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The marine is a much-maligned unit. The game designers admittedly didn’t exactly make it a “go to” unit – the marine’s detractors will point out that: (1) marines become available only with an optional tech; (2) marines are expensive, costing as much as a tank; (3) speaking of tanks, marines become available around the same time as tanks (which means after tanks, since almost no one will research Amphibious Assault before Motorized Transportation), but the A... more