Mobile sensor array

Mobile Sensor Array
Mobile (circle) and deployed (center) Sensor Arrays
Unit
Affiliation	GDI Nod CABAL
Role	Support unit
Protection	Light
Tier	2
Tech level	6
Properties
Hit points	600
Armour type	Wood
Production
Cost	$950
Produced by	War factory
Requires	Radar station
Combat
Speed	6
Sight range	10 (vision) 25 (detection)
Function
Abilities	Detects stealth Invisible on radar

Mobile Sensor Arrays are support units used by GDI, Nod and CABAL during the Second Tiberium War and the Firestorm Crisis.

Overview

Their primary purpose is detecting cloaked and subterranean units and buildings, as well as approaching enemy units. In order to be used, the MSA has to be deployed. This is necessary because the highly sensitive microphones and scanner arrays are otherwise distracted by the vehicles' own vibration and motor noise.

Since Nod had monopoly on the two aforementioned technologies, they were only of practical value during the GDI campaign, albeit still available to Slavik's unnamed commander. However, when CABAL went rogue during the Firestorm Crisis, Nod used them extensively against stealthed and subterreanean units.

Legacy

Following the Firestorm Crisis, these units were decommissioned and stealth detection was incorporated into defensive structures and fast scout units such as the CC-6 Pitbull and the Attack Bike.

Assessment

Pros

Detects stealthed and subterranean units
Detects approaching enemy units
Wide detection range

Cons

Lightly armoured
Unarmed
Not immune to Tiberium veins

Gallery

Videos

C&C Tiberian Sun - Mobile Sensor Array Deployed

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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 (TS campaign only)	Riot Soldier (FS campaign only)

Vehicles


Harvester	Wolverine	Titan	Amphibious Armored Personnel Carrier	Hover Multiple Launch Rocket System

Mobile Sensor Array	Juggernaut (Firestorm only)	Limpet Drone (Firestorm only)	Mobile EMP (Firestorm only)	Mobile Construction Vehicle

Mobile War Factory (Firestorm only)	Disruptor	Mammoth Mk. II	Hunter-Seeker Droid	Mammoth Tank (campaign only)

Aircraft


Orca Fighter	Orca Bomber	Orca Carryall	Orca Transport (campaign only)	Orca Dropship (campaign only)	Kodiak (campaign only)

Structures

Production
& tech


Construction Yard	Power Plant	Tiberium Refinery	Barracks	War Factory

Helipad	Radar Station	Service Depot	Tech Center	Upgrade Center

(cutscenes only) Orca Command

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	Surface-to-Air Missile Battery	Rocket Propelled Grenade	Ion Cannon Uplink

Seeker Control	Drop Pod Control Plug (Firestorm only)

Cut content


Dropship Bay

Other

Support powers


Ion Cannon Strike	Hunter-Seeker Release	Drop Pod Release (Firestorm only)	Firestorm Defense

Items in italics are exclusive to Firestorm

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Brotherhood of Nod Second Tiberium War Arsenal

Units

Infantry


Light Infantry	Rocket Infantry	Engineer	Cyborg	Mutant Hijacker

Cyborg Commando	Elite Cadre (campaign only)	Chameleon Spy (campaign only)	Toxin Soldier (FS campaign only)

Vehicles


Harvester	Attack Buggy	Attack Cycle	Subterranean Armoured Personal Carrier	Tick Tank

Mobile Repair Vehicle	Mobile Sensor Array	Mobile Artillery	Limpet Drone (Firestorm only)	Mobile Construction Vehicle

Fist of Nod (Firestorm only)	Devil's Tongue Subterranean Flame Tank	Stealth Tank	Cyborg Reaper (Firestorm only)	Weed Eater

Mobile Stealth Generator (Firestorm only)	Hunter-Seeker Droid	Montauk (campaign only)	ICBM Launcher (campaign only)