Quick Tip – Set Building Captain

A little-used feature is that R5 and Militarist (and possibly one other officer position – not sure) can set a new building captain.

In the example above (Alliance Clash / Water War), clicking the red button to the right of my name (Zombie BBQ) would allow me to set myself as captain of Military Base 1.

This is an excellent way to make sure that a large player with a decent rally size is building captain, allowing more reinforcements.

Likewise, and maybe more importantly, this feature can be used during Wasteland King:

This can be really helpful during shift changes or when the captain needs to refresh their march.

In the bottom example, the captain has Super Reinforced, which automatically makes them the captain (if they were not already) and applies their boosts to all troops in the building.

The “Change Captain” button at the bottom ONLY allows an individual player to take over Super Reinforcement, whereas the R5 and Militarist can set any player as captain by using the red button instead.

So if Zombie BBQ clicks Change Captain, Zombie will be the new defensive captain, but can’t designate another player.  I believe that only R4+ can use the Change Captain button, but I’m not 100% sure.