The Blasters

Background
The Blasters are a tribe of savage raiders that inhabit deserted mining facilities and military bases surrounding former Cardiff and Lake Tyne, though there may well be similar or splinter groups elsewhere in the world. They are an enemy force that wastelanders may encounter whilst wandering the wastes and it is unknown as of yet if it is possible to join their ranks (as to why one would want to is questionable however). Led by the elusive and rumored incredibly powerful "Demolition Man", The Blasters' force is comprised mostly of salvaged protocol and infantry combat droids driven insane by constant body changes to their CPUs, although human and mutant members, and heavier tier robots are also present in their ranks. None however, seem quite as large as the "Demolition Man" is rumored to be.

Tactics
The combat strategy of The Blasters is brutally simple and horrifyingly effective, both as a psychological deterrent and as a means of inflicting casualties; whilst the humans, mutants, and heavier tier robots use assorted handheld artillery such as RPGs and grenade launchers to scatter the enemy, the crazed scrap drones and insane mutants will strap as much ammunition and explosives to hand to themselves, ignite their fuel tanks and run toward the enemy before detonating. Reports depict the robots often screaming "BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM" repeatedly as they sprint toward their foe. Due to the hardened nature of high-end protocol and combat droid CPUs, the chips can often be salvaged along with some parts, to be recycled later. The heavier tier robots and humans often carry explosives which they detonate when near death to prevent hacking or prisoners being taken (one of the contributing factors as to why so little is known of their tribe and the "Demolition Man".)

Weaponry
The arsenal of The Blasters often consists of TNT salvaged from mines, as well as military grenade and rocket launchers, and home made rocket and landmine vests and hammers. The vests are often home made bomb vests either made from anti personnel Claymores or rockets that detonate on impact with the enemy. The hammers consist of a salvaged instrument made from a long metal pole with either a pressure sensitive landmine or RPG on the end that is ignited via pilot flame, that is swung at enemy armor, fortifications, or troops. Survival chances of the wielder seem to be only slightly better than those on the receiving end (not that this phases The Blasters).

Motives
As of now, few people have encountered a full Blaster attack and as such, little information is known regarding their motives. More is expected to be found of them in future, as well as the identity of the "Demolition Man" as New Eden expands its influence around Lake Tyne.