2076: Meridian War
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CHOOSE YOUR FRONT

Game modes

One world. Four ways to command. Fight your own battles in skirmish, hold the line in Tower Defence, or follow the expedition in Campaign.

An in-game coastal base with production buildings and defensive positions CAPTURED IN GAME

Skirmish

Classic

The familiar rhythm of command.

Build your base, establish an economy and take the fight to your opponents. Classic keeps the original game systems for a traditional real-time strategy battle.

  • Original Classic rules and roster
  • Custom battles against AI commanders
  • Base building and combined-arms warfare
Online planned · Q2/Q3 2027Online play for this skirmish mode is in development.
A heavy walker advances through a town in the game CAPTURED IN GAME

Skirmish

Arsenal

More tools. More ways to win.

Command the expanded roster and its resource systems. Bring faction-specific units and specialist defences together, then find the combination that answers the enemy.

  • Expanded Arsenal roster
  • Credits, minerals and power
  • Faction-specific weapons and support defences
Online planned · Q2/Q3 2027Online play for this skirmish mode is in development.
The Overwatch range relay, rendered from its actual Unity game model IN-GAME MODEL PREVIEW

Skirmish · Frontline Defence

Tower Defence

Build the line. Hold the next wave.

Prepare your defences along incoming enemy routes. Combine specialist towers, support structures and mobile forces to hold the front as successive waves arrive.

  • Land, sea and mixed fronts
  • Specialist towers alongside conventional unit production
  • The Overwatch relay extends nearby tower range
Online planned · Q2/Q3 2027Online play for this skirmish mode is in development.
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The Operation Meridian campaign map in the game CAPTURED IN GAME

Operation Meridian

Campaign

An expedition. A world worth fighting for.

Follow the Southern Cross expedition through a story-led campaign of twenty-five operations. Establish footholds, protect your forces and carry the decisions you make into the battles ahead.

  • Single-player campaign
  • Twenty-five operations
  • Story films, briefings and battlefield decisions
Single-player campaignExperience the story of Operation Meridian.
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FRONTLINE DEFENCE / YOUR ARSENAL

Build a line that works together.

Guns hold the approaches. Sensors find the threat. Specialists slow, repair and protect. Bring mobile forces to cover the gaps and secure the resources behind your defence.

Cinematic illustration of Frostline and Lance installations defending a coastal city approach at dusk
Cinematic illustration · inspired by the tower designs
Defence & support types
18
Mobile combat & support types
111
Faction heroes
9

Across the complete faction roster. These are distinct types, not unit limits or one faction’s build menu. Your faction, production buildings and map determine what you can field. Heroes are optional.

See what each faction can field
Own-faction Arsenal roster, including the TD-only Overwatch relay
FactionDefencesMobile typesHeroes
Southern Cross8521
Atlantic Continuity8531
Compass Compact8461
Kintsugi9511
Liberation Coalition8461
Continental Concord8471
The Directorate8511
The Community8461
Horizon Office6291

Excludes detachment-family additions, captured production and mission-only units. Naval forces need suitable water and access. Horizon’s playable roster unlocks through campaign progression.

DEFENCE DIRECTORY

18 roles · All armies

Gun Turret: detailed in-game defence model with its service equipment ACTUAL GAME MODEL

Direct fire

Gun Turret

Free World

Gun Bunker: detailed in-game defence model with its service equipment ACTUAL GAME MODEL

Protected ground fire

Gun Bunker

Free World

Autocannon: detailed in-game defence model with its service equipment ACTUAL GAME MODEL

Rapid fire

Autocannon

Free World · The Directorate · The Community

SAM Site: detailed in-game defence model with its service equipment ACTUAL GAME MODEL

Air defence

SAM Site

Shared across all armies

Siege Emplacement: detailed in-game defence model with its service equipment ACTUAL GAME MODEL

Indirect fire

Siege Emplacement

Free World

Coastal Battery: detailed in-game defence model with its service equipment ACTUAL GAME MODEL

Shore defence

Coastal Battery

Shared across all armies

Laser Battery: detailed in-game defence model with its service equipment ACTUAL GAME MODEL

Precision energy

Laser Battery

Free World

Observation Post: detailed in-game defence model with its service equipment ACTUAL GAME MODEL

Observation

Observation Post

Free World · The Directorate · The Community

Frostline: detailed in-game defence model with its service equipment ACTUAL GAME MODEL

Ground control

Frostline

The Community

Mender: detailed in-game defence model with its service equipment ACTUAL GAME MODEL

Repair support

Mender

The Community

Disruptor: detailed in-game defence model with its service equipment ACTUAL GAME MODEL

Vehicle disruption

Disruptor

The Community

Furnace: detailed in-game defence model with its service equipment ACTUAL GAME MODEL

Close defence

Furnace

The Directorate

Miasma: detailed in-game defence model with its service equipment ACTUAL GAME MODEL

Infantry area denial

Miasma

The Directorate

Cinder: detailed in-game defence model with its service equipment ACTUAL GAME MODEL

Incendiary artillery

Cinder

The Directorate

Lance: detailed in-game defence model with its service equipment ACTUAL GAME MODEL

Piercing anti-armour

Lance

Horizon Office

Aegis: detailed in-game defence model with its service equipment ACTUAL GAME MODEL

Air & missile defence

Aegis

Horizon Office

Prism: detailed in-game defence model with its service equipment ACTUAL GAME MODEL

Target coordination

Prism

Horizon Office

Overwatch: detailed in-game defence model with its service equipment ACTUAL GAME MODEL TOWER DEFENCE ONLY

Range support · TD only

Overwatch

Shared across all armies

Portraits use the game’s own models and materials under studio lighting. Shared roles can have different faction appearances.

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