User Guide

COLONIZING PLANET
CHAPTER 4
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BUILDING UNITS
Custom-designed units
can be created in the
Design Workshop, which
can be accessed with U,
or from the HQ menu or
the Production Readout.
You can get a head start
in designing the type of
unit you want by either
selecting a specific unit to
modify, or by using a vehi-
cle preset.
Specific unit designs are displayed in the long bar at the bottom of the screen.
This bar contains all the unit types currently designed and in production, and
can be scrolled using the arrow buttons at either end of the bar. Units which
are obsolete to your faction, but still in production, are marked “obs.” Placing
your cursor over any of the units in the bar displays information about that
unit in the lower left window. L on the unit to place it in the design screen
for modification.
VEHICLE PRESETS
Vehicle presets are up-to-date versions of various vehicle types in a number of
categories:
• Garrison. Defensive units designed to protect bases and fortifications.
• Infantry. General-purpose combat units particularly useful for attacking bases.
• Artillery. Units with long-range fire capability (see Artillery Combat, p. 100).
• Tank. Mobile units useful for attacks in open terrain.
• Scout. Lightly armored, very fast units.