"Y-yeah," Israfil agreed, "B-but please don't tell anyone I asked that, I'm not really considering deserting or anything like that." [hr] Tera explained the basics of gameplay, how to choose a starting location based on good coverage of resources, how to expand from there to acquire resources that couldn't be had at the start, how to spend those resources in order to synergize and take advantage of game objectives, and what the victory conditions were.