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| - | ====Basic Gameplay==== | + | ====== Basic Gameplay |
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| - | ===1: Set up an energy system=== | + | |
| + | ===== 1: Choose starting location ===== | ||
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| + | Choose a safe area to land your Rift Lab. Pay attention to natural resources as well as boosters such as energy supplies (UltraC units, Resource Pods, etc.) that may give you a faster start-up. | ||
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| + | {{ base2.png }} | ||
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| + | ===== 2: Set up an energy system | ||
| The most common energy supply is from building towers and the green //soylent// they generate. The towers are also the network that transmits energy and other wares to and from units. | The most common energy supply is from building towers and the green //soylent// they generate. The towers are also the network that transmits energy and other wares to and from units. | ||
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| - | {{tower2.png }} | + | {{ tower2.png }} \\ |
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| + | Building Miners on Resource terrain can also add to your energy supply. \\ | ||
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| + | ===== 3: Establish a base of operations ===== | ||
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| + | Build the minimum necessary units to defend your base from incoming creeper and other attacks. Pay particular attention to the mini-map that shows all enemy locations, | ||
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| + | ===== 4: Set up a factory processing system ===== | ||
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| + | Some weapons and mission objectives require \wares\. | ||
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| + | The types of wares are as follows: | ||
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| + | ^ Ware ^ Resource ^ How obtained ^ | ||
| + | | Anticreeper | Bluite | ||
| + | | ::: | ::: | Connect network to Bluite ore | | ||
| + | | Arg | Redon | Connect network to Redon ore | | ||
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| - | </ | + | ===== 5: Collect and Use ERN crystals |
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| - | ===2. Establish a base of operations=== | + | |
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| - | ===3. Set up a factory processing system=== | + | |
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| - | ===4. Protect against threats=== | + | |
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| - | === 5. Expand achieve required objectives=== | + | |
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| - | ===6. Optionally achieve additional objectives=== | + | |
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| - | {{pending.png}} | + | Ern Crystals can provide overall boosts to capabilities if they are installed in the ERN Portal, or some units allow individual upgrades (range, firing speed, etc.) when a unit has been allocated an ERN from the command, Some ERNs are buried and a Terp is required to dig them out. |
| + | ===== 6: Objectives ===== | ||
| + | Some maps have required objectives. You should achieve these to obtain a victory. | ||
| - | < | + | There may be additional, optional objectives. You can choose to pursue these if you so wish. |
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