Every unit Meridian and Tidewater can field. Costs are credits (cr) / materials (mat). Speed is in tiles per second off-road: roads multiply it by ×1.75, forest by ×0.6 for ground units. Range is in tiles; DPS is damage ÷ reload before armour.
Cheap line infantry. Your first troops and the best answer to enemy infantry.
Strong vsRifle squads, rocket squads, engineers, the enemy commander.
Weak vsTanks, mechs, buggies, buildings and drones (rifles do 25% to vehicles, 15% to structures, 10% to air).
Anti-tank and anti-building infantry that fires real arcing rockets. One of the few things that can shoot down drones.
Strong vsTanks, buggies, mechs, Mobile HQs, gunboats (×2.0 vs vehicles), buildings (×1.2), strike drones (×1.0).
Weak vsRifle squads and buggies' machine guns; rockets only do 35% to infantry. Fragile at 90 hp.
Unarmed specialist. Repairs your buildings for free at 25 hp/s (idle engineers auto-repair damaged friendly buildings within 6 tiles) and captures enemy buildings, except the HQ and walls.
Strong vsUndefended enemy production, power and turrets (capture them), and long fights near your own base (free repairs).
Weak vsEverything that shoots. 70 hp: escort them.
The main battle unit. Tough, hard-hitting and good against vehicles and buildings. Can't hit aircraft.
Strong vsBuggies, other tanks, Mobile HQs, gunboats near shore (×1.2), buildings and turrets (×1.0).
Weak vsRocket squads, strike drones (it can't shoot back) and mechs. Only half damage against infantry.
The fastest unit in the game. A raider and scout that shreds infantry and supply lines, then leaves.
Strong vsRifle and rocket squads, engineers (×0.9), supply trucks, lone extractors; scouting and chasing down stragglers.
Weak vsTanks, mechs, rocket squads in numbers, gun turrets. Barely scratches drones (×0.1).
Heavy walker with the most health and the longest ground range. Good against vehicles and buildings, fair against infantry. Can't hit air.
Strong vsTanks and buggies (×1.3), buildings and turrets (×1.1). Fair vs infantry (×0.8).
Weak vsStrike drones (no anti-air), massed rocket squads. Slow and expensive.
Drives out and DEPLOYs into an Outpost: 12 tiles of new territory, +5 power and 100 storage. Can't deploy on roads, water or buildings.
Strong vsDistance. Claims far ground: resource sites, lake shores for a harbour, a forward base.
Weak vsRocket squads, tanks, drones; it's unarmed. Escort it and deploy away from the front.
Flies over walls, water and woods. Only rockets, flak, and (weakly) machine guns and rifles can hit it.
Strong vsTanks, mechs, gunboats and Mobile HQs (×1.8; none of them can shoot back). Fine vs buildings (×0.8).
Weak vsAA turrets (flak ×2.0), rocket squads. Poor vs infantry (×0.3). Missiles can't hit other drones.
Moves only on water and passes under bridges. Long range lets it shell anything near the shore.
Strong vsShoreline buildings, harbours, other gunboats and vehicles parked by the water. Range 6 outreaches most ground units.
Weak vsStrike drones (no anti-air), rocket squads on the bank. Useless inland.
One hero per side, never trained. Friendly units within 6 tiles deal +25% damage (gold glow). Respawns 60 s after falling. Take direct control in WALK mode.
Strong vsInfantry; and as a force multiplier, everything your army is already good against.
Weak vsGetting focused by tanks and mechs. Keep them just behind the line so the aura covers it.
Comes free with each Extractor and hauls loads of 40 materials to your depots or HQ. Can't be ordered. Replaced 30 s after being lost.
Watch out forRaiding buggies and drones along its route. Put a depot near distant extractors to shorten the trip.
Damage multipliers. 0 = can't target.
| Weapon | vs Infantry | vs Vehicle | vs Structure | vs Air | Used by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rifle | 1.0 | 0.25 | 0.15 | 0.1 | Rifle squad |
| Rocket | 0.35 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | Rocket squad |
| Cannon | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0 | Battle tank, gunboat, gun turret |
| Flak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | AA turret |
| Machine gun | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | Scout buggy |
| Missile | 0.3 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0 | Strike drone |
| Heavy gun | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0 | Mech |
Example: a battle tank shell (45) does 54 to another tank, 45 to a building, 22.5 to a rifle squad and nothing to a drone. Research and the commander aura stack on top: Weapons research adds +20% damage per level, Armour research cuts damage taken by 15% per level, and units near their commander deal +25%. Buildings within 10 tiles of a powered Police Station take 25% less damage.
Rifle squads, buggies and mechs. Rifles hit infantry at full damage, buggy machine guns at 0.9 with a fast fire rate, and mechs at 0.8 from long range. Tanks and drones are wasted here.
Rocket squads (×2.0) and strike drones (×1.8). Drones are perfect: no tank or mech can fire back. Gun turrets and your own tanks hold the line while rockets do the work.
AA turrets (flak ×2.0, range 7) and rocket squads (×1.0). Rifles and buggies barely tickle them. Tanks, mechs, gunboats and gun turrets can't shoot up at all.
Drones (they can't shoot back) and rocket squads on the bank, or your own gunboats. Keep valuable buildings more than 6 tiles from the water if you can.
Mechs (×1.1 vs structures, range 5.5 vs turret range 6, lots of health), rocket squads (×1.2), or engineers to capture the turrets once the area is clear. Kill their power and turrets stop working.
A gun turret or two near extractors and outlying farms, a watch tower to raise the alert, and a couple of tanks on guard nearby. Tank cannons hit buggies at ×1.2.
Rule of thumb: mix it. Tanks in front, rocket squads behind, a few rifles for screening, AA cover at home, and the commander close enough to light everyone up gold.
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