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Lost Outpost

Command the Frontier Defense Force, establish a forward base, and break the Red Legion in a finite, seeded campaign mission.

Frontier Defense Force operations

Reclaim the frontier

Every deployment creates a deterministic battlefield with reachable objectives, tactical terrain, an active Red Legion command network, and a decisive end state.

Frontier Defense Force

Balanced combined arms, efficient repairs, radar, and flexible commander support.

Red Legion

Aggressive armor, siege batteries, flanking forces, air attacks, and fortified bases.

Deployment settings

Generate mission

Mission generation validates navigation, build space, resource access, convoy routes, and objective placement before deployment.

Operations handbook

Field manual and controls

Selection & orders

  • Left click/tap: select; Shift-click or Multi-select modifies selection.
  • Drag: select units; double-click selects the visible unit type.
  • Right click/tap destination: context move, attack, repair, gather, or capture.
  • A: attack-move · P: patrol · S: stop · H: hold · G: guard · R: repair.
  • Ctrl+1–9: assign control group; 1–9 selects; double-tap centers.

Camera & simulation

  • Arrows or W/D: pan the focused battlefield; hold Shift with W A S D for full camera movement because A/S issue unit orders.
  • Wheel / pinch: zoom toward the pointer; middle-drag or one-finger empty-terrain drag pans.
  • Pause key: pause or resume. P remains Patrol to avoid a conflict.
  • + / −: increase or reduce 1×–3× simulation speed.
  • Orders, camera movement, and selection remain available while paused.

Base & power

  • Select an engineer, press B, and choose a building. Construction begins only after valid placement.
  • Generators add capacity; powered defense, production, radar, repair, and shields consume it.
  • During a shortage, low-priority shields, radar, repair, production, then defenses shut down before critical structures.
  • Walls snap together; friendly gates open automatically. Red Legion forces route around or breach them.

Touch controls

  • Tap to select and use the command-mode buttons before tapping a target.
  • Drag empty terrain to pan; pinch to zoom; use Multi-select for groups.
  • Tap the minimap to reposition the camera. Build, production, abilities, pause, and speed remain fully accessible.
Guided deployment 1 / 16

Welcome, Commander

Start by learning the camera and selection controls. The simulation is safely paused while this prompt is open.
Operation complete

Victory

The Red Legion command network has fallen.
Confirm command

Abandon mission?

Your current deployment remains saved unless you begin a new mission.