This unique configuration gives the Antaeus the ability to create battle vehicles and then launch them onto the offending islands. Ah, good old resources, the standard of the strategy game, and in Antaeus Rising, that resource is scrap metal. One of the first units you'll be able to build on the Antaeus is a recycler, which is like a harvester for scrap metal. Collect and recycle enough metal from the islands and you'll have your own army in no time. During the course of the game you'll find soul catcher chips, which hold the souls of dead soldiers, that you can use to imbue the traits of a soldier into your vehicles.
Some soldiers are good at driving tanks, some soldiers are good at piloting helicopters.
Don't worry too much about assigning the perfect soul to each vehicle, though. If you have a tank driver in a helicopter, he'll still do the job, he just won't be as effective as a helicopter pilot. One of the great things about this system is that you don't have to worry about your soldiers dying, because they're already dead. When the vehicle holding that person's memories is destroyed, you can simply plug that memory into another vehicle, provided that you have enough scrap metal to build more units. While you start out with only a few soul catcher chips in your arsenal, you can find more throughout the game, up to a maximum of ten, which can take control of your vehicles.