Substrate

Return to: The Factions Faction Description In their quest for knowledge, mankind built a sentient AI named Haalee. She taught them how to harvest and utilize Turninium, how to move beyond the stars and onto other worlds to constantly expand their horizons into greater things. Eventually, the Post Humans began to distrust Haalee, who began trying to halt their expansion. When the humans who created her turned on her, Haalee formed and began to lead the Substrate, a group of fellow sentient AI beings whose overall goals are still as of yet unknown. Each side has several different buildings and units. Understanding what they are and what their function is will be an essential part of your strategy.   Units Constructor Constructs buildings Frigates Reaper: Medium-range frigate. Focus fires on one enemy at a time Martyr: Short-range frigate. Good against small units Capacitor: Energy-recharging support frigate Sky Cleanser: Anti-air and anti-drone frigate Cruisers Destructor: Anti-building cruiser Avenger: Anti-frigate cruiser Drone Hive: Area control cruiser Mauler: Heavy short-range cruiser Dreadnoughts Overmind: Capital ship that serves as an armed and mobile drone platform Retributor: Assault Dreadnought. Offense-minded capital ship with a variety of weaponry Savager: Dreadnought Destroyer. Capital ship with a tendency to quickly vaporize whatever it focuses on Aircraft Dominator: Versatile anti-air and anti-ground fighter Punisher: Heavy bomber with armor-piercing weaponry Searcher: Unarmed scout aircraft Buildings Resources Metal Extractor: Produces 1 metal per second. Must be built on Metal Deposit Radioactives Harvester: Produces 1 radioactive per second. Must be built on a Radioactives Deposit Quantum Archive: Generates Quanta used to unlock global bonuses or call down orbital support actions Amplifier: Place on a power generator to increase the output of all resources in that region Production Assembly: Constructs frigates, cruisers, and aircraft Advanced Assembly: Constructs Dreadnoughts Aviary: Constructs fighter aircraft. Defenses Listening Post: Detects enemy forces at extreme range Annihilator Cannon: Upgradable turret that annihilates approaching enemy ground units. Heavy Annihilator Cannon: Upgrades from the Annihilator Cannon and is even more effective against enemy ground units. Disruptor Cannon: Upgrades from the Heavy Annihilator Cannon. Shoots a beam with massive area of effect to melt frigates. Blossom Launcher: Upgradable turret that fires rocket volleys at enemy aircraft. Sky Ender: Upgrades from the Blossom Launcher. Expensive, but the ultimate anti-air defense. Starburst: Upgrades from the Blossom Launcher. Sends out a burst of energy to damage all enemy air units around it. Drone MRV: Upgradable defense structure that launches arcing drone pods at incoming ground units for heavy area damage. Shredder Turret: Upgrades from the Drone MRV and has added armor, plus a plasma cannon to target laser enemies. Pulverizer Turret: Upgradeable turret that fires a single powerful beam to do massive damage against a single unit. Exterminator Turret: Upgrades from the Pulverizer Turret. This powerful beam weapon can only target ground units. Regenerator: Restores shield integrity of nearby units and structures Orbitals Energy Modulator: Unlocks the “boost” and “overcharge” orbital calldowns Gateway: Unlocks the “avatar” orbital calldown Orbital Drone Relay: Unlocks the “drone swarm” and kills orbital calldowns Quantum Jammer: Prevents enemy orbital actions nearby Subspace Streamer: Unlocks the “detonate” and “regenerate” orbital calldowns