🎞️ SITUATION BRIEFING

🎯 MISSION OBJECTIVE

📊 WAVE INTELLIGENCE

Enemy composition ramps each wave. Worm count escalates from Wave 3 onward, replacing drones. Wave 7 is the composition cap — enemy count stays the same but threat keeps rising.

⚠ Every 5th wave (5, 10, 15…) Nexus Prime buffs all spawning enemies: HP and Damage are multiplied by ×1.5 on top of base threat.  |  Worms from Wave 5 onward are capped at 3 per wave.

⚔️ ENEMY THREAT ASSESSMENT

Know your enemy before deploying your assets.

🏗️ YOUR ARSENAL

⌨️ TACTICAL COMMANDS (NLU)

AEGIS understands natural intent. Type commands into the console and press Enter. Verified examples:

• "send two tanks to C3" — Deploy 2 tanks into cell C3.
• "send two turrets to C5" — Place 2 turrets at cell C5.
• "send healer to C1" — Deploy a Repair Bot to cell C1.
• "recycle C3 tank" — Sell / liquidate the tank at C3 for credits.
• "send 3 drones to C1 C2 C3" — Spread drones across multiple cells at once.
• "move tanks to D2 and D4" — Re-position existing front-line units.
• "deploy angel bot" — Trigger the final duel against Nexus Prime.

⚠️ ENGAGEMENT RULES

• Cell Limit: Maximum 2 artifacts per grid cell.
• Deployment Limit: Starts at 2. Doubles on even waves, +1 on odd waves (Wave 3 → 5, Wave 4 → 10, Wave 5 → 11…). Use your full quota — idle credits lose you the war.
• Passive Income: +25¢ every 30 seconds. Civilians working in the base accelerate this.
• Fence Advance: Every 2 consecutive victories push the defensive perimeter one column forward (capped at Column F). Enemies scale their fire rate and range to match your depth.
• Fence Retreat: If all your units are destroyed mid-wave, the fence retreats one column back instead of instant game over — plus an emergency drop of +150¢. Rebuild and hold the new line.
• Last Stand: If the fence is already at Column C and you lose all units — game over. There is nowhere left to retreat.
• Threat Escalation: Enemy HP and Damage scale +15% per wave cleared. Your units do not scale — numbers and positioning are your only leverage.
• Boss Waves (5, 10, 15…): Nexus Prime buffs all spawning enemies with ×1.5 HP and Damage on top of base threat. Stack Turrets and activate your Shield Bot before these waves hit.
• Worm Escalation: Wave 3 sends 1 Worm. Wave 4 sends 2. Wave 5 onward sends 3 — permanently. Each worm replaces a drone in the wave composition, so total enemy count never changes.
• Angel Protocol: The Angel Bot (500¢) can be deployed at any wave. Deploy early for a faster win or farm waves to build a higher final score. High score is only saved after Nexus Prime's defeat.

🏆 SCORING & ECONOMY

• Kill Points: Mech Drone +100 pts  ·  Assault Bot +500 pts  ·  Siege Crawler +1,000 pts  ·  Worm Bot +1,500 pts
• Kill Credits: Mech Drone +100¢  ·  Assault Bot +200¢  ·  Siege Crawler +400¢  ·  Worm Bot +500¢
• Wave Bonus (end screen): +500 × Wave Number (Wave 8 = +4,000 pts bonus)
• Civilian Casualty: −100 pts each time a Worm Bot consumes a civilian.
• Asset Liquidation: Sell units in Base Zones A or B to recover credits mid-wave.
• High Score Rule: Score is only saved to the leaderboard after a confirmed Nexus Prime defeat via Angel Protocol.

🎮 CONTROLS

• ESC: Pause / Resume simulation.
• Enter: Send command to AEGIS console.
• Mouse Drag: Pan battlefield camera.
• Mouse Scroll: Tactical zoom in / out.