Pez Dispenser

The Pez Dispenser is the name the squad has given the alien ship they managed to appropriate in Loss of a Soldier. They've discovered many things about it since originally acquiring it. It is self healing like the power armors, the guns are fully autonomous, and possess some sort of intelligent programming. The big thing is the fact that the ship transforms into a base. The squad didn't so much steal the a ship to supply a base as much as they stole a mobile base.

When transformed the Pez Dispenser transmorphs into four six story towers surrounding a three story dome. The compound has a powerarmor bay/construction facilities, barracks, a brig, and a utility (greenhouse, workshops, etc.) tower. The Central dome is an extended command and control with enhanced sensory capabilities. Weapons are mounted on the top of the towers. Hood modified the the genetic code of the the base to incorporate living stealth technology, the upshot of is that the whole compound flickers in and out of existence on a fairly regular schedule.

The construction facilities use a store of stuff to grow powerarmors and equipment. The squad has quantified this stuff into units of Pez. When completely full the ship has 100 Pez. As a reference point it takes 8 hours and 8 Pez to build a 1A variant (grunt stealth) powerarmor.

In transport mode the ship has limited storage capacity and isn't the fastest. It has also been modified to operate in stealth mode. The Pez Dispenser operates of the same biotech and thought control technology found in the powerarmors.