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Cyborg: One of the factions that make most uses out of cybernetics.Their HQ provides +1 initiative to all nearby units. Their army relies on fast, multi-directional melee attacks and powerful specialist units, but, outside of those very few specialists, it has no ranged attacks and limited ability to damage HQs.

These mutants eventually united under the leadership of a mutant named Borgo and are seeking their own fortunes in the wasteland. Apart from mowing down tons of enemy units, it can be used as a direct siege weapon against the enemy HQ, dealing 4+ damage to it just by itself.įollowing the nuclear war, Moloch experimented on captured humans, modifying them for improved combat abilities before releasing them to the wasteland. While it's as fragile as every other Outpost unit, it's Mobility more then compensates for it.

It has two powerful attacks, and uses each of them twice per battle, starting at high initiative.

One-Man Army: Outpost's Mobile Armor, a serious contender for the most powerful non-HQ unit in the entire game, including every expansion.

La Résistance: Fighting a guerilla war against Moloch.

But they dont have a single unit with more than one health point.

Glass Cannon: They can dish out a lot of hurt when they attack.

Fragile Speedster: They have the highest number of move abilities, but they dont have a single unit with more than one health point.

Their main strategy relies on heavy use of movement to escape enemy attacks and position their forces for devastating opportunitistic strikes, made possible by their HQ ability to double the firepower of adjacent units.

Faction Calculus: Out of the four default factions, Outpost are the Cannons.

Despite being one of the most important factions, The Outpost gets the least amount of characterisation among the human factions.

Flat Character: We know what they are and what they do but that is it.

A Lighter Shade of Grey: In a setting where even the good factions arent that cuddly, these guys come across as the only heroic faction.

Their HQ provides a second attack per battle. Heavily relying on ranged combat and mobility, they have a high number of move tiles, high initiative scores, and a very powerful HQ bonus, but their units are fragile and few in number, and they lack a unit that can net (disable) enemies. The Outpost is the last surviving members of the US Army and the scientific establishment fighting guerrilla warfare against Moloch. The backstory mentions that Moloch performed experiments on humans, so it is possible that some units have organic components.

Organic Technology: Some Moloch units have distinctly organic-looking parts.

Mighty Glacier: Most Moloch units, especially the Juggernaut.

Playing with Syringes: Moloch performed a number of experiments on captured humans, resulting in a wide range of mutants that eventually united under Borgos banner.

Mind Hive: Moloch is a collective entity that consists of numerous artificial brains.

Magnetic Weapons: One of the Moloch's units is the Gauss Cannon, capable of One-Hit Polykill.

They don't even do anything other than sponge damage. It's typical strategy revolves around digging it's HQ in a corner behind a defense grid, and using it's vast army with high firepower to take control over the board.

Faction Calculus: Out of the four default factions, Moloch takes the Powerhouse role.

Death from Above: Moloch can call an Air Strike during a battle.

This is the main reason why its progress following the bombs has been so slow.

Creative Sterility: For all its military might, Moloch lacks the ability to think flexibly, allowing humans to outsmart and adapt to its tactics.

Big Bad: The cause of the world being in its present state and the main antagonist.

Is a Crapshoot: Continuing the Skynet parallel, Moloch was originally a military defense computer. Their HQ provides bonuses to ranged combat damage. Moloch uses a balanced mix of powerful and resilient melee, ranged, and purely defensive units, but sacrifices speed and initiative for it. However, due to the lack of intellectual flexibility, it has lost the edge it held at the beginning of the war. Moloch is a Skynet expy that was responsible for taking over the worlds nuclear arsenal and bringing down the human civilization.