Epic unit



An Epic unit is defined as powerful machine that is difficult to produce and able to defeat even armored units of its time. They are scarcely available usually with only one being deployed on a battlefield at a time.

The first epic unit was Volkov, the first successful cyborg developed by the USSR. It wielded more power then their Mammoth tank of the time. It was able to raze an entire Allied base with only his cybernetic dog at his aid. Also Super Tanks were used but they malfunctioned.

The Mammoth Mk. II, largest walker of Global Defense Initiative during Second Tiberium War, is also considered an epic. The Cyborg Commando from Brotherhood of Nod was designated as an epic on account of its powerful weapon and armor. But most of all, CABAL's Core Defender, the strongest weapon of the Firestorm Crisis, is easily labeled an epic.

By the time of the Third Tiberium War, mega-engineering techniques had improved allowing the construction of facilities that were specifically used for the assembly of epic units. Each major faction has its own epic unit. The Global Defense Initiative has the Mammoth Armed Reclamation Vehicle, a massive tank that also functions as a Harvester and Tiberium Refinery, that was built from Reclamator hub. In response, Brotherhood of Nod manufactured the Redeemer, a massive walker with the ability to manipulate minds into a wild frenzy. They are built from the Redeemer Engineering Facility A Scrin unit, the Eradicator Hexapod, has also been discovered. This massive alien is known to "recycle" enemies who die in its proceeding into resources for the Scrin. It is too large to be warped in through normal portals and can only be brought in through Warp Chasms.

Finally Motherships may be summoned by a Signal Transmitter. The Mothership is serving as a Command Center and a superweapon.

WWIII-era
It is worth noting that, during WWIII of the alternate timeline, the Imperial Shogun Executioner was the sole Epic unit of its class, able to devestate anything in its path - except aircraft, especially with amphibious capabilities, making it a death-dealing machine not only on land, but by sea too. However, even the Executioner isn't without flaws, too: its appalling speed and manuverability, its vulnerability to aircraft and large groups of long-range units and even superweapons, if left unchecked, can make the Shogun Executioner dig its early grave.