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Planetary Assault Carrier

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Planetary Assault Carrier
Weaponry Fighters; ion storm generator
Armour Heavy
Type Heavy assault aircraft
Faction Scrin

Planetary Assault Carriers are among the most fearsome and powerful Scrin aircraft witnessed. Resembling giant, floating, legless stag beetles, each Carrier arrives above the battlefield armed with a contingent of smaller Scrin fighters, which immediately detach from it and swarm around their target, firing plasma weapons. When working together these fighters are able to deal significant damage, and if destroyed the Carrier is able to 'grow' a replacement.

However, Carriers are perhaps most dangerous when generating an ion storm, as they are apparently able to do at any time. While harming human forces, ion storms actually enhance the fighting capability of Scrin aircraft in particular. Carriers have also been witnessed possessing an energy shield, similar to that seen on the Annihilator Tripod and Devastator Warship, which greatly enhances their durability.

Known weaknesses of the Planetary Assault Carrier are its slow movement speed (particularly for an aircraft) and the fact that the Carrier itself actually possesses no defences once all its fighters are shot down. It must return only for repairs. Nevertheless these hovering behemoths are a frightening component of the Scrin arsenal capable of terrorizing even Mammoth Tanks.

These are considered analogous to our aircraft carriers in that they both transport vessels for combat aircraft, that they are the main ships of a fleet, and that they have very few defenses of their own. However they can fly, carry twice as many aircraft as the current aircraft carrier, can utilize shields, and can create ion storms which distinguishes them greatly from the aircraft carriers of GDI.

Scrin Third Tiberium War Arsenal
Infantry Buzzers · Disintegrators · Assimilator · Cultist · Shock Trooper · Ravager · Mastermind
Vehicles Gun Walker · Seeker · Devourer Tank · Mechapede · Corrupter · Explorer · Harvester · Annihilator Tripod · Eradicator Hexapod
Aircraft Stormrider · Devastator Warship · Planetary Assault Carrier · Mothership · Drone Ship

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