In Etherium, the Consortium is a massive Human corporation that wants to gain a monopoly over the etherium market, giving them tremendous power over the solar system. To reach their goals, the Consortium used sabatoge, espianoge, and other crimes to secure their dominance over competition. Once they had power, they began secret development of military technology, including their genetically modified super soldiers, the Shadow Warriors. Once the Consortium had an army and a fleet, they joined in the war over etherium.

All of this information is given at the beginning of a conquest game, but I'm including it because it makes the human team not appear as the "good guys."

This section is purely about the unique Consortium unts.

Shadow Agent:
A mid-price infantry unit with stealth and seige attributes. However, it's more important part is that it rewards you one command point when it destroys a structure.

Stealth Tank:
A vehicle with armor and stealth attributes. It can hide in plain sight and ambush enemy positions.

Military Industrial Complex:
An extension for bases that recovers 10% of etherium from lost divisions. Amount stacks up to 5 complexes at 50% recovery.

These are the three Consortium command abilities.

Financial Support:
Spends 3 command points to add 20% to your banks.

Spy Satellite:
Spends 1 command point to remove the fog of war from an area for 60 seconds.

Nano Assembler:
Spends 1 command point to hasten the construction of a structure.

Here are some strategies that I find useful as the Consortium. I hope that you do too.

Shadow Agent + Financial Support:
This an investment with potential returns up to 8,000 etherium. A force of 4+ shadow agents on a suicide mission, what could go wrong? Whenever possible use the financial support ability so that the more turrets they use to resist, the more money you get. Don't worry about retreating the agents, its a suicide mission anyways.

Artillery + Spy Satellite:
Arillery vehicles have a longer range than their visibility. Solution? Simple, use spy satellite ability to show the area in their range. The rate at which command points refresh allows for a constant reveal. I used this trick with 10 artillery vehicle divisions and crushed the enemy effortlessly.

A Mad Panic + Nano Assemblers:

In a pinch? Enemies destroying your turrets before they can finsh building? Place one turret as cannon fodder, then use the nano assembler abillity on another that you acctually need. Its simple, build them faster while they're distracted by that stupid watch tower.