Scouting is essentially the action of determining where an enemy is, and what weaponry and units he has there. This information is vital to making a successful attack. A unit must have several qualifications before it can classified as a light scout unit. 1. The unit must be fast. Slow units can't cover enough ground to act as scout units. 2. The unit should be cheap and therefore expendable. Scout units that run into enemy patrols or bases tend to be quickly destroyed. The following are helpful to have in a scout unit, but not required.