This article is about the Kane's Wrath burrowing vehicle. For the Tiberium Twilight vehicle, see Reckoner (Tiberian Twilight). For the vehicle that was supposed to be in Tiberium, see Reckoner (Tiberium).

Reckoner
Unit
Affiliation	Nod Black Hand Marked of Kane
Role	APC/bunker
Properties
Armor type	Heavy
Production
Cost	$900
Build time	0:09
Produced by	Nod War factory
Requires	Operations center
Function
Upgrades	Dozer blades
Abilities	Deploys into a bunker.
Notes
Garrisoned infantry cannot fire out of the Reckoner until it deploys. While moving, the Reckoner can house two squads, while deployed, it can house three. The Reckoner can be promoted.

The Reckoner is an armoured personnel carrier of the Brotherhood appearing in Kane's Wrath.

BackgroundEdit

An useful element of the Nod armed forces, the Reckoner is a troop transport unit, much like the GDI Guardian APC. However, unlike its counterpart, it is half-tracked, more heavily armored, has a larger transport capacity and is capable of permanently deploying into a frontline battle bunker. When the Reckoner receives too much damage, the unit will automatically deploy, transforming into a bunker.

However, it cannot be repacked once the Reckoner is deployed, so the decision to deploy must be considered beforehand. Prior to deployment, the two infantry squads within cannot fire their weapons, and the Reckoner is unarmed, quite useless for direct assault (with the exception of optional Dozer Blades). Once deployed, however, the Reckoner unpacks into a bunker, gaining enough space for a third squad to occupy it, and all three squads inside the Reckoner can fire out of its hull.

The Reckoner was upgraded to an improved version in the Ascension Conflict.

Game unitEdit

It can not be ungarrisoned, meaning that all troops inside the Reckoner will be absolutely safe from being expelled instantly by Buzzers, Grenadier Squads, Black Hand troopers, Corrupters, Flame tanks or even Purifiers. When a deployed Reckoner is destroyed, all of its garrisoned infantry are also killed (similar to the GDI Guardian APC and unlike Garrisonable Structures). The deployed Reckoner can take around 3-5 hits from a Storm Column, which makes it one of the best Nod units to attack it, depending on the garrisoned infantry. As a mixed blessing, the deployed Reckoner is not considered a structure, meaning it cannot be repaired like other defenses, but if deployed near a War Factory, it will be automatically repaired. When three are positioned near a War Factory with two rocket infnatry and a single regular infantry in each one, they make an extremely effective defense against all but artillery. Even epic units can take heavy damage if the infantry are of heroic veterancy.

With the Dozer blade upgrade, the Reckoner will be able to clear mines and crush heavy infantry, such as zone troopers. It also gains veterancy quite quickly when forced to run over infantry, capable of getting heroic after running over only a few squads, thus enabling a Reckoner to be placed far from a war factory, or if used by regular Nod or Marked of Kane, can be stealthed and placed in a position where it impedes enemy movement.

Note that it is too heavy to be carried by the Carryall, unlike the lighter GDI APC.

The Reckoner is the best choice for transporting Nod Soldiers (especially saboteurs) across the battlefield instead of Call for Transport, because of the Reckoner's speed and armor make it can survive longer than the slow and vulnerable Nod Carryall. However, it cannot traverse over difficult terrain such as cliffs and chasms.

Note that the Reckoner can be crushed by heavy walkers or tanks, as well as Epic Units.

QuotesEdit

• End of the line!
• Last stop!
• Final destination.
• They will have to reckon with me!
• Protecting Kane's servants.
• Getting into position.

GalleryEdit

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TriviaEdit

The Reckoner is strikingly similiar in functionality to the Battle Bus from Zero Hour, with the exception that the Battle Bus cannot deploy into a bunker at will.

References Edit

v·d·e Brotherhood of Nod Third Tiberium War Arsenal

Units Infantry Militants (Nod) • Confessor Cabal (BH) • Awakened (MoK) • Militant rocket squad • Fanatics • Enlightened (MoK) • Shadow Team (Nod/MoK) • Saboteur • Tiberium trooper (MoK) • Black Hand trooper (BH/Nod) • Commando Vehicles Attack bike • Raider buggy • Reckoner • Scorpion tank • MCV • Emissary • Harvester • Flame tank (Nod/BH) • Specter artillery • Beam cannon • Stealth tank (Nod/MoK) • Mantis (BH) • Purifier Warmech (BH) • Avatar Warmech (Nod/MoK) • Redeemer Aircraft* Venom patrol craft • Vertigo bomber • Carryall • Armageddon Bomber Vessels Battleship • Hovercraft   Structures Buildings Construction yard • Power plant • Tiberium refinery • Hand of Nod • War factory • Operations center • Air tower (Nod/MoK) • Secret Shrine • Tech lab • Tiberium chemical plant • Crane • Redeemer engineering facility Support structures Tiberium silo • Shredder turret • Laser turret • SAM turret • Obelisk of Light • Disruption tower • Temple of Nod •Voice of Kane • Air support tower   Support Powers & Upgrades Support Powers Radar jamming missile • Decoy army • Cloaking field (Nod/MoK) • Shadow strike team (Nod/MoK) • Mine drop (Nod) • Tiberium vapor bomb • Seed Tiberium • Catalyst missile • Master computer countermeasures • Nuclear missile strike • Laser fencing • Redemption (Nod) • Tiberium vein detonation • Power signature scan (BH) • Decoy Temple of Nod (BH) • Magnetic mine drop (MoK) Upgrades Tiberium infusion (Nod/MoK) • Confessor upgrade (Nod) • EMP coils • Dozer blades • Laser capacitors (Nod) • Signature generators (Nod/MoK) • Liquid Tiberium core • Quad turrets • Disruption pods (Nod/MoK) • Tiberium core missiles • Black Disciple (BH) • Purifying flame (BH) • Charged particle beams (BH) • Cybernetic legs (MoK) • Supercharged particle beams (MoK) Items marked in italics are exclusive to Kane's Wrath *The Black Hand does not use aircraft. The listed entries are exclusive to Nod and the Marked of Kane.