Ideal pawn stats for mechanitor?

[Santa Claus Jr]

I have 7 pawns in my current colony, finally destroyed that ship from the beginning not knowing it had a mechlink quest with virtually no threat.

Is there any particular passions or skills that work with mechanitor best? IE do I need like smithing or crafting or anything in particular, and is it better to have a good ranged or good melee skill with them?

[biomike]

Smithing is the skill they need to build/repair the mechs
also they cant be psychically deaf

[di eshor ribly]

I prefer a passionate crafter with melee skill. Mechanitors are "expensive" enough of a target that I want mine wearing a shield belt.

[brian_va]

you certainly want crafting, double passion would be ideal but take what you can get.

the suggestion for melee so they get a shield belt is a decent idea, but mine stay behind cover as them going down is a problem. same reason its probably less ideal to put it on a vampire as they cant be controlled during deathrest. its really more of an issue when they are a part of your defenses.

[Khan Boyzitbig of Mercia]

You want someone who is unlikely to get mental breaks too, don't forget that you can modify their genetics to better suit the role if you don't have preferred xenotypes.

[Santa Claus Jr]

What are good 'xenotypes' or traits to have on one then?

[di eshor ribly]

Iron Willed and Tough are, as always, S-tier traits.

As for genes, I tend to stick to the survival ones. Fireproof, Robust, Cold/Heat Tolerant (biome applicable), maybe toxic immunity if I have metabolism left over (depends on the negatives of course).

For RP purposes I like alcohol dependency. The beer drinking robo-daddy engineer trope just amuses me.

Edit: there are plenty of bionics that help cover some genetic functions. Immuno-kidneys, tox-lungs, armorskin, healing accelerator, painstopper... etc. Mix and match to fit your needs.

[Santa Claus Jr]

Is a royal/psycaster a good combo with mechanitor? My only person with double flame/burning passion for crafting is also my psycaster, currently Acolyte rank.

[Wasted]

Originally posted by Khan Boyzitbig of Mercia:

You want someone who is unlikely to get mental breaks too, don't forget that you can modify their genetics to better suit the role if you don't have preferred xenotypes.

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[Wasted]

Originally posted by Santa Claus Jr:

Is a royal/psycaster a good combo with mechanitor? My only person with double flame/burning passion for crafting is also my psycaster, currently Acolyte rank.

yes, but keep in mind you probably only want 1 mechanitor total vs lots of nobles