Unit Types

MERA (Merine Environmental Reconnaissance Automaton) - A lightweight, solitary unit used for surveying potential planets for colonization.

MANA (Merine Analysis and Neutralization Automaton) - Any of the three first-wave colonization units that develops a planet for full-scale industrialization.


 * MANA-1 - Highly intelligent research droids. Possibly capable of free thought.
 * MANA-2 - Generalized form of the MICA unit used to construct facilities for MANA-1 and MANA-3 units.
 * MANA-3 - Ruthless telepathic warriors that protect Merine emplacements during Phase 2 colonizations. Also serve as foot soldiers in large-scale assaults.

MICA (Merine Industrial Construction Automaton) - The backbone of the Merine war engine that constructs all of the Merine units, as well as necessary technology and equipment to outfit them.


 * MICA-1 - Mining units with limited construction capabilities.
 * MICA-2 - Construction units that oversee factories.

Ruler - Any one of the six advanced units that oversee all Merine activity in every field.