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Tech Slots

Tech Slot

Warlord loadout slots holding advanced units; removing one disbands whatever unit currently fills it.

Story so far

Panford's penalty against the The Democratic Sortion includes the removal of two tech slots. Because those slots are currently filled with mechanized armor, both units are immediately disbanded — establishing that a tech slot is not just capacity but the live anchor of a deployed unit, and that losing the slot destroys the asset inside it.

Alongside the 25% reduction in standing force, the tech-slot stripping shows how Warlord Penalties are designed to gut a team's hardware advantage rather than merely fine it.

Role

Warlord army-building resource governing advanced and mechanized units.

Relationships

Warlord Penalties — Tech slots are stripped as part of a penalty.
Mechanized Armor — The unit type occupying the Democratic Sortion's slots.
The Democratic Sortion — Lost two slots and both units in them.
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Chapter 25
  • Warlord loadout slots holding advanced units; removing one disbands whatever unit currently fills it.
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