they don't sell any actual weaponry. As it turns out, though, when all you have is [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer a bunch of heavy digging equipment]], every enemy tech starts to look like a rich mineral seam.
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* WeaponsOfTheirTrade: All of [=GeoCorp's=] "weapons"- drills, buzzsaws, jackhammers jackhammers, dynamite catapults and plasma cutters- are actually mining equipment, and they don't sell any actual "real" weaponry. As it turns out, though, when all you have is [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer a bunch of heavy digging equipment]], every enemy tech starts to look like a rich mineral seam.
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A government-run mining company created to help new prospectors build their techs and get into off-world mining. The default starting corporation, the [=GSO=] are outclassed in at least one area by every other corporation.
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A government-run mining company created to help new prospectors build their techs and get into off-world mining. The default starting corporation, the [=GSO=] offer a bit of everything, from caterpillar tracks to wings to crafting machines to heavy cannons to cute little ploughs. They are nevertheless outclassed in at least one area by every other corporation.
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An extreme sports organisation. They offer the fastest wheels in the game.
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A mining company which specialises in heavy equipment and massive techs. Their drills and plasma cutters function as the game's strongest melee weapons.
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A mining company which specialises in heavy equipment and massive techs. yellow techs and huge, rugged wheels to carry them. Their drills and plasma cutters function as are the game's strongest melee weapons.
weapons. They offer the biggest repair bubble, but no shields; [=GeoCorp=] techs aren't technically meant for combat.
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A corporate military organisation. Their weapons and shields are the strongest in the game.
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A corporate private military organisation. Their contractor specialising in powerful weapons and shields are heavy armour, available in black or desert camo. The organisation is run like a paramilitary; the strongest player answers to Sergeant Smash after they join. Hawkeye currently offers the most powerful cannon and missile launcher in the game.
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A new startup specialising in ultra-sleek, ultra-modern hover techs and aircraft. They offer a small selection of powerful laser weaponry and a variety of useful devices, such as anti-gravity engines and [[YouHaveResearchedBreathing off switches for shields]].
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A dynamic new startup specialising in disrupting the tech industry with ultra-sleek, ultra-modern hover techs and aircraft. solutions. They offer a small selection of specialise in hovercrafts and powerful laser weaponry and a variety of weaponry, plus useful devices, devices such as anti-gravity engines and [[YouHaveResearchedBreathing off switches for shields]].
shields]]. Just make sure you have your rent put aside before you buy anything from them.
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An experimental technology company which offers big, powerful, strange and hard to use weapons.
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An experimental technology company which offers big, powerful, strange a mix of powerful and hard almost useless experimental weaponry, most of which was designed by mad scientists. Aside from their specialised chassis blocks, they have orange trim and pleasingly round wheels to use weapons.
choose from.
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* WetwareCPU: In the FlavorText of their HIVE Missile Launcher, it's stated that each missile has an actual [[BeeAfraid hornet]] inside to guide it. This technically makes it a BeeBeeGun... though when you craft it, you don't actually use any hornets.
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* WetwareCPU: In the FlavorText of their HIVE Missile Launcher, it's stated that each missile has an actual [[BeeAfraid [[WickedWasps hornet]] inside to guide it. This technically makes it a BeeBeeGun... though when you craft it, you don't actually use any hornets.
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* EarlyBirdBoss: A boss wielding Hawkeye HG Cannon Turrets and ''several'' Mk3 Battleship Cannons at a point where you're likely to not even have a Hawkeye license, let alone the high-level weaponry he sports.
* SkippableBoss: You can pay his toll to just skip him altogether, or alternatively drive off the bridge, causing him to follow and self-destruct. Doing this deprives you of his loot, though.
* SkippableBoss: You can pay his toll to just skip him altogether, or alternatively drive off the bridge, causing him to follow and self-destruct. Doing this deprives you of his loot, though.
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* BreatherBoss: Unlike Wing-Nut and the Spider King, Gruntle is very much weak. While his flamethrowers are intimidating, he has the durability of a paper towel.
* ConMan: Not the Cube itself, but the Leader. He's the ringleader of a con where he offers blatantly overpriced parts to people who fail his challenge. Fittingly, the way he's built makes him look like he has a mustache.
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!!Galactic Service Survey Organisation ([=GSO=])
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* MasterOfAll: Overall, Hawkeye's blocks are the best for fighting. All their parts are durable, their weapons pack a serious punch, their wheels can bear some weight at a decent speed and they have enough variety to make interesting techs.
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* MasterOfAll: Overall, Hawkeye's blocks are the best for fighting. All their parts are durable, their weapons pack a serious punch, their wheels can bear some weight at a decent speed and they have enough variety to make interesting techs. However, their parts aren't geared very well for resource gathering.
* MakeMeWannaShout: In a weird way, their Sonic Blaster. This is largely an InformedAttribute, however, as the shots act more like laser energy and subvert the usual tropes asssociated with it, especially it having long range.
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* WetwareCPU: In the FlavorText of their HIVE Missile Launcher, it's stated that each missile has an actual [[BeeAfraid hornet]] inside to guide it. This technically makes it a BeeBeeGun... though when you craft it, you don't actually use any hornets.
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** The Talon Laser, while intimidatingly powerful, also takes up a lot of space and has a short range.
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!!Ice Crawler Brothers
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[[caption-width-right:340:Vana, the red brother. Zozo looks pretty much the same, except blue and with earmuffs.]]
Two brothers, Zozo and Vana, who build extreme obstacle courses to challenge tech racers.
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* AwesomeEgo: They have high opinions of themselves and their race courses, readily assuming the player is too awestruck to speak to them.
* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Zozo has a colour-inverted version of the Venture skin, making him mostly blue. Vana is mostly red.
* JiveTurkey: The brothers constantly speak in slang.
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[[caption-width-right:340:Vana, the red brother. Zozo looks pretty much the same, except blue and with earmuffs.]]
Two brothers, Zozo and Vana, who build extreme obstacle courses to challenge tech racers.
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* AwesomeEgo: They have high opinions of themselves and their race courses, readily assuming the player is too awestruck to speak to them.
* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Zozo has a colour-inverted version of the Venture skin, making him mostly blue. Vana is mostly red.
* JiveTurkey: The brothers constantly speak in slang.
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* GlassCannon: Venture weapons may be fragile, but they can dish out plenty of damage. Special mention must go to the double-barrelled Rapid cannon, which was the most powerful weapon in the game until Hawkeye came up with a much larger [[PowerCreep triple-barrelled cannon]].
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* RecurringBoss: You are challenged to destroy the Almighty Cube three times, facing a [[UpgradedBoss stronger version]] each time.
