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Combat

Cover, melee, ranged combat, raids, mechanoids, armor, weapons and turrets.

Combat is cover, range, armor penetration and retreat discipline.

Melee works best when chokepoints make enemy numbers irrelevant.

Ranged combat rewards firing lanes, weapon range and clean retreats.

Raid type determines whether walls help, hurt or do nothing.

Mechanoids punish soft cover and underprepared colonies.

Armor turns lethal hits into survivable injuries when matched to the threat.

Weapons should be judged by range, DPS, armor penetration and colony economy.

Turrets are support tools, not substitutes for a trained defense plan.