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| —An Infiltrator "borrowing" useful tech |
The Infiltrator is the espionage infantry of the Epsilon Army.
Description
The Infiltrators are Epsilon's agents of espionage and intelligence gathering, slipping through enemy ranks, 'borrowing' important technology, stealing money, or sabotaging facilities. Much like their Allied and Soviet cousins, the Infiltrator can disguise himself as an enemy soldier in order to sneak into guarded buildings. What sets an Infiltrator apart from the rest, though, is their ability to covertly destroy bridges, allowing them to limit an enemy's movement on the battlefield.
Overview
As with other espionage infantries, the Spy can enter an enemy building but the effects will vary depending on the building:
- Barracks: All infantry will be trained as veteran.
- War Factory: All War Factory units will be produced as veteran.
- Radar: Battlefield will be reshrouded for the radar's owner.
- Power Plant: Owner's power will be shut down for 1:30 (2:00 for Nuclear Reactors).
- Ore Refinery: Steal $5000 from the refinery's owner.
- Ecobooster: Can see owner's money count.
- Laboratory: Additional technology will be unlocked.
- Superweapon/support power structure: Resets the countdown of the superweapon/support powers.
- Construction Yard: Can see the owner's current building production and power count.
Assessment
Pros
- Can disguise himself as an enemy infantry unit and infiltrate enemy buildings, giving an advantage over the enemy.
- A successful infiltration into the enemy's tech lab can unlock stolen tech units, and potentially change the game's outcome.
- With assistance of Driller APCs, Infiltrators can reach enemy bases safely and faster, bypassing enemy forces easily.
- Can blow up a bridge if there is a Bridge Repair Hut beside.
Cons
- Very fragile.
- Mediocre speed.
- Requires an upgraded Pandora Hub.
- Dogs, Spooks, Clairvoyants, Robot Tanks, Terror Drones, Fury Drones, Chitzkoi, Stingers and Roadrunners can detect disguised Infiltrators.
- Still can be crushed by enemy tanks.
- If detected by enemy commander, any unit can be used to kill the Infiltrator.
- Due to the most aforementioned reasons, a lot of micromanagement is needed to guide him safely into the enemy base.
Quotes
The Infiltrator is voiced by SquareWhale.
When selected
- We shall bring them chaos, my friend!
- Need one behind the lines?
- Let me share their secrets.
- Shall we create an intelligence report?
- What they know, we will know!
- Let's work together!
When ordered to move
- Sneaking in.
- I won't be noticed.
- Yes, of course!
- A Driller might come in handy.
- Unseen.
When ordered to disguise
- They won't see this coming.
- We need their assistance.
- For you, I'm still the same. But for them...
- One of them.
- They have no style...
When ordered to destroy a bridge
- No trespassing.
- Oops, there goes a bridge.
- They will need to find another way...
- Enjoy swimming!
- This is an ex-bridge!
When ordered to infiltrate an enemy structure
- I can't wait to see what I will find there...
- Thank our new supporters.
- They will make us stronger.
- Sharing... is caring! (laughter)
When under fire
- They see through my disguise!
- Proselyte, aid me!
- I'm revealed!
Trivia
- The ability of the Infiltrators to blow up bridges seems to be inspired from the unit's old cameo in version 2.0, where the Infiltrator is seen wielding a C4 charge. Yet ironically enough, the latter cannot actually destroy bridges.
