Icon Guide

CA uses a unique icon system, assigning each unit class and chassis a specific map icon. You can see these icons when you zoom out enough, or when you hit TAB.

Needless to say, these icons can be rather confusing, even intimidating, to the new user. Fortunately, they're actually very simple, and this guide will explain them to you.

General

The icon system is mostly modular; an icon indicating a unit role is superimposed on an icon representing a chassis type (bot, vehicle, etc.)

Thus a raider vehicle is

and an artillery tank is

Chassis icon	Type	Chassis icon	Type
	Bot		Vehicle
	Walker		Tank
	Jumpjet		Spider
	Ship		Hover
	Strider ("T3")		Aircraft
	Defense		Static
Role icon	Type	Role icon	Type
	Raider		Assault
	Skirmisher		Riot
	Artillery		Anti-air
	Scout		Missile arty
	Radar		Bomb/special
	Jammer		Shield
	Ranged Support		Anti-Nuke

Static Defense

Static defenses use the normal icon system, though the roles don't correspond exactly. The exception is the Heavy SAM icon used by long-ranged missile towers, namely the Mercury and Screamer.

Icon	Unit	Icon	Unit
	LLT		HLT
	Missile Tower		Antiswarm
	Faraday/Newton		Packo/Razor's Kiss
	Chainsaw/Cobra		LRMT
	Anni/DDM

Factories

Factories use the chassis icon of the units they build superimposed on the static building icon.

Icon	Class	Icon	Class
	Bot		Vehicle
	Walker		Tank
	Airplane		Gunship
	Hover		Ship

Usually, however, the factory's icon will be obscured by the icon of whatever it's building.

Econ Buildings

Icon	Unit
	Metal extractor
	Level 1 energy (wind, solar, tidal)
	Level 2 energy (geo, fusion)
	Level 3 energy (moho geo, adv fusion)

Aircraft

Although aircraft do have a chassis icon, they generally use pictographic icons, as below:

Icon	Unit	Icon	Unit
	Multirole fighter		Dedicated fighter
	Precision bomber		Saturation bomber
	Mine bomber		EMP bomber
	Implosion bomber		Radar plane
	Light gunship		Heavy gunship
	Transport		Blastwing

Ships

Like aircraft, ships use pictographic icons.

Icon	Unit	Icon	Unit
	Scout boat		Corvette
	AA Ship		Destroyer
	Carrier		Battleship
	Submarine

Misc. Units

Many units have specific icons that reflect their unique roles, particularly superweapons such as LRPCs and nuclear silos.

Superweapons

Icon	Unit	Icon	Unit
	EMP/tacnuke missile		LRPC
	Nuclear silo		Starlight/Zenith
	Detriment/Saktoth

Other units

Icon	Unit	Icon	Unit
	Constructor		Aircon
	Penetrator		Mine
	Sniper		Chicken Queen

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