Ion Cannon Control Center
Ion Cannon Control Center in-game
Unit
Affiliation	GDI, Steel Talons, ZOCOM
Role	Superweapon
Armament	Ion cannon
Protection	Heavy
Tier	3
Properties
Hit points	2000
Production
Cost	$5000
Build time	0:50
Requires	Tech Center
Combat
Ground attack	Lethal (everything)
Attack range	Indefinite
Function
Power	20
Notes
Only one may be built at a time

The third-dgeneration Ion Cannon Control Center is a bunkerlike structure that was developed by GDI just before and used during the Third Tiberium War.

HistoryEdit

The Ion Cannon is a weapon of unprecedented destructive power and far outclasses Nod's nuclear missiles. The first versions were crude and relatively weak, no more than laser scalpels compared to those used in later conflicts. Two dozen exist aboard platforms in medium Earth orbit and are controlled by a sophisticated communication matrix that can fire them in unison at a single location for maximum effect, or target seperate locations for tactical strikes.

ConceptionEdit

First developed in the years preceding the First Tiberium War and then used during the conflict, the astronomical power of the Ion Cannon has since become GDI's greatest offensive asset. It fires several beams of concentrated energy that measure only centimeters across but can melt the densest metal, vaporize organic tissue and shatter Tiberium crystals. After that, they spiral in toward the target point and merge into a larger, more powerful beam at the center of the target area before the colliding ions trigger a controlled but extremely violent exothermic reaction with fifty times the power of the bombs that obliterated Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

DeploymentEdit

LegacyEdit

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Gallery Edit

Early concept art

The Ion Cannon Control Center extends itself when the Ion Cannon is charged and ready to fire

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