Old vs New, Part 4: Mechanical Edition (Underrail: Heavy Duty)

Killing exo-puppets is my cardio

Rules, rankings & additional conditions overview:

1st Degree: training grounds with Sensorimotor Command (the buff provided to Exosoldiers by le Cognateur; assumed to be active for all Degrees below unless stated otherwise);

2nd Degree: the training grounds without Sensorimotor Command;

3rd Degree: entrance/main hall heavy guard (basically a static double patrol)

4th Degree: an ordinary patrol with an Intercessor, or a Psychophract patrol; double patrol of either variation is considered 3rd Degree;

5th Degree: train ambush party.

Restrictions: 1) pre-laid traps are allowed exclusively for the purpose of stacking Demolition Man, otherwise prohibited; 2) no zone transition allowed; 3) Gunslinger can join psiless melee builds, but has to survive the fight and may not participate in 1st Degree challenges.

Additional conditions/challenges vary from build to build and are dictated solely by my autism.

Builds featured in order:

Grammaton Cleric (psiless version; discard the pill, embrace Gun-Fu): https://underrail.info/build/?HgUQCgM...

El Salvador (improved version because I forgot Leading Shot existed when I played it two years ago; the build's gimmick is more than just relying on Salvation-13, and I explain it in the pinned comment under this video:    • Refurbished Salvation-13 Field Test v...  ): https://underrail.info/build/?HgcFBgM...

Dog (a more spear-oriented version; the build that I actually played was meant to be 'throwing first; spears second', so it exchanged stuff like Taste for Blood for Grenadier and Three-Pointer; the link to the original iteration may be found somewhere on the channel): https://underrail.info/build/?HhAHBgM...

OST that plays outside of intro & gameplay segments:    • Parasite Eve OST 13 Out Of Phase  

0:00 Intro substitute
1:35 Contestants
2:35 Tainted Cleric 2nd Degree
6:45 Tainted Cleric 4th Degree (unique .44 pistols only)
8:03 El Salvador 3rd Degree (20p Salvation-13)
11:03 Dogster (Javelins only)
18:55 Results & outro

...can you hear that bizarre 'vacillating' noise in the background of the track playing during text segments? I cannot unhear it anymore and it's driving me insane, to what fucking end was it added? To ruin the experience of listening to it in headphones? Man...