Vanguard Command
SECTOR 7 // OPERATION EMBER FIELD
A hostile hive has taken root on the far side of the ichor fields. Build your economy, raise an army, and destroy every enemy command structure — the Hive Core and all of its island nests — before its swarms overrun your command center.
Left-drag select · Right-click move / attack / harvest / repair / garrison
Move · Attack · Stop · Fabricator builds: E: Infrastructure / D: Defense / A: Offense menus (Z = back)
ISLAND WAR: an ocean separates you from the hive. Shipyards build Destroyers (cruise missiles) and Landing Craft — right-click a landing craft to board ground units, U to unload on any shore.
Research Center unlocks upgrades (hover a research button to see its effect) · Command Centers can be rebuilt anywhere.
The Command Center can raise an Island Aegis — a dome shielding your whole home island. The hive grows its own when rich.
Land Bridges span between islands — but only after you've ferried troops to the far shore. Anyone can cross them… and they can be destroyed mid-crossing.
The hive invades on Leviathan landing ships. Sink them at sea and their troops drown with them.
Click a wall to upgrade it into a watchtower or gate. Structures can be sold; construction can be cancelled.
The river crosses only at bridges. Gates open for your troops. Air flies over everything.
Arrows / edge / middle-drag camera · Minimap click to jump · P / ESC pause · R restart (paused)
Move · Attack · Stop · Fabricator builds: E: Infrastructure / D: Defense / A: Offense menus (Z = back)
ISLAND WAR: an ocean separates you from the hive. Shipyards build Destroyers (cruise missiles) and Landing Craft — right-click a landing craft to board ground units, U to unload on any shore.
Research Center unlocks upgrades (hover a research button to see its effect) · Command Centers can be rebuilt anywhere.
The Command Center can raise an Island Aegis — a dome shielding your whole home island. The hive grows its own when rich.
Land Bridges span between islands — but only after you've ferried troops to the far shore. Anyone can cross them… and they can be destroyed mid-crossing.
The hive invades on Leviathan landing ships. Sink them at sea and their troops drown with them.
Click a wall to upgrade it into a watchtower or gate. Structures can be sold; construction can be cancelled.
The river crosses only at bridges. Gates open for your troops. Air flies over everything.
Arrows / edge / middle-drag camera · Minimap click to jump · P / ESC pause · R restart (paused)
Environment — where you fight
Difficulty — how hard the hive fights