Athena cannon

"Athena Cannon how may I assist you?"

- Athena Cannon

Named after Athena, the Greek Goddess of Wisdom, the Athena Cannon replaces traditional artillery in the Allied arsenal. Instead of a traditional large-caliber gun, the Athena Cannon is equipped with a satellite communication array/laser designator. The laser designator pinpoints the target and the communications array activates an orbiting solar cannon, which then decimates or damages the target. The Solar cannon does splash damage on infantry. It is weakly armored, however, it can also have the solar cannon fire on itself, and use its energy to erect a shield which makes it invincible for a short period of time. It is not certain, but this shield may be able to protect other units in a small radius. Enemy units however, can go into the shield and eliminate anything inside.

History
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General Usage/Deployment history
"Our Athena Cannon Long Range Bombardment vehicles have arrived and You can now construct more if you need to."

- Allied Advisor

First use of the Athena Cannon was granted to the Allied Commander after his base was decimated by the Imperial Psionic Decimator in Tokyo, during the attempt to take the Empire out of the war for good. Two were chronoed in after the Allied commander successfully executed a flanking maneuver by chronoing his MCV and setting up a base to the rear of the Imperial forces. The Athena Cannon was used in all subsequent missions thereafter.

Notes from the Field
The Athena Cannon is a versatile artillery peice that calls down fire from the skies, but is hampered by walls, as they cannot target through them. They have the Ageis Shield which protects friendly units for up to 2,000 damage. That is about as much as a direct superweapon strike!!

Behind the Scenes
The Athena Cannon's Spectrum Beam appears similar to the original Ion Cannon from Command and Conquer: Tiberium Dawn and from the Particle Cannon from Command & Conquer: Generals, for they both have the "giant laser from orbit" visual effect. The vehicle itself may be designed after the Swedish BV-206.