Triage

Information

Name	Triage
Categories	Story Documentary
Environment	Savannah
Player species	Matabele ant
Player units	Matabele ant worker Matabele ant medic (either) Matabele ant soldier
Surface	Yes
Features	Challenge mode Non-player colonies Titans Circadian rhythm
Music	Triage Theme Subjugation Theme

The savannah is dangerous at night. These Matabele ant must ensure their nest is well defended.
Well disguised assassins walk unhindered amongst the ants. (challenge)

Objectives

Survive 5 nights.

Rewards

Base value: 6 territory/ 475 food/ 17 Royal Jelly

Difficulty bonus: 300%/ 325%/ 350%/ 380%/ 420%

First-time bonus: + 1500%

Challenge bonus: + 100%

Completion bonus: + 200%

New game plus bonus: + 40% x plus number

Settings

Your Matabele ant colony must defend itself from the threat of 3 titans. Nest entrance will be automatically excavated after you have played for 90 seconds.

The mission starts at night.

You have access to 3 termite colonies. Dead colony termites disappear after 2 minutes while other dead enemies disappear after 5 seconds. Dead enemies in your nest and dead mature termite queens don't disappear.

You must choose either anesthetist or fast-responder medics before playing the mission. You start with 20/ 16/ 13/ 10/ 10 soldier brood tiles.

Non-player colonies

Enemy termite colonies are hostile to each other.

Minor soldiers and major soldiers are kept around the queen and are only deployed to protect the gathering groups.

Brood tiles with eliminated termites can't incubate for 12 minutes. Enemy colonies don't get free nanitic workers when they don't have any food or workers left.

Enemy colonies retreat inside at noon and gather lignocellulose within their territories for the rest of the day.

Notable enemies

Enemies are on the same side and are hostile to the ants.

Earwigs and termites live in your nest.

Surface enemies don't invade your nest. They may fight among themselves to keep their own number in check.

African tiger beetles, rainbow lizards and giant African mantises only appear on the surface during the day.

Rainbow lizards escape when they have below 45% of their health. Large lizards will take medium ones with them.

Earwigs, large sun spiders and alligator back scorpions only appear on the surface at night.

Titans

The size-level 1/ 1/ 2/ 3/ 4 titans appear one by one each night and invade your nest. They can excavate and release underground enemies in your nest. Night doesn't end until the titans are eliminated.

The huge sun spider appears on the third night. It destroys your surface nest entrance to let other titans invade on later days. This is a scripted event. It will stun all creatures on the surface if it is damaged too quickly.

The huge African giant centipede appears on the fourth night. It can rush forward and remove mounting ants when it has below 80% of its health. The cooldown is 23 seconds.

The huge emperor scorpion appears on the fifth night. It can become invulnerable for 5 seconds each time it distances itself.

Challenge

Assassin bugs appear near termite mounds only from evening to noon and increase in number every day.

Achievements

Achievements
Icons	Name	Requirements
	Triage	Beat the mission on designated difficulty.
	Queen's Guard	Beat the mission without letting the queen take damage. (medium)
	Shoot Yourself in the Foot	Eliminate all mature termite queens then beat the mission. (hard)
	Where's the Heals	Beat the mission without buidling any medic brood tiles. (extreme)
	Monogamy	Beat the mission but you can only eliminate termites from a single colony. (impossible)
	Terrible Assassins	Beat the mission without losing any ants to the assassin bugs. (challenge)
	Just Ignore Them	Beat the mission without eliminating any assassin bugs. (impossible - challenge)