metabolical said: ↑ You can "priority queue" up a unit by holding control and clicking it (someday with keyboard too). That will make it the next thing the factory builds, but will not automatically be requeued by continuous build. So if you're cranking out units and you need another fabricator soon, just control click on it and it will pop out. Click to expand...

Fabricators can use the reclaim command on the right bar, or by right clicking on trees and wreckage (dead units/buildings) to convert those things to metal. If you need metal, you can area reclaim some trees or wreckage to boost your metal economy. You can even "borrow" from the metal of your live building's or [your own] commander to get a temporary metal boost. The commander is 25,000 metal, so a good place to borrow in a pinch. Just make sure you have enough stuff fabricating to consume the metal before you do it. Click to expand...

"I was supposed to do my bit for the morning briefing, only to discover there was a totally new unit on the map. I sized things up and basically said what we would have done if there were a unit in that location. Afterward I asked one of the staff officers and he said "Oh, the controllers decided there needed to be a unit in that sector, so they put one in." Zap. Real war should work that smoothly."

-Steve Dutch, on Not Playing Fair in Science Fiction