Wasp Prototype

The  is a variant of the Valkyrie, a lightly-armored aerial transport produced by Nanite Systems as part of the Common Pool, available to all factions. It is unlocked upon completion of the Fractured event during chapter 1 of the Distant Shores campaign.

The air vehicle can be spawned at any air terminal, although it cannot be remotely spawned via the map screen.

The Wasp Prototype is a retooling of the Valkyrie chassis. Although it retains the transport's six seats, it loses access to all offensive armaments. Instead, the gunner's nose cannon is replaced with a WLT-Weaver Mining Laser to allow the Wasp to harvest Cortium, of which it can carry up to.

Although the Wasp is capable of harvesting cortium, it is not able to create constructs. The vehicle can only deposit its stores into a Cortium Silo or Colossus, or consume the resource to power its C340 Afterburner.

Certifications
Unlike standard vehicles, the Wasp Prototype only features one certification for each of its three loadout slots, and they cannot be changed in any way—being fully upgraded, and forcibly equipped. {| align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center;"
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 * Utility Slot
 * C340 Afterburner
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 * Defense Slot
 * Nanite Auto Repair System
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 * Performance Slot
 * Wasp Chassis
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Trivia

 * Prior to the release of the Distant Shores campaign, the Wasp Prototype was teased on the 20th of November, 2018, as a temporary reward for players whose faction had recently won a then-planned alert named 'Refine and Refuel'.
 * This version of the Wasp would similarly replace its nose cannon with a mining turret, however the pilot was also to have access to "Pummeler Rocket Pods", light wing-mounted dumbfire rockets with which they could threaten enemies.
 * The current iteration of the Wasp Prototype retains the nose-mounted mining turret, cortium storage tanks, and afterburners from its original concept.

History

 * November 17, 2021 Update (The Nine-Year Anniversary of PlanetSide 2)
 * Added to the game.
 * January 26, 2022 Update (Expedition: Oshur)
 * Cortium cost from 400 to 300.
 * Nanite cost from 350 to 250.
 * Dev Note: This cost reduction puts the Wasp on par with the normal Valkyrie to increase its accessibility a bit.
 * April 1, 2022
 * No longer usable on PC with the end of the Distant Shores campaign.