Component tower

Component Tower
Structure
Internal name	GACTWR
Affiliation	GDI; Forgotten
Role	Base defense
Tier	1
Tech level	2
Properties
Hit points	500
Armor type	Light
Production
Cost	$200
Produced by	GDI construction yard
Requires	Barracks
Combat
Sight range	4
Function
Add-ons	Vulcan cannon upgrade; Surface-to-air missile battery upgrade; Rocket propelled grenade upgrade;
Power	-10
Allows	Vulcan cannon upgrade; Surface-to-air missile battery upgrade; Rocket propelled grenade upgrade;
Abilities	Sensors

The component tower is a GDI modular base defense structure in Tiberian Sun and Firestorm. The component tower itself is just a plug into which a defensive weapon can be installed.

In-game structure

The three options for upgrading a component tower are:

Vulcan cannon: dual 50mm mini-guns primarily used against infantry and less effectively against vehicles
RPG launcher: fires explosive projectiles effective against most vehicles and infantry, the explosive charge deal splash damage to any other units caught around its target
SAM battery: fires anti-aircraft missiles at hostile aircraft

Component towers themselves can be deployed as part of a wall. Any upgrade placed upon a damaged component tower also fully repairs the tower (possibly due to coding limitations). In addition, selling a component tower that is connected to a wall damages all wall sections adjacent to the sold structure.

Component towers were decommissioned following the Firestorm Crisis in favour of combat-ready structures like in the First Tiberium War.

Gallery

Render
Attacking stealth tanks in a cutscene
Buildup animation
In a snow theater

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Global Defense Initiative Second Tiberium War Arsenal

Units
Infantry	Light infantry Disc thrower Engineer Field medic Jump jet infantry Ghost Stalker Umagon (campaign only) Mutant hijacker (campaign only) Riot soldier (campaign only)
Vehicles	Harvester Wolverine Titan Amphibious APC Hover MLRS Mobile sensor array Juggernaut Limpet drone Mobile EMP Mobile Construction Vehicle Mobile war factory Disruptor Mammoth Mk. II Hunter-Seeker droid Mammoth tank (campaign only)
Aircraft	Orca Fighter Orca bomber Orca Carryall Orca Transport (campaign only) Dropship (campaign only) Kodiak (campaign only)
Cut content	X-O Powersuit

Structures
Production & tech	Construction yard Power plant Tiberium refinery Barracks War factory Helipad Radar Service depot Tech center Upgrade center
Defenses & support	Pavement Concrete wall Gate Tiberium silo Component tower Electromagnetic pulse cannon Firestorm wall section Firestorm generator Searchlight tower (campaign only)
Upgrades	Power turbine Vulcan cannon Rocket propelled grenade launcher Surface-to-air missile battery Seeker control Ion cannon uplink Drop pod control
Cut content	Dropship bay

Other
Support powers	Electromagnetic pulse Hunter-Seeker release Ion cannon strike Drop pod release Firestorm defense

Items in italics are exclusive to Firestorm

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Forgotten Second Tiberium War Arsenal

Units
Infantry	Mutant Mutant soldier Mutant sergeant Rocket infantry Mutant sniper Umagon Mutant hijacker Ghost Stalker Tiberian fiend
Vehicles	Harvester Attack buggy Attack cycle Wolverine Artillery Flame tank Mammoth tank Ghost Stalker Armoured automobile Armoured truck Armoured bus Recreational vehicle
Aircraft	Harpy

Structures
Production & tech	Construction yard Power plant Tiberium refinery Barracks War factory Advanced power plant Helipad
Defenses & support	Tiberium silo Component tower Laser turret Surface-to-air missile site Obelisk of Light Mutant gun turret
Upgrades	Surface-to-air missile battery