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The NBR-12 Baserunner is a gargantuan Kiith Naabal designed expedition support vehicle used by the Coalition of the Northern Kiithid. Baserunners are a versatile mobile utility platform with a variety of roles when it comes to accomplishing deep desert exploration, including the deployment of defenses, collecting artifacts, and exploring its surroundings with scanners and launching reconnaissance drones.

Lore

The Baserunner expedition support vehicle is a reliable workhorse that are used to deploy sensors, turrets, minefields, and aerial drones. The vehicle are manned by a crew of ten. Most Kiithid also operated specialized variants of the baserunner such as the S'jet Science Baserunner which is used by Rachel S'jet.

"These sturdy, reliable deployment vehicles are the unsung heroes of the coalition military. While all Kiith militaries have their own versions of this vehicle type, the current Naabal design is the coalition standard. So vital are these vehicles that there is no defensive doctrine taught at the Tiir military academies that does not depend on the deployment of baserunners while under fire to deploy turrets and lay minefields when conditions suddenly change. There is an ancient Kharakid phrase that ends every briefing for Baserunner crews; 'A'kadath su Tiiraa', "Victory is work"." — Expedition Guide
Each Kiith military has its own version of the baserunner. The S'jet are no exception. Leveraging their mastery of science, they have built upon the initial Naabal design to create a highly sophisticated science utility vehicle, the NBR-12A science baserunner. Outfitted with an integrated onboard technology suite second only to those found aboard coalition capital ships, this baserunner has the power and ability to conduct full spectrum scans, hard data analysis, sub-surface exploration and rapid 3D projection modelling while out in the field. It has also been outfitted with a modified repair beam, adding to its already significant deployment value.

Campaign

Baserunners are large, rugged and versatile vehicles that primarily deploy static defences and scout for hostiles. They can deploy turret posts and AA turret posts on a shared cooldown to defend key areas. The turret posts deal a massive amount of explosive damage per hit against Gaalsien hovercrafts, defending ground operations. AA turret posts can be used as static anti-air defence, particularly useful early on in the expedition when anti-air missiles are sparse. Baserunners are also armed with a single non anti-air autocannon, which is very weak compared to the armaments of other units and is insufficient to fend off all but the weakest threats.

Supplementing turrets, they can also rapidly deploy mines, which are launched through the air. These mines never time out and cannot be defused. Gaalsien ships make no attempt to evade them. Upon detonation, they temporarily disable enemy ships for a very brief moment.

In their scouting role, they deploy scanners with a large sensor range. They can deploy reconnaissance probes to scout unknown areas without endangering themselves. These probes scout an area temporarily before returning to the baserunner. Despite being air units, these probes can be attacked by any enemy units and are shortly destroyed after enemy encounter. They can also retrieve artifacts back to the Kapisi.

The nature of their role generally has the travelling around the map alone, which leaves them particularly vulnerable to attacks. Even a handful of Sandskimmers can destroy them rather quickly, despite their high hull.

Veterancy

Baserunners do not gain any XP when their turrets or mines eliminate enemy units. This, combined with their very weak armaments, make it very difficult for baserunners to gain veterancy. Those baserunners that do rank up become more durable, though becoming harder to kill doesn't impact the usefulness of baserunners in most situations, as they operate best when deploying turrets and mines to cement a defensive position rather than being thrown into combat.

Multiplayer

Baserunners in multiplayer have access to turret posts and AA turret posts with some minor changes to these turrets. Scanners and mines are not available. They can only use probes for reconnaissance, which can be ordered to fly to different locations and never time out. Only a single probe can be deployed at once. These probes are treated as air units and can only be attacked by weapons that can target air units.

Baserunners can retrieve artifacts but suffer a significant speed penalty when carrying one. They must be escorted to ensure artifacts are delivered. Delivering artifacts provides two additional power to the carrier. A single Baserunner is provided at the beginning of any match, and they're commonly used to either retrieve an artifact as soon as possible or build a turret, sometimes nearby enemy resource nodes as opposed to defensively.

Baserunners autocannon can only attack air units, which deals enough damage to help assist destroying interceptors or strike fighters.

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