Prototypes

Prototypes concerns mercenary offers. Its English description states: “Mercenaries will have the opportunity to offer ancient super-heavy vehicles or prototypes based on lost technologies.” The source is build 23882143; research costs 600 minerals and 50 population. The description mentions ancient super-heavy vehicles and lost technology without naming specific configurations. Its configsToAdd contains no vehicle list. That is a limit of this particular field, not proof that the mechanism is absent throughout the raw corpus. The entire mercenary catalogue must not be treated as the unlock contents merely because its theme appears related.

The separately examined mercenary catalogue includes Rafa at 60 minerals and Desolator at 900. The latter’s description includes “an energy weapon based on robotic technology”, from build 23882143. The phrases “Lost technologies” and “robotic technology” belong to English descriptions and are thematically similar, but do not prove a direct connection from Prototypes to Desolator. This research’s configsToAdd does not list vehicles; other mechanisms need their own joins. The comparison concerns distinct entities rather than establishing the final set of offers that appears after researching the upgrade.

The word “opportunity” concerns the possibility of mercenaries offering equipment. It does not establish the offer price, frequency or guaranteed contents. Desolator separately costs 900 minerals and has a weapon with 60.0 calculated damage per second against vehicles. Rafa at 60 has 180 base hit points and no armour. This contrast helps describe the catalogue, not prove that research opens both machines or every offer. Our advice is to inspect the actual offer and its conditions, retaining the research-to-roster connection as unconfirmed.

A Desolator at 900 minerals and Dreadnought at 700 are different machines, so the usual Empire line is insufficient to predict an army. Prototypes alone does not establish which vehicle an opponent will obtain: its configsToAdd contains no named roster. Our advice is to scout the actual mercenary offer and inspect the corresponding vehicle. We do not declare all conditions absent throughout the raw files or assign the whole catalogue to the research. The tactical response should follow discovered equipment, its weapons and support.