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* ''The Mechanic:'' DO NOT piss off The Mechanic. No other type of Engineer is as essential for the maintenance of troops' ability to attack and move, and no other type of Engineer has a shorter fuse. The Mechanic is the king of the motor pool, every vehicle is one of his babies. Bring a vehicle in a sorry state and prepare for a massive butt chewing at best and a wrench on the side of the head at worst. They have a tendency to spout Technobabble at a moment's notice.
For strategy games, see [[Worker Unit]].
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== General ==
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* Harry Harrison's "The Ethical Engineer" - of course a double entendre regarding 1) the behavior of the protagonist, and 2) the things he was engineering.
* Leo Graf in [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]'s ''Falling Free:'' At first he wonders what he can do, as just an engineer, to save the Quaddies from their plight, but then he realizes that it ''is'' an engineering problem, and that he's just the engineer to solve it.
* In ''[[Starship Troopers]]'', Johnnie is enthusiastic upon learning he may be interacting the engineering corps on a mission. He states the unit's mottos ("Can do!" and "First we dig 'em, then we die in 'em.") to be literal truth, even calling out their bravery under fire. High praise indeed, from an [[Badass Army|MI]] (they appreciate specialists, but usually are eager to remember and remind everyone else that warfare ultimately is about whose boots are last standing on that ground).
* Master Klopp in Scott Westerfeld's ''Leviathan''.
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** Special notice to Moloch von Zinzer, who is '''only''' an engineer, not a Spark. And '''''[[Insistent Terminology|NOT]]''''' the Lady Heterodyne's Head Minion. [[Blatant Lies|No! He isn't!]]
* Sev'vil of [[Juathuur]]... but not for juathuurs, who don't use any form of technology.
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