Mothership

"Mothership deployed"
 * Scrin

The Mothership is the Scrin's most powerful unit encountered to date, surpassing even the eradicator hexapod in raw firepower. It is a heavy, slow moving disc-shaped aircraft that is capable of leveling whole bases in a short time. Its primary (and, to the extent of our knowledge, only) weapon is the Catalyst cannon, an energy weapon with effects not dissimilar to Nod's catalyst missile in that it causes a tremendous chain reaction. However, it is significantly more dangerous and destructive than Nod's missile, as the chain reaction is triggered between structures. The destructive effect of this weapon was evident when a single Mothership incinerated Berne in Switzerland with a single blast that leveled the dense city center. It Possesses the single most powerful weapon ever to be fielded on a mobile platform in history, capable of wiping out entire bases in a single shot and leaving only a smoking crater. Interestingly Epic units are immune to being charged by the cannon.

While their ponderous speed has ensured that many of the small number of these units yet encountered have been destroyed, they are evidently capable of absorbing a tremendous amount of anti-aircraft fire, more than any aircraft ever manufactured by humans.

In addition to housing a weapon of massive destructive power, Motherships also appear to serve at least some command and control functions for the Scrin. Indeed, GDI InOps report that a Mothership was used during a Scrin retreat from Earth in the closing stages of the Third Tiberium War and defending the Relay Node.

Assessment
Good points were:


 * It can fly


 * It's weapon is feared by everyone and even MARVs and Redeemers cant withstand its power


 * Can turn a large base, Blue Zone and a large city into a Red Zone.


 * Not an Epic unit to build


 * Armored

Bad points:


 * Slow and even Mammoth 27s can outrun it


 * Expensive


 * Swarms of AA can take it down especially Firehawks


 * High Tier to build


 * Once this thing reaches a friendly Gravity Stabilizer, it is hard to repair it


 * Slingshots and Mantis are dangerous especially when upgraded

Behind the scenes
A Starcraft II mothership is similar to it

Its weapon is based off of ID4 City Destroyers.