Locomotive

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BMS Black Bolt
Information
Vehicle Type	Locomotive
Health	3250
Disabled Under	50% health
Resistance(damage reduction)	Light Armor -99%  -85%  -00%  -00%  -15%  -70%  -00%  -70%  -85%  -70%
Repair Cost	100
Crew	2
Inventory Slots	3
Production Site	Large Assembly Station
Cost	200  60  50
Packaged Size	Extra Large
Fuel Capacity	300

“	One of the most storied mass-market 0-6-2 locomotives engineered by the Bassett Motor Society, this coal-powered industrial train engine is reliable, tested, and incredibly durable. The Black Bolt’s legacy is unmatched having aided the Bassett Motor Society in supplying countries across the globe.	„
	— In-game description

The BMS Black Bolt (also known as a Locomotive) is an open-aired, mid-game logistics large train designed to connect to other train cars in order to haul large amounts of materials, resources, and equipment (such as shippable structures, and vehicles). It can only move on Railway Tracks.

General Info

Crew

The BMS Black Bolt houses a crew of two soldiers:

• Driver (Seat 1)
  • Controls the movement of the vehicle, and can see the remaining fuel in the vehicle
  • Able to see the path the Locomotive will take on the railway tracks
• Fireman (Seat 2)
  • Can consume 15 Coal to boost the Locomotive's speed for 5 seconds - press LMB
  • Requires a BMS Rockhold attached directly behind it in order to operate

Armament

The BMS Black Bolt is not equipped with a main armament.

Inventory

It has 3 inventory slots that can hold any item. It primarily uses coal (stacks up to 100).

Engine & Mobility

• Fuel Tank: 300 units of Coal
  
• Fuel Consumption Rate: 18 / min (Autonomy: 16:40 min)
  
• Speed: 8 m/s on rail
  
• Speed (Boost): 10 m/s on rail
  
• Can only move on Railway Tracks, must be placed on tracks with a crane
• Can ram and destroy any structures (such as Deployed Tripods) in its path
• Instantly destroys any unarmored vehicle in its path if there are no friendly soldiers inside of them
• Does not trigger Anti-Tank Mines

Unlike other vehicles the Locomotive is reversing (and thus moving slower) when it's pushing cars instead of pulling them. It's not based on the orientation of the locomotive or whether you're pressing S.

Two locomotives can be attached at each end of the same train but only one can be used at a time. The driver seat of the second locomotive cannot be entered if the first locomotive has a driver.

Health & Armor

The BMS Black Bolt has 3250 HP and is disabled under 50% health. It has "Light Armor" resistance: it can soak small arms fire and shrapnel, and it is immune to Flamethrowers. It can soak 12.7mm machine gun fire but not for long. Heavy explosives and anti-tank weaponry are a real threat to it.
It takes 100 Basic Materials to fully repair it from 1% to 100% health with a Hammer.

Interactions

• Couple two cars together - hold Shift + E and press Couple Cars (they must be touching/close together)
• Decouple two connected cars - requires a Wrench used in the area between the two cars
• If it has a BMS Roadhouse attached to it, it will repair any railway tracks underneath it

List of haulable Train Cars

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  BMS Roadhouse

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  BMS Rockhold

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  BMS Longrider

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  O'Brien Warsmith v.215 

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  Aegis Steelbreaker K5a 

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  BMS Holdout

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  Tempest Cannon RA-2

A train can have up to 15 cars connected, Locomotive(s) included.

Production

Structure	Input(s)	Output	Time
Large Assembly Station	200 x Processed Construction Materials 60 x  Assembly Materials I 50 x  Assembly Materials IV 8 MW of power	BMS Black Bolt	06:00:00

Must be fully researched in the Vehicle Tech Tree in order to be produced.

Storage & Transport

The BMS Black Bolt cannot be stored in a Storage Depot, Seaport or Storage Ship.

It can be packaged into an extra large Shippable and transported by a Large Crane, otherwise it must be moved on Railway Tracks.

Tactics

Trains are limited to where they can be used, as they can only travel on Railway Tracks (similar to how Freighters are limited to where waterways are located). As such, they have very defined areas of movement, making attacks from partisans very easy if they find them. Due to this vulnerability, it's highly recommended to have numerous intel coverage/AI protection along train tracks in order to keep trains as safe as possible.

Trivia

• When the BMS Black Bolt was introduced in Update 1.50 ('Inferno'), the ability to ram and destroy vehicles was over tuned, which resulted in friendly unarmored vehicles being instantly destroyed if they ever got close to it.
  • It is one of the few vehicles capable of destroying vehicles by ramming them. This was later change so that it will only destroy them if there is no players inside of them.
• Unlike its IRL counterparts, it cannot be derailed and will automatically stops at the end of a track.
• If the BMS Black Bolt is driven slowly enough (with intermittent inputs from players to move), the Train and all attached cars can move without consuming fuel. This is most useful when offloading a delivery or making minor adjustments in reverse.

Gallery

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  The BMS Black Bolt from the front

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  The BMS Black Bolt from the rear

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  The BMS Black Bolt introduced in the Update 1.50 Dev Stream

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  A BMS Black Bolt connected to a Container Car and a Flatbed Car

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  A BMS Black Bolt in its packaged form

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  The menu of the BMS Black Bolt

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  Concept art of the BMS Black Bolt

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  Concept art of the BMS Black Bolt