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An emplacement gun used to shoot down enemy aircraft.
A stationary gun that automatically shoots at targets.
The chronosphere is a special building in Red Alert that allows Allied commanders to teleport a small number of vehicles anywhere on the map. Also used by Albert Einstein to assassinate Adolf Hitler at the start of Red Alert.
A device that makes the user invisible, ranging from almost to entirely.
Drop pods are pods that drop. They carry friends or foes from the skies to the floor. Often launched from carriers or other craft orbiting the area of operation.
A dropship usually refers to a ship that ferries troops, heavy armor, and supplies from carriers in orbit to a planet's surface. Sometimes it refers to any futuristic in-atmosphere transport that is not a helicopter or airplane.
A popular weapon that is used in many shooters. The flamethrower is considered one of the most unique ways to defeat a foe.
A machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.
A harvester is a vehicle that harvests resources
The Ion Cannon is a massive weapon, often in the form of an orbital satellite, but it also exists in lighter and portable versions.
A Jet pack is a backpack with rocket boosters built in that usually allows the wearer to hover or fly.
A laser is a focused beam of light, invisible through the air without some other medium (such as smoke) to illuminate it. Lasers are often used in video games as part of a targeting system, or as an offensive weapon in their own right.
The Mammoth Tank is a C&C tank that first appeared in Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn.
Mechs (or Mecha) are humanoid-like pilot driven vehicles often depicted in media as a combat machine. Early examples of Mech/Mecha in video games are often derived from early manga and anime as well as table-top games.
The Mobile Construction Vehicle or MCV plays a key part in most of the Command and Conquer series. In its Deployed state it becomes the main structure in the player's base, allowing the construction of other buildings.
A nuclear bomb is a device made up of fissionable materials (ie Uranium) and standard explosives. It creates a nuclear chain reaction, which release large amounts of radiation and a shockwave.
The Orca Aircraft is a vertical takeoff and landing capable craft that debuted in Command & Conquer, and became one of the series' iconic units.
Any structure which generates and provides power for other structures. These structures are usually critical to game play being required to maintain and grow influence and resources.
A type of weapon that fires a conductive projectile to incredible speeds, using kinetic energy rather than explosive force.
A mechanical lifeform, typically exhibiting superhuman abilities, that can be found in games as either the main protaganist or as powerful enemies or allies.
The weapon of choice for accuracy at long distances. The sniper rifle's slow rate of fire makes it ineffective for close range combat, but its high calibre round ensures that it inflicts maximum damage against the target.
This is a weapon that uses sound waves to kill or stun people.
Description and details of the history, science, manufacture, testing and deployment of these devices. Both in the real world, as well as within the context of video games.
Tiberium is a powerful plant-like crystalline substance found in the Command & Conquer series, which has various deleterious effects on everything it touches. Extraterrestrial in origin, Tiberium quickly absorbed and destroyed the majority of human civilization on Earth and is inexorably consuming the planet.
A vertical take-off and landing vehicle is essentially the combination of a helicopter and a jet. A VTOL can lift off vertically and can still achieve high velocities.
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