Games PC TOTAL ANNIHILATION User Manual

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TABLE OF
CONTENTS

I. Installing the Game ..................................... 5

1. System requirements......................................... 5

2. Installing Total Annihilation............................... 5

Standard Installation......................................... 5

Installation without Autoplay ............................ 6

Multiplayer Spawn Installation .......................... 6

Installing Direct X.............................................. 6

DirectX T roubleshooting .................................... 7

Uninstalling Total Annihilation........................... 7

3. Improving Game Performance ........................... 7

Adjusting Y our System....................................... 8

Adjusting Game Options ................................... 8

Installation T roubleshooter ................................ 9

II. Starting a New Game............................... 10

1. T he Galactic War ............................................. 10

2. Game Overview .............................................. 11

3. New Game Options ........................................ 11

4. Starting a New Single Player Game ................. 12

New Campaign ............................................... 13

Skirmish.......................................................... 13

Game Options................................................. 14

5. Starting a New Multiplayer Game ................... 25

Choosing the Right Connection Method.......... 25

Serial Games................................................... 25

Modem Games ............................................... 25

Network (LAN) Games .................................... 26

Playing on the Internet.................................... 26

Selecting a Multiplayer Game.......................... 27

Creating a New Multiplayer Game .................. 28

The Battle Room ............................................. 28

Customizing Multiplayer Games...................... 29

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III. Playing the Game .................................... 31

1. Game Components ......................................... 31

Metal.............................................................. 31

Energy ............................................................ 31

Structures ....................................................... 32

Units............................................................... 32

2. Game Interface ............................................... 33

Choosing the mouse interface......................... 33

Main Battle Screen.......................................... 33

Battle Map...................................................... 34

Mini-map........................................................ 34

Resource status bar......................................... 35

Unit status bar ................................................ 35

3. The Build and Orders Menus ........................... 36

The Build Menu............................................... 36

Building Structures.......................................... 37

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Building Units ................................................. 37

The Orders Menu ............................................ 37

Firing Orders................................................... 38

Movement Orders ........................................... 38

Immediate Orders ........................................... 38

Commander’s Handbook.............................. 40

IV. Structures and Units................................ 42

Common Units and Structures......................... 42

ARM Units ...................................................... 48

CORE Units..................................................... 57

IV. Customer Services

Technical Support Information .............. 67

Technical Support (U.S. & Canada) .................. 70

Technical Support (Europe).............................. 71

Ordering Our Products .................................... 72

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I. INSTALLING
THE GAME

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Minimum

Single Play

Pentium 100 (133 Recommended) with 16 MB RAM (24
Mb recommended), Microsoft or fully compatible
mouse, 4X CD ROM drive, Windows 95, 35 MB hard
drive space, 100% SoundBlaster compatible sound card,
VGA 256 color or better video.

Multiplayer

Up to 4 Players: Pentium 133, 24 MB RAM
Up to 8 Players: Pentium 133, 32 MB RAM
Up to 10 Players: Pentium 166, 48 MB RAM

NOTE

It’s good practice to
have some free
space on your hard
drive at all times­preferably at least
10% of your hard
drive capacity.

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INSTALLING
TOTAL ANNIHILATION

Standard Installation

1.Place the Total Annihilation CD 1 in your
CD-ROM drive.

2.Wait for the installation menu to appear. When it
does, click the Regular Install button, then follow the
on-screen instructions.

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NOTE

Make sure to check
out the README file
for the latest infor­mation about the
game. You’ll see its
icon in the Total
Annihilation folder/
shortcut menu.

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NOTE

Almost all video and
sound cards on the
market support
DirectX. However, if
you have an older
video or sound card,
this may not be the
case. Contact your
video/audio card
manufacturer to
obtain updated driv­ers compatible with
DirectX.

3.Insert Total Annihilation CD 1 to start a single player
game.

Installation without AutoPlay

If you do not see the installation screen appear auto­matically after inserting CD 1 into your CD ROM drive,
follow these steps:

1. After inserting Total Annihilation CD 1 into your CD
ROM drive, double-click the My Computer icon on
your desktop.

2. Double-click the CD ROM icon.

3. Double-click the SETUP.EXE icon. This launches the
installation program.

Multiplayer Spawn Installation

This installation program installs Total Annihilation for
multiplayer games only. It enables you to play Total An­nihilation against human opponents without having the
game CD (Total Annihilation CD 1) in your CD ROM
drive if you’re not hosting the game. You will need: One
disc 1 for ≤3, two disc 1’s for ≤6 and three disk 1’s for
≤10.

Installing DirectX 5

Total Annihilation has been designed to take advantage
of Microsoft’s DirectX 5 video and audio drivers. You
need to install DirectX 5 for optimum game perfor­mance.

To install DirectX 5 and/or to check whether you
have DirectX 5 already on your system, click on the In­stall DirectX button in the installation menu. The DirectX
5 installation program will check your system for earlier
DirectX versions and report what it finds.

• If no DirectX components are found, the installation

program will automatically install DirectX 5 on your
system.

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• If earlier versions of DirectX are found, you’ll see
them listed with the version numbers. Click on the
Re-Install DirectX button to update your DirectX driv­ers to version 5.

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If you run into any video/audio problems following the
installation of DirectX 5, but have earlier versions of
DirectX installed which work fine, you may restore your
original DirectX drivers by following these steps:

1. Double-click on the My Computer icon on your
desktop.

2. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. You’ll
see a list of programs that are present on your sys­tem, including DirectX.

3. Click on the DirectX entry, and then on the Add/Re­move button in the lower right hand corner. You’ll see
a list of DirectX components on your system.

4. Click on the Restore Drivers button. This will restore
your previous DirectX drivers.

NOTE

The Uninstall pro­gram does not re­move DirectX 5 from
your system. To re­move DirectX or
restore your previ­ous version of
DirectX, refer to the
DirectX T rouble­shooting section in
this manual.

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Uninstalling T otal Annihilation

If you ever want to remove Total Annihilation from your
system, use the Uninstall program included with the
game. You’ll see the Uninstall icon (a bone) below the
game icon in the Windows 95 shortcut menu.

Do not uninstall the game simply by dragging the
Total Annihilation folder to the Recycling Bin. This will
leave some of the game’s components still installed on
your system.

Improving Game Performance

Large numbers of units and structures can considerably
slow down the game. You can try to improve perfor­mance by common-sense adjustments to your system,
or by adjusting the game options.

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Adjusting Y our System

1. Close all other applications.

2. Check your system for programs running in the back­ground (for example, virus detection programs). These
can not only slow the game down, but also result in
lockups.

3. Change the resolution to 640 x 480. The higher the
resolution, the slower the game.

4. Run Scandisk and Disk Defragmenter (provided
within Windows 95).

5. Check the Startup menu for applications loading au­tomatically whenever you boot up your system.

Adjusting Game Options

You can improve game performance by adjusting the
following options:

1. Turning off CD music in the Game Options screen.

2. Turning off or reducing unit sounds and chat through
the Sound and Interface buttons in the Game Options
screen.

3. Turning off shading, anti-aliasing, and shadows
through the Visuals button in the Game Options
screen. This will result in less impressive graphics.

4. Slowing down the game speed with the slider avail­able through the Interface button in the Game Op­tions screen.

In addition, in Skirmish and Multiplayer games, you

can do the following to improve performance:

1. Reduce the number of computer opponents (Skirmish
mode).

2. Select a smaller map (both Skirmish and Multiplayer).

3. Choose Permanent LoS (Line of Sight; both Skirmish
and Multiplayer).

4. Restrict the number of units that can be built
(Multiplayer only).

5. Disable Cheat Codes (Multiplayer only).

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TROUBLESHOOTER

Game doesn’t install

Check whether you have enough space on your hard
drive, and whether the CD ROM drive is working prop­erly.

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Game won’t run

Check whether you have any free space left on your
hard drive, and whether the CD ROM is working prop­erly. Check for programs running in the background.
Ensure you have DirectX installed. Try choosing the low­est resolution possible (640 x 480), and set the display
to 256 colors.

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THE GALACTIC WAR

Long ago, the galaxy was a paradise of peace and tran­quility. A galactic governing body known as CORE ruled
this paradise with the quest for scientific advancement
as its governing philosophy.

Paradoxically, the troubles started when science won
the biggest victory of them all-a victory over death itself.
The invention of a process called ‘patterning’ allowed
the transfer of human consciousness, of the human
mind, into machines. This electronic duplication of brain
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galaxy. Effectively, it meant immortality; but there were
many who were unwilling to toss their bodies aside so
casually, and others that regarded patterning as a
straightforward atrocity.

The rebels fled from the rule of CORE and hid in the
outer edges of the galaxy. With time, they formed an
organization known as ARM. A murderous war began.
ARM developed high-powered combat suits for its sol­diers; CORE transferred the minds of its finest soldiers
into deadly machines, duplicating its best fighters thou­sands of times over. ARM countered this by using clon­ing. The war raged on, consuming the resources of the
entire galaxy, and leaving most of it a scorched waste­land.

After four thousand years of fighting, both sides
came to stalemate. Their vast military complexes were
smashed; their economies were ruined. The once-mighty
armies of CORE and ARM were reduced to a few scat­tered survivors. But they continued to battle on ravaged
worlds, their mutual hatred as strong as ever.

For each side, the only acceptable outcome was the
total annihilation of the other.

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GAME OVERVIEW

Total Annihilation is a real-time strategy game. You win
by making the right strategic choices in structure and
unit management, and you play in real time, without
taking turns.

You must not only make all the right moves; you
must make them fast. Even a not so good move made
promptly is better than a brilliant one made too late.

Total Annihilation is a blast, but it is also a complex
game. If you are new to real-time strategy games, make
sure you know the structures and units at your disposal.
It’s a very good idea to have some knowledge of the
units and structures at your enemy’s disposal, too. It’s
worth your while to take the trouble to learn the struc­ture and unit hierarchy. Section IV of this manual pro­vides hierarchy charts for ARM and CORE structures and
units.

Total Annihilation features 3D terrain. Treat it as you
do terrain in the real world, because that’s how it af­fects your units. If you choose True Line of Sight in the
Game Options, terrain features will affect what your
units can see and what they can’t.

Finally, Total Annihilation is a game in which both
winning and losing are fun. Don’t worry about winning
too much when you’re fresh to the game. Just play, and
have fun!

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NEW GAME OPTIONS

The Main Menu screen presents you with four options.

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* SINGLE starts a new single player

game.

* MULTI starts a new multiplayer

game.

* INTRO replays the opening movie,

showing an intense battle between
ARM and CORE.

* EXIT takes you back to the desktop.

NOTE

There is no clear-cut
advantage to either
ARM or CORE. The
two armies have
corresponding units
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every unit has an

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enemy equivalent.
However, there are
subtle differences
between the corre­sponding units on
both sides. Part of
the fun in the game
consists of discover­ing these differ­ences, and putting
them to good use.

One general com­ment: on the whole
CORE units are
slightly more heavily
armored, but slower
than their ARM
counterparts.

STARTING A NEW SINGLE
PLAYER GAME

Choosing SINGLE from the New Game screen gives
you a new set of options.

• NEW CAMPAIGN will start a new
campaign game.

• SKIRMISH will set up a battle be­tween you and up to three computer
opponents on the multiplayer map
of your choice.

• OPTIONS takes you to the Game
Options screen. This presents you
with a set of choices, discussed in a
separate section.

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• LOAD GAME loads a previously

saved game.

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New Campaign

If you are new to real-time strategy gaming, it will be to
your advantage to begin with the ARM campaign and
try the SKIRMISH mode only after you’ve played a few
missions. There is also a tutorial walk through in this
manual. Using the tutorial will give you a clear indica­tion how to gather and manager your metal and energy
resources.

Selecting New Campaign takes you to the Campaign

Screen. Once there, you’ll choose:

• Which side to play, ARM or CORE;

• The difficulty level: Easy, Medium, or
Hard. This varies the starting forces
available to you and your opponent.
Players new to real-time strategy
should choose Easy; players new to
TA should choose Medium; really
tough guys should choose Hard.

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Skirmish

Play the SKIRMISH mode after you have played enough
missions to feel comfortable with the game. Selecting
SKIRMISH will launch a game in which you play against
up to three computer opponents.

Traditionally, this is good training ground for later
multiplayer games, but you’ll probably fight a better
Campaign game, too. The Skirmish mode gives you in­stant access to the game’s most sophisticated units,
whereas the Campaign is arranged in a learning curve.

The Skirmish screen also gives you an opportunity to
customize your game. The panel on the left lets you set
starting conditions for yourself and up to three com­puter opponents. You can adjust the number of players,
type of army under each command, army color, and
starting amounts of metal and energy. Higher amounts
of metal and energy result in sophisticated weapons
appearing within a shorter time frame.

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GAME OPTIONS

The Game Options screen accessed through the OP­TIONS button presents a wide variety of choices. Many
of these affect game performance.

The Game Options screen can also be accessed dur-

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ing the game with the F2 key.

• SOUND opens a menu with Sound
Options. Turning Unit Sounds off or
down improves game performance.

• MUSIC opens a menu with Music
Options. Turning CD music off im­proves game performance.

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• INTERFACE leads to a menu with

Interface Options. Slowing the game
speed, reducing the number of text
lines, and turning off or reducing
Unit Text all improve performance.
The Interface button within the In­terface Options menu lets you
choose between left and right-click
mouse interface. This choice is dis­cussed in Section III-please see Table
of Contents.

• VISUALS opens a menu with
Graphic Options. The Gamma slider
regulates the brightness of the
screen, and the Screen Size slider­the resolution. Turning Shading,
Anti-Aliasing, and Shadows off im­proves game performance.

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ARM MISSION 1:
A HERO RETURNS

THE OBJECTIVE:

The objective of this mission is to secure your Galactic
Gate from a Core threat. To do this you must regain
control of your Galactic Gate.

THE MAP:

You start in the middle bottom of the map. The Galactic
Gate is located in the upper section of the map in a big
caldera. Core units are scattered across the map to
stop you from gaining control of the Gate.

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Select all units and use them as one. You can do this by
clicking and dragging the box over all of your units on
the screen or by using the Ctrl-A keys. By using all your
units to attack one unit you mass their firepower and
can take out enemy units faster with less damage in­curred to your own units (very important since you have
no capabilities to repair units in this level). Keep an eye
on your radar screen (upper left hand corner) this will
show your units in blue dots, a green exposed area that
you can see as green, uncovered territory as black, ex­plored territory that is out of sight as gray and enemy
units as red dots.

Click on the upper left-hand corner of your game
line-of-site screen. All of your units will start moving up
and to the left. Your units will start moving across the
terrain at different rates. If you are trying to mass your
firepower onto enemy units, it’s important to keep all of
your units together, so keep an eye on them and don’t
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Enemy units should be popping up very quickly.
Now click on one of the Core K-bots that have come
into sight. All of your units will start to converge and
attack that unit. That unit shouldn’t last long and will
explode. Now click on the next enemy unit to attack on
the screen, again all your units turn to attack that one
targeted Core aggressor. Continue doing this until
there are no more enemy units to be seen.

Now, look up on the radar-scope (upper left) and
you might see some red dots, those are enemy units.
Move your massed units in their direction and attack. If
you don’t see any units, continue moving up the map to
the left. You should encounter more enemy units, attack
them as you come across them. When you reach the
top of the screen move along to the right. You will skirt
the top of the caldera that contains the Galactic Gate.
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You should have taken out all the Core units, for this
mission, it’s time to reclaim your Galactic Gate. Move
all your units up and into the caldera containing the
Galactic Gate. This will end the mission.

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THE OBJECTIVE:

Establish a base by building metal extractors, solar col­lectors, defensive systems and a K-Bot manufacturing
facility and then destroy all Core units or just the Core
K-Bot lab.

THE MAP:

The map is comprised of two land masses separated by
a river with two crossing points. The Core side has the
larger L shaped portion of the map from the mid-left,
around the lower left to the lower right. The Arm units
start in the middle of the upper right-hand section of
the map. The two crossing points are towards the left
and the bottom right of where you start. Just to your
right is a small cliff where some Core units will attack
from in the beginning of the mission. If you travel to
the upper right side of the screen you will see a canyon
opening where patrolling Core units will come out of, be
prepared if you go there. The Core K-Bot facility is lo­cated almost directly down from your starting position.

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THE STRATEGY:

You have started this mission with a new unit, your
Commander! He’s a very powerful asset and you only
have one of them. Protect him at all costs! Don’t
worry, you have plenty of time before you get attacked
and your Commander is in danger, but be aware.

First, you need to build resource generators. Select
your Commander and then pick the Solar Generator
Plant from the Build Menu, on the left-hand side of the
screen. Your cursor will change into a green square
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is over a suitable spot to build one. Select a spot and
left-click. Your Commander will start building. If you
look to the top of the screen you will see two bars, one
is your Metal and the other is your Energy, they will
start to go down from 1000 as you build the Solar Gen­erator. If you move the cursor over unit being built and
look at the bottom of the screen, you will be able to
track the progress of the construction.

Once you have built the Solar Generator, build a
Metal extractor. You can build Metal Extractors any­where, but on top of a silver metal deposit is best, there
are three to choose from, pick the one closest to the top
of the screen. Once it’s built, order your Commander to
build another Solar Generator. Next, have him build a
Metal Extractor on the ore patch furthest right. As soon
as this is completed have him build a laser tower next
to the Metal Extractor you just built. Doing this will
help to protect you from patrolling Core AK’s that might
wander into your camp from the Canyon. Continue to
build a Solar Generator . While the Solar Generator is
being built, select another Metal Extractor to be built
from the left-hand menu. Now, move your cursor over
the line-of-site map, hold down the “Shift” key and left
click the green build box over the last metal deposit.
There should now be a green box over the metal de­posit. If this is done right, as soon as your Commander
finishes building the Solar Generator, he should start
building a Metal Extractor. Select a K-Bot lab from the
left-hand menu and move the cursor over a patch of
land that you can build it on and again, holding down
the “shift” key left click. Another green box should ap­pear, larger then the first.

Since you have your base being built, it’s time to
start attacking the enemy. Select all of your K-Bots.
You can either, click and drag a box over them or hold
down the “shift” key and select each unit individually
with the left mouse button. As you select them a green
box should appear around the unit. Once all the units
have been selected, a green box should be around all of
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want to use him in battle yet). With all of your K-Bots
selected press the CTRL-”1" key. When you have the
unit health bars on (toggled by the “~” key) a number
“1” should now appear under all selected units, they
now been grouped together and call all be reselected by
using ALT-”1". Move them to the top of the screen.
When they have reached the top of the screen order
them to move to the right. You will see a green area at
the mouth of a Canyon and encounter enemy units
there. As with the previous mission attack in strength,
mass your firepower against one Core unit at a time.
Stop the units at the mouth of the Canyon, they will
finish up any Core units that try to come through there.

Your commander should be finished building the K­Bot Lab by now, if not then fill out your registration card
while you wait for him to complete the project. Once
he has finished move him to the center of the base to
build another Solar Generator and select the K-Bot lab.
Once you select the K-Bot lab you notice a new build
menu appears with K-Bots on it. Move your cursor over
the units you can build (ones you can’t are grayed out)
and look at the bottom title bar. As you do so you will
see the cost of metal and energy to manufacture the
unit. Click on the Jethro 4 times. You should see a +4
superimposed over the Jethro icon. This means your K­Bot lab will build 4 Jethro’s before stopping production.
We don’t want to stop there, click 4 times each on a
Hammer, Rocko and PeeWee. This should start the
building of a small assault force. As units nanolathe
they walk off the platform, move them to a clear patch
of land to wait until all the other units have been pro­duced. If you didn’t have time to fill out the registration
card before, you do now.

Once all the units have been manufactured high­light/select the whole group of 16 K-Bots by either
“Shift”-click or click/drag and do a CTRL-”2" too set
them as ALT-”2" group. Move them down to the right,
you might encounter some Core units on your side of
the water. Frag them as you go. Hold your units on
your side of the River. You should be able to see the
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of your units have gathered at the banks of the river
click on the other side. They should start fording the
river. As your first unit reaches the other side it should
start taking fire from a laser on the top of the ridge in
front of you. Click your units towards that laser tower.
As soon as you can see the ridge crest, click on it. You
can click on the laser tower to attack as soon as you
see it, but it’s on higher ground and your fire will not be
as effective. Run your units to the ridge top and then
attack the laser. It shouldn’t take long.

You will start encountering more enemy units once
you have reached the top of the ridge. Attack them in
force as you’ve been doing. You will start to see struc­tures a Radar Tower, an Energy Storage Unit and a Solar
Generator (all Core). Destroy them, but keep attacking
the Core units attacking you as soon as you see them.
None of those structures can kill you but the K-Bots
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aren’t being attacked by roving Core units move just a
little bit up to the left. You should be able to see the
Core K-Bot lab. Attack and destroy it. That will end the
level.

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MISSION 3:
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OBJECTIVE:

Save at least one Spider by returning it to your base.

MAP:

The map consists of three land masses separated by a
“Y” in a river. Your commander and units start at the
lower right side of the “Y”. The spiders are located at
the very top center of the map at the summit of a steep
hill.

STRATEGY:

The key to this mission is time. Build up your base with
a some energy generators, a metal extractor and a
couple laser towers for defense (Placed on the outside
of the Dragon Teeth). If you start running low on re­sources, use your Commander to reclaim trees for en­ergy and rocks for metal. Build a manufacturing plant
of some sort and start cranking out units. Slowly ad­vance up the map to the Spiders. If you stay on your
side of the river it’s easier. Once you’ve cleaned out a
path for the Spiders to get to your base, select them and
walk them on down. You might have to walk them
around the base a little to complete the mission.

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MISSION 4:
CORE
CONTAMINATION
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OBJECTIVE:

Eliminate all core units and structures from this map.

MAP:

For this map you start the mission in the lower right
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left side of the map. There is a hill in the left center of
the map that is very heavily defended by Core units and
laser towers, beware.

Strategy:

Units in the beginning of this map are few, conserve
them, don't send them off to attack everything. Build
your base as normal, balancing your energy and metal
extraction. Use a couple laser towers to bolster your
defensive parameter. Slowly expand gaining metal re­sources and space to build while protecting structures
with laser towers. A Radar Tower will give you early
warning if enemy units are approaching, even if you
haven't explored the territory.

As your units start to see action they will become
damaged. You can repair them with your Commander,
or any construction vehicle, by selecting the "Repair"
button from the orders menu or by selecting your Com­mander, pressing the "R" key and then select the unit
you want to repair. The Commander will move over to
him and start repairing him. If you have a lot of dam­aged units you can select the unit you want to do the
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a point in the that makes the unit walk around the
damaged units. As the Commander or Construction
Vehicle moves around on patrol and they encounter
damaged units they will stop and repair them, then con­tinue patrolling for more damaged units.

Keep your eye out for enemy units attacking from
the top along the right hand side of the map and from
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MISSION 5:
THE GATE TO
THALASSEAN

OBJECTIVE:

Capture the Core Galactic Gate.

MAP:

This map is mostly land from the center left all the way
to the right, with water on the left side and a well de­fended island in the lower Left that has the gate on it.
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Core base facility from the lower center bottom to the
lower right bottom.

STRATEGY:

Build enough structures to support a line of laser towers
from where you start on towards the right. Space them
about 6 inches apart and keep expanding that direction
until you hit the side of the map. As you move along
you will find ore deposits to get metal from. Keep
building energy production facilities as you go along
and the occasional radar tower. Build a K-bot lab and a
Vehicle Plant when you can, along the way. Once
you've built either a K-bot lab or Vehicle plant make a
couple construction vehicles to help you repair, build
and reclaim metal hulks as you go. Start moving down
the right side of the map taking out Core patrols as you
go. Make an at least one advanced plant (vehicle, so
you can build amphibious tanks). As you start produc­ing advanced units add them to your ranks and keep
attacking down the right side. Once you've reached the
bottom start moving to the left. This way you will finish
off all the land units and be able to concentrate on tak­ing the Island and the Gate. Move on the island with

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about 6-10 amphibious tanks and you should be able to
take out everything on the Island. Then bring your
Commander out to the Island and capture the gate.

STARTING A NEW
MULTIPLAYER GAME

To play Total Annihilation against human opponents,
click on the Multi button on the New Game screen.

The Choose Connection screen will appear, giving
you the following connection options.

• IPX Connection for Direct Play. This is the option usu-

ally used for games over a LAN.

• Internet TCP/IP Connection for Direct Play. This is the

option for games over the Internet.

• Modem Connection for Direct Play. Choose this if you

want your computer connected directly to the other
computer via modem.

• Serial Connection for Direct Play. Choose this when

your computer is connected to the other computer
with a null modem cable.

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CHOOSING THE RIGHT
CONNECTION METHOD

Serial Games

If your computer is connected to another computer with
a serial cable, select the Serial Connection for Direct
Play option this will allow you to play Total Annihilation
via the serial port. Choosing a Serial Connection will
take you to the Serial Connection screen.

Modem Games

If you have a modem connected to your computer,
you can host or join a game over the telephone. Choos­ing Modem Connection will give you the option of call­ing to join a game, or hosting a game by answering a
call.

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The Modem Connection screen keeps a list of the

names and phone numbers of people you play.

LAN Games

If you have a Local Area Network (LAN) installed,
choose the IPX Connection for Direct Play option. This
takes you to the Choose Game screen.

Internet Games

If you have a LAN that supports TCP/IP, or if you want to
play over the Internet, choose the Internet TCP/IP con­nection for Direct Play option. Remember that to play
over the Internet, you must first connect to your Internet
service provider .

You will have to input the number your computer
uses as its address when connected to the Internet. If
you are playing over a LAN, leave this field blank.

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To obtain your computer’s address number: once
you are connected, run a program called winipcfg.exe,
located in your Windows directory. A typical address
consists of four groups of three digits each, separated
by periods (for example, 156.132.084.120).

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Playing on the Internet

The Select Connection screen offers several ways to
quickly begin Internet play.

• GET MPLAYER installs Mplayer
files from Total Annihilation CD Disc

1. You will then be led with on­screen instructions through the con­nection phase.

• GET HEAT offers to install HEAT
Katalyst 1.2

• GET KALI You must first connect to
your Internet service provider (ISP
for short). Once you are, this option
will download software that lets you
access the KALI server.

• DWANGO To use this option, you
must also be connected to your ISP.
This option will connect you to the

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DWANGO server, and give you more
information on DWANGO Internet
gaming.

• Play Free on TEN You need to con­nect to your ISP first. This option will
connect you to TEN, and lead you
through the connection setup.

• GET WIREPLAY [UK] Installs
Wireplay files from Total Annihilation
CD 1.

SELECTING A MULTIPLAYER
GAME

If you have chosen a LAN or an Internet-base, you are
taken to the Select Game screen. This screen gives you
information about available multiplayer games, and the
option to create a game yourself.

The Select Game screen features the following options:

• NAME opens a field in which you
enter your callsign. This field must
be filled in before you can join or
create a multiplayer game.

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• PASSWORD opens a field that has
to be filled in only if attempting to
join a password-protected game.

• NEW lets you host your own
multiplayer game, and brings up the
Create New Game Screen.

• UPDATE refreshes the multiplayer
games list.

• WATCH allows you to watch games
in progress. Hosts can turn this op­tion off.

• JOIN lets you join a selected game,
and takes you to the Battle Room.

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CREATING A NEW
MULTIPLAYER GAME

After choosing New in the Select Game screen, you will
be asked to provide the game name, your own name,
and a password (if you want to set up a password-pro­tected game). Your choices will subsequently appear on
the Battle Room screen.

The Battle Room

The Battle Room is where you and others choose sides,
teams, and army colors. If you’re hosting the game, this
is where you set the game rules.

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Whether you host or join a game, the Battle Room

asks you for Player Information:

• NAME: Your chosen name.

• SIDE: Choose ARM or CORE .

• COLOR: Army colors .

• ALLY : Alliances can be proposed,

accepted, and rejected by players
both here and later, during play.

• TEAM: For Skirmish mode games
only. Lets you ally with selected
computer players. This alliance can­not be broken later, during the
game.

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• PING: Time, in milliseconds, that the
connected computers take to relay
information. In other words, the
delay.

• GO?: Everybody , including you,
clicks on this button when they’re
ready to play. Once everyone has
done so, the host can start the
game.

Customizing Multiplayer Games

• SELECT MAP: Allows the host to

change the map to be played on.

• METAL: Host can set starting metal
between 0 and 10000 in increments
of 100.

• ENERGY: Host can set starting en­ergy between 0 and 10000 in incre­ments of 100

• DEAD COMMANDER: This setting
alters the effect of a dead Com­mander. Choices are: Game Ends,
Contiues, and Deathmatch (Restarts
Player).

• LOCATION: Starting positions can
be Fixed, or Random.

• LOS: The Line of Sight setting can
be turned to True, Circular, or Perma­nent. True: terrain features block a
unit’s line of sight, and the fog of
war is active. Circular: units see ev­erything within spotting range, re­gardless of terrain; active fog of war.
Permanent: units see everything
within spotting range, regardless of
terrain; but there is no fog of war.

• MAP: Displays the mapping setting.
Mapped: map is revealed from the
start. Unmapped: map has to be
explored.

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• CHEAT CODES: Toggles the avail­ability of cheat codes.

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• WA TCHING: Toggles whether or not
game can be watched by non-par­ticipants.

• STATUS: Toggles the game between
Open (others can join in) and Closed
(no players can join).

• MAX UNITS: Sets the total number
of units per player (up to 250).

• BUILD RESTRICTIONS: Brings up a
list of all the units available in Total
Annihilation (includes downloaded
new units). Host can ban the build­ing of any unit in the game.

• START: Starts the game.

Skirmish Games

Single player Skirmish games start with the same op-

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tions as when hosting a multiplayer game. However
you’re facing multiple computer opponents instead of
real people. This means you can set the difficulty level to
Easy, Medium, or Hard.

For more information on Skirmish games, please

refer to the Starting a New Single Player Game section.

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THE GAME

This section discusses the game components-featured
resources, structures, and units-and how to control
them through the game’s interface.

GAME COMPONENTS

The game features two resources: energy and metal.
These are used to build structures and units.

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Metal

You can obtain metal in several ways:

• Mining. You can harvest metal by building a Metal
Extractor over silver pockets of metal found on the
planet’s surface. On CORE planets that are made of
metal, place a Metal extractor anywhere.

• Converting Energy into metal. Build a Metal Maker.
This will delete portions of your energy supply and
convert it into metal.

• Reclaiming. This can only be done with the Com­mander, Construction Kbots and Construction Ve­hicles. You’ll see the RECLAIM button on the selected
unit’s Orders menu.

• By gathering the lumps of ore scattered on many
planetary landscapes (they look like clusters of shiny
lumps or rocks). Again, this can only be done through
the RECLAIM function of construction-capable units.

It’s important to maintain stocks of metal. Building
Metal Storage structures can be helpful. Once you’ve
progressed into the game, additional ways of obtaining
metal become available.

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Building anything also requires energy. Like metal, en­ergy can be obtained in several ways:

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• SOLAR COLLECTORS gather the
sun’s energy.

• TIDAL GENERATORS generate
energy by the ocean tide.

• WIND GENERATORS create energy
by the wind. (If there is no wind on a
barren planet, the blades will not
turn)

• GEOTHERMAL PLANTS. These
can only be built over steaming
vents you’ll find on certain worlds.

• HARVESTING VEGETATION

(patches of moss, shrubs, bushes,
trees) with the exception of grass.

It’s important to store energy in anticipation of

needs. You cannot build anything without sufficient en-

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ergy even if you have a large storage of metal. Building
Energy Storage structures is helpful. As you progress
into the game, additional ways of producing energy be­come available.

Structures

There are several types of structures in Total Annihila­tion. Some give you metal and energy, as explained in
the preceding sections. Many produce units, including
both combat and construction units which in turn can
build higher-level structures. Other structures perform
strictly combat roles: you’ll build them for defensive and
offensive purposes.

Section IV of this manual contains hierarchy charts
for units and structures, as well as a short description of
every Level 1 and Level 2 structure found in the game.
As you progress, additional units and structures may
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Units

Total Annihilation features probably the widest selection
of land, sea, and air units featured in any real-time
strategy game. In addition, additional units are available
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The units in the game break down into combat units

and construction units.

Construction units have several functions:

• Building new structures. Note that several construc­tion units can work on a single structure at the same
time. This significantly shortens construction time. To
assign an additional construction unit to a project,
order it to repair the building under construction.

• Repairing structures and units.

• Reclaiming metal and energy.

Construction units can build higher level structures.
For instance, a Construction Vehicle built in a Vehicle
Plant is able to build an Advanced Vehicle Plant, which
in turn can build an Advanced Construction Vehicle. The
Commander is the only unit that combines combat and
construction capabilities.

THE GAME INTERFACE

Total Annihilation is played almost exclusively with the
mouse. You can configure your mouse to use a left-click
or right click interface, as you prefer.

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Choosing the Mouse Interface

You choose your favored mouse interface through the
Options menu, which displays an Interface button.

• The left-click mouse interface uses the left mouse but-

ton for selecting units and giving them orders. The
right mouse button is used to deselect units, and to
find a location within the Mini-Map.

• The right-click mouse interface uses the left mouse

button to select units, but the right mouse button to
give them orders. The left mouse button is also used
to deselect units, and within the Mini-Map.

The Main Battle Screen

Once you have completed game setup and started a
game of Total Annihilation, you are taken to the Main
Battle Screen. Most of it is taken up by the Battle Map,
where the action takes place.

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To the side of the Battle Map is a panel containing a
mini-map of the battlefield, and the Build/Orders menu.
The top and bottom of the Main Battle Screen feature
status bars showing you the state of your resources
(top), and the state of the selected unit (bottom; you
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activate this feature).

The Battle Map

The Battle Map shows the battlefield from an overhead
3D perspective. New games typically start with an unex­plored map; you have to explore it with your units to
reveal the battlefield and find the enemy. You can only
see what your units and structures can ‘see’ at any
given time. Unexplored areas are black. Areas that were
explored by your units, but are not currently under your
observation will show as gray on the map.

Note that units or structures selected on the Battle
Map show their health bars. A green bar indicates good
health; yellow, some damage; red, serious damage.

Units selected on the Main Map may be given or­ders using the Mini-Map, and the other way around. For
example, you can click on a unit on the Main Map and
move it to a new location by clicking on it in the Mini­Map.

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The Mini-Map

The upper left corner of the Battle Screen features a
small map of the entire battlefield. This little map is use­ful for keeping track of the situation, and for quickly

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jumping from one area to another. You can also move
units and order them to fire on the Mini-Map, just like
on the main Battle Map.

To quickly jump to a location, click on it within the
Mini-Map. You can also scroll within the Mini-Map by
clicking and holding the appropriate mouse button. This
depends on your choice of the mouse interface.

Units can be given orders within the Mini-Map, just
like on the Main Map. This is particularly convenient
when moving a unit a long distance, or conducting
long-range bombardment.

The Resources Status Bar

At the top of the Main Battle Screen you’ll see a status
bar informing you about the stocks, production, and
usage of your resources. Make a habit of checking the
numbers for production (+) and usage (-).

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Note that maximum storage can change, depending
on whether you build storage facilities.

The Unit Status Bar

The Unit Status Bar appears at the bottom of the Main
Battle Screen. To access it, hold the mouse cursor over a
unit. You will be told what type of unit it is, and how
many enemy units it has killed. Units with more than 5
kills become veterans, which very slightly improves their
combat capabilities. Each subsequent 5 kills result in
another small improvement in the unit’s battlefield per­formance. Use your construction units to repair veteran
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The horizontal bar is the unit’s health bar. When
green from end to end, the unit is 100% healthy. The
bar starts showing red when the unit is damaged; more
red means more damage.

The figures to the right of the health bar show the
unit’s metal/energy production/consumption. They will
change when you order a construction unit or the Com­mander to build or repair something. Note that the
Commander produces a small amount of energy.

THE BUILD AND ORDERS
MENUS

There are two buttons under the Mini-Map when a unit
is selected: Build and Orders. Use them to toggle be­tween Build and Orders menus. To issue a command
from either menu, you first have to select the unit or
units you want to give orders. The Orders menu is dif­ferent for construction units and different for combat
units, reflecting the selected unit’s capabilities.

The Build Menu

The Build menu is the one used for construction units
and your Commander.

When you click the Build button, a set of building
icons will appear. Note that only six icons are shown at
any one time. To view all possible building choices, use
the left/right scroll arrows located under the building
icons.

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Building Structures

To build a structure, select the construction unit and
click on the appropriate icon in the Build menu. When
you move the mouse cursor over the Battle Map, you’ll
see an outline of the intended structure. A red outline
means you cannot build in the selected location; green
means you can.

After you’ve chosen the building site, click to start

the construction process.

Note that you can order construction of multiple
buildings of the same kind. Shift-click (SHIFT key +
mouse-click) on all the building sites, and the construc­tion unit will build the same structure in sequence in all
chosen locations.

Building Units

To build a unit, click on the appropriate unit-producing
structure, then left-click on the desired unit’s icon in the
Build menu. Multiple clicks will form a production
queue. Note that you can queue up units of different
types.

To cancel building a unit, right-click on the unit’s
icon in the Build menu.

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The Orders Menu

When you select a unit, a menu automatically appears
Build and Orders buttons. This menu reflects the capa­bilities of the selected unit. Combat units will have dif­ferent Orders menus from construction units.

The choices available in the Orders menu can be
grouped into firing orders, movement orders, and imme­diate orders.

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Combine firing and movement orders to make units
behave the way you want them. Note that a construc­tion units automatically repairs any damaged unit it
comes across, and can be given appropriate movement
orders.

Firing Orders

There are three options, from aggressive to passive:

• FIRE AT WILL. The unit will open
fire on any enemy unit/structure
within range.

• RETURN FIRE. The unit will only
open fire after being fired on.

• HOLD FIRE. The unit will not open
fire unless ordered to do so. This is
useful when trying to capture an
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Movement Orders

There are three movement options, from passive to active:

• HOLD POSITION. The unit will not
move from its assigned position no
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• MANEUVER. A unit will maneuver

in self-defense or in order to attack
a nearby enemy, but only within a
short radius of its assigned position.

• ROAM. Unit has freedom to move
wherever it likes. This means it will
follow enemy units it has engaged in
combat.

Immediate Orders

In addition to general movement and firing orders, a
unit can also be given immediate orders. Note that or­ders can be queued up: you can order a unit to perform
a sequence of tasks.

Many immediate orders are signaled by a changed

cursor, as indicated:

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• RECLAIM. This order can only be
issued to construction units and the
Commander. The unit reclaims metal
or energy from the selected location.

• REPAIR. Applies only to construc­tion units and the Commander. Unit
will repair another selected unit, or
join another construction unit in
building a structure.

• MOVE. Tells the unit to relocate to a
new position; doesn’t change unit’s
general movement orders.

• GUARD. Tells the unit to guard an
another, selected unit. In practice,
attaches one unit to another.

• ATTACK. Tells the unit to attack a
selected enemy unit or structure.

• CAPTURE. Only the Commander
can capture enemy units and struc­tures. The larger and more heavily
armored the target, the longer it
takes to capture.

• STOP. This command cancels all
previous commands issued to the
unit.

• PATROL. Lets you set a patrol route
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• LOAD/UNLOAD . This order may
only be issued to transport units.

• D-GUN. Only the Commander has
the Disintegrator Gun. It works just
as advertised, but uses lots of en­ergy.

Note that the cursor changes to reflect a unit’s im­mediate orders only if you have selected the left-click
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COMMANDER’S
HANDBOOK

Keyboard Commands

ESC ....................cancels the current command before

it is executed

CTRL1-CTRL9 .....Assign the currently selected units

to a squad

ALT1-ALT9..........Activate (select) the previously as-

signed squad

B ........................Select the build menu for that unit

O........................Select the Order menu for that unit

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1-9..................... Select the menu for the current unit

, (Comma)............ Select the previous menu for that

unit

. (period) .............. Select the previous menu for that

unit

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~ (tilde)................ toggle on/off the damage bars for

the units

PAUSE................ pause the game

F1 ......................Display information on the selected

unit

F2 ......................Bring up the options menu

F3 ......................Go to the unit that last reported

information

F9 ......................Screen capture, will Print screen to

file SHOT ####.pcx

F12 ....................Clear all chat messages

CTRL+ A............Select all of your units

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mander

CTRL + D ........... Self-destruct selected units

CTRL + S ............ Select all units currently on the screen

CTRL + Z ............ Select all units of they same type

A........................ Give and Attack order

G........................Give a Guard order

M .......................Give a Move order

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S ........................ give a Stop order (cancel any previous

orders)

D........................Use the Disintegrator gun

C ........................Give a Capture Order

R ........................Give a Repair order

E ........................ Give a Reclaim order

H........................ Share resources with another player

N........................Scroll to the next unit off screen

T ........................ Track the selected unit

- ......................... Reduce the game speed

+........................ Increase the game speed

SHIFT .................Hold down to queue up multiple com-

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ENTER................Activate the message bar

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STRUCTURES
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COMMON UNITS AND
STRUCTURES

Common units and structures are those that can be
built by both ARM and CORE. Note that the cost of the
same item may differ between the two armies.

CONSTRUCTION UNITS

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Commander

You will start many missions with a
Commander. Armed with the Disinte­grator gun and the best nanolathe in
the game, the Commander builds ­and kills - like no other unit. Use your
Commander cautiously, losing him
often means losing the game.

Construction Kbot

ARM: 120 metal, 2410 energy
CORE: 130 metal, 2540 energy

The Level 1 Construction Kbot can
build Level 1 and 2 structures as well
as an Advanced Kbot Lab. It is a slow
builder, so using two or three on indi­vidual construction jobs is highly rec­ommended.

Construction V ehicle

ARM: 185 metal, 2030 energy
CORE: 175 metal, 2145 energy

The Level 1 Construction Vehicle can
build Level 1 and 2 structures, as well
as an Advanced Vehicle Plant. This
vehicle has much better armor than
the Construction Kbot.

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Construction Ship

ARM: 255 metal, 2130 energy
CORE: 260 metal, 2375 energy

The Level 1 Construction Ship can
build some Level 1 and 2 structures as
well as an Advanced Shipyard. This
unit plays an important role since it’s
the only naval vessel that can build
torpedo launchers and repair other
ships.

Construction Aircraft

ARM: 105 metal, 4320 energy
CORE: 110 metal, 4580 energy

The Level 1 Construction Aircraft can
build Level 1 and 2 structures as well
as an Advanced Aircraft Plant. Use this
unit to build defensive structures on
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Advanced Construction Kbot

ARM: 300 metal, 5784 energy
CORE: 325 metal, 6096 energy

The Advanced Construction Kbot can
build top secret Level 3 structures. It
builds faster than a Construction Kbot;
however, it’s fragile and a slower
mover.

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Advanced Construction Vehicle

ARM: 481 metal, 4263 energy
CORE: 455 metal, 4504 energy

The Advanced Construction Vehicle
can build secret Level 3 structures. It’s
a relatively quick builder, and notice­ably better armored than the Ad­vanced Construction Kbot. However, it
cannot get to all the spots a Kbot can.

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Advanced Construction Aircraft

ARM: 220 metal, 12096 energy
CORE: 231 metal, 12824 energy

The Advanced Construction Aircraft
can build top secret Level 3. This is the
most expensive construction unit in
the game. Terrain is no obstacle to this
unit, which hovers above ground while
building.

UNIT-PRODUCING
BUILDINGS

Kbot Lab

ARM: 705 metal, 1130 energy
CORE: 680 metal, 1250 energy

The Kbot Lab builds all Level 1 Kbots,
including the Construction Kbot.

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V ehicle Plant

ARM: 620 metal, 1000 energy
CORE: 600 metal, 1100 energy

The Vehicle Plant builds all Level 1
vehicles, including the Construction
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Aircraft Plant

ARM: 850 metal, 1370 energy
CORE: 830 metal, 1340 energy

The Aircraft Plant builds all Level 1
aircraft, including the Construction
Aircraft.

Shipyard

ARM: 615 metal, 775 energy
CORE: 600 metal, 750 energy

The Shipyard builds all Level 1 naval
ships, including the Construction Ship.

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Advanced Kbot Lab

ARM: 2007 metal, 3277 energy
CORE: 1972 metal, 3625 energy

The Advanced Kbot Lab builds all Level
2 Kbots, including the Advanced Con­struction Kbot.

Advanced V ehicle Plant

ARM: 1984 metal, 3200 energy
CORE: 1947 metal, 3520 energy

The Advanced Vehicle Plant builds all
Level 2 vehicles, including the Ad­vanced Construction Vehicle.

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Advanced Aircraft Plant

ARM: 2210 metal, 4521 energy
CORE: 2191 metal, 4422 energy

The Advanced Aircraft Plant builds all
Level 2 aircraft, including the Ad­vanced Construction Aircraft.

Advanced Shipyard

ARM: 2524 metal, 2402 energy
CORE: 2460 metal, 2325 energy

The Advanced Shipyard builds all Level
2 naval ships, and the Construction
Ship.

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STRUCTURES

Radar T ower

ARM: 49 metal, 750 energy
CORE: 50 metal, 800 energy

The Radar Tower gives you informa­tion on your enemies’ location within
a small radius. Detected enemy units
and structures show up as a dot (of a
different color than your own) on the
Mini-Map.

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Sonar Station

ARM: 20 metal, 403 energy
CORE: 20 metal, 399 energy

The Sonar Station has a large radius
sonar range to detect enemy subma­rines. Detected craft show up on the
Mini-Map.

Metal Extractor

ARM: 50 metal, 521 energy
CORE: 51 metal, 514 energy

The Metal Extractor is used to exploit
metal deposits. The amount of metal it
extracts depends on the size of the
deposit - larger deposits make it spin
quicker.

Metal Maker

ARM: 0 metal, 687 energy

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CORE: 0 metal, 700 energy

These structures can be built to fabri­cate metal using excess energy. 60
energy converts into 1 metal.

Metal Storage

ARM: 305 metal, 535 energy
CORE: 320 metal, 550 energy

This structure increases your maximum
metal storage by 1000 units.

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Solar Collector

ARM: 145 metal, 760 energy
CORE: 141 metal, 790 energy

A Solar Collector is the most reliable
form of energy production. Each Col­lector generates 20 energy .

Wind Generator

ARM: 52 metal, 509 energy
CORE: 55 metal, 523 energy

The amount of energy a Wind Genera­tor outputs varies constantly. On plan­ets with no wind these are completely
useless!

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Energy Storage

ARM: 240 metal, 2430 energy
CORE: 250 metal, 2490 energy

This structure increases your maximum
energy capacity by 3000 energy.

Light Laser Tower

ARM: 262 metal, 2546 energy
CORE: 268 metal, 2608 energy

The “L.L.T.” fires a short-range rapid­fire laser that is effective against
lightly armored Level 1 units.

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Geothermal Powerplant

ARM: 520 metal, 9568 energy
CORE: 505 metal, 9375 energy

Geothermal Powerplants can only be
built on top of geothermal vents. Their
output is 250 energy.

Tidal Generator

ARM: 82 metal, 768 energy
CORE: 81 metal, 752 energy

Tidal Generators collect an amount of
energy dependent on the strength of
the tides; these are different on every
world.

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Torpedo Launcher

Cost: 804 metal, 2658 energy
Cost: 831 metal, 3058 energy

These launch torpedoes at enemy
ships and submarines. Their sonar has
longer range than that of subs.

Dragon’ s T eeth

ARM: 10 metal, 250 energy
CORE: 11 metal, 300 energy

These spiked barriers block enemy
units, and are useful in base defense.

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STRUCTURES AND UNITS

Heavy Laser Tower

ARM “Sentinel”: 584 metal, 5398 energy
CORE “Gaat Gun”: 589 metal, 5443 energy

A Heavy Laser Tower fires twin me­dium-range lasers at enemy units. It is
effective against all unit types except
aircraft. Each shot also requires 75
energy.

Missile T ower

ARM “Defender”: 79 metal, 843 energy
CORE “Pulverizer”: 76 metal, 805 energy

Missile Towers are most effective
against aircraft - they fire medium­range guided missiles.

Heavy Plasma Cannon

ARM “Guardian” 1946 metal, 7687 energy
CORE “Punisher”1887 metal, 7585 energy

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The Heavy Plasma Cannon fires pow­erful long-range plasma projectiles
from two barrels. It’s the most durable
Level 2 defensive structure, effective
against both enemy units and struc­tures. Its long range makes it good for
coastal defense.

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LEVEL 1 KBOTS

“Peewee” Infantry Kbot

Cost: 53 metal, 697 energy

Equipped with good sensors, the Pee­wee is designed primarily for armed
reconnaissance.

It isn’t well armed or armored, but
boasts a good rate of fire. Have groups
of Peewees scout out the battlefield,
and patrol approaches to your base.

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“Hammer” Artillery Kbot

Cost: 151 metal, 1187 energy

The Hammer’s medium range cannon
fires high-energy plasma rounds; it can
hit targets hidden behind ridges and
other obstacles. The Hammer’s punch
makes it very useful, but its light ar­mor means it needs to be protected by
tougher units.

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“Rocko” Rocket Launcher Kbot

Cost: 117 metal, 964 energy

The Rocko Kbot has the toughest ar­mor among the Level 1 Kbots. Its rock­ets have a respectable range, and can
also hit aircraft. The Rocko is a versa­tile weapon, equally good at offense
and defense. Groups of Rockos can be
lethal, even when thrown against rela­tively sophisticated enemy units.

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“Jethro” Anti-Air Missile Kbot

Cost: 128 metal, 1219 energy

The Jethro’s guided missiles are most
effective against aircraft; they pack
much less punch against Kbots or ve­hicles. Only lightly armored, Jethros
are most effective when used to pro­tect other units from aerial attacks.

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LEVEL 2 KBOTS

“Zipper” Fast Scouting Kbot

Cost: 151 metal, 2221 energy

The quickest Kbot in the game, the
Zipper is agile enough to avoid a lot of
the enemy’s gunfire. Its medium laser
is only an average weapon, but used
in groups, Zippers are devastating at
hit-and-run attacks.

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“Fido” Four Legged Kbot

Cost: 398 metal, 3556 energy

The four legged Fido is better
equipped to deal with steep terrain
than other Kbots. It’s well armored,
and packs a medium range Gauss
cannon that is very effective against
ground units and structures.

“Zeus” Lightning Kbot

Cost: 267 metal, 2228 energy

This speedy unit is ARM’s most effec­tive close combat Kbot - its powerful
lightning gun is very effective against
CORE’s slower tanks. However, its
weapon’s short range often exposes
this unit to enemy artillery.

“Invader” Crawling Bomb

The blast created by a detonating In-

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within a large radius. Invaders can be
used to soften up enemy defenses
before major base assaults, or for sur­gical strikes against selected targets.

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“Eraser” Radar Jammer

Cost: 73 metal, 1326 energy

The Eraser makes your units and struc­tures invisible to enemy radar. When
using an Eraser, assign other units to
guard it as it has no weapons, and is
only lightly armored.

LEVEL 1 VEHICLES

“Jeffy” Fast Attack Vehicle

Cost: 37 metal, 564 energy

The speedy, inexpensive Jeffy is a good
reconnaissance tool. Able to cover
large distances quickly, a Jeffy can
effectively patrol large perimeters.
Armed with only a light laser and
weak armor, it isn’t well suited for
intense combat.

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“Flash” Fast Assault Tank

Cost: 106 metal, 870 energy

The Flash is ARM’s primary recon tank.
Groups of Flash tanks can destroy
undefended enemy buildings, but their
weak armor makes them unsuitable
for confronting enemy tanks. The Flash
is most useful in the early stages of
the game, before the stronger Level 2
tanks appear.

“Samson” Surface-to-Air Missile
Launcher

Cost: 119 metal, 1027 energy

The Samson’s is the best mobile AA
weapon in the ARM arsenal. Capable
of defending against even Level 2
aircraft, the Samson requires protec­tion of its own as its light armor can’t
take much damage. Team up Samsons
with stronger tanks to provide protec­tion for both.

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“Stumpy” Medium Assault Tank

Cost: 165 metal, 1246 energy

Armed with a medium plasma cannon
and medium armor, the Stumpy is a
well-balanced Level 1 tank. It serves
as the backbone of ARM’s tank forces
until the appearance of the Bulldog
Heavy Tank.

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LEVEL 2 VEHICLES

“Bulldog” Heavy Assault Tank

Cost: 467 metal, 2994 energy

The Bulldog is the heaviest ARM battle
tank. While slower than a Stumpy, it
has stronger armor and a more power­ful plasma cannon. Use Bulldogs pri­marily in open terrain where they can
close on the enemy easily.

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“T riton” Amphibious T ank

Cost: 831 metal, 3058 energy

The lightly armored Triton is ARM’s
only amphibious tank. While underwa­ter, Tritons don’t appear on enemy
radar - their arrival on an enemy
beach will catch your enemy by sur­prise. If faced with superior resistance,
Triton tanks can always escape back
into the water.

“Jammer” Mobile Radar Jammer

Cost: 97 metal, 1621 energy

As its name indicates, this vehicle
jams enemy radar. The Jammer is fairly
fast, capable of concealing large tank
columns on the move. Like the Eraser
Kbot, the Jammer is unarmed and clad
in light armor - armed units should be
assigned to guard it.

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“Luger” Mobile Artillery

Cost: 264 metal, 2140 energy

The Luger’s anti-sliver shells are the
most potent ARM weapon - lethal
against units and structures alike. It is
most effective when firing from a dis­tance, since its light armor makes it
very vulnerable to enemy fire.

“Merl” Mobile Rocket Launcher

Cost: 462 metal, 2246 energy

The Merl is capable of firing powerful
long range rockets. Since the rockets
are unguided, they are only effective
against enemy structures and station­ary units. Keep AA units near your
Merls, as they are defenseless against
aircraft.

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“Spider” All Terrain Attack V ehicle

Cost: 230 metal, 2200 energy

The Spider’s stun gun and terrain ca­pability make it a unique unit in the
game. Its gun paralyzes targets mo­mentarily - rendering them completely
defenseless. In addition, Spiders can
be deployed through any terrain; no
grade is too steep for a Spider.

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“Seer” Mobile Radar

Cost: 85 metal, 941 energy

The Seer is equipped with powerful
radar that’s useful in locating the en­emy. Deployed in defense, the Seer can
alert you to approaching enemy
forces. It can also be employed offen­sively, as a spotter for your artillery.

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LEVEL 1 SHIPS

“Skeeter” PT Boat

Cost: 100 metal, 985 energy

The Skeeter is the fastest and least
expensive ARM ship. Its guided mis­siles are effective against aircraft, but
its light laser is no match against en­emy ships. Skeeters are the only ARM
Level 1 ship with AA capabilities.

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“Crusader” Destroyer

Cost: 898 metal, 4537 energy

The Crusader’s biggest assets are its
sonar and depth charges. Its anti-sub­marine (ASW) capabilities make this
ship useful even after Level 2 ships
appear.

“Lurker” Submarine

Cost: 1151 metal, 3724 energy

The Lurker excels at sinking enemy
surface ships. Armed with heavy un­guided torpedoes, Lurkers are capable
of sinking any ship in seconds - they
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“Hulk” Amphibious Transport

Cost: 919 metal, 4639 energy

The unarmed Hulk can carry six
ground units. Hulks are slow and un­armed, making them favorite targets
of enemy submarines; a destroyer es­cort is always necessary when trans­porting units with your Hulk.

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“Piranha” Attack Submarine

Cost: 1448 metal, 5481 energy

Faster than Level 1 subs and armed
with small guided torpedoes, the Pira­nha is designed to hunt down other
submarines. The Piranha’s smaller tor­pedo warheads do significantly less
damage to surface ships.

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“Ranger” Missile Ship

Cost: 2348 metal, 7804 energy

The Ranger is ARM’s best naval AA
unit. In addition to guided AA missiles,
the Ranger can launch heavy rockets
at coastal targets and other ships.
While better than the Skeeter against
aircraft and other ships, the Ranger is
just as defenseless against sub attacks
and needs a sonar-equipped escort.

“Conqueror” Cruiser

Cost: 1719 metal, 8608 energy

The Conqueror is the best ARM ship
for land bombardments. Though it
cannot take as much damage as a
Millenium Battleship, it can enter shal­lower waters, and its plasma cannon
has greater range. In addition, its so­nar and depth charges can protect it
and your other capital ships from en­emy subs.

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“Millenium” Battleship

Cost: 4404 metal, 20731 energy

The Millenium Battleship is ARM’s
most effective weapon against enemy
surface vessels. While it is clad in very
heavy armor, the Millenium is defense­less against subs and should always
be accompanied by other, sonar­equipped ships.

“Colossus” Light Carrier

Cost: 1372 metal, 11257 energy

The Colossus can repair any aircraft on
its decks, and the on-board fission
reactor produces energy. It also has
radar sensors to facilitate air strikes
and naval bombardments. Escort your
carriers at all times as they have no
weapons of their own.

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“Peeper” Scout

Cost: 40 metal, 1475 energy

The Peeper is a good unit for aerial
reconnaissance. Inexpensive and fast,
this scout ship can often outrun
guided missiles. Its high speed also
enables it to patrol large distances
very quickly.

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“Freedom Fighter” Fighter

Cost: 99 metal, 3234 energy

The most inexpensive fighter available
to the ARM forces, the Freedom
Fighter is best suited for intercepting
enemy bombers. You can also employ
this versatile fighter to support your
Kbots and vehicles against CORE’s
level 1 ground units.

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“Thunder” Bomber

Cost: 130 metal, 5496 energy

The Thunder is a slow and lightly ar­mored bomber. It can’t survive strong
AA fire; limiting it to one pass over a
target is a good policy. The Thunder’s
lack of air-to-air weaponry makes it
very vulnerable to enemy Level 2
fighters.

“Atlas” T ransport

Cost: 107 metal, 2479 energy

The Atlas is useful in delivering units
to inaccessible regions of the map ­islands and high hilltops for example.
Relatively slow and unarmed, this
transport plane is very vulnerable, so
provide an escort of a pair of fighters.
If shot down, the Atlas and its cargo
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LEVEL 2 AIRCRAFT

“Brawler” Gunship

Cost: 314 metal, 6249 energy

Able to hover over its target, the
Brawler can be used to attack air,
ground, as well as naval units. Its dual
EMGs - though not very powerful ­have a very high rate of fire. In addi­tion, The Brawler is clad in heavy ar­mor that protects it well against en­emy AA weapons.

“Hawk” Stealth Fighter

Cost: 254 metal, 6893 energy

The Hawk’s stealth technology makes
it invisible to enemy radar. Equipped
with dual guided missile launchers, it
is a great bomber killer. The Hawk can
hold its own against CORE Level 2
fighters, too.

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“Phoenix” Strategic Bomber

Cost: 209 metal, 7624 energy

The Phoenix is ARM’s most powerful
bomber. Armed with heavy armor and
defensive lasers, it is able to defend
itself against enemy fighters and sur­vive tough AA defenses. It’s a good
idea to repair these expensive bomb­ers after every sortie.

“Lancet” Torpedo Bomber

Cost: 378 metal, 6438 energy

The Lancet’s torpedoes are good
against naval targets. It doesn’t have
sonar, but with another unit spotting
for it, the Lancet can even destroy
submarines.

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“A.K.” Infantry Kbot

Cost: 56 metal, 696 energy

CORE’s primary infantry Kbot, the A.K.
is a more powerful unit than its ARM
counterpart, the Peewee. It is only
equipped with light armor, but be­cause of its quickness and low price
tag, the A.K. remains useful even after
Level 2 Kbots appear.

“Crasher” AA Kbot

Cost: 129 metal, 1224 energy

The Crasher is armed with light guided
missiles. While good against enemy
aircraft, its missiles inflict only minor
damage to ground units. Five or six
patrolling Crashers can protect an
entire base from Level 1 aircraft.

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“Storm” Rocket Launcher Kbot

Cost: 118 metal, 985 energy

The Storm’s armor can take twice the
damage of any other CORE Level 1
Kbot. While its rockets are only moder­ately effective, its durability makes it a
good offensive unit. Lead attacks with
Storms to draw fire away from your
artillery.

“Thud” Artillery Kbot

Cost: 147 metal, 1161 energy

The Thud’s long range plasma cannon
is the most powerful weapon among
CORE’s Level 1 Kbots. Try to keep them
away from enemy fire, however - their
armor is very weak.

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“Pyro” Flame Thrower Kbot

Cost: 260 metal, 2200 energy

The Pyro’s flamethrower, while lethal,
is only effective at close range. Use
Pyros to ambush slower tanks and
Construction Kbots.

“Roach” Cr awling Bomb

Cost: 65 metal, 5471 energy

The Roach is a walking anti-matter
bomb capable of blowing up many
enemy targets at once. Great at soft­ening up base defenses, Roaches
should be kept clear of your other
units!

“The Can” Heavy Kbot

Cost: 420 metal, 3500 energy

Although quite slow, the Can is the
most heavily armored Kbot available
to CORE. It is also well armed with a
heavy laser. Use the Can to provide
your other, speedier units with sup­port.

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“Spectre” Radar Jammer

Cost: 70 metal, 1453 energy

The Spectre is CORE’s only counter­measures Kbot - its jamming radius
roughly approximates a Radar Tower’s.
Speedy but unarmed, this fairly inex­pensive unit should be guarded by
other units.

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LEVEL 1 VEHICLES

“Weasel” Scout vehicle

Cost: 38 metal, 575 energy

The Weasel is the quickest and most
inexpensive CORE vehicle; useful for
exploring early in the game. Weakly
armed or armored, the Weasel doesn’t
fare very well in combat.

“Instigator” Light Recon Tank

Cost: 110 metal, 887 energy

The small Instigator is very quick and
maneuverable. Its quick-firing laser is
good against both units and struc­tures, particularly at leveling unde­fended metal extractors and solar col­lectors. Keep in mind that its light
armor makes the Instigator unsuitable
for intense combat.

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“Slasher” Mobile Missile Launcher

Cost: 116 metal, 947 energy

The Slasher provides more AA fire­power than a Crasher Kbot. One or
two Slashers are capable of defending
a large base from aerial assaults.
Slashers are also good at defending
your moving units from enemy gun­ships.

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“Raider” Medium Assault T ank

Cost: 169 metal, 1241 energy

The Raider is the only Level 1 Tank
suitable for close combat. Its medium
armor and plasma cannon are suffi­cient when attacking Level 1 and 2
base defenses. The Raider is inexpen­sive and reliable, making it useful even
when more sophisticated tanks be­come available.

LEVEL 2 VEHICLES

Mobile Artillery

Cost: 251 metal, 1535 energy

The Mobile Artillery lobs high explo­sive shells at distant enemy targets. It
isn’t very accurate, and the blast af­fects a large area. Use mobile radar,

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“Reaper” Heavy Assault T ank

Cost: 473 metal, 3048 energy

preferably mounted on aircraft, to spot
for Mobile Artillery; if you use land
units, chances are they’ll be destroyed.

The Reaper is a very valuable unit. This
versatile tank is well armored, heavily
armed and isn’t as slow as the
Goliath. Reapers make short work of
structures but require AA protection
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“Crock” Amphibious T ank

Cost: 295 metal, 2310 energy

The Crock tank is fully submersible,
and able to cross large bodies of wa­ter. Their moderate armor makes them
incapable of withstanding much pun­ishment but unlike other tanks, Crocks
can submerge to escape enemy fire.

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“Diplomat” Mobile Heavy Rocket
Launcher

Cost: 427 metal, 2470 energy

The Diplomat is the ultimate building
killer. It can fire its powerful unguided
rockets from long range, and can
quickly eliminate any stationary tar­get. Slow and weakly armored, these
units should be kept behind a protec­tive screen of tanks and Kbots.

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“Informer” Mobile Radar

Cost: 86 metal, 1209 energy

The Level 2 Informer’s radar range is
smaller than a Radar Tower’s. It’s a
small and fast unit, great at reconnais­sance and at spotting for your long
range guns.

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“Deleter” Radar Jammer

Cost: 100 metal, 1757 energy

The jamming radius of the Deleter is
relatively small; one won’t protect
your entire base. Send Deleters out to
conceal important installations. If you
attach a Deleter to an assault team,
the enemy will have no warning of
your approach.

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“Goliath” Super Heavy Tank

Cost: 697 metal, 3906 energy

No tank on the battlefield is as strong
as a Goliath. In teams, the Goliath is
capable of overrunning top secret,
sophisticated defensive structures - its
armor can withstand a lot of pound­ing. The most expensive tank in the
game, the Goliath is still a bargain
when compared to some Level 2 ships
and aircraft.

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LEVEL 1 SHIPS

“Searcher” Scout Ship

Cost: 95 metal, 917 energy

While quick and maneuverable, the
Searcher is inadequate for fighting sea
battles because of its light armor. The
Searcher has better spotting range
than other ships, making it an ideal
scout. You can also use it to protect
your more expensive ships - it is the
only Level 1 ship with AA missiles.

“Enforcer” Destroyer

Cost: 887 metal, 4505 energy

The Enforcer is the only Level 1 sur­face ship with anti-submarine weap­onry. Its medium plasma cannon and
armor are strong by Level 1 standards.
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“Snake” Submarine

Cost: 1199 metal, 3902 energy

ers, your Enforcers should be re-as­signed to escort your more expensive
capital ships.

The Snake is CORE’s ship-killing sub­marine. Armed with heavy unguided
torpedoes, a Snake can sink even a
battleship in seconds. Remember that
Snakes have very thin armor - it will
buckle quickly under depth charge
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“Envoy” Transport Ship

Cost: 887 metal, 4786 energy

The slow, lumbering Envoy can trans­port six ground units inside. Use them
when islands need to be exploited for
their resources or strategic location.
Guard this unarmed transport; if it
goes down, the units on board are
also lost.

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“Shark” Sub Killer

Cost: 1356 metal, 5245 energy

The Shark is specially designed to hunt
other submarines - its smaller torpedo
home in on their target with the help
of the Shark’s enhanced sonar. Use
Sharks to intercept ARM Lurkers be­fore they can get near your expensive
capital ships.

Missile Frigate

Cost: 2283 metal, 7628 energy

The Missile Frigate’s powerful guided
missiles are the best naval defense
against enemy aircraft. Two or three
Hydras are a good investment, as they
can quickly eliminate fragile Torpedo
Bombers. You’ll need to protect the
Missile Frigate with ASW ships, as they
have no anti-sub weapons of their
own.

“Executioner” Cruiser

Cost: 1724 metal, 8551 energy

The Executioner is CORE’s prime fight­ing ship. Designed for heavy combat,
this cruiser has heavy armor and a
long range plasma cannon that can hit
sea and ground targets. Additionally
armed with depth charges, the Execu­tioner can also tackle enemy subma­rines.

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“Warlord” Battleship

Cost: 4181 metal, 19741 energy

With the most powerful naval plasma
cannon and the heaviest armor in the
game, the Warlord specializes in de­stroying surface ships and coastal
structures. The Warlord, however, lacks
anti-aircraft or anti-sub weaponry.

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“Hive” Light Carrier

Cost: 1379 metal, 11715 energy

The unarmed Hive provides transport
and repair bays for two aircraft. The
Hive is unique to CORE’s fleet in that
it has a fission reactor, which produces
useable energy. It is also equipped
with radar, letting you coordinate air
strikes and coastal bombardments.

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“Fink” Scout

Cost: 36 metal, 1369 energy

The small Fink has longer spotting
range than other CORE aircraft, mak­ing it ideal for exploring the map in
the early stages of a game. Assigned
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“Avenger” Fighter

Cost: 101 metal, 3181 energy

to enemy activity even if the enemy
fields radar jammers.

The Avenger is a basic fighter, de­signed to intercept ARM aircraft.
Weakly armed and armored, the
Avenger is most useful when escorting
Level 1 bombers to their targets.

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“Shadow” Bomber

Cost: 131 metal, 5691 energy

The Shadow bomber is best used very
early in the game when AA defenses
are nonexistent or weak. Too slow to
dodge AA fire, the Shadow also has no
air-to-air weaponry, making it very
vulnerable to enemy fighters.

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“V alkyrie” Air T r ansport

Cost: 115 metal, 2695 energy

The Valkyrie can transport one ground
unit anywhere regardless of terrain.
Remember that it is slow and un­armed; when transporting units it is
always a good idea to provide
Valkyries with an escort. If shot down,
both the plane and its cargo are de­stroyed.

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“Rapier” Gunship

Cost: 294 metal, 5778 energy

Overall, the Rapier is the most versa­tile of all CORE aircraft. Sporting
heavy armor and guided rockets, the
Rapier is effective against both air and
ground targets.

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“Vamp” Stealth Fighter

Cost: 257 metal, 6973 energy

Though scantily armored, the Vamp
Stealth Fighter is armed with twin air­to-air missile launchers and is invisible
to enemy radar. Effective as they are
against enemy aircraft, Vamps are very
vulnerable to AA fire.

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“Hurricane” Strategic Bomber

Cost: 220 metal, 8050 energy

The Hurricane is a powerful bomber
that can level buildings and wipe out
units with equal ease. It is armed with
a secondary light laser that helps fight
off enemy fighters. Remember to re­pair your Hurricanes between sorties,
as they are a big investment.

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“Titan” T orpedo Bomber

Cost: 364 metal, 6588 energy

Designed for sub hunting, the Titan is
armed with powerful unguided torpe­does. To hit enemy subs, a naval unit
with sonar must spot for the Titan. It’s
prudent to keep these fragile bombers
away from the enemy’s anti-aircraft
weaponry.

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PLEASE READ CAREFULLY. BY USING THIS SOFTWARE, YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE
BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT (“LICENSE”). IF
YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, DO NOT USE THE SOFTWARE AND PROMPTLY
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PURCHASE.

1. Grant of License. The software accompanying this license and related documenta­tion (the “Software”) is licensed to you, not sold, by Infogrames North America, Inc.
(“INA”), and its use is subject to this license. INA grants to you a limited, personal, non­exclusive right to use the Software in the manner described in the user documentation. If
the Software is configured for loading onto a hard drive, you may load the Software only
onto the hard drive of a single machine and run the Software from only that hard drive.
You may permanently transfer all rights INA grants to you in this license, provided you
retain no copies, you transfer all of the Software (including all component parts, the
media and printed materials, and any upgrades), and the recipient reads and accepts
this license. INA reserves all rights not expressly granted to you by this Agreement.

2. Restrictions. INA or its suppliers own the title, copyright, and other intellectual prop­erty rights in the Software. The Software contains copyrighted material, trade secrets
and other proprietary material. You may not delete the copyright notices or any other
proprietary legends on the original copy of the Software. You may not decompile, modify,
reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise reproduce the Software. You may not copy,
rent, lease, sublicense or distribute the Software. You may not electronically transmit the
Software from one computer, console or other platform to another or over a network.
Any attempt to transfer any of the rights, duties or obligations hereunder is void.

3. Termination. This License is effective until terminated. You may terminate this Li-
cense at any time by destroying the Software. This License will terminate immediately
without notice from INA if you fail to comply with any provision of this license. Upon ter­mination, you must destroy the Software.

4. Disclaimer of Warranty on Software. You are aware and agree that use of the
Software and the media on which it is recorded is at your sole risk. The Software and
the media are provided “AS IS.” Unless otherwise provided by applicable law, INA war­rants to the original purchaser of this product that the Software storage medium will be
free from defects of materials and workmanship for ninety (90) days from the date of
purchase. This warranty is void if the defect has arisen through accident, abuse, neglect
or misapplication. INA EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES,

EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE. INA DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN
THE SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS. NO ORAL OR WRITTEN
INFORMATION OR ADVICE GIVEN BY INFOGRAMES OR ANY IINFOGRAMES­AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY OR IN ANY
WAY INCREASE THE SCOPE OF THIS WARRANTY. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO
NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EX­CLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

5. Limitation of Liability. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING NEGLI­GENCE, SHALL INA BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSE­QUENTIAL DAMAGES IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE, INCLUDING
THOSE THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFT­WARE, EVEN IF INA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THOSE
DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT SHALL INA’S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL
DAMAGES, LOSSES AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, OR
OTHERWISE) EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU FOR THE SOFTWARE.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION
OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO
THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

6. Miscellaneous. This license shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of California, USA, exclusive of its choice of law and/or conflicts of
law jurisprudence; and, in respect of any dispute which may arise hereunder, you consent
to the jurisdiction of the federal and state courts of Santa Clara County, California. If any
pro-vision of this license is unenforceable, the rest of it shall remain in effect. This license
(including any addendum or amendment to this license which is included with the Soft­ware) constitutes the entire agreement between you and INA with respect to the use of
the Software and the support services (if any) and they supersede all prior or contempora­neous oral or written communications and representations with respect to the Software or
any other subject matter covered by this license.