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Placed structures must be built by marines.</p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table width="628" border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <tr> <td> <p><img src="images/images/10_data.gif" width="13" height="10"> To get an overall picture, see the <a href="techtree.html">tech tree</a>.</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"> <table width="100" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td><img src="images/design/info_bar.gif" width="666" height="15" hspace="12" vspace="6"></td> </tr> </table> <table width="616" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p><b>Infantry Portal</b><br> <br> <b>Function:</b> phases in reinforcements from the dropship. Without an infantry portal, the aliens' advantage will grow with every marine lost. Infantry portals are the most crucial structure to defend, second only to the <a href="structures_cc.html">command console</a>.<br> <br> <img src="images/images/10_data.gif" width="13" height="10">: <font color="#0B7BEE">dropships do not remain docked with the battlefield, for fear of contamination. The phase gate on a dropship is large enough to rapidly send multiple marines across a modest distance, as long as there are infantry portals at the other end. The more portals, the faster reinforcements arrive. See <a href="front_phasetech.html">phase technology</a> for more info. </font><br> <br> <b><font color="#0B7BEE"><img src="images/images/10_newstruct.gif" width="10" height="10"> </font></b><font color="#0B7BEE"><b>New Structures:</b></font> <a href="structures_armslab.html">Arms Lab</a>, <a href="structures_tfact.html">Turret Factory</a>, <a href="structures_armory.html">Armory</a><br> </p> <table width="406" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" bordercolor="#0B7BEE"> <tr bgcolor="#000033"> <td colspan="3" height="23"> <p><b class="sectiontext"> Infantry Portal </b></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%"> <p><img src="images/images/10_cost.gif" width="10" height="10"> Cost:</p> </td> <td colspan="2"> <p>15 rps</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%"> <p><img src="images/images/10_time.gif" width="10" height="10"> Build time</p> </td> <td colspan="2"> <p>22</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="32%"> <p><img src="images/images/10_armor.gif" width="10" height="10"> Armor Pts. </p> </td> <td colspan="2"> <p>2000</p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td valign="top"> <table border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5"> <tr> <td> <p><img src="images/images/inf%20portal.gif" width="200" height="200"></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </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>