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For the First Time EVER, Bug Mode Allows You to Fight as the Arachnid Menace!

Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! · Community Announcements · March 03, 2026

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To fight the Bug, we must understand the Bug - We can ill afford another Klendathu! For the first time in history, Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! will let you experience the fight as our opponent - the Arachnid menace.


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Our teams - fully supported by FedDev and Games & Theory - are proud to announce our evolutionary Bug Mode - an advancement which will allow our Troopers to experience the battle from the Arachnid side - and the better we understand the Bug, the better we can kill the Bug.

The Federation knows how hard our Troopers are working to deliver a brighter tomorrow. So Bug Mode will be included for ALL Troopers who join the fight in Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War!. We expect the best, and we give the best for our Citizens!

Become - Understand - Defeat!

Learning the capabilities of the Assassin Bug is critical to Federal advancement within the Arachnid Quarantine Zone. Each of the Assassin’s three attack forms comes with its own unique abilities, and only by understanding each of these will our Troopers be ready to counteract its insidious ways.

The Warrior Form

The default state for the Assassin Bug. Similar to the classic Arachnid Warrior, this form still poses a significant threat with razor-sharp pincers and agile movement.

While in the Warrior Form, the Assassin Bug will regain a small amount of health from every Trooper it takes down. This form will also allow the Assassin Bug to use the Charge ability - slicing through anything in its path as it dashes forward.

The Hopper Form

Transitioning into the Hopper Form will allow the Assassin Bug to take to the skies, surveilling its surroundings and analyzing the landscape. This will allow the Assassin Bug to easily identify all destructible buildings, as well as Bug nests and pheromone trails.

Flight within the Hopper Form enables the Assassin Bug to identify targets within each Terror Zone as well as allowing the Assassin’s Divebomb ability - with destructive landing impact for buildings and Troopers in the immediate area.

The Tanker Form

As a special variant, the Tanker Form requires a significant amount of energy, and the Assassin Bug will need to build this up before using this devastating form.

The Tanker Form increases the Assassin’s health and armour, as well as the damage caused by its regular attacks. Tanker Form also shifts the Assassin Bug’s internal organs, allowing for the distinctive flame spray attack as well as this form’s special ability - the Headbutt - causing significant damage to the intended target.

Jump in, Troopers!

Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! deploys on March 16th, and we need all the Troopers we can get to hold the line against this latest threat. The Assassin Bug poses an unprecedented threat to our heroic Mobile Infantry Troopers, and the evolutionary Bug Mode is a vital effort to understand and defeat this enhanced Arachnid.

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