BET-C

OverviewCreatures Xynarch BET-C

Xynarch Charge-Sucker

Species

Xynarch

Location

Biome

All

Spawn Pool

Rare Boss Enemy

Spawn Restriction

5% chance to spawn at map creation

Basic Information

Attacks

Precision Burst
Quick Bomb
Bomb Shower

Health

1 300 base (Boss Scaling)

Weaknesses

Resistance

 20%

 80%

Status Immunity

On Fire Immunity

Yes

Freeze Immunity

Partial

Electrocution Immunity

No

Mov. Speed Penalty Reduction

0%

Stun and Freeze

Stun Duration

× 1

Stun Immunity Window

0 s

Stun Pause Logic

No

Freeze Pause Logic

No

Fear

Fear Immunity

Yes

courage

0

Aggro

Ignore Pheromone Aggro

No

Ignore L.U.R.E. Aggro

No

Movement

Movement Speed

Fear Speed mult.

3 m/s

× 1.5

Acceleration

Deceleration

5 m/s²

2 m/s²

Pathfinder Type

Pathfinder Preference

Walk

Floor

Strafe Speed

Max. Strafe Distance

1.5 m/s

0 m

Effective Temperature

Max. eTemp.

Min. eTemp.

100 °

-50 °

Burn eTemp.

Freeze eTemp.

150 °

-50 °

Douse Fire eTemp.

Unfreeze eTemp.

120 °

0 °

Cooling Rate

Warming Rate

20 °/s

10 °/s

Die if On Fire

Warming Cooldown

N/A

2 s

On Fire Heat Range

Max. Cold Slowown

1.5 m

25%

Update Time

Die If Frozen

1 s

No

Temp. Change Scale

Frozen Damage Bonus

÷ 1

× 3

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The BET-C autonomous weapons platform is a remnant of the first attempts to tame Hoxxes. Alas, it was quickly discovered that a local species of parasite, Xynarch Charge-suckers, loved nothing better than to corrupt the programming of the BET-C units by gorging themselves on the copper wiring and electric charge within. Any BET-C yet left on Hoxxes should be treated with extreme caution - these mechs were designed to take on the worst Hoxxes has to offer, and should be treated as such. Still, if a mining team should find themselves able to dislodge the parasites, they just might gain a new temporary ally.

— Miner's Manual Description

The BET-C (Breakpoint Explosives Transport - Combat-Specification) (pronounced as "Betsy") is a rare enemy found on Hoxxes IV. It is a large, quadrupedal robot loosely resembling the M.U.L.E., but with a lime color scheme, much like that of a Mini M.U.L.E. It possesses a large machine gun turret on its top consisting of two barrels, which, when needed, can unfold to reveal a grenade launcher turret composed of a singular larger barrel.

Gameplay

A BET-C can be rarely found during missions, with a 5% chance to appear. Only one BET-C will spawn per mission.

It will always spawn with two Xynarch Charge-suckers attached to it. Charge-suckers appear as yellowish lime, circular, pulsating organisms with several pink tentacles keeping them latched onto the BET-C.

Before its corruption by these parasites, BET-C presumably acted as a security escort for an unknown previous team of dwarves. Unlike the M.U.L.E., BET-C is equipped with a large turret and a grenade launcher for offense and a Shield Generator to protect itself when in danger.

Combat

BET-C's idle pulsating sound.

As the BET-C has poor component security, Xynarch Charge-suckers are able to access its circuitry to consume copper and electricity, and as a result they can corrupt and control it against the dwarves.

Infected BET-C units can randomly be encountered in missions, initially in a dormant state. While in this state, BET-C makes a distinctive pulsating sound audible from vast distances. Once approached or shot, BET-C immediately awakens and turns hostile against the dwarves. Like the M.U.L.E., the BET-C is capable of walking on any surface.

An infected BET-C has three different attacks:

Precision Burst: The BET-C fires short, kinetic bursts at any nearby dwarves.
Bomb Shower: The BET-C projects a shield around itself similarly to the Gunner's Shield Generator and launches 8 bombs in a small ring around itself.
Quick Bomb: The BET-C repositions itself while firing a single grenade at any nearby dwarves.

The BET-C itself is completely invincible to all attacks. However, it can be temporarily slowed down when inflicted with any electricity-based damage (even in its pacified state). To pacify the BET-C, the team must destroy both Charge-suckers attached to it. While the Charge-suckers cannot be frozen solid, they will take increased damage if enough cold is applied (this works the same as on Q'ronar type bugs).

Once the Charge-suckers are removed, the BET-C collapses and requires a reboot in a similar manner to repairing a Mini M.U.L.E. Rebooting a BET-C takes around 8 seconds, after which it will accompany its newfound friends and help fight off enemies for the remainder of the mission.

A pacified BET-C boasts the same impressive firepower it used against the dwarves. However, it loses its Bomb Shower ability.

Health and Armor

The health table below is per Charge-sucker.

Effective Health Scaling	Hazard Level
	Normal Mission					DD		EDD
	1	2	3	4	5	3	3.5	4.5	5	5.5
Player Count	260	390	650	910	975	650	780	910	975	975
	520	520	715	975	1040	715	845	975	1040	1040
	780	910	1170	1300	1560	1170	1235	1430	1560	1560
	1040	1300	1560	2080	2210	1560	1820	2080	2080	2210

Attacks

For Precision Burst, BET-C will use its turret, aim with a red laser and fire short bursts of 6 to 8 bullets. The table below show the damage of one bullet.

Precision Burst
Projectile
Damage Amount	Hazard Level
	Normal Mission					DD		EDD
	1	2	3	4	5	3	3.5	4.5	5	5.5
Player Count	6	8.4	14.4	24	33.6	14.4	18	27.6	33.6	36
	6	9.6	15.6	25.8	36	15.6	19.2	29.4	36	38.4
	6	10.8	16.8	27.6	38.4	16.8	20.4	31.2	38.4	40.8
	6	12	18	30	40.8	18	21.6	33.6	40.8	43.2
Details
Damage Type	Kinetic
Friendly Fire	10 %

Quick Bomb
AoE Projectile
Area Damage	Hazard Level
	Normal Mission					DD		EDD
	1	2	3	4	5	3	3.5	4.5	5	5.5
Player Count	50	70	120	200	280	120	150	230	280	300
	50	80	130	215	300	130	160	245	300	320
	50	90	140	230	320	140	170	260	320	340
	50	100	150	250	340	150	180	280	340	360
Details
Damage Type	Explosive			Radius: 3 m Maximum Damage Radius: 3 m Minimum Area Damage: 50 %

Quick Bomb (friendly)
AoE Projectile
Area Damage	Hazard Level
	Normal Mission					DD		EDD
	1	2	3	4	5	3	3.5	4.5	5	5.5
Player Count	15	21	36	60	84	36	45	69	84	90
	15	24	39	64.5	90	39	48	73.5	90	96
	15	27	42	69	96	42	51	78	96	102
	15	30	45	75	102	45	54	84	102	108
Details
Damage Type	Explosive			Radius: 3 m Maximum Damage Radius: 3 m Minimum Area Damage: 50 %
Friendly Fire	5 %