TGMC:Squad Smartgunner

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SUPPORT MARINE
Squad Smartgunner	Access: Squad Smartgunner Equipment Room, Squad Room Difficulty: Easy Rank: Corporal Class: Marines Supervisors: Squad Leader Duties: Use suppressive fire to help keep your squad intact. Guides: N/A Quote:Peace through superior firepower.

Introduction

You are specially-trained to operate one of the Terragov Marine Corps' most effective weapons systems: the T-29 Smartgun. The Smartgun is an electronically powered, belt-fed 10mm general support machine gun that's stabilized on a combat harness and augmented with an infrared auto-tracking system.

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

Playing the Smartgunner

Though it may seem powerful, you are not a front-line combatant. Your gun deals less damage than a pulse rifle and you're 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.

Also don't forget the most powerful aspect of your weapon: the built-in IFF. It's turned on by default, and when it's on you will not hit any other friendly marines equipped with IFF transmitters. 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 and other civilians, so be careful. It's also extremely important that your bullets will hit sentries and the HMG otherwise engineers and other marines will yell at you for destroying essential machinery.

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 your weapon, an extra drum, and head mounted sight in the essential smartgunner set, as well as additional special ammunition and gun attachments.
  

GHMME Automated Closet

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<tab name="Standard Kit">

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.

</tab> <tab name="Webbing">

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 </tab> <tab name="Belts"> 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 File:TGMC M39.png 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. </tab> <tab name="Pouches"> 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 </tab> <tab name="Masks"> 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. </tab> </tabs> NEXUS Automated Equipment Rack <tabs> <tab name="Essential Smartgunner Set"> Item: Desc.: M56 Harness Used to support your M56B Smartgun, and to holster it. Required to fire it. Suit Storage: M56B Smartgun Emergency Oxygen Tank G8 Storage Pouch Claymores Ammo Magazines Armor Storage Any tiny item Any small item M41A MK2 Magazines M39 Magazines M42C Magazines Sunfury Lasgun Cells M56 Powerpack Supplies your M56B Smartgun with ammunition and power. Required to fire it. M56B Smartgun A heavy machine gun that uses IFF to bypass friendlies, allowing you to fire through them if they have an ID. M56 Head Mounted Sight Grants you full sight of the terrain, but not full night sight. </tab> <tab name="Special Ammunition"> Item: Desc.: M56 Powerpack Ammo for the M56B Smartgun. Holds 500 rounds, and goes on your back. M4A3 AP Magazine Pistol ammunition intended to pierce through armour. M4A3 Extended Magazine A magazine with more capacity than the normal magazine. M41A AP Magazine M41A Ammunition intended to pierce through armour. M41A Extended Magazine A magazine with more capacity than the normal magazine. M39 AP Magazine M39 Ammunition intended to pierce through armour. M39 Extended Magazine A magazine with more capacity than the normal magazine. </tab> <tab name="Attachments"> Item: Desc.: Suppressor A barrel attachment that makes shots quieter, and reduces damage. Also other stats. Wee. Extended Barrel A barrel attachment that makes shots more accurate, and reduces damage. Other stats. Wee. Recoil Compensator A barrel attachment that makes recoil less of a problem, apparently. Other stats. Wee. Magnetic Harness A rail attachment that makes your gun snap back to your suit storage if you drop it. Makes you less accurate. Other stats. Wee. Red Dot Sight A rail attachment that makes your shots more accurate. Other stats. Wee. Quick Fire Assembly Reduces the delay on single fire shots, reduces your burst count by one, and reduces your accuracy. Other stats. Wee. Laser Sight Underbarrel attachment that makes your gun better for certain things. Other stats, wee. Vertical Grip Underbarrel grip that makes your bursts more accurate. Other stats. Wee. Angled Grip Underbarrel grip that allows you to wield faster. Other stats. Wee. M41A Skeleton Stock A stock. Other stats, wee. M37A2 Stock A stock. Other stats, wee. M39 Stock A stock. Other stats, wee. </tab> </tabs> Your Gear Smartgun 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 the M56 Head Mounted Sight (Eyes), Smartgun (Hands/Suit Storage), Powerpack (Backpack), and M56 Combat Harness (Armor). T-29 smartgun and T-29 drums. Difference between M56B and T-29 The T-29 is very forgiving 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. However, there are two advantages that the M56B has over the T-29: The M56B has the magnetic harness default, meaning that the squad smartgunner can put a rail flashlight on the M56B whereas the T-29 must have a magnetic harness. The M56B has 600 ammo without having to manually reload; the T-29 demands that it is reloaded by hand Pros: Fast fire rate un-modded, making it great for suppression fire Possesses an anti-friendly fire system (IFF), allowing one to shoot through allies to hit your foes Can use full auto Has a 200 round capacity due to the T-29 drum 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 Cons: Does not have a default magnetic harness compared to its sibling, the M56B Deals about the same damage as an SMG 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 the Almayer to maintain usage of the Smartgun. Reloading takes about 3 seconds and must be done by standing still: moving at all interrupts the reloading process. It automatically starts reloading around every 5 seconds it doesn't fire a bullet, but it is not recommended to rely on this too much. Reccomended attachments: Magnetic Harness Laser sight M56 Head Mounted Sight Required to use the Smartgun, and gives you enough nightvision to see the entirety of the screen as if it were completely lit, even through walls and darkness. Tips Given that you have IFF, you can save marines from resin traps. These traps permit facehuggers to 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. Against Crushers/Defenders, try to move to their sides/back to maximise damage to their less-armored areas. However, don't do this if you're liable to being flanked: you should have at least 1 person as a meat-shield in case a few xenos try to gank you. 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 but a Crusher, Ravager, or a Defender. 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