Capture building

Capture building
Upgrade
Affiliation	USA China GLA
Research
Cost	$1000
Build time	0:30
Produced by	American barracks Chinese barracks GLA barracks
Function
Hot key	C
Unlocks	Capturing buildings is possible

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Let's change the decor! - Ranger, using his Capture Building ability

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Capture Building is an upgrade available to any general, enabling their basic infantry to capture buildings

Background

In modern wars, generals realized that the battlefield was too dangerous for engineers to be deployed. In order to prevent unnecessary loss of life, infantry were trained to capture enemy buildings, even high-tech structures like Super Weapons. Base defenses however, cannot be captured.

USA Rangers raise the flag and capture the building during Operation: Silent Dawn

List of units affected

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We will claim it for China! - Red Guard, using his Capture Building ability

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• USA
  • Ranger
• GLA
  • Rebel unit not available to Dr. Thrax and Prince Kassad
  • Toxin Rebel unit only available to Dr. Thrax
  • Stealth Rebel unit only available to Prince Kassad
• China
  • Red Guard unit not available to General Shin Fai
  • Mini-Gunner unit only available to General Shin Fai

Tactics

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Their tools may serve us well! - Rebel, using his Capture Building ability

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With a Para Drop, Sneak Attack or Rebel Ambush a General could be able to capture buildings of the enemy (and use or sell them immediately), this is usually faster than destroying the buildings, but the soldiers become easy pickings out in the open. Patrolling or guarding units and land mines are hard counters to potential building theft. Land mines in particular make capturing Chinese buildings impractical because they surround the entire building and respawn if blown up; Chinese bases tend to become densely packed with these lethal obstacles.

China's Black Lotus — or Super Lotus for General Shin Fai — is an expert in taking buildings and at more than twice the speed of ordinary infantry, but are always vulnerable to anti-infantry units. She can capture the building at a distance, thus avoiding mines that may have been placed on its perimeter.