Editing VB-Ground Units (section)

===Special Operations units===
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!Marine Battalion
|Attack 10, Defend 10, Cost 180, Size 5
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!Marine Company
|Attack 2, Defend 2, Cost 36, Size 1
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!Combat Engineers
|Attack 10, Defend 10, Cost 180, Size 5
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Heavily armed, specially trained and equipped units. Can be utilized in general operations but offer the best offensive\defensive capabilities when employed in the respective areas of expertise.

Marines specialize in boarding and defending ships, double their attack and defense stats when they are in combat aboard a ship, that is when conducting or defending against a boarding action. Combat Engineers specialize in combat defending or assaulting a Planetary Defence Center (PDC), double their attack and defense stats.

The Marines have a company sized formation to accommodate the tighter space on board ships, as compared to on A PDC or in the open on a planet's surface. A Small Troop Transport Bay, a Combat Drop Module - Company, or a Combat Drop Module (Cryo) - Company can hold a ground unit no larger than size 1, which is to say only a Marine Company.

When you expect to be conducting operations in the respective areas of expertise of these units, the appropriate unit for the job is better (per unit cost) than the more general purpose Heavy Assault Battalion. On the other hand, when out in the open on a planetary battlefield, a HA Battalion is noticably better than a Marine Battalion, even though both cost the same.