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| - His bonuses mainly focus on artillery. He is available for French, Ottomans, Russians and Portuguese. He becomes available for Germans at level 30, Spanish at level 50 and for British at level 60. He provides everyone two falconets, except for the Portuguese, who receive 2 Organ Guns.
- The Engineer is the core believed to have maintained Flood life support on many of the Flood's colonies all across the Milky Way Galaxy. It may have contained a comprehensive knowledge of Flood biology, and even their weaknesses.
- The Engineer is a Raven in Armored Core 2. His rank is #39 in the Arena.
- The Engineer was sent back in time to at least 1963, in order to help make a time machine and an isotope weapon. The Engineer built the time displacement equipment into a bank vault at Security Trust of Los Angeles. In 1999, Cameron Phillips used this time machine to send John Connor, Sarah Connor, and herself forward in time to 2007. The Engineer's fate is unknown.
- The Engineer was a companion of the Doctor. He was there, with him, from the beginning, having actually been friends with Omega. Despite his title, he was actually a bred military man, but still a brilliant engineer. During the time of the Fourth Doctor, he had a romance with Romana's companian of his species, having previously had a romance with Sarah Jane Smith. During the events of the Five Doctors, he found himself nearly dead, having only survived due to interferance from his old friend, Rassilon. When infected with the fungus a few weeks later, he regenerated. During the Time War, he regenerated 13 more times. He is currently the last of his species, having killed the Master's friend of his species. During the events of Stolen Earth, his TARDIS was shot down by the Daleks, forcing hi
- In war, equipment is an essential part of victory. From tents and rifles to bases and vehicles, no army can fight on manpower alone. They need technology, and people to maintain it and move it forward. The average soldier actually does not have full knowledge of how his equipment works, let alone have the knowledge or time to maintain said equipment. Bigger and badder pieces of equipment require even more know-how and maintenance. There are also myriad obstacles and situations which a soldier will not be equipped to handle, like obstacles that impede troop movement, difficult to traverse terrain, and the elements themselves falling on their heads.
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| - His bonuses mainly focus on artillery. He is available for French, Ottomans, Russians and Portuguese. He becomes available for Germans at level 30, Spanish at level 50 and for British at level 60. He provides everyone two falconets, except for the Portuguese, who receive 2 Organ Guns.
- In war, equipment is an essential part of victory. From tents and rifles to bases and vehicles, no army can fight on manpower alone. They need technology, and people to maintain it and move it forward. The average soldier actually does not have full knowledge of how his equipment works, let alone have the knowledge or time to maintain said equipment. Bigger and badder pieces of equipment require even more know-how and maintenance. There are also myriad obstacles and situations which a soldier will not be equipped to handle, like obstacles that impede troop movement, difficult to traverse terrain, and the elements themselves falling on their heads. So, behind the glamorous officers and the rough-and-tumble enlisted soldiers, there's one man who will always be there to give them a technologically empowered hand: The Engineer. The Engineer is the go-to guy for anything technological in this man's army. Just as the Medic takes care of the soldiers' lives, the Engineer takes care of their equipment to make sure that the Medic is not needed. He's also the one that constructs shelter and support machines like turrets and gun emplacements to give the infantry cover and a little extra oomph. Perhaps most importantly, the Engineer is usually the main mechanic, handling upkeep of vehicles. The Engineer is practically never one of the protagonists, since the more glamorous frontline soldiers are the ones that usually get the spotlight. However, if the Engineer is in a story, he will always be an ESSENTIAL character, and you can expect his skills to be crucial for victory at some moment in the story. Engineer characters also usually tend to be older, more experienced soldiers who are a father figure to younger soldiers, be they frontline soldiers or younger engineers. They can also have elements of the drill sergeant, demanding constant effort and discipline from his crew, although this is not surprising considering the frontline soldiers depend on the equipment they service to survive. Younger engineers can have a tendency to be very passionate about their work, and have the gift of creativity and tenacity on their side. Expect young Engineers to come up with new technologies and strategies using existing technology that will give their allies a new edge in combat. Sometimes, an Engineer will actually get the spotlight on him and remain a major character. If an Engineer actually decides or is forced to FIGHT, expect it to be AWESOME. As it turns out, knowing how to build fix machines and structures together also gives you a wealth of knowledge in how to break them. Engineers are also the guys to call when terrain needs to be modified. From building roads to blasting obstacles, Engineers will clear the way. Combat Engineers and Sappers(explosives-oriented engineers) are a thing to behold: with their capacity to utterly destroy enemy equipment and fortifications and their specialized equipment, they can cause massive panic amongst enemy forces. Engineers can also be... a little eccentric. Sometimes, they can show more caring for a piece of equipment than a human being. If they're particularly skilled with explosives, they may also be a bit too quick at suggesting them as a solution to any problem. They can also have, in more fantastic settings, a little bit of mad scientist tendencies, inventing and testing new technologies that may or may not make a difference. Note that this trope is about The Engineer as a particular type of character, not as a profession, so it would not actually comprise ALL that army engineers do. An engineer who deals with sanitation and construction of things like storehouses and office/administrative buildings would not be very interesting after all. This trope applies to Engineers as a palpable force in combat, be it as support or actually participating in battle. There are various types of Engineers which feature heavily in media:
* The Combat Engineer: This is the Engineer that's right in the middle of it just like any other soldier. However, unlike his fellows who rely on more conventional weapons, the Engineer will utilize lots of specialized equipment not available to the average soldier, like demolition explosives and gun emplacements, sometimes automated. He will also assist in the maintenance of his fellow soldier's equipment(a duty that is never neglected, no matter what type of Engineer it is).
* The Support Engineer: This is the Engineer that remains on stand-by for when he is needed, working on equipment maintenance and ready at a moment's notice to jump into the field to help his fellows. Support Engineers don't see as much combat as their other brethren, but they fulfill essential duties in preparation for major offensives, like constructing shelter and destroying obstacles that impede troop movement. This is the most true to life interpretation of what an army engineer is.
* The Mechanic: DO NOT piss off The Mechanic. No other type of Engineer is as essential for the maintenance of troops' ability to attack and move, and no other type of Engineer has a shorter fuse. The Mechanic is the king of the motor pool, every vehicle is one of his babies. Bring a vehicle in a sorry state and prepare for a massive butt chewing at best and a wrench on the side of the head at worst. They have a tendency to spout Technobabble at a moment's notice. Examples of The Engineer include:
- The Engineer is the core believed to have maintained Flood life support on many of the Flood's colonies all across the Milky Way Galaxy. It may have contained a comprehensive knowledge of Flood biology, and even their weaknesses.
- The Engineer was a companion of the Doctor. He was there, with him, from the beginning, having actually been friends with Omega. Despite his title, he was actually a bred military man, but still a brilliant engineer. During the time of the Fourth Doctor, he had a romance with Romana's companian of his species, having previously had a romance with Sarah Jane Smith. During the events of the Five Doctors, he found himself nearly dead, having only survived due to interferance from his old friend, Rassilon. When infected with the fungus a few weeks later, he regenerated. During the Time War, he regenerated 13 more times. He is currently the last of his species, having killed the Master's friend of his species. During the events of Stolen Earth, his TARDIS was shot down by the Daleks, forcing him to regenerate, though it was noted that his TARDIS was simply damaged and not destroyed, repairing itself and then coming to the rescue of the Doctor and the companions.
- The Engineer is a Raven in Armored Core 2. His rank is #39 in the Arena.
- The Engineer was sent back in time to at least 1963, in order to help make a time machine and an isotope weapon. The Engineer built the time displacement equipment into a bank vault at Security Trust of Los Angeles. In 1999, Cameron Phillips used this time machine to send John Connor, Sarah Connor, and herself forward in time to 2007. Very little about The Engineer is known, beyond his obvious engineering prowess. It's never confirmed if the Engineer is a Terminator or a human, but Cameron refers to the engineer as a "him", suggesting that he might be a human male. He got a job working at the bank building the vault. He was somehow able to scavenge parts for both an isotope weapon and a time machine, and build them as well. He hid both pieces of technology inside safety deposit boxes in the vault; this suggests that he either had enough resources to rent the boxes for 36 years, or that he had a high level of access to the vault. The Engineer's fate is unknown.
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