Attack cycle
Unit
Affiliation	Nod CABAL Forgotten
Role	Anti-Armour Recon
Armament	Missile launchers
Protection	Light
Tier	2
Tech level	5
Properties
Armor type	Light
Production
Cost	$600
Produced by	Nod War Factory
Combat
Speed	12

The Attack cycle is a successor to the TWI Recon bike, used by Nod, CABAL and The Forgotten during the Second Tiberium War and the Firestorm Crisis.

BackgroundEdit

Like its predecessor, it incorporates a missile launcher, but can only fire missiles two at a time. It is extremely fast but has very little armour. Its turning rate is much faster than the previous Nod recon bike and thus its manoeuvrability is also much higher.

The pilot is a single Nod soldier, lying prone.

LegacyEdit

They were succeeded by modified Attack bike in the Third Tiberium War.

In-gameEdit

Useful as a scouting unit and as light weapons platform against armoured enemy targets. Unfortunately, their lack of any armour means that they are not effective in prolonged combat situations.

Due to the drastically uneven cost-benefit ratio of the Nod Tick tank, Attack Cycles often ended up forming the real backbone of the Nod motorpool in the Second Tiberium War. Tick-tanks cost just as much as GDI's Titan mechs, but have weaker armor and guns. Unfortunately, they aren't significantly faster than Titans either. A Nod commander, thus forced to rely on speed and maneuver to achieve victory, would often have to focus on massed Attack Cycle strikes, instead of trying to beat GDI at its own game with the Tick tank.

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v·d·e Brotherhood of Nod Second Tiberium War Arsenal

Units Infantry Light infantry • Rocket infantry • Elite cadre • Engineer • Toxin soldier • Mutant Hijacker • Cyborg • Cyborg Reaper • Cyborg commando Vehicles Subterranean APC • Attack buggy • Attack cycle • Tick tank • MCV • Harvester • Weed eater • Mobile sensor array • Mobile repair vehicle • Mobile stealth generator • Mobile artillery • Stealth tank • Devil's Tongue • Fist of Nod • Limpet drone • Hunter-Seeker droid Aircraft Banshee • Harpy   Structures Production Construction yard • Tiberium refinery • Hand of Nod • War factory • Fist of Nod • Helipad Support Power plant • Advanced power plant • Radar station • Tiberium silo • Tech center • Temple of Nod • Stealth generator • Tiberium waste facility • Missile silo • Nod Pyramid Defenses Gate • Pavement • Laser turret • Laser fence • Obelisk of Light • SAM site • EMP cannon   Other Misc. Montauk • Global tunnel system Weapons Chemical missile • Multi missile Items in italics are exclusive to Firestorm

v·d·e CABAL Second Tiberium War Arsenal

Units Cyborgs & Robots Cyborg • Cyborg reaper • Cyborg commando • Limpet drone • Hunter-Seeker droid • Core Defender Vehicles Subterranean APC • Attack buggy • Attack cycle • Tick tank • MCV • Harvester • Weed eater • Mobile sensor array • Mobile repair vehicle • Mobile stealth generator • Mobile artillery • Stealth tank • Devil's Tongue Aircraft Banshee • Harpy Structures Production Construction yard • Tiberium refinery • Hand of Nod • War factory • Fist of Nod • Helipad Support Power plant • Advanced power plant • Radar station • Tiberium silo • Tech center • Temple of Nod • Stealth generator • Tiberium waste facility • Missile silo • Nod Pyramid Defenses Pavement • Laser turret • Laser fence • Obelisk of Light • SAM site • EMP cannon • Firestorm generator • Firestorm wall section Special CABAL Core • Obelisk of Darkness • CABAL Obelisk • Firestorm generator Other Weapons Chemical missile • Multi missile • Cyborg production plant

v·d·e Forgotten Second Tiberium War Arsenal

Units Infantry Mutant Soldier • Mutant Sergeant • Mutant Hijacker • Mutant Sniper • Ghost Stalker • Tiberian Fiend Vehicles Attack buggy • Attack cycle • Wolverine Mk. I • Artillery • Harvester • Mammoth tank Aircraft Harpy   Structures Production Construction yard • Tiberium refinery • Barracks • War factory • Helipad Support Power plant • Advanced power plant Defenses Laser turret • Component tower (SAM) • Obelisk of Light • SAM site Items in italics are only used in Firestorm