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COMMAND & CONQUER PART 3

retaliate by killing them.

[2-2-17]: SSM Launcher
-------------------------

Phil Lochner ([e-mail])
     The SSM launcher is big and powerful. Though they take a terribly long
time to reload, each missile they shot has a tremendous amount of damage
potential. The flame which shoots from the missile toasts footsoldiers, and a
direct SSM hit takes out practically any Nod unit. As far as I can tell, it's
range is unsurpassed.

Mike Mulligan ([e-mail])
     OK the SSM's are one of the field weapons that you can build for the
Nod!!  There range is ever better then a Obelisk!  What you do is to have say
2 or 3 SSM's and 2 mini tanks as a protecting force for the SSM's. Then just
move in to attack!  I had 3 SSM's take out two Obelisk in less then 30
seconds!  By the time the other guy realized that he couldn't hit me with
anything he sent in his tanks and stuff...that's where my mini tanks came in.
They would lag behind the SSM's and protect them, by doing this they buy time
for the SSM's to get away.  And if they try to press there attack I have more
SSM's waiting for them!

*2-2-18*: Chinook Transport Helicopter
-----------------------------------------

Tucson Luke Loh ([e-mail])
     Like the APC the order of exit is the reverse of the order of entry i.e.
the last units to enter are the first to exit.

Phil Lochner ([e-mail])
     These slow moving troop transports are expensive and troublesome. They
suffer from the same loading and unloading problems of the APCs, and have a
tendency to circle aimlessly before landing in any area. They make easy
targets for SAM sites, and their cost and low capacity makes them tough to
justify. They'd be pretty neat if you could load ten or twenty footsoldiers
into, or if you could airlift tanks and APCs, but for now, I'd stay clear.
Note that they are not usually available to be built on computer missions.
They also cannot be used to land in unexplored areas.

Tan Tot Lit ([e-mail])
     Two big advantage of the chopper over APC
     - Few units can shoot at you.
     - You don't appear on radar until you land.

Josh Eckels ([e-mail])
     Transport helicopter strategy - Send in an Orca or Attack Helicopter a
few seconds before the transport helicopter.  Since your opponent can't
change the targets of SAM sites or Advanced Guard Towers, they will continue
to shoot down the first thing they saw.  This gives your transport helicopter
enough time to land, deploy its cargo of engineers, and possible get out.

Scott Shaffer ([e-mail])
    Despite the limitations of this craft (small capacity, slow movement,
slow deployment) there are some cases when it is very effective.  Often times
an enemy base is vulnerable to attack from a certain angle or direction.
This is especially true of bases built against a corner of the map.  You can
often then direct your Chinook to an undefended area (like the very corner)
by making it hug the edge of the map.  It can land in areas that other units
can't get to if they opponent has built his base in such a way to prevent
easy unit movement.

[2-2-19]: Mobile HQ
----------------------

     These units only appear in multiplayer games of capture the flag, when
bases are turned off. They are unarmed, and are weak units. You must protect
your own mobile HQ while destroying your opponents' mobile HQs.

     Keep them surrounded by your units. Even a Hummer can destroy one in a
few shots.

[2-3]: Buildings
==========================
     Buildings lose effectiveness with damage. This is especially true of
your powerplants.

*2-3-1*: Construction Yard
-----------------------------
     Selling your last construction yard is usually not recommended. If you
do this, all is not lost, however. You do get an engineer in the bargain, and
if you're skillful (or really lucky) you might be able to capture the
opponent's construction yard.

*2-3-2*: Powerplant
----------------------
     It's good to have a few backup powerplants to keep defenses running.

*2-3-3*: Advanced Powerplant
-------------------------------

Andrew Griffin ([e-mail])
     Building 2 power plants is more cost effective than building one
advanced power plant (by $100), but makes your base larger.

Andre Pang ([e-mail])
     Seems that two power plants will generate the same amount of energy as
an advanced power plant, for $100 cheaper. It might also be better to use
normal ones since it ensures more equal distribution of power output (i.e.:
if one of them is taken out by a nuke/ion/air strike, there's a lesser chance
you'll be left without your guard towers firing!), and they're faster to
build.

     In multiplayer situations: if playing against Nod, build Adv.Power
plants. If playing against GDI, build normal Power Plants. The reason? Nukes
can kill (many) normal Power Plants in one hit, they cannot however destroy
the Advanced version. However, an Ion Strike will kill an Advanced Plant in
one hit, so it's not worth it to build them.

     Protect these very well, and ALWAYS make sure you have *excess* power,
in case one of them is taken out by an ion cannon, nuke or strike. Especially
for Obelisks.

*2-3-4*: Sandbag/Fence/Concrete
----------------------------------
     These have different levels of damage. After getting hit by a certain
amount of hitpoints, they lose a level of damage and start to fall apart.
Concrete walls have three different damage levels, fences have two, and
sandbags have one.

*2-3-5*: Silo
----------------

     Holds 1000 credits worth of refined Tiberium. See section on exploitable
bugs for neat things to do with silos.

*2-3-6*: Refinery
--------------------

     Home base for Tiberium harvester. Holds 1000 credits worth of refined
Tiberium. One harvester included in price. You can build a refinery much
faster than you can build a harvester.

*2-3-7*: Barracks
---------------------

     GDI Barracks can produce minigunners, grenadiers, bazookas, and
engineers. Two Barracks builds infantry twice as fast.

*2-3-8*: Hand of Nod
------------------------

     The Nod infantry creation building can produce minigunners, flame-
throwers, bazookas, chem. warriors, engineers, and commandos. Two Hands of
Nod builds infantry twice as fast.

*2-3-9*: Weapons Factory
----------------------------

     GDI Weapon factories are easily destroyed by a single nuke. They are
less than half as strong as Nod airstrips.

*2-3-10*: Airstrip
---------------------

     In a multiplayer game, try to build your airstrip such that incoming and
outgoing cargo flights do not fly over an enemy base and give away the
presence of additional vehicle units.

Scott Shaffer ([e-mail])
     If possible, make sure to build your airstrip as close to the right edge
of the map as possible.  Since they C130 transport plan only goes from right
to left, building it on the right edge of the map means your units arrive
faster.  The delay between unit completion and its arrival is a penalty for
NOD that GDI does not have.  This penalty can be reduced significantly if you
build on the right edge of the map.

     Also, make sure to leave room around the top of the airstrip for the
arriving units to deploy.  Don't build an airstrip up against the top-left
corner of the map.

*2-3-11*: Communications center
---------------------------------

     Enables the overhead satellite view.

*2-3-12*: Advanced comm. center
---------------------------------

Phil Lochner ([e-mail])
     Other than the Ion Cannon, it is necessary to build this structure to
gain access to the more `high tech' units and buildings.

     Contrary to the manual, it does appear to be well- armored, and can take
quite a beating before going down. The Ion Cannon is, IMHO, much less useful
that Nod's Nuclear Missile, because of it's concentrated range. Ion Cannon
blasts will NOT take down a construction yard, refinery, or comm. center in
one blast. They are very useful for decimating the large masses of
footsoldiers which seem to pop up in front of the computer's Hand of Nod, and
great for taking down multiplayer enemy Stealth Tanks. I also use them for
support when your Orca squad is trying to blow up enemy buildings and some
quickly rebuilt SAM site starts nailing them.

Scott Shaffer ([e-mail])
     Once you build an advanced comm. center, sell your normal communications
center. The ACC will function as a normal communications center.

*2-3-13*: Guard tower
------------------------

Phil Sykes ([e-mail])
     These fire bursts of machine gun fire (once every 3 squares of
minigunner movement) which will *usually* kill a standing up troop, and do
about 25% to a dug in trooper. All but ineffective against vehicles unless
deployed in large numbers.

Phil Lochner ([e-mail])
     They're cheap and effective against infantry. They're not so effective
against vehicles and flame throwers, but at their cost you should be able to
afford two or three of them throughout your stronghold. They do require
maintenance, and you'll find yourself repairing them often. Beware the enemy
artillery gun and tanks, as they do not even have to be in their gun ranges
to damage them.

*2-3-14*: Nod Turret
-----------------------
ROGER'S NOTE: Prior to versions 1.18, turrets cost $250 each. The tactics
expressed here may be prohibitively expensive and/or impossible in versions
1.18 and beyond.

Rune Fostervoll ([e-mail])
     These are real good against armor, as long as you build enough of them.
Considering the cost...no problem. Since they use cannons, they are
dangerously weak against infantry.. a grenadier one on one on a gun turret is
somewhat even, which is rather weak for a defensive installation. But it has
okay range, so if you have lots of them around your base, it should be okay,
as long as there is enough that they chop up the infantry early. Also, if you
repair it while it is fighting a lone infantryman (or two, even possibly
three) it will shift the odds a lot. The infantry isn't that strong against
it either, so it is a drawn-out affair.

Scott Shaffer ([e-mail])
     An effective strategy is to build the walking line of Gun Turrets/sand
bags from your base to your opponents. The Gun Turret can be easily built and
repaired in the field, and the "walking line" technique gets around the
mobility problem. GDI can also do this with the Adv. Guard Tower, but it is
less effective since they cost so much more.

*2-3-15*: Advanced guard tower
---------------------------------

Phil Sykes ([e-mail])
     Very useful against vehicles. Anti-air role also, as good as a SAM site,
but can be otherwise engaged during a fight!. Fires two rounds every three
minigunner square moves. Best to use as perimeter defense, but support with
armor! A flame tank getting close is deadly, and they cost a lot of money!
Remember to keep repairing them in battle.

     Keep putting two together for best results, but watch the power
consumption. They don't work when out of power.

Phil Lochner ([e-mail])
     They're most effective when coupled with normal Guard Towers. Their
rockets are ineffective against close targets, although they seem to have the
same `exhaust burn damage' of the Rocket Launcher. One Advanced and two
normal Guard Towers in problem areas are usually enough to deal with threats.
Beware that if you place them near sandbags or walls, their stray rockets
will usually knock them away pretty fast

Tucson Luke Loh ([e-mail])
     SAM sites are better than Advanced Guard Towers. Advanced Guard Towers
rockets are less powerful than SAM site rockets. 7 AGT rockets vs. 3 SAM
rockets to kill an Orca or Apache. Also more vulnerable as SAM sites are
protected while underground. However, they compensate for this by being able
to function dual purpose - can take out ground as well as air targets ... SAM
sites can only take out air targets. This probably explains why they are more
expensive (1000 cr. vs. 750 cr. for a SAM site).

*2-3-16*: Obelisk of light
-----------------------------

Rune Fostervoll ([e-mail])
     These are completely wicked against armor units. Remember that they are
tall, so build concrete walls around them to stop cannons, and they can
easily stop five or six medium tanks without problems. As has been commented,
they are energy intensive, and shoots slowly (but surely), so can also be
fuzzy-wuzzy'd. Always have a lot of energy to spare, so you can keep firing
if one power plant is destroyed. (Or be prepared to sell off a lot of
buildings to keep it firing if a major attack is launched coordinated with
the destruction of a power plant.)

Andre Pang ([e-mail])
     Try to make sure you have at least two; many humans will Ion Strike
against one Obelisk when their attack force is coming down; if you have two,
it will ensure that you have at least one Obelisk left if he decides to use
his Ion Cannon. Also be sure to back them up with Flame Tanks, since they're
unless against masses of infantry.

Tucson Luke Loh ([e-mail])
     1 Shot  - Any infantry, assault cycle, hum-vee, Nod buggy, MLRS, SSM.
     2 Shots - Light Tanks, Medium Tanks, APC.
     3 Shots - Harvester, Mammoth Tank
     All the above are considered from full health to naught.

     Hmmm and also players who think Obelisks of Light are a steal for 1500
Cr.,  think twice ... they require POWER (typically one Advanced Power Plant)
dedicated to it so the cost is more like 2200 Cr.

*2-3-17*: SAM Site
---------------------

     Selling a SAM site will net you four minigunners for the price of two
and a half. SAM sites have tough outside armor, but become more vulnerable to
damage when the missile launcher exposes itself to fire.

*2-3-18*: Heli Pad
--------------------

Phil Lochner ([e-mail])
     One thing to keep in mind: they come with a helicopter. Unless you lose
a helicopter, you shouldn't be buying extra helis, as it will cause you a lot
of headache to shuffle helis off the pads to reload them. You should try to
designate an inner, well-protection area of your base for your Helipads, and
keep them build close to each other. Otherwise, you will have problems with
those distant helis 'catching up' with the main heli attack force when a
problem arises.

*2-3-19*: Repair Pad
----------------------

Phil Lochner ([e-mail])
     Important and straight forward. Note that it is usually a better idea to
just buy a new humvee than repair a damaged one. All vehicles, including
helicopters, and harvesters, can be repaired. Soldiers cannot be `repaired'
using this building.

Douglas Jacobs ([e-mail])
     While happily chugging along as NOD somewhere in mission 9, I decided to
build a repair bay up where a GDI-friendly village used to be ;)

     After a few probing attacks into GDI's base, I sent a handful of units
back to get repaired.  I clicked one 1 to actually go onto the bay when an
airstrike came along and destroyed the poor tank while it sat on the repair
bay!  The bay survived...but I couldn't send anymore units to be repaired.

     I figured, OK...I'll sell the bay and build a new one!  (I had plenty of
cash)  However, I couldn't sell it either!  Finally, I had to build a 2nd bay
and sometime during my final assault, I hear that tell-tale "selling" noise
and see that my first "broken" bay finally decided to be sold.

Scott Butler ([e-mail])
     I actually had a repair bay die on me. I built it in a cleared out patch
of tiberium, not far from a tree (stupid, but I was in a hurry). It *seems*
that the tiberium started growing back, wrecking the repair bay.

*2-4-20*: Temple of Nod
--------------------------
VT ([e-mail])
     To use nukes, building the Temple of Nod is not enough. You'll need to
get the crates in missions 6, 8, and 12.  You may have to capture or destroy
some of the buildings to get at the crates.

ROGER'S NOTE: There is a bug in versions prior to 1.18 that makes it
impossible to fire nukes when the temple is constructed, even when all the
necessary crates are collected.

[2-4] Special Units
===================

*2-4-1*: Airstrikes
----------------------
Reload: 12 minutes.
Weapon: multiple napalm bombs
Level: Tech ?; GDI 5

Andrew Griffin ([e-mail])
     Available for GDI forces after all SAM sites are taken out. Slow
recharge rates means you won't be using it too many times a mission. The
napalm is very destructive, especially when an airstrike calls in more than
one A-10 unit.

Phil Lochner ([e-mail])
     This option appears after you have destroyed every SAM site on the map.
If the enemy rebuilds the SAM sites, the Air Strike option is still
available. It recharges faster than the Ion Cannon, but it takes time for the
aircraft to reach their target, so timing assaults with Air Strikes is
important. Depending on the mission, one or two A-10s will zip down and drop
fire bombs around the target area. These bombs can do mass damage to enemy
troop stockpiles, destroy buildings, level Tiberium fields, or harass the
Construction Yard. Coordinate the strikes with other attacks for maximum
effectiveness, but try not to rely on Air Strikes to take down SAM sites,
Obelisks, or Gun Turrets. I usually use them to clear out the twenty or
thirty soldiers which meander around the Hand of Nod. Air Strikes are not (as
far as I can tell) available in multi-player missions.

Tucson Luke Loh ([e-mail])
     Airstrikes ARE available in Multiplayer Missions. I believe it comes on
when a Communications Center and a Barracks has been built though that is
subject to verification. But yeah, they are available.

see also [5-3-8], AIRSTRIKES

*2-4-2*: Nuclear strike
--------------------------
Reload: 20 minutes
Weapon: nuclear warhead
Level: Tech 7; Nod 13

see also [5-3-1] NUKES

Andre Pang ([e-mail])
     Feeling nasty? Directly target the weapons factory. It'll take it out in
one hit, and seriously damage all other buildings around it. Or, if your
opponent has only one deposit of tiberium next to his base, nuke the tiberium
and  watch his eyes widen. Otherwise, if you see lots of full silo's, nuke
there. $3000+ down the tubes.

David Brandt ([e-mail])
     In team play, have your teammate lay a nuke at the same time and place
you lay one. Will take out anything in a huge area.

Ian ([e-mail])
     Just like a real small-yield nuke, buildings are relatively big,
unprotected targets and get vaporized. Armored units, because they are low to
the ground, airtight, and very heavily protected, are much less vulnerable.

Shriker ([e-mail])
     Larry Bond (Harpoon creator, Tom Clancy pal) has a novel called _Vortex_
that deals with a modern war scenario in South Africa.  One of the events is
a tactical nuke aimed at a concentration of an enemy armor brigade (or some
size, it's been a while <G>).  I don't think it got 'em all (most already
moved out slightly earlier), but it describes what happened to the military
units that WERE nearby.  I remember it mentioning how exposed troops took a
wicked beating (understandably), but heavier armored units were relatively
unscathed even at fairly close proximity.  Both the previously mentioned
factors and the fact that tanks ARE metal (DUH <G>) and have high-pressure
interiors nullified the radiation/heat effects.  Of course any tank commander
with his noggin poked out of the hatch had better have more than just
CopperTone (TM) and a pair of sunglasses on !

     Although C&C is more of a game than a simulation, it's interesting to
see how many real-world tactical considerations have been included!

*2-4-3*: Ion Cannon
---------------------
Reload: 15 minutes
Weapon: ion cannon
Level: Tech 7; GDI 14

Phil Sykes ([e-mail])
     GDI's special 14 & 15 + tech level 7 weapon:
     Advanced comm. center (2800 - need comm. center) is used to recharge it.
It stops recharging if you are low on power!

     The weapon will destroy from full health:
     Five troops
     Light tank
     Flame tank
     Gun turret
     Obelisk tower (VERY useful)
     Stealth tank
     Tiberium silo
     Wall (WASTE!)
     One patch of tiberium.

     Limited to taking out gun turrets on the eve of an assault, basically,
or hitting a SAM site so the Orcas can finish it off without losing a
vehicle.

Terrence ([e-mail])
     When a SAM site is out of its protective shell and firing at an
aircraft, a single hit will take it out at full health.

     Also can take out both a Flame tank and an artillery unit side by side
at full health by targeting the Flame tank. The secondary explosion from the
flame tank will finish off the artillery unit.

     Targeting a group of troops with a flame thrower will result in further
damage to the group. Again, due to secondary explosions from the flame
thrower.

Lee Yu Tang ([e-mail])
     When compared to NOD's nuke attacks, GDI's most powerful weapon the Ion
Cannon may seem pretty weak in many people's eyes. It needs more than one
shot to take out some of the units and buildings with heavy armor. There are
2 buildings that for certain will fall prey to one blast of the Ion Cannon
which are the Obelisk of Light and the Power Plant.

     The Ion Cannon would be better off as a 'coup de grace' attack that will
demoralize the enemy (In the case of human players only of course). Picture a
group of 4-6 Orcas attacking the enemy's Construction Yard. The Orcas run out
of ammo but the Construction Yard's health bar is only at yellow. The enemy
rejoices..... then you Ion Blast him and watch him cry.