Engineer (Red Alert 1)

Engineers were special purpose infantry available to both the Soviets and the Allies in the Second World War.
==Background==
Although Engineers possess decent armour, they are normally unarmed, relying on commanders to clear the battlefield for them, or more likely, to be transported in APCs.
==Game unit==
Engineers have two purposes, both of which consume the unit in the process:
* To damage or capture enemy structures. An Engineer damages a building by 1/3 of its total health.CnC_Remastered_Collection / REDALERT / GLOBALS.CPP. GitHub. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2022. Depending on the health of the building, it can take up to four Engineers to capture a fully armoured enemy structure. A workaround is to damage the building until it hits red condition,CnC_Remastered_Collection / REDALERT / RULES.CPP. GitHub. 27 May 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2022. equivalent to 25 % of its maximum strength, and then capture the building. Beware that, according to the source code, "[t]ypically, military or hardened structures such as turrets cannot be captured".CnC_Remastered_Collection / REDALERT / TYPE.H. GitHub. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
** When playing with Aftermath rules, it can take up to three Engineers, with the workaround being damaging the building to 66 % of its maximum strength, as can be seen inside the Mplayer.ini file.
* To repair own or allied buildings. The Engineer can instantly "mega-repair" a "friendly or allied" building to full health as long as it isn't a "barrel or mine".CnC_Remastered_Collection / REDALERT / INFANTRY.CPP. GitHub. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
==Quotes==
*Affirmative!
*Engineering!
*Movin' out. (unused)
*Yes sir?CnC_Remastered_Collection / REDALERT / AUDIO.CPP. GitHub. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
==Gallery==
Cameos:
==Trivia==
*According to the source code it was planned for the Engineer to be able to repair bridges.CnC_Remastered_Collection / REDALERT / FOOT.CPP. GitHub. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
==See also==
* Medic
* Field mechanic
==References==
Category:Red Alert 1 infantry