AW-12 Mastodon
From Command and Conquer Wiki
| Mastodon | |
|---|---|
![Each Mastodon is named after a great conqueror in history.[1] This is "Alexander the Great".](/wiki/File:Mastodon_CC4_DevRend1.jpg) Each Mastodon is named after a great conqueror in history.[1] This is "Alexander the Great". | |
| Unit | |
| Affiliation | |
| Role |
All Terrain Base Assault |
| Armament |
|
| Tier |
3[2] |
| Production | |
| Cost |
9 CP[2] |
| Produced by | |
| Combat | |
| Speed |
Slow |
| Function | |
| Upgrades | |
| Abilities |
|
| “ | 'bout damn time! - Havoc's alleged response to production of the Mastodon at the reopened San Pedro war factory in 2069, [1] | ” |
The AW-12 Mastodon was a large GDI Offense quadrupedal walker introduced in 2069 which saw service during the Fourth Tiberium War. The Mastodon was an evolution of the Mammoth Mk. II walker and designed as a base assault platform.[1]
Contents |
[edit] Description
The Mastodon eschewed its predecessor's large experimental railguns for a less powerful, but also less expensive, chin-mounted "Tusk" Artillery Battery. The battery could fire four shells in rapid succession to destroy targets in the line of fire, achieving a similar effect to the railguns. The reduced cost also allowed multiple Mastodons to be deployed simultaneously in a given area. Groups of Mastodons were referred to as "herds".[1]
Secondary armament were a pair of anti-surface/anti-air missile launchers and the "Depth Charge" Emergency Ejection System. The "Depth Charge" system dropped explosive charges from the walker's flanks to repel close quarter assaults. This compensatef for the artillery battery's forward-only firing arc. The Mastodon's legs were armored against charges' flechette shrapnel. The "Depth Charge" system was a later development and were still being retrofitted to older production units at the time of the Fourth Tiberium War.[1]
The Mastodon Backup System was a Nod-derived nanotech repair module. The module activated after the walker suffered catastrophic system failure and slowly repaired the vehicle; the module could bring a Mastodon back online if an engineer was unavailable.[1]
[edit] History
Although the Mammoth Mk. II walker was decommissioned after the Second Tiberium War, support for the concept survived and was reinforced by the Third Tiberium War. Despite considerations of future Scrin invasion funding was not available to revive the walker. The debate reignited with increased military funding once construction of the Tiberium Control Network was well under way. The GDI Council of Directors ended the heated argument between the generals; it authorized the production of both a new Mammoth tank and a next-generation Mammoth walker to cover anti-Scrin contingencies.[1]
A redesign of the Mammoth Mk. II resulted in the Mastodon. Improved technology made the Mastodon significantly less expensive to deploy than the Mammoth Mk. II. Some of the these improvements were based on innovations Kane derived from the Tacitus. The first Mastodon emerged from the renovated San Pedro war factory in 2069, the same factory where the last Mammoth Mk. II had emerged 30 years earlier.[1]
[edit] Game Unit
[edit] References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Nov. 2, 2009. Mastodon. Electronic Arts. Nov. 2, 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 [1]
 Global Defense Initiative Command & Conquer 4 Arsenal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Mechanized walkers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
