Defending the Veiled

Why they matter

The wind from the Collectors arrives only if a Veiled one carries it to the temple. A Veiled one knocked down leaves its bundle to the enemy, and the temple takes 28 s to give birth to another. From Wind up the computer fires on purpose at the Veiled walking on the bridges.

What to do

1. Short, double bridges. A single long road is an easy target. Two roads to the same island let the Veiled go around the danger: they choose by themselves the way least hit by enemy fire.
2. Out of the cross. An enemy cross tower hits only along its row and its column. A road that does not pass on those lines is safe from it.
3. Cover the roads, not just the Collectors. A tower halfway along a bridge answers whoever fires at the Veiled.
4. No buildings on the bridges people walk through. Next to a building the Veiled squeeze by, slow down and queue up. Build on the islands.
5. A Shield on the long bridge. The Light Shield also repairs bridge cells.
6. A Wall in front of the Gusts. A Gust keeps its whole row and its whole column under fire: a Cloud Wall between it and the road shuts it off.
7. Adjust the crews. By tapping a Collector you choose how many Veiled work for it. On a road under fire, None for a while saves you from losing them; on a safe road, More carriers collects faster.

When a bridge breaks

Towers do not break bridges: time, the sky and the powers made for that do (see Bridges and landings). The Veiled cut off turn back the way they came. If you reconnect the stretch within 30 s you lose nothing: see Decay and Take down.