Hover Multiple Launch Rocket System
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Recon Artillery |
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Two Missile Pods |
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Light |
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700 |
The Hover Multiple Launch Rocket System, also known as the Hover MRLS, was a fast attack vehicle used by the Global Defense Initiative during the time of the Second Tiberium War.
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[edit] History
These mobile rocket launcher systems were developed after the First Tiberium War and were designed to replace the aging M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System which had served with distinction during the earlier conflicts against the Brotherhood of Nod. GDI commanders took a hard look at the M270 MLRS unit that had been so prevalent in the past. Yes, it was powerful against infantry and aircraft, but it did have a number of weaknesses. It was slow, poorly armored, and required advanced technology to produce. GDI engineers decided to produce a different MLRS that would rectify some of these weaknesses. As GDI already had massive anti-infantry power in the form of the Mammoth Mk. II, and more particularly so with the extremely powerful Orca Bomber, this was felt to be an extraneous requirement. What developed out of these modifications was the Hover MLRS.
The first major deployment of these vehicles was during GDI's mission to retake the captured Hammerfest base where the Hover MRLS's ability to travel the waterways allowed them to avoid Nod land patrols. This played a pivotal role in the successful recapture of the base. From that moment on, the Hover MLRS gained wide acceptance within GDI ranks, and were subsequently deployed in a number of engagements, including the GDI attack on CABAL's main cyborg production facility.
After the Firestorm Crisis, the Hover MRLS production was discontinued due to the aforementioned weaknesses and its grossly expensive production costs it has been withdrawn from active duty. Its mission role had since been taken over by the CC-6 Pitbull recon vehicle which served in a capacity as anti-aicraft support. Despite this being the case, the Hover MRLS lacked any true successor to the design though the benefit within the Pitbull was the recon vehicles capacity to work properly in an ion storm thus making it a cheaper alternative as well as possessing more powerful rockets but lacked any amphibious capabilities.
Many of the elements of the technology behind the Hover MRLS such as its hover technology were later incorporated in the design of the Slingshot and Shatterer vehicles. In the aftermath of the Scrin invasion, GDI began work on creating a true successor to the Hover MRLS which became known as the AHV-8 Sandstorm which saw service by the time of the Fourth Tiberium War.
[edit] Description
The Hover MLRS had heavier armor than the previous version, although not as much as either the Titan or the Tick Tank. Its main advantage, instead, was from GDI's use of a hover unit to propel the MLRS. No longer would the vehicle be forced to remain on land; this unit could also maneuver in calm bodies of water, crossing rivers or even entire oceans if necessary. Furthermore, it meant that the Hover MLRS unit was also quite fast, making it an able scout. However, there were also disadvantages with this approach. For one, the advanced Hover drive failed when exposed to the massive charged particle bursts of an ion storm, rendering the unit little more than a missile turret. Second, the Hover MLRS' missiles could not be as powerful against most units - unlike the previous incarnation, the Hover MLRS had little capacity against infantry and only a moderate capacity against vehicles and aircraft. It should be noted, however, that Hover MLRS units were GDI's only mobile defense against most Nod aircraft attacks.
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