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The engineers are one of the three groups into which Omega divides the crew of the Pioneers mission, with the Researchers and the Guardians. They maintain and program the ship. In section 9 they are led by Ifiok, with Michael as second; Kurt and Kseniya are engineers.
In Descent (2258)
Aboard the ship
In the group experiences the engineers usually play cooperative, cerebral strategies; "Battle for Draconis", a fight between noble houses with mechs, is one of their iconic experiences and one they usually win.
After the crash
After the crash some engineers keep the systems running and distribute energy between the cubicles, while others turn to looting the wreck and become Reclaimers. Kurt becomes their second. In Part 3 many of them join the rebellion and march east.
Reclaimers
The reclaimers are the survivors who explore the remains of the ship in search of materials, technology and usable objects. Kseniya is one of them.
In the story
Most reclaimers began by clearing away the dead scattered across the landing area, and the work still means wrecks full of bodies. They are not well liked, and some are said to keep part of the loot. They work in shifts, day and night, kept track of with small wooden tokens, descend into the The wreck's crater from a platform built of a salvaged cubicle wall, and carry tools and parts of vacuum suits over their clothes. Beside their platform stands the The zeichen market.
They locate the parts for Kurt's transformer, among them a gravity ring rotor buried under a hydroponic cubicle. In Part 3 some of them join the rebellion.