Townes



"Your weakness becomes obvious when I scan your tactics."
 * Townes

General 'Pinpoint' Townes was a 4-Star US Army General around the time of the war against the GLA. General Townes was an early pioneer of effective, inexpensive and realistically deployable laser weaponry in the US Army, both for offensive and defensive purposes. A 29-year-old Captain Townes was appointed to West Point to teach his theories; however, he found academic life too slow and returned to battlefield command in 2011. With his unique knowledge of the strengths and weaknesses of laser weaponry Townes consistently received favourable marks during live-fire exercises and war games. In spite of his reputation as something of a crank, obsessed with precision and the superiority of lasers, the US Army counted heavily on him to assist in the modernization of their forces.

Based at Fort Union, Redwood Shores, California, USA, Townes' Class Number was 00010204-01KE0.

Army
Townes relied heavily on practicable laser weapons and the advanced power plants needed to support them. Townes spearheaded the development of the Laser Tank, a tank based on the Crusader that was the first ever tank to fire a high-energy laser instead of a shell. Townes' bases were protected by the Laser Defence Turret, the most effective all-round base defence developed at the time. Such advanced weaponry required considerable energy resources, and Townes' development teams tweaked his Cold Fusion Reactors to produce more power. Avengers, while not exclusive to Townes' forces, could be produced more cheaply by his War Factories.

Townes' stubborn pursuit of laser technology did have some downsides. While his Laser Tanks packed a greater punch than any other tank bar the enormous, expensive Chinese Overlord, they also relied on base power sources; it is possible that a microwave energy link connected the tanks with Townes' power plants, providing the energy for their powerful laser weapons. If Townes' power levels dropped below the minimum required, all of his tanks would become inactive and defenceless. Townes rejected the more standard US tanks, and also the Tomahawk Launcher; therefore he lost the ability to attack enemy positions from afar (his Laser Tanks had range similar to more conventional tanks, as lasers dissipate over distance).

Weaknesses
Townes' laser defense system was devastating at least but required lots of power, causing him to only have one set of laser defense systems operating at a time. Smart generals would use this to their advantage. While his need for power was still a considerable weakness, the raw power of the lasers was tough to get through, especially for infantrymen, who could easily be cut down by the advanced technology.

Also he did not use Paladin Tanks even though it has lasers but he is more versatile than the other two because he can build a ground army backed up with Raptors and Comanches because Alexander and Granger do not use tanks.