FIELD MANUAL — KESTREL-9

Objective: destroy every enemy Nexus. You lose if all of your own are destroyed. Build extra Nexuses at distant Crystal fields to expand — each one raises your supply cap and can store Crystal.

Controls

Left click / drag box — select · Shift add

Right click — contextual order (move / attack / harvest)

A attack-move · S stop · H hold position

1–9 control groups · Shift+key set · Q select by type

WASD/arrows pan · Q/E rotate · wheel zoom · F follow army

Space pause · Esc deselect / close

Economy & Supply

Workers harvest Crystal from fields and return it to your Nexus (or any of your buildings).
Supply is a capacity, not a cost: every unit occupies supply while alive; Nexus +15, Foundry +10, each upgrade +10. Queued units reserve supply; cancelling a queue refunds the full cost and frees the reservation.
Expansions near new fields let workers drop off close by — faster income, bigger supply.

Unit counters

Mauler melee, light armor — cheap shock, weak to ranged

Pulse Lance ranged, light armor — melts light armor, weak to heavy

Bulwark heavy armor, slow — soaks laser fire, weak to pulse

Specter flying — crosses cliffs; only Pulse Lance & Sentry Turrets hit air

Reclaimer — harvests Crystal (1 supply)

Upgrades

Ion Edge +30% melee damage · Coil Focus +30% laser damage · Composite Plate +25% max HP · Thruster Kit +15% speed · Orbital Uplink — a Specter strike wipes the largest enemy cluster (once per 75s). Research at the Nexus.

FRONTIER WAR

SKIRMISH ON KESTREL-9 · TWO EXPEDITIONS · ONE WORLD

Your expedition has landed on a crystal-rich frontier world. A rival force has landed too. Explore the dark, build an economy, expand, and raise an army — then destroy every enemy Nexus.

Left click / drag — select Right click — move / attack / harvest A / S / H — attack-move / stop / hold 1–9 — control groups WASD + wheel — camera · Q/E rotate Minimap — fog of war, camera jump

Victory: destroy all enemy Nexuses · Defeat: all of yours destroyed · Supply is capacity, not cost · Unexplored terrain hides the enemy — scout the map.