Official Ashes of the Singularity II screenshot of a UEF winter army advancing through snow-covered forest with tanks, infantry and a command structure

UEF Campaign faction Named units tracked · 9

United Earth Forces

Numbers, discipline and a beachhead on every front.

HUMANITY • COMBINED ARMS • ATTRITION

Faction dossier

United Earth Forces

Abbreviation: UEF
Identity: HUMANITY · COMBINED ARMS
Named units: 9 tracked
Roster status: Not a final full roster
Guide status: Pre-launch · Nov 1

The United Earth Forces are the new human faction in Ashes of the Singularity II and the faction players command in the single-player campaign. Where the Post-Human Coalition fields a small number of elite constructs and the Substrate relies on regenerating shields and drone swarms, the UEF answer is a conventional, combined-arms military backed by mass.

Stardock describes the UEF as outmatched unit for unit. Their edge is not a wonder weapon at the start: it is infantry, armour, artillery, aircraft and logistics working together. The campaign also gives the UEF a narrative reason to adopt and steal more advanced technology over time.

Mass with a purpose

UEF armies are designed to bring numbers to a fight. That does not mean throwing units away: infantry and armour are most useful when they cover each other and force the opponent to trade against a larger, replaceable formation.

Conventional combined arms

The roster includes infantry, main battle tanks, tank destroyers, artillery, anti-air and aircraft. Near-future versions of familiar military roles make the UEF the easiest faction to understand for players coming from grounded RTS games.

Logistics is the weapon

A UEF player who replaces losses faster than the opponent can win a war of attrition. Forward production, army replenishment and control of connected regions are central to making the numbers count.

Doctrine labels reflect official faction material; the explanatory text is field analysis.

How to play

Make the UEF rhythm work.

A practical starting framework for United Earth Forces, based on confirmed mechanics and the faction’s stated design intent.

Step 01

Build around roles, not a single super-unit

Use a front line that can absorb fire, longer-range units behind it and anti-air or escorts where enemy aircraft are expected. The official showcases group the UEF roster around exactly these battlefield jobs.

Step 02

Treat infantry as map presence

UEF infantry is unique among the three launch factions. Use it to establish presence, support armour and contest ground rather than expecting it to win every fight alone.

Step 03

Place production near the next fight

Armies reinforce from suitable production buildings, so a forward factory can shorten the trip to the front. That is a risk, but it is often a better risk than feeding a distant battle with a long travel time.

Step 04

Trade cheap, not carelessly

The UEF cannot out-tech the PHC in a straight quality race. Aim to make the enemy spend expensive cooldowns, expose a flank or lose a high-value unit for a replaceable formation.

Strengths

Broad combined-arms roster with clear battlefield roles
The only launch faction with human infantry
Campaign faction, with a tutorial woven into the story
Excellent fit for players who prefer planning and reinforcement over unit micro

Tradeoffs

Weaker unit-for-unit than the advanced factions, per Stardock
Mass is only useful if production and reinforcements reach the front
High-value enemy units demand answers; quantity alone is not a plan

Named platforms

What we can name.

The launch roster is larger than the units Stardock has revealed. This list tracks confirmed names and roles; absence from this page is not evidence that a unit will not appear at launch.

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Official in-game screenshot of United Earth Forces infantry, tanks and structures on a snow-covered battlefield — Official in-game screenshot. Individual isolated renders have not been published for every UEF unit in our source set.

Titan M7 Mech → Goliath Super-heavy tank → Leopard 4 Main battle tank →

Pathfinder Recon vehicle ↗ Leopard 4 Main battle tank ↗ Stormbreaker Artillery ↗ Orion Missile tank ↗ Titan M7 Mech ↗ Tridon Mark III Anti-air ↗ Hammer Ground-attack gunship ↗ Goliath Super-heavy tank ↗ God Slayer Dreadnought ↗

Official reveals and showcase videos have named these platforms. UEF, PHC and Substrate rosters are not fully published before launch.

Lore file

Who they are.

Official lore ↗

After the Post-Human Coalition converted the surface of the Moon into Turinium, public outrage pushed the major powers of Earth toward a common command. The United Earth Congress pooled the United States, China, Russia, the EU, Australia, Japan, Korea and others into the United Earth Forces.

The campaign casts the player as a UEF Commanding Officer fighting to reclaim territory, restore damaged worlds and bring the Post-Humans to justice. Stardock says the campaign is designed to teach the game’s systems as it tells that story.

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DATABASE

Compare the hardware

Filter every confirmed unit by faction and role, with source status on each entry.

Unit database

LAUNCH

Know the date

Countdown, editions and pricing, plus the cautious unlock-time estimate.

Release brief

Evidence log

Sources & verification

Faction identity, lore, unit roles and stats are drawn from official publisher material. Any unlabeled strategic recommendation on this page is our own analysis, not a developer statement.

Last verified November 1, 2026