The Pioneer was an explorer on Mars before he came to work in private military. He went to mars in a secret project to develop antimatter cannons, but it turned out to be too expensive, so the project was cut and his crew was sent back to earth.
Considering his experiences with government budgets already, the mercs welcomed him in open arms.
The Pioneer’s main advantage is being able to give his allies the firepower they need to bust through an area. Unfortunately, the Pioneer is also a cheapskate. He was reported for stealing mounted MGs once during peacetime, and recycled it into “a piece of shit with a spotlight”, on the Rhino’s account alone.
Regardless of which, the Pioneer at least brought his own mortar towers, from his own pocket. He knows the value of diversification.
The Pioneer is actually good friends with the Rhino since he saved the bacon of a medic that was fixing up his wounds.
The Pioneer uses sniper rifles. It saves him more money to use less ammo, after all. However, the majority of his investments go into his abilities in keeping the defense going.
Abilities:
Note: The Pioneer can build two deployables at once, in any combination.
Manned MG: The Pioneer builds a mounted machine gun pointing in his direction. This provides a major source of firepower for friendlies, but as a cost it uses a spotlight. This reveals the MG’s position but may screw up aim. Like all deployables, it can die if shot up too many times. The Pioneer uses the same key for reclaiming the thing as he does with building it due to him being able to treat it like a mounted MG.
Mortar Launcher: The Pioneer builds a mortar launcher that shoots in a similar way to Arty’s salvo runs. However, the drawback is that the launcher itself needs to be exposed to open air, otherwise it would hit the ceiling and do nothing useful. It also is limited in the same way as Arty’s Salvo Runs, and immobilizes the player while in use. The Mortar Launcher also deals damage comparable to Nader’s grenade launcher.
Objective Specialist: The Pioneer repairs and completes objectives as quickly as any other engineer.
Health: 80
Speed: 350
The Pioneer is a glass cannon. He is also slower than the Rhino, and dies as quickly (if not faster) than the Aura. The only advantage he has is how much firepower he can make everyone have, as long as they can work with having to stand still and be utterly exposed. Thus, it’s inadvisable for him to use his own abilities unless he’s in a pinch.