The Playing Field
Each player starts out on opposite corners of a checkerbox-like set of islands. The size of each of those islands is the same; they are all separated by water wide enough so Squads and Darwinians cannot easily cross.
The field is, for 2 players, 5x5, summing up to 25 square "islands" in total.
The starting island for each player features a trunk port and a Radar Dish, which allows the player to travel to the nearby island squares.
On the other islands reside either captureable buildings or (if this is technically possbile), research items, both guarded by viral infections. The setup is symmetrical, so the distance to all items is the same for each player.
The Goal
Capture as many research items and buildings as you can, expand with haste and gain superiority over your opponent. Note that whoever holds certain research items or buildings has not automatically won the game; there are severa approaches as to ensure victory.
The ultimate goal is reached when you are able to invade the enemy starting island and capture their trunk port control tower. It is, of course, vital that you secure your radar dishes once you capture them, since they are the only method of supply and transport between the islands (if you count out Armor units, which will be hard to obtain, and only in the later game progress).
The virii keep "rush" players from nabbing all the good stuff from start, and each start island is secured well enough to prevent an engineer & squad rush from capturing the trunkport and winning the game seconds after it started.
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