The chessboard and levers
The Chessboard and levers
What many apparently do not realize is that the location of the battle drones on the chessboard creates two actions. First a direct action from the battle drone being on that particular color square and second the pressurizing of the corresponding color steam tank. The direct action takes place immediately, while the steamtank action will take place after it is pressurized by so many battle drones on a particular color over time.
The combinations are (Direct Action/ Steamtank Action):
Green - More Adds/ Heals Prototype
Red - Increases Prototype's DPS/ Raid AoE
White - Heals the individual Battle Drone / Raid AoE
Blue - Increases Prototype's Steam Blast/ Disorenting Fog AoE (Zot ?)
Black - "Locks" the individual Battle Drone in place/ Raid AoE
Yellow - Changes Prototype's Stance/ Damages Prototype
Since there are 10 Battle Drones and only 8 squares of each color per chessboard. Many put 8 battle drones on yellow and 2 on white. The lever person responds only to the "Alert!" messages to prevent a steam tank from discharging. And the lever person should not click the yellow lever, ever. So for most of the raid, the lever person will only click the white lever and only when he receives the proper "Alert!".
When a battle drone is moved on the chessboard it is damaged (loses some health). This can be used to your advantage, by forcing the battle drones to move in a way they can not move (Off the board, into another battle drone, onto a raised platform, off of a raised platform) (Yes, sometimes the silly things will make the illegal move, so watch for it). Then if an engineer wants to move it, he has to first change the battery.
There is a "steam blast" that goes off every 30 seconds. It does 650 per tic and up to 5k initially. This is not one of the preventable emotes.
Emotes from the event (This is not all of them, just a sampling so you can set up proper audio triggers or know for what to watch):
Alert! White steamtank nearing critical pressure!
Alert! Blue steamtank nearing critical pressure!
Alert! Green steamtank nearing critical pressure!
Jets of steam vent from the Tactical Prototype as the white steam tank reaches critical pressure.
A disorienting fog fills the room as the blue steam tank vents.
The Tactical Prototype repairs itself as steam from the green tank is routed to repair systems.
Bolts of power fly from the Tactical Prototype as the pressure from the yellow steam tank interferes with its operations.
Gouts of flaming oil fly from the Tactical Prototype as the black steam tank attempts to release pressure.
a battle drone says 'Lock down initialized . . . routing steam to black steamtank. . .'
a battle drone says 'Entering regeneration mode. . . routing steam to white steamtank. . .'
a battle drone says 'Summoning additional support. . . routing steam to green steamtank. .
The prototype shifts into a balanced stance.
The prototype shifts into a defensive stance.
The prototype shifts into an aggressive stance.
a battle drone says 'Power exhasted. . . disregarding further commands. . .'
a battle room engineer replaces the power source in the drone with a partially charged one.