Cyborg
Unit
Affiliation	Nod CABAL
Role	Heavy cyborg infantry
Armament	Vulcan3
Properties
Hit points	300
Armor type	Light
Production
Cost	$650
Produced by	Hand of Nod
Combat
Ground attack	10 (x3) (SA)
Cooldown	30
Speed	4
Attack range	4
Sight range	5
Function
Abilities	Heals in Tiberium Uncrushable

The Cyborg is a heavy infantry unit in used by the Brotherhood of Nod and CABAL during the Second Tiberium War and the Firestorm Crisis.

Background

The Cyborg stands approximately 8 feet tall, towering over regular Light infantry or Disk throwers. It is armed with a small pulse gatling gun with a very rapid rate of fire as well as a grenade launcher built into its right arm (although the latter is not used ingame). The heavy armour mounted on the cyborg gives it considerable protection against small arms fire, allowing it to mercilessly mow down waves of enemy light infantry. Cyborgs that show themselves to be formidable in the field are promoted to the cyborg commando ranks, where they are outfitted with even more powerful and fearsome weaponry (albeit with the same sluggish aiming system). Every cyborg design utillized backup control device that will keep cyborg to be obedient to its master. This was set as a countermeasure against any semblance of rejection, desire for humanity, or in cases of "uncontent" candidates. Nod allocated the cyborg control system, which turned out to be a wrong decision, as CABAL went rogue at the beginning of the Firestorm Crisis, shortly after Anton Slavik had reactivated it.

History

Second Tiberium War

Cyborgs are the result of Project ReGenesis cybernetics research, essentially a human infused with Tiberium and encased in heavy assault armour with cybernetic prosthetic limbs and head implants.

Firestorm Crisis

During his revolt, CABAL stole all batallions of cyborgs from the Brotherhood, but had to rely on them as his main unit. Cyborgs were used as primary attack units against enemy bases, raiders, ambushers, and even as main-line units. It should be noted that the cyborg's lack of effective offense against buildings and heavy vehicles prevented CABAL from making effective use of certain tactics. To compensate, the rogue AI massed them in large numbers.

Nod was forced to replace these units by using an Elite Cadre of the Black Hand forces.

Legacy

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. By the Third Tiberium War, Black Hand troopers replaced the Cyborg's role as heavy infantry. However, the Marked of Kane were formed after the war, introducing more advanced cyborgs - the Awakened, the Enlightened and the Tiberium troopers.

Trivia

• The Cyborgs' SHP file contains two unused death animations that show them exploding in a pool of blood, much like the rest of Tiberian Sun infantry, which would imply that they were not completely cybernetic by nature. In contrast to this, the Cyborg commandos just stand in an electro-magnetic pulse.

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See Also

• Robotics

v·d·e Cybernetics
Soviet Red Alert 1 Volkov • Chitzkoi Nod Renegade (Project ReGenesis) Initiate • Acolyte • Templar • Raveshaw • Petrova Tiberian Sun Cyborg • Cyborg commando • Cyborg Reaper Tiberium Wars Awakened • Enlightened Tiberian Twilight Reaper • Enlightened • Ascended • Devout • Black Hand • High Confessor • Centurion • Cyborg Commando • Hijacker • Engineer

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