A fan for Real life Military equipment ? then this is your mod ! it is a Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge mod that basically imports a lot of RL military hardware from the cold war era in the 60's to the late 2000's while maintaining a lot RA2 aspects like prism, tesla tech and etc. Also, It expands on the original RA2 armor system thanks to ARES in which it creates more roles to create numerous units effectively expanding the complexity of handling an army making it necessary to use mixed arms to counter the various unit types. Also, do note that each country will have some twists in their military equipment that will be more or less similar to their respective RL counterparts. In short: it is a relative to reality fun mod but "a fun mod" is conservative statement.
The Tech Communication Tower is a target of opportunity for all battlefield commanders as it can provide a preliminary steady flow of income; 10$ per 10 in-game seconds (150 in-game frames). However, these structures can only be hacked by Either Support GIs or Combat Technicians. The commander can retain the structure after destruction and can use an engineer to repair it again; thus making it one of the few structures in-game that can be knocked out only rather than losing it without being able to recover it.
That is not all, this structure boasts a few key upgrades that can give commanders a localized edge over their adversary:
- Upgrade 1 – Advanced Hacking: Provides extra 10$ every 10 seconds (150 frames) – costs 1000$.
- Upgrade 2 – Localized Scrambler: Shrouds an area of 10 cells – Costs 1000$.
- Upgrade 3 – Localized EW: Periodically shuts down drones within a wide area of 15 cells – Costs 1250$.
- Upgrade 4 – Encrypted Data Link: All ground units will receive a 10% damage boost and 20% speed boost for 30 seconds (out of radius) or indefinitely (with in radius) in a 15-cell radius – Costs 1500$.
Its Important to point that combat UAVs such as the MQ-9 Reaper or CH-5 Rainbow can sever the link between the Support GI or Combat Technician, to which any upgrade that was augmented on the tower might be used against the former owner of the tower unless its recaptured again. So it very important to weigh your options before purchasing any upgrade. Lastly, if the tower is knocked out, any upgrade that was made to the tower would be lost.
Hmm, that's definitely an electronic warfare Tech Structure if I ever saw one.
Siphoning enemy credits, shrouding a given area, shuts down drones and boosts units depending on their proximity...