| “ | Officer of the US Marines. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
The Marine Officer is a Scenario Editor and campaign infantry in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition. Other than his regular attacks with a pistol, he also has an automatic charged attack with his carbine, as well as two abilities with cooldowns. He does not regenerate hit points.
Special ability[]
Inspiring Flag (cooldown: 180 seconds): The Marine Officer plants an Inspiring Flag at the target location which increases the attack of allied units and buildings by 10% and increases nearby construction speed by 50%. It also makes military buildings around it train units 25% faster. The Inspiring Flag has an AOE and LOS of 14 which increases by 10 in every Age. The Inspiring Flag will be destroyed when an enemy is in a radius of 12 to it, cannot be placed in a radius of 65 to a Town Center and a radius of 3 to a building or other Inspiring Flags, and only one may be present at a time.- Throw Grenade (cooldown: 60 seconds): Throws a grenade damaging all enemies in its Area of Effect.
Attack: 150 (siege), Range: 15, AoE area: 4, RoF: 3, Multipliers: ×2.5 vs. Building
Campaign appearances[]
In-game dialogue[]
The Marine Officer reuses the United States General's dialogue files.
History[]
The Marine Officer is based on Commodore Stephen Decatur (1779 – 1820), who was an American naval officer. He is regarded as his nation's first post-Revolutionary War hero, and served in the U.S. Navy in wars against the Barbary States (Barbary Wars), France (Quasi War), and Britain (War of 1812).
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