Veps Defender
Mechanical guardian patrolling alien ruin perimeters.
About Veps Defender
AggressiveAlien ruins
Veps Defenders are mechanical guardians that patrol the perimeter of alien ruins. They engage on detection, not on damage, so triggering one means it has already classified you as an intruder and the response is not negotiable. Combat with a Defender is short and brutal; survival depends on either having a Tadpole upgrade in hand or breaking line of sight into terrain that the Defender cannot follow. The patrol routes do not usually change between sessions, so once you have mapped a ruin once you can plan future visits around the gaps in the patrol cycle.
How to handle an encounter
- · Disengage on first contact. Distance beats damage trade against this species.
- · Break line of sight. Most aggressive species lose lock within a minute.
- · Engage only with a clear oxygen budget and a planned exit.
Sources
- External research snapshotThird-party researchretrieved 2026-05-16