Milspec turret/doc

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NOTICE: As of 0.E (Ellison), turrets no longer emit light, fire immediately without warning, and have an effective range in excess of 30 tiles.

Milspec turrets are the better and more dangerous version of turrets. They can be found guarding various government installations in the world (bunkers, military outposts) and around roadblocks. Each turret has a built in light that will illuminate the area around it.

The player can deploy their own turrets. See inactive rifle turret. A (hostile or friendly) turret affected by EMP (such as from EMP grenade) will turn back into inactive turret and drop unused ammo (5.56 NATO). If destroyed by damage instead, it will explode (radius 1) and drop 1 component (scrap, electronic or 5.56 NATO).

They can attack up to 18 tiles with their rifle and can eviscerate targets at close range with up to and more than 50+ damage per shot (And it'll fire multiple times a turn to boot). As their ammo is limited (usually 100 bullets), they can run out of it and won't be able to harm anybody anymore. Turrets will warn the player by beeping loudly before attacking, giving you a chance to escape.

Turrets can be controlled with the control laptop, which also allows making them friendly. Walking into a friendly turret allows you to deactivate it. It will revert to an inactive rifle turret item and any remaining ammo will be dropped.