Munchma Quchi Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 (edited) Just tried to stun an Andron officer with 5 electroshock grenades to his face and 2 strikes with the stun baton. I think I only heard him laughing while he was asking for more... EDIT: Terribly sorry but I confused Androns with Wraiths. The mission debrief showed only a Wraith officer when in fact I killed an Andron officer judging by his red paint job. Though I was a bit suspicious since the name Andron would have been a much better fit. As it turned out that was the case all along. EDIT2: Still somewhat shaky on the subject. Can someone show a picture of an Andron officer? EDIT3: According to Sathra it was in fact an Andron I encountered. It has yet to be established if Androns are in fact subdueable though. EDIT4: Based on Calantyr's experience it is safe to assume that Androns are presently not subdueable. Edited June 11, 2013 by Munchma Quchi Confused Wraith with Andron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svidangel Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munchma Quchi Posted June 10, 2013 Author Share Posted June 10, 2013 Well how many electro grenades does it take then if you dont mind elaborating your concise 'yes' there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aavlee Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Couldn't stun the wraith officer with 4-6 electro nades just now. I tried softening him up before throwing them, 2 plasma shots and 1 laser shot, followed by the nades. Not sure if it matters but I'm pretty sure he was pretty close to death as the next hit from anything would kill him. Here's the vid of my final attempt, did about 3-4 more tries prior. http://www.twitch.tv/thecockmasterxxx/b/414995140?t=163m0s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munchma Quchi Posted June 10, 2013 Author Share Posted June 10, 2013 Wait so the thing in the red costume is a Wrath officer and not an Andron officer? Also what up with the guy not trying to shot you when you end the turn? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathra Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Yeah, that's an Andron Officer in the video. I'm not sure they can be stunned at all. Can't shoot because its armed with a Heavy Plasma, and they can only burst fire (for 40AP). So it couldn't fire due to being suppressed and losing half its AP. Wraith are always blue and have funny-looking legs. Also huge heads. They also drain life-force through their hands and travel in multi-kilometre hiveships. Or is that a different Wraith... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aavlee Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Oh oops. My bad. I just assumed that that was the officer since he was in the top level of the ship. I think I only saw 1 red colored Andron too. Thanks everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svidangel Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 I think it took me two electro grenades and one gas stun grenade to get the wraith research. It's fairly amusing to read. I might have also shot it once or twice, I don't remember exactly so I didn't elaborate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munchma Quchi Posted June 10, 2013 Author Share Posted June 10, 2013 I think it took me two electro grenades and one gas stun grenade to get the wraith research. It's fairly amusing to read. I might have also shot it once or twice, I don't remember exactly so I didn't elaborate. I must apologize but I got the Wraith and the Andron confused. For further details see my first post. I edited it accordingly. Oh oops. My bad. I just assumed that that was the officer since he was in the top level of the ship. I think I only saw 1 red colored Andron too.Thanks everyone. Au contraire you were right. Sathra's authority on matters of the game has me utterly convinced that it was an Andron both you and me had to deal with. In addition that thing in your video has a truly remarkable resemblance to the alien in my encounter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathra Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Easiest way to tell? Shoot them. Androns go 'bzzt' when injured, and Wraiths make a churring, chittering noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remmy2112 Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 That is a interesting new approach to the field of xenobiology. Need to determine species? Shoot it and listen to its death gurgle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathra Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Just the sound of pain, no need to kill it. Shoot, "hmm, interesting" *stun grenade spam* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauddlike Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Yeah no need to go over the top about it and actually waste a perfectly good live specimen that you can get plenty more gurgling noises out of back at the lab. Incidentally I have changed the name of the thread to reflect the fact that the alien under discussion is an Andron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thothkins Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 That is a interesting new approach to the field of xenobiology. Need to determine species? Shoot it and listen to its death gurgle. "After the first aliens came, I learned. I learned to hate. I learned to think. I learned to fight back. I've travelled galaxies and fought in countless wars. I can identify the death rattle of ten thousand species across a million worlds. You can call me Pancakes." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calantyr Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 I just shot an Andron down to minimal health and dropped FOURTEEN electro-shock grenades on it's head. It is still operational. Something tells me that they are not currently stunable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerfectDeath Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 Androns (or at least guards form my current experience) are stunable; however, after stunning a couple of them it turns out they are not something you can take alive... I got lucky where the first corvette landed next to my base. So I wanted to take as much captive as possible; but even after many attempts and many stun grenades + baton smacks I could take one down. However, no captives, nor interrogations since androns are robots. Is this intended? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenomorph Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 If you threaten to chop off a robot's finger, think he would care? I don't quite get the point on taking a robot "alive"for interrogation. Shoot the thing, bring back the gear and wires, and that's enough to figure how it works 70's technology wouldn't be able to tap into it's programming in time for it to be of any use, anyways. Better figure out how to give the troops some night vision goggles, just saying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thothkins Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 Interrogator thothkins: Right you overblown toaster. Won't talk, eh? Well, let me introduce you to Mr Gates. He's been dying to look at your OS. Andron: Nooooooooooo! Puny fleshlings, you shall >Bzzz< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waladil Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 Just an FYI, they definitely aren't stunnable. That comes from the "Abilities: Robotic" tag that they have, which they share with Drones and (probably) human tanks. None of which can be stunned no matter how many grenades you pelt them with. However, and I think this is a bug, you CAN suppress them. Totally goes against the lore though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerfectDeath Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 Well I shot an andron twice with a laser rifle, then wacked it a few times with the stun batton. After many reloads and tests I found it was a pretty variable chance that the stun would "kill" the andron. Sometimes it would happen in 2 wacks, other times it would be more than 8. Just the boys doing some "field studies". =D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathra Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 That's because batons also cause EMP damage. So it must be working. Also, they aren't designed to be stunnable (they don't even have an analysis tech). They can be suppressed now since they have the same stats as everything else of their rank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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