

Better battle suits (armor) and stronger weapons are only available for soldiers with high ranks.

By and by the soldiers increase their states and acquire higher ranks. Surviving soldiers gain experience points for each killed bug / destroyed bug holes. From simple hunting missions up to escorts or the capturing of bugs. The mission objectives are also different. There is a wide range of enemies, from simple close-range fighters to suicide units, artillery bugs and even human soldiers. The enemy units are not very intelligent, but they use their own special abilities like splitting acid and are very powerful. During a mission there is no reinforcement and you are outnumbered by the bugs. Each squad contains a leader, five soldiers and one specialist (medic, engineer, PSI for detecting hidden bugs, MIST-Trooper as a sniper). Instead you lead up to three squads into combat. This is one of the few strategy games where you cannot build a base and recruit units. Both, the game and the movie, are based upon the novel by Robert A. This game is not based on the movie Starship Troopers. Starship Troopers: Terran Ascendancy is a real time strategy game with a common misunderstanding.
