Scavengers and raiders
Bolted-together technology and cheap numbers. Lives off loot, drones and throwaway units like the suicide bomber, who detonates on contact.
Almost all of it sits behind research: every production building offers one combat unit to begin with, everything else you unlock in the tree.
The Demolition Column carries no gun of its own but a swarm of charge-laden drones. It launches them from 340 paces, after which they regrow. Its power comes from numbers - and numbers can be intercepted: one flak gun in the enemy base eats half the swarm.
The Plunderer is a looter: for every enemy it kills itself, it plunders iron - a quarter of the slain unit's build cost goes into your treasury. An aggressive Plunderer squad thus partly pays for itself, especially against expensive targets. As a fighter it is only average - its value is the supply it brings home.
The Firebomber hurls Molotov cocktails with small area damage - a cheap counter to enemy infantry masses. Unlike the Flamethrower it fights at range instead of in melee, but is barely effective against vehicles.
The Field Medic is the unarmed backbone of the Scrap Legion swarm: within its aura friendly INFANTRY heals much faster. It does not service vehicles or mechs - it dresses wounds, it does not weld plate. A cheap way to keep an infantry line alive in a drawn-out fight; defenseless itself, it belongs behind the front.
The Flak Buggy fights airborne targets ONLY - defenseless on the ground. In return it is more mobile than the other factions' flak vehicles and keeps the sky over the base clear.
The Guerrilla is the cheapest combat unit in the game and gets noticeably better with every battle - trained faster than the Steel Union rifleman, but with somewhat less firepower per shot.
The Trench Gunner is a two-man team (machine gunner + ammo bearer) with a deploy mode: mobile they move into position with a weak sidearm; deployed ('Deploy' button) the heavy MG fires twice as far in rapid bursts - devastating against infantry waves, but rooted and briefly defenseless while setting up. A move order packs it up automatically.
The Gyrocopter is a bolted-together makeshift aircraft: dirt-cheap and fast, but hardly dangerous alone and extremely fragile. Its MG belt lasts ten shots - then it plunders an enemy wreck nearby: it lands beside it and tears fresh ammo out of it. On the ground it is fair game for any ground weapon and breaks off the raid under fire; with no wreck around it returns to the drone nest. It lives on numbers - five gyrocopters cost less than one enemy fighter. Can only attack ground targets.
The Hacker Van fires an EMP burst that disables enemy vehicles, mechs and defense towers in the area for several seconds and instantly discharges energy shields - it deals no damage itself.
The Sky Hunter is the dedicated infantry flak: its rapid-fire MANPAD reliably downs flying targets - but on the ground it is utterly defenseless and needs an escort. Cheap and fragile, quick to field against air swarms.
The Carcass is a tower of welded containers: heavily armoured, and from its hatches scrap drones launch continuously, throwing themselves at anything that comes within reach. They return to the drone nest to rearm.
The Coyote is the Scrap Legion' recon mech: the fastest unit of the mech line with wide sight, but quickly overwhelmed in open combat.
The Devastator is the Scrap Legion' heavy combat unit: three independent weapon systems, one of them also against air. It deliberately picks out already-weakened enemies and finishes them first.
The Bounty Hunter is an elite sniper with a bounty: the more experienced its target, the harder it hits - against a high-level veteran it deals many times its base damage, whether infantry, tank or heavy unit. Against fresh units it is just a normal (strong) sniper. Besides the barracks it also needs a black market lab.
The Marauder is the all-rounder of the Scrap Legion tank line: solid in every category, outstanding in none - and faster than the heavier counterparts of the other factions.
The Mortar Thrower lobs explosive charges with area damage - strong against dense infantry and vehicle formations, weak against single targets. Cheaper than the grenadier, with a somewhat smaller blast radius.
The Overdrive Tank is the Scrap Legion' heavy tank: deliberately less armor than the Steel Union's, but a clearly higher rate of fire. A trade of toughness for sustained fire.
The Plunderer is the Scrap Legion' harvester - it mines ore and delivers it to the refinery. The closer the refinery is to the deposit, the shorter the trip and the more harvesters work efficiently side by side.
The Raider Buggy is the Scrap Legion' cheap scout: very fast and far-sighted, but in combat only usable against infantry.
The Railgun Mech has the greatest range in the whole game: a single, very hard precision hit instead of a salvo. Against nimble infantry, though, the railgun is as unreliable as any tank cannon.
The Retreat Wagon is the Scrap Legion' mobile headquarters: it drives to any point on the map and can be deployed there into another command center - the only way to relocate the base or rebuild it after a loss.
The Salvo Buggy is the Scrap Legion' artillery: enormous range and area damage, ideal against buildings and towers. It must stop to fire, has a minimum range and is defenseless in close combat.
The Jackal is the Scrap Legion' light tank - faster than its counterparts and able to run over infantry. Its first shot after a firing pause hits especially hard, making it ideal for ambushes.
The Shadow Runner is the Scrap Legion' cloaked tank - invisible to the enemy until it fires or someone gets too close.
The Shredder grabs the nearest weakened target with a harpoon, pulls it in and saws it apart - healing itself in the process. The most expensive but also most voracious Scrap Legion unit.
The Smuggler carries up to 5 infantry across the map - fast and unarmed, but solidly armored. When destroyed, its passengers disembark alive.
The Swarm Launcher blankets an entire area with a salvo of six rockets - devastating against bases and dense formations, imprecise against single targets. The salvo also hits your own troops in the spread radius, so keep your distance from your army.
The Suicide Bomber carries no weapon but a charge: it runs at its target and blows itself up. Extremely fragile and cheap, but devastating against anything it reaches - including buildings. It only detonates on an explicit attack order.
The Demolition Thrower is the infantry's answer to tanks and mechs - its charges punch through heavy armor reliably but don't hit guaranteed. Shorter range and less damage per hit than the guided-missile squad, but cheaper and with a shorter reload. Like it, it is the only infantry of its faction to bring AIRCRAFT down too (50% more range against air targets).
The Sprinter Mech is the Scrap Legion' combat mech - clearly more agile than the heavy mechs of the other factions and able to overrun infantry.
The System Hacker briefly disables a single enemy vehicle or tower with a ranged shot - no damage, no consumption, can fire again as soon as the cooldown is over.
The Carrier Drone is a flying mothership: it does not attack itself but continuously sends kamikaze mini-drones from a limited stock at ground targets. Once the stock is empty (visible on the docking rails), it lands at an enemy wreck and builds new drones from it - vulnerable on the ground while it does. With no wreck nearby it returns to the drone nest, where the stock regrows on its own. Slow and defenseless against air attacks - needs an escort.
The Mercenary Camp trains infantry and also serves as a field hospital - infantry near it is healed automatically.
The Outpost extends the area in which new buildings may be erected - a cheap way to expand the base toward ore deposits or the front line without needing a second field camp.
The Bunker is unarmed itself, but can be garrisoned with up to 5 infantry (right-click, like a transport): each occupant fires its OWN weapon out of the embrasures - +40% range, but slightly reduced damage. Pick the garrison to match the enemy (riflemen vs infantry, anti-tank vs vehicles). The occupants are untargetable while the bunker stands - if it falls, they die with it. Requires a barracks.
The Field Camp is the heart of the base: you may build around it, and losing it can mean immediate elimination depending on the victory mode - the same role as the command center, just on hydraulic supports instead of firmly anchored.
The Detector Tower is an anti-stealth sensor: it reveals cloaked enemy units (Phantom, Ghost, Wraith and others) within a wide radius, so your units and towers can see and fire on them. Unarmed itself - a pure reconnaissance structure against the stealth meta. Requires a radar.
The Drone Platform keeps a stock of scrap drones and sends them at anything that comes into range; spent drones are rebuilt. The platform itself is defenceless - its reach is the flight range of its drones, and whoever gets to it finds nothing that shoots back. Requires a Scrap Archive.
The Black Market Lab is the most expensive but most powerful production facility: Devastators, cloak mechs and sabotage tech roll off the line here, and it also unlocks the bounty hunter in the barracks.
The Mech Yard produces the entire Scrap Legion mech line - from the nimble Coyote to the Sprinter Mech to the precise Railgun Mech.
The Rubble Hurler is the Scrap Legion' long-range defensive gun: it flings scrap over enormous distances, outreaching every siege weapon (artillery, MLRS, Railgun Mech) and taking out enemy siege equipment before it reaches the base. At close range it is blind - infantry and fast melee attackers counter it. Requires a scrap archive.
The Scrap Flak is the Scrap Legion's anti-air gun: a welded-together rapid-fire mount that only aims upwards. Its range beats every other tower, but at ground level it is utterly blind - without positions beside it, the first squad of infantry takes the base apart. Requires a Tracking Station.
The gun turret is the heaviest stationary defense: its gun reliably punches through vehicle and mech armor, but struggles against individual infantry.
The Drone Nest is the Scrap Legion's air base: gyrocopters and carrier drones launch here. Damaged aircraft return to repair - and to rearm: both carry a limited stock. Where there has been fighting they also help themselves, though: they land at an enemy wreck and plunder their ammo out of it.
The Wall is built as a LINE: the 1st click sets the start, then you drag the wall line and a second click builds it; Shift+click sets a corner and keeps going. Each segment starts at nearly 0% HP and grows over a few seconds - a wall thrown down in front of an enemy is vulnerable at first. Very high armor (concrete): small arms barely scratch it, only siege cracks it. Blocks paths and channels attacks. Gates and towers can be placed into a wall, seamlessly replacing the segment.
The MG nest fires fast and often - ideal for wearing down advancing infantry early, but almost useless against vehicles and mechs.
The Mine Thrower scatters scrap mines around itself and replaces spent ones. It does not shoot - it denies ground and forces the attacker to change route or accept losses. Against aircraft it is useless. Requires a Mercenary Camp.
The Generator supplies energy for the base - without enough energy, production and buildings run slower. Upgradeable at the scrap archive with turbine upgrades (two levels, +50 energy per generator each).
The Tracking Station has two jobs: it unlocks the minimap, and within its radius the fog veil lifts over ground you have already explored - enemy units there become visible too. It does NOT reveal territory you have never scouted. Late in the research tree comes the choice: extend that coverage across the entire explored map, or remove your own forces from all enemy long-range detection.
The Smeltery processes ore into resources and comes with a Plunderer on construction. Harvesters deliver exclusively to the Smeltery - the closer it sits to the ore, the shorter the trips and the more harvesters can work efficiently side by side.
The sniper tower sees and shoots farther than any other defense tower - deadly against infantry, especially anti-tank soldiers, but of little use against vehicles.
The Scrap Cannon is the Scrap Legion' ultimate superweapon: once charged, it launches a swarm of 14 kamikaze drones that fly into the target area and spread out on their own onto units and buildings - each drone its own impact with area damage (including your own!). The swarm is the only interceptable superweapon: flak and air defense can shoot down drones in flight.
The Scrap Yard is the second tier beyond the Black Market Lab and thus the Scrap Legion's most expensive build gate. What gets welded together here are no longer experimental weapons, but titans.
The Scrap Depot increases storage space - all three ores share ONE pool. Field camps and smelteries provide a base capacity. Once the pool is full, loaded plunderers stay docked and wait (the economy stalls rather than wasting surplus); copper and titanium together may only occupy 60% of it, so there is always room for iron. Costs only iron and is quick to build.
The Scrap Archive is the base's research forge: upgrade levels for energy, infantry, vehicles, mechs and air are researched here. A completed level takes effect immediately and on ALL of your units - including the ones built long ago.
The Gate is built as a LINE like the wall (1st click start, 2nd click end, Shift for a corner) - as wide as you need. It lets your own units pass: each segment sinks into the ground when a friendly unit is near, and stays shut while an enemy stands beside it - so your wall line stays open for you but sealed against attackers. Built over an existing wall, it replaces those segments. Very high armor like the wall; each segment grows up from ~0% HP while building.
The Debris Catapult hurls scrap over enormous distances - slowly, but it calculates the path of approaching units and throws where they are about to be. Against a marching column that is devastating; anyone who dodges or stops makes the prediction worthless. It is blind up close. Requires a Scrap Archive.
The Motor Pool is the economic and military backbone of the base - it builds both Plunderers for mining and the entire wheeled and tracked vehicle line, all cheaper and faster to build than Steel Union.
Vehicles and mechs can drive back to the repair yard and dock to be fully repaired step by step (costs resources, proportional to the damage healed) - combat units even retreat to it automatically at low health.
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