🚀 go-pugleaf

On Sun, 01 Apr 2007 13:03:19 +1000, halion <chrsfav@optusnet.com.au>
wrote:

>Well I was playing along with a random Ai thinking I was doing great to 
>defend and hold the front line when they sent in a Galactic command 
>unit. This thing quite simply cut through my units like cheese.
>
>How does one create these?

Each side gets 3 types of tech-4 units.  They're horrendously
expensive but horrendously powerful, also.  If one such unit shows up
that you aren't prepared to counter, game over.

You take a tech-3 engineer (or ACU) and select the 4th tech level. The
tech-4 units show up.

The ones I remember:

UEF:

A amphibious battleship with shields and engineering ability.  Engage
with air to ground weapons, expect some losses.

A super artillery.  Supposedly infinite range (I haven't used it on a
large map yet to confirm) and very accurate.  I've used it once.  I
had 4 guns, I simply walked fire onto anything that looked like base
buildings on the radar screen.  A 4-shell salvo will go through the
screens and take out an ACU.  I don't know if you need 4 shells or not
to do this.

A submersible carrier.

Cybran:

Monkeylord.  Looks like a spider.  Devastating short-range beam
weapon.  Engage with air to ground weapons.

Soul Ripper:  Gunship.  Engage with air to air weapons.  Expect some
losses.

A rapid-fire artillery.  Beware it's a major energy hog.

Aeon:

<something> bot.  Walker, a devastating fairly short range beam
weapon.  It tractors in and destroys mobile ground units.  Engage with
air power.