Agents are used for gathering intelligence on alien asteroids and can also be deployed on the players own asteroids for counter-intelligence.
More powerful units, especially artillery or mercenary cavalry, can count for a population as high as 7. Native warriors, explorers, tamed and grazing animals, hot air balloons and warships do not count towards the population limit, but generally have a build limit, allowing the player to deploy only a certain number of those specific units at a time.
Sergeant Paul Jackson is part of USMC 1st Force Recon deployed to the Middle East, and the player controls Jackson's character during five levels of Act 1. Captain John Price (voiced by actor Billy Murray) is an SAS officer who is playable in two flashback missions from 1996 in which he is still Lieutenant.
During the game, the player may also deploy the Guide-Bot, an assistant that keeps track of the next objective and shows the player the way to a specific target.
Positions under Van Gaal No10, second striker, winger, midfielder Van Gaal admires Fellaini but is still undecided where the player is best deployed.
The vehicle is equipped with a spiked ball and chain which can be deployed from the tailgate as many times as the player wishes.
The player and computer take turns to deploy and move their forces.
The player carries a limited supply of "cluster bombs" that can be deployed, destroying large quantities of enemies and bosses within the player's vicinity.
The player directs a small squad of soldiers, primarily with the mouse though the keyboard is used to deploy additional weaponry.
Backed by the video artist Jenise Treuting's ghostly juxtapositions of a subway station, chain-link fences and highways, the players deployed conventional instruments, electric pencil sharpeners, desk lamps, glass bottles, an electronic keyboard and more.
