(person) by burnboy Mon Jun 12 2000 at 17:44:23

Engineer

A Quake Team Fortress Class

The Engineer is a medium speed, fairly lightly armored class. He can wear a maximum of 50 yellow armor. He uses a spanner, a railgun, and the super shotgun. His grenade types are Hand and EMP. A good defensive class, the engineer works primarily as a support class. With his ability to repair armor, create ammo, and build structures, the engineer increases the strength of a group of defenders tenfold.

Metal:

The engineer does most of his work with scrap metal. To an engineer, scrap metal is synonymous with cells. He gets extra metal by collecting backpacks and armor.

Spanner:

The engineer uses the spanner in a two ways:
- If he hits a teammate with the spanner, he'll repair their armor. It costs the engineer 1 metal for every 4 points of armor repaired.
- If he hits a structure he built, he can perform various operations on the structure. These vary based upon the structure, but he'll always be able to Dismantle or Repair the structure.

RailGun:

The railgun fires small nails at extremely high velocities that punch through most things and keep going. It doesn't do a lot of damage, but it makes up for that with its fast rate-of-fire. It uses nails for ammo.

Structures:

The engineer's main skill is his ability to make structures. Currently, he can make two different structures:
Sentry Guns
These little beasties a great for defensive support. They have 3 different levels. The higher the level, the more health the sentry has, and the more ammo it can hold. Also, higher levels have a faster rate-of-fire, and level 3 sentries launch rockets every 3 seconds. Engineers can reload and upgrade sentries by using the spanner. Engineers can only have one sentry operational at any one time.
Ammo/Armor Dispensers
These small structures are great for providing ammo for a defensive group. Over time, ammo and armor is created inside them automatically, although engineers can put ammo or armor into the dispenser by using their spanner. Anyone else can get ammo/armor from the dispenser by touching it. Engineers can remotely detonate their structures through the build menu.

Commands:

"build" : Start building.

Other Notes:

The engineer can create ammo. Use the "dropammo" command to do it. If you attempt to drop ammo that you don't have, you will create it instead, if you have enough metal to do so.

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(person) by vees Thu May 03 2001 at 15:24:35

A real engineer needs only two tools: WD-40 if it sticks, duct tape if it doesn't.

Everything else is just details.

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(idea) by E2_Science Fri Aug 09 2002 at 19:21:33

Scientists > Engineers

Engineers On E2

This is the Engineers Metanode, an index of writeups about engineers (including: engineers, rocket scientists, materials physicists, etc.) on E2. This is a subnode of the top-level Scientists node, and is a collaborative effort by the usergroup E2science. To suggest additions or alterations, please /msg liveforever or E2_Science.

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(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:24:02

En`gi*neer" (?), n. [OE. enginer: cf. OF. engignier, F. ing'enieur. See Engine, n.]

1.

A person skilled in the principles and practice of any branch of engineering. See under Engineering, n.

2.

One who manages as engine, particularly a steam engine; an engine driver.

3.

One who carries through an enterprise by skillful or artful contrivance; an efficient manager.

[Colloq.]

Civil engineer, a person skilled in the science of civil engineering. -- Military engineer, one who executes engineering works of a military nature. See under Engineering.

 

© Webster 1913.

En`gi*neer" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engineered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Engineering.]

1.

To lay out or construct, as an engineer; to perform the work of an engineer on; as, to engineer a road.

J. Hamilton.

2.

To use contrivance and effort for; to guide the course of; to manage; as, to engineer a bill through Congress.

[Colloq.]

 

© Webster 1913.

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