Tier 1, step 4e: clear autoTarget on a plain move order (A13)

P8 Combat Depth: uphill concealment (real LOS), veterancy ranks, tiered-kill event fields

Doctrine depth redesign: Assault tempo verbs + Bulwark regen (Tier 2 & 3, merged)

Static-defense ladder: Bastille, Aegis Bastion, Plasma Torpedo Battery

Colossus splash: def-driven area damage as the T3 anti-mass verb

High ground extends weapon acquisition, not just fog sight

Telegraph counter-triangle hits: bonus flag, hotter tracers, HUD counter text

Implement Phase 1 of battle wreckage: kills leave minable wreck sites

Give the Helium Bomb distance-based damage falloff and a slow shockwave (#11)

Redefine formation leader as first-selected unit, add persistent follow, speed cap, and drag-to-face

Formation shapes, leader positioning, and nested formations for grouped units

Add the Helium Bomb: a mobile, arm-then-detonate doomsday unit

Sim core: fix stale balance comment, reuse queryNeighbors' scratch buffer

Address remaining review defects: B3–B6 + load-hardening + static checks

Tier 5: group the AI controller's bookkeeping under state.ai (no behaviour change)

Tier 5: dedup and derive engine helpers (byte-identical replays)

Tier 2 balance: Bastion out-ranges the Skiff; Aegis projects a real anvil aura

Tier 1 review fixes: save-load hardening, engine guards, UX bugs

Escort order: right-click a friendly ship to guard and follow it

Faction asymmetry — pick a side with its own passive identity

Tier 2: a third upgrade doctrine — Logistics (economy + tempo)

Tier 2 UX: Hold-position stance + a topbar idle-worker indicator

Tier 2: salvage — a comeback softener for the deathball snowball

Tier 2: Tactical AI kiting — ranged units stutter-step back from melee

Tier 2: Tactical AI focus-fire + an AI-tactics setup toggle

Asymmetric world modifiers: two starts that differ

Combat: spread-targeting + target stickiness (anti-dogpile)

Rework upgrades into two mutually-exclusive doctrines

Content: terrain — rough ground, high ground, and no-build zones

Tier 6: performance & scale for large maps

Give workers a weak self-defense attack

Merge Tier 4 into main alongside Tier 3

Tier 4 AI parity + planet roster with per-world rule modifiers

Tier 4 combat: Sentinel Turret and the Breacher siege unit

Tier 3: repeated AI waves + counter-building, combat feedback, minimap, build validation

Tier 2: rally points, Refinery upgrades, AI archetypes, and sound

Tier 1: camera + zoom, fog of war, and a Skiff-countering unit

Multiple workers can assist a build; fix skiffs getting stuck fighting

Give units proactive local avoidance, not just after-the-fact separation

First playable slice: 1v1 skirmish vs scripted AI on Ferros Prime