Charged particle beams

Charged Particle Beams
A confessor cabal with a Black Disciple and charged particle beam weapons
Upgrade
Faction	Black Hand
Affects	Confessor cabal Awakened Shredder turret
Research
Purchased at	Tech lab
Cost	$1000
Time	0:30
Hot key	Ctrl+S

Charged Particle Beams was an upgrade exclusively available for the Black Hand sub-faction of Nod in Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath.

Background

As his voice on the battlefield, Marcion sought to bring the Prophecy of Tiberium even to the lowest of his soldiers. Confessor cabals can be augmented with the Prophet’s Crystal to fire a beam of ionic Tiberium, a highly-reactive charged species that can rip through enemy flesh and light armor.

Game effect

If both a Black Hand Tech Lab and Marked of Kane Awakened infantry are available, the Awakened will be affected by the upgrade and gain the particle beam to replace their machine gun attack. This beam is surprisingly powerful when used by the Awakened, even against vehicles and structures, as the machine gun becomes a particle beam launcher similar to that of unupgraded Enlightened. The easiest way to do this is to play the Tacitus Regained mission, build the Black Hand tech tree after the player gets a Black Hand MCV, and research the upgrade. The player will already have access to Awakened since he starts out with the Marked of Kane. This anomaly was removed in the unofficial 1.02+ patch.

Changelog

• Kane's Wrath patch 1.01:
  • cost/research time decreased by 66%/50%
  • damage bonus to Shredder Turrets decreased 60%

See also

• Supercharged particle beams