| “ | Ow! Okay, okay, I will work! - Worker being pushed to work |
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Workers were employed by the GLA to perform manual labor (occasionally through coercion) during the War against the GLA.
Background[]
Workers' tasks included building and repairing structures and carrying supplies. They were trained in command centers and Supply Stashes. They were also trained to safely remove landmines. Being unarmed, workers were very easy targets for enemy forces and therefore required protection; however, unlike construction dozers, they were very cheap to train and could not be neutralized/hijacked and stolen by the enemy.
Abilities[]
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Clear Mines | The worker will clear mines and booby traps within the assigned area. |
Upgrades[]
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Worker Shoes | Increases their movement speed, build speed and collection rate by 10% by giving them shoes. | Purchasable at any Black Market for a cost of $1000. Available in Zero Hour only. |
Game unit[]
Since workers are technically a type of infantry, they can make use of transports to move rapidly across the map, making them faster than construction dozers. Since they were also GLA's resource gatherers and were therefore present in larger numbers than dozers, "dozer hunting" (i.e. the destruction of enemy construction units to cripple base development) was much more difficult to employ against GLA enemies, especially since new workers could be trained at two different types of buildings. A single escaping worker, carried by a transport to a distant map point, could quickly begin reconstituting a seemingly defeated GLA player.
Like the dozers, the worker cannot detect mines and is vulnerable to being blown up by them. However, if ordered to sweep for mines in a specific area, he will be safe from the mines in that particular spot, and will clear them successfully, despite his voiced foreboding at being ordered to do so.
They were unarmed and without any armour. Since the GLA did not make use of any power, their construction speed was slower than that of other factions. Capturing an enemy power plant would allow a worker to construct buildings faster, however.
Structures available[]
Buildings[]
| Icon | Building | Requirements | Role |
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Command center | none | Headquarters |
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Barracks | none | Infantry training and healing |
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Supply Stash | none | Supply drop-off point |
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Arms dealer | Supply Stash | Vehicle production and maintenance |
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Palace | Arms dealer | Tech building Infantry bunker |
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Black market | Palace | Upgrade center Resource generator |
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Scud storm | Palace | Superweapon |
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Fake Command center (Zero Hour only) |
none | Decoy |
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Fake Barracks (Zero Hour only) |
none | Decoy |
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Fake Supply Stash (Zero Hour only) |
none | Decoy |
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Fake Arms dealer (Zero Hour only) |
Supply Stash | Decoy |
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Fake Black market (Zero Hour only) |
Palace | Decoy |
Defenses[]
| Icon | Building | Requirements | Role |
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Stinger site | Barracks | Anti-air/anti-armour defense |
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Tunnel Network | Barracks | Anti-infantry defense Troop shelter and movement Unit repair/healing |
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Toxin network (Dr. Thrax only) |
Barracks | Anti-infantry defense Troop shelter and movement Unit repair/healing |
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Demo trap | Arms dealer | Stealthed explosive device |
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Advanced demo trap (Rodall Juhziz only) |
Arms dealer | Stealthed explosive device |
Quotes[]
| “ | I will work. - When emerging from the Command Center or Supply Stash |
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| “ | Yes? - When selected |
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| “ | What do you want with me? - When selected |
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| “ | Do not hurt me. - When selected |
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| “ | I will obey. - When selected |
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| “ | I'm just a peasant. - When selected |
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| “ | I'm hungry... - When selected |
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| “ | Cannot we live in peace? - When selected |
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| “ | Ow! Okay, okay, I will work! - When selected |
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| “ | I do what I'm told. - When moving |
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| “ | I will go. - When moving |
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| “ | *panting* - When moving |
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| “ | Can I have some shoes? - When moving (before Worker Shoes is researched) |
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| “ | You change your mind often. - When moving |
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| “ | Does it have to be so far? - When moving |
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| “ | I am but a worker! - Under fire |
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| “ | I have no weapons! - Under fire |
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| “ | Ow! I never hurt you! - Under fire |
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| “ | Hey, stop! - Under fire |
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| “ | I am innocent! - Under fire |
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| “ | It is not me who you want! - Under fire |
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| “ | I will go in that building. - When ordered to garrison building |
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| “ | What is in there? - When ordered to garrison building |
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| “ | Is it safe? - When ordered to garrison building |
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| “ | If that is what you want. - When ordered to build |
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| “ | This is hard work! - When ordered to build |
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| “ | I will do what I must! - When ordered to build |
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| “ | This hammer is heavy! - When ordered to build |
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| “ | Are there not better tools? - When ordered to build |
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| “ | I will try to hurry. - When ordered to build |
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| “ | I will do the best I can. - When ordered to build |
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| “ | There are mines out there? - When ordered to clear mines |
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| “ | If I really have to... - When ordered to clear mines |
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| “ | Hope I'm still lucky today. - When ordered to clear mines |
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| “ | If you say so. - When ordered to clear mines |
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| “ | I will try my chances. - When ordered to clear mines |
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| “ | Um, okay... - When ordered to clear mines |
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| “ | This may be painful... - When ordered to clear mines |
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| “ | I should repair that. - When ordered to repair buildings |
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| “ | Starting repairs. - When ordered to repair buildings |
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| “ | It is not looking too good, is it? - When ordered to repair buildings |
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| “ | It already needs repairs? - When ordered to repair buildings |
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| “ | I guess I should help out... - When ordered to repair buildings |
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| “ | I will help. - When ordered to repair buildings |
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| “ | That's a lot of supplies! - When ordered to collect supplies |
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| “ | I will carry as much as I can. - When ordered to collect supplies |
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| “ | My hands have splinters! - When ordered to collect supplies |
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| “ | Okay, here I go... - When ordered to collect supplies |
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| “ | Our work is complete. - After completion of the construction |
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| “ | I am finished with the building. - After completion of the construction |
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| “ | Building construction has been completed. - After completion of the construction |
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| “ | That was a lot of work... - After completion of the construction |
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| “ | There's not enough room for that building...! - When unable to build |
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| “ | I can't build there! - When unable to build |
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| “ | That building cannot fit there. - When unable to build |
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| “ | There are no more supplies to carry. - When running out of supplies |
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| “ | I cannot see any more supplies. - When running out of supplies |
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| “ | This supply pile is empty. - When running out of supplies |
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| “ | Take me first! - When surrendering |
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| “ | Will I be treated with dignity? - When surrendering |
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| “ | It is better to surrender than stay here! - When surrendering |
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| “ | I surrender...! - When surrendering |
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| “ | Here, take me, I don't care! - When surrendering |
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| “ | I like my new shoes! - When the Worker Shoes upgrade is completed |
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| “ | These shoes fit nicely! - When the Worker Shoes upgrade is completed |
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| “ | Thank you for the new shoes! - When the Worker Shoes upgrade is completed |
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| “ | It will be much stronger. - When the Fortified Structure upgrade is completed |
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| “ | Attaching supports. - When the Fortified Structure upgrade is completed |
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| “ | Making it safer. - When the Fortified Structure upgrade is completed |
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| “ | Building harder walls. - When the Fortified Structure upgrade is completed |
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| “ | Preparing for the attack. - When the Fortified Structure upgrade is completed |
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See also[]
Trivia[]
- According to the Generals sound files, the worker shoes upgrade was supposed to be in standard Generals, but was eventually moved to Zero Hour.
- The censored German versions of Generals and Zero Hour omit quotes which imply the worker is subjected to torment and starvation.
