Protector

## Appearance

The Protector is a brown and grey roofless car with four large, unspoked wheels. The car appears to be similar to a pickup truck, with a trunk in the back that can hold a player despite not technically being a seat. This trunk holds the car's gatling gun, a large, shielded machine gun attached to the car by a single post.

## Functionality

The Protector can carry three players at a time, one in each of its seats.

The left seat of the vehicle is used for driving, while the right seat is used for carrying teammates while still allowing them to use their weapons. The back seat grants the player in control over the powerful Protector Gun at the cost of not allowing them to use other weapons until they exit the vehicle. A player in the right seat can only fire at certain angles, while the Protector Gun can rotate 360 degrees to fire in any direction.

The vehicle will instantly damage any enemy players that touch it while it's in motion. This applies to any part of the Protector regardless of speed.

Any players inside a Protector will have all bullet damage done to them reduced to 1 from certain angles. By shooting a driver or passenger from the side or a gunner from the back, enemies can still deal full damage. The gunner is the most vulnerable to this, being the only player in the Protector who is mostly unshielded.

## Strengths

* The Protector is the fastest movement option in the game, being a suitable option for fast map travel.

* The Protector's gun is useful for quickly destroying enemy mechs or other protectors, as it can fire indefinitely. It may be difficult to kill other players using the gun, due to the spread of the bullets.

* The Protector's high speed, firepower, make it an amazing harassment tool, especially when used with a skilled driver who can maneuver it to ram other players.

* The driver is able to throw grenades and use equipment, a useful thing to know when solo attacking another player in their own protector. However, grenades are not accurate at such a speed, the equipment doesn't always do it's job.

## Weaknesses

* This vehicle's large size and inability to turn without moving make it impossible to save if it gets stuck in too cramped of a space. This problem is exacerbated by the terrain on Isolation, as there are multiple areas the Protector can fall into and get wedged in.

* The Protector is effectively defeated by the Overseer Mechs. Their explosive projectiles quickly deal high damage to the vehicle itself, as well as knocking the protector around, causing disorientation for the driver. If an Overseer walks over a Protector, it will begin glitching the car out, causing it to lift off the ground, spin in random directions and/or be thrown in the air. This collision glitch can result in the Protector being thrown a significant distance at random, which often causes it to land upside down and force all players out of it. If you need to destroy a mech, destroy from a distance, and be out of sight of the mech.

* **The Protector can be ridden by both teammates and enemies of the driver. If the driver and gunner are on different teams, the gunner will be unable to take damage from their enemies. This is not an intended feature, but it has not yet been removed as of 5/18/2021.**

* Being a vehicle, the Protector takes 1 damage from all non-explosive attacks. This means machine guns and, at close range, shotguns, are the most effective non-explosive weapons against it.

* The Protector has a handbrake, (Space), but the effect is hard to notice.

* Using the EMP will disable the Protector. This means you can hit shots more accurately, killing the crew, and not the Protector. You then can steal and use the Protector as your own.

## Trivia

* In capture the flag, a player with the flag can ride in the passenger seat. It is unknown if this is a bug or an intentional feature.
* This car was the first vehicle added to the game.