Engineer

Special Skills

Engineers have the means and the skill to repair damaged Equipment on the field.

ENGINEER

SHORT SKILL

Optional

REQUIREMENTS

Troopers using this Special Skill must be in Silhouette contact with their target.

EFFECTS

Update PDF 2.1, July 2023

Engineer allows recovery of 1 Structure (STR) point, by passing a Normal WIP Roll.
This Special Skill can be declared as many times as necessary to recover as many STR points as the target has lost.
If the Engineer fails the Normal WIP Roll, the target loses 1 STR point instead of recovering it, entering the Unconscious or Dead State, if applicable.
Alternatively, by passing a Normal WIP Roll, a Trooper with Engineer may cancel all of their target's States that can be canceled by this Special Skill except Unconscious (Immobilized-A and B, Targeted, etc.), removing the corresponding State Tokens.
Failing the Normal WIP Roll when trying to cancel other states than Unconscious has no negative consequence, and the Roll can be performed again in future Orders.

Engineer and Remote Presence:
- Regardless of which level of Unconscious State the Trooper is in, with a single WIP Roll, they recover lost STR until they have 1 point of STR, and cancel their Unconscious State.

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Engineer allows recovery of 1 Structure (STR) point, by passing a Normal WIP Roll.
This Special Skill can be declared as many times as necessary to recover as many STR points as the target has lost.
If the Engineer fails the Normal WIP Roll, the target loses 1 STR point instead of recovering it, entering the Unconscious or Dead State, if applicable.
Alternatively, by passing a Normal WIP Roll, a Trooper with Engineer may cancel all of their target's States that can be canceled by this Special Skill (Unconscious, Immobilized-A and B, Targeted, etc.), removing the corresponding State Tokens. (See FAQs. Unconscious cannot be cancelled at the same time as other States.)
Failing the Normal WIP Roll when trying to cancel other states than Unconscious has no negative consequence, and the Roll can be performed again in future Orders.

Engineer and Remote Presence:
- Regardless of which level of Unconscious State the Trooper is in, with a single WIP Roll, they recover lost STR until they have 1 point of STR, and cancel their Unconscious State.

FAQs & Errata

N4 FAQ

Version: 1.0, Jan 2021

Q: How do Engineer, GizmoKits, and Unconscious State interact?

A: If a Trooper with STR is in Unconscious State, successful use of a GizmoKit or the Engineer Special Skill on them will restore the Trooper to 1 STR and cancel their Unconscious State. But the Unconscious State would be the only State cancelled by the Engineer, to cancel other States must use another Order.

Related Pages: Engineer, GizmoKit, Unconscious State

N4 FAQ

Version: 1.3, Nov 2022

Q: What happens if a Trooper loses and gains points of W/STR or has States inflicted and cancelled simultaneously? For example, if an Engineer cancels a Trooper's IMM-A State at the same time as the Trooper is hit by a Riotstopper.

A: Apply the positive effect to the Trooper first. Then apply the negative effect. For example, make the Engineer's WIP Roll to cancel the Trooper's IMM-A State, then make the PH-6 Saving Roll against the Riotstopper's PARA ammunition. This can result in the original IMM-A State being cancelled and a new State being inflicted.

Related Pages: Doctor, Dodge, Engineer, GizmoKit, MediKit, Protheion, Reset

Special Skills