The Guardians Unit is special to the Chinese. Unlocked by the Computing technology in the Contemporary Era.
Class and Specialty[]
- Heavy Weapon
- Ranged-combat Unit, must have line of sight to attack. Can only move or attack in a turn. Cannot retaliate when attacked by a close-combat Unit. With Entrenching Tool, gains "Dug-In" status if they do not move during their Battle round.
- Multi-rocket Bombard
- Can use the bombard action twice per turn. Removes "Dug-In" status on target.
Unique Action[]
- Artillery Strike
- Choose an enemy Army or District within range to bombard with artillery fire, damaging and perhaps destroy it. This will consume the Unit's Movement Points.
- Using this action, the Unit can bombard Districts and Units on the world map with reduced damage, or bombard Districts and Units in the Tactical Map with full damage from outside.
- The artillery hit will cause area damage to Districts and Units around the targeting tile.
- The artillery hit can cause friendly fire and damage your own Units.
Upgrades from[]
Upgrade cost 14,805 and needs 1 2 2 access on Empire.
- Siege Artillery (generic)
Trivia[]
- The Guardians is based on the Weishi 1-B Multiple Rocket Launcher.
- "Weishi" (卫士) means "Guardian" in Chinese.