Category:Support Powers

Support powers are specialized military strategies that are not under the full control of a commander. For instance, the Soviet Spy plane could be considered an early support power, as although the commander could call upon it to fill a specific role, he was able to neither build the plane or order the plane to do anything beyond giving it a target.

By the time of the Third Tiberium War, a vast number of support powers are available to military commanders on all sides of the conflict. These cost money to deploy and have a recharge time between when it is originally used, and when it can be reused. If a commander lacks the funds necessary or has not allowed the power to recharge, he cannot reuse it. Support powers serve a variety of purposes, from using it to reinforce troops (an example would be calling upon GDI Airborne), to causing damage to an enemy facility (as is the case with the Tiberium vapor bomb00.