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Any further equipment or upgrades must be purchased, by tapping local resources. Resources at any given moment will be limited, and depending on the number of resource towers, may grow very slowly; so <a href="front_commandstrats.html">command strategy</a> should determine what is and isn't purchased. </p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table width="628" border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <tr> <td> <p>Details on how to research and purchase new equipment can be found in the <a href="structures.html">structure</a>, <a href="items_main.html">equipment</a> and <a href="front_upgrades.html">upgrade</a> sections. </p> <p><img src="images/images/10_data.gif" width="13" height="10"> The Frontiersmen are fighting many small to mid-scale battles at any given moment. Provisioning all of these far flung conflicts would exceed their budget, and be a logistical nightmare. The TSA can't afford to give <a href="weapons_jetpack.html">jet packs</a> to marines crawling through sewers, or <a href="weapons_ha.html">heavy armor</a> to a squad that needs to move fast and light over long distances.<br> <br> Ever adaptable, Frontiersmen squads have learned to tap into local resources, using a ship or base's store of <a href="front_nanotech.html">nano-sludge</a> to enhance the command network and outfit marines with <a href="weapons_main.html">weapons</a> and <a href="front_upgrades.html">upgrades</a>. Not only does this allow each squad's commander to choose the optimal strategy for each situation, it uses the Trans-Govs own resources to pay for operations – vastly extending the TSA's budget.</p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" width="100%"> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top"> <div align="center"> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td background="images/design/surround_e.gif"><img src="images/design/surround_e.gif" width="37" height="482"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" height="2"><img src="images/design/surround_s.gif" width="768" height="81"></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </BODY> </HTML>