Initiate (Yuri's Revenge)

Initiates were the basic infantry of Yuri (Faction).

Background
Yuri's initiates were powerful units that used the power of pyrokinesis with the assistance as of yet classified technology, to start fires. These fires were highly effective against infantry and reasonably effective against structures, but relatively ineffective against vehicles.

However, this all changed if Yuri's initiates were garrisoned inside a structure: At that time, the firepower of even a few initiates was increased dramatically, to the point where 4 or so garrisoned initiates could destroy a Apocalypse tank in mere seconds.

Tactics
They were by far the most powerful of all the basic infantry, being roughly equal to the deployed GI and costing the same. An Elite Initiate could make short work of almost any infantry unit and many tanks and a group of ten can defeat nearly anything on the ground. However, their abysmally short range limited them, as any unit with decent anti-infantry weapons and superior range would often kill an initiate before the latter could reach the former.

Weaknesses
However, being infantry, Yuri's initiates were vulnerable to Desolators, Navy SEALs, Prism Towers and Prism Tanks, Boris and Tanya Adams, Attack dogs, Tesla Coils and Tesla Tanks, as well as all manner of flying units.

Additional Info
These initiates also seems to crew the various vehicles used by Yuri and his commanders, save a few which were "coerced" into service. One Initiate was seen conversing with Yuri moments before he unleashed the Psychic Dominator Disaster.

These psychic soldiers were erased from the timeline of World War III as a result of Cherdenko's time-travel.