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A third generation ion cannon
The Ion Cannon Control is a bunker like structure developed just before the
Third Tiberium War. It coordinates attacks from the orbital
ion cannons built by
GDI. The older
ion cannon uplink platforms installed into
upgrade centers were made obsolete by the evolution of technology and communication jammers, which made the relatively unsophisticated platforms useless. The structure requires a
tech center to be constructed on the battlefield beforehand.
A standard
GDI control bunker.
For durability the building is a bunker able to withstand attacks from Brotherhood of Nod and Scrin mass destruction weapons, including a single blast from Nod's nuclear weapons and any Rift Generator attacks. Once the ion cannon is ready for attack the bunker would open up so that it could fire a communication beam to instruct the satellite where to fire.
Once the building is established, the commander need only wait for the ion cannon to arrive in geosynchronous orbit. While this time may vary, GDI's now well-established network of orbital superweapons ensures that a wait of over seven minutes is rare. When the ion cannon is ready, the Control Center will extend a conspicuous antenna and radar array for full control.
