Cyborg
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| Cyborg | |
|---|---|
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| Weaponry | High Powered Pulse Rifle |
| Armour | Heavy |
| Type | Heavy Cyborg Infantry |
| Faction | Nod, CABAL |
| Value |
650 $ |
A Cyborg was the result of Project ReGenesis cybernetics research, essentially a human encased in heavy assault armour with cybernetic prosthetic limbs and head implants.
The Cyborg stood approximately 8 feet tall, towering over a regular Light Infantry or Disk Thrower unit. It was armed with a small pulse chaingun with a very rapid rate of fire as well as a grenade launcher in its right arm. This hail of bullets was very effective against infantry and light vehicles, but not very effective against heavier vehicles such as Titans, against which it used the launcher. Furthermore, the heavy armor mounted on Cyborgs gave it considerable protection against most enemy machine gun fire, allowing a Cyborg to mercilessly mow down waves of enemy light infantry. However, the heavy armor and weapon systems meant that the cyborg was limited to a very slow rate of speed.
Nod commanders used cyborgs as a heavy infantry unit, intended to assist in assaults by delivering firepower and soaking up enemy damage. Its great effectiveness against enemy infantry meant that it could be employed as an anti-infantry unit to screen heavier tanks from GDI Disk Thrower units. Some Nod commanders also used them as patrol units, particularly in defense of important installations such as prisons for mutant soldiers. Furthermore, the fact that they healed in Tiberium made them excellent guards for harvesters.
The heavy armor and size of the cyborg rendered it vulnerable to anti tank weapons, such as the 120mm cannon of the Titans. In addition, Cyborgs were very vulnerable to electromagnetic pulse weapons like EMP Cannons and Mobile EMPs. When hit by an EMP blast, cyborgs' cybernetic systems would stop functioning, rendering the Cyborg inert and unable to function properly. This naturally meant that GDI was free to attack it as much as was possible. Cyborgs were also very vulnerable to Orca Bombers, whose heavy bombs and effectiveness against both infantry and lightly armored vehicles meant that they could do heavy damage to cyborgs. There were also basic design flaws within the early cybernetic technology.
If the cyborg had taken enough damage, its legs would blow off, spewing out Tiberium shards and reducing the cyborg to a torso, head, and gun arm. This assembly was even slower to move around than the cyborg was normally. However, both the damaged and regular forms could regenerate their health in Tiberium fields, which helped to increase its combat usefulness. However it could not replace cybernetic limbs.
[edit] During the Firestorm Crisis
During his revolt, CABAL was forced to rely upon cyborgs as his main unit. Cyborgs were used as attack units against enemy bases, raiders, ambushers, and even as main-line units. It should be noted that the cyborg's lack of effective offensive against buildings and heavy vehicles prohibited CABAL from making effective use of certain tactics. To compensate, the rogue AI used large numbers of cyborgs.
CABAL took total control of all Cyborg units. Nod had to replace these units by using an Elite Cadre of Black Hand forces. After the conflict, regular Nod forces ceased using cyborg units and many where either destroyed or decommissioned. The events with CABAL led the Brotherhood to shy away from cybernetics, or at least temporarily. By the Third Tiberium War, Black Hand shock troops served the role as heavy infantry.
The Marked of Kane had developed the Awakened and Enlightened to succeed the Cyborg, but was not activated until long after the conflict. Following the revelation of the Marked, some speculated that the Awakened were retrofitted Cyborgs. However, evidence suggested that the Marked where part of a separate, extremely covert project. Also these new cyborgs are not as armored as its predecessors nor immune to Tiberium.
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| Soviet | Volkov · Chitzkoi | |
| Nod | Initiate · Acolyte · Templar (results of Project ReGenesis) Cyborg · Cyborg Commando · Awakened · Enlightened | |
| CABAL | Core Defender · Cyborg Reaper |
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