Yes, it is called co-op. what you do is set all the cyan start markers to the same team. Then you and the rest can fight the AI on the map.
There is a script command for multiplayer to turn off friendly fire for the start marker.
It is called multiplayer_firstto10FriendlyFire.LUA
Maybe that will help you out also.
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