Drakonate of Rigelis

**Dev. Status** | Conceptual

## Gameplay

### Ability

Drakonate units, in place of a secondary ability, can enter a combine stance, giving them an armour boost but disabling movement and attack. And can fuse with another Drakonate in combine stance, further increasing their stats and providing a secondary/passive effect, with the formations secondary having them break back into their base unit, every unit can combine with other Drakonate unit (whether with the same unit or a different unit). However, a formation will often trade their previous effects/abilities for a new set and their psychic link in formations means that if the formation is both units in it dies too, and due to the strain of just two minds trying to work together means that only two units can combine at a time. Due to this unique ability all Drakonate can't gain veterancy nor do they have a Heroic upgrade, instead each Drakonate unit can buy a "evolution" which is similar to a Heroic upgrade except it affects all units, and when an evolved unit combines with another evolved unit the combination would get its evolution upgrade.

### Build Mechanic

Similar to the Order, Ortagix, and Foundation. The Drakonate has only one structure which all of their units are produced, the Rookery (their conyard equivalent) and they don't require power to function. Unlike the Ortagix and Foundation the Rookery is completely mobile, being able to unpack and move like the Order Crawler. Their other structures are their tech buildings which unlocks their units, with a build lmit of one and their price increasing with each structure built, and can also move if threaten, and when moving can fight to some extant. Defenses can also move as well but can't fight until rooted. Due to the fact that the Drakonate lack walls, none of their structures, including the Rookery, can't be captured/infiltrated, instead they will shut down when an engineers enter and can be reactivated by having their engineers enter it, the sole exception is the Rookery which is disabled for a few minutes.

### Tier Mechanic

Rather than unlock more deadlier units. All Drakonate units are immediately unlocked, using their combining powers to get more powerful and specialised units. With their other structure holding both upgrades and protocols to improve their forces.

### Amphibiousness

All Drakonate units are amphibious. Though some some of their units fight better on land than sea and vice versa. And when on territory they were not designed for, they move slower, have lower defences, and deal less damage, but they can cross that terrain, and some combinations either removes that weakness or increase it depending onthe base units.

## Units & Buildings

### Basic Units

Produced from the Rookey directly. Basic units are, as their name implies, are jack of all trades whose only notable features are that they are cheap, can handle everything at a subpar state, and can combine to form more specialised forms. More often they are the scouts of the Drakonate, and once the enemy is spotted they would combine to form a combat mode.

### Combiner

Made by combining two of the exact same units. Combiner units tends to enhances the strengths that unit already has plus some additional roles to enhance their original role.

### Gestalt

Made by combining two different units, forming a total of eleven combinations. Gestalts either cover the weaknesses of the units or creates a new strength but creating a new weakness.

### Commandos and Aces

These units can't combine with units from the Rookery, only with other units from the (commando building). And since they can only have one of each, their can't access all combinations at once nor can they make duplicate combinations. And due to this mechanic their epics are not made.

### Epic

Due to their unique mechanic a combined commando forms their epic, for a total of eleven epics but can only bring six on the field. Due to this their epics are extremely specialised and forms more of an elite support team, often losing to most other epics due to lower stats.