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When we released pretty much all the content in 0.18, there was nothing left for 1.0 other than the formality of "it is complete". The crash site, nuke, alien decoratives and polluted water are awesome, but not too impactful... As a result, we really wanted to add something to make the release special.
It is a vehicle that can be driven, or remotely controlled.
It can traverse obstacles and small bodies of water.
It has a built-in radar, and you can place blueprints in its vicinity.
It has an equipment grid, so it can build with construction robots and use combat equipment.
It has four rapid-firing rocket launchers that can shoot automatically.
It can be researched very late in the game (all science packs except Space).
Multiple of them can be deployed at the same time, but each requires its own linked controller.
This all means it can be used as a tank upgrade, a less automated version of artillery, or a builder/repairer. We look forward to seeing what other uses you can invent.
We haven't added it earlier as we saw it just as a gimmick without much contribution to the gameplay mechanics. This changed rather recently, when we had the idea of the remote control combined with the equipment grid. So we decided to extend our already crazy todo list, and add it as a last minute bonus.