Widow
Unit
Affiliation	Nod, Offense Class
Armament	Heavy Laser
Tier	3
Properties
Armor type	Heavy
Production
Cost	12 CP
Build time	0:20
Requires	Rank 16
Function
Upgrades	Arachnophobia Backup systems Blue Tiberium core: +2 Spider tank capacity
Abilities	Garrison Spider tanks (×4) (×6 when upgraded) Burrow
Notes
Leaves a husk when destroyed

The Widow is a Nod Offense Class heavy vehicle in Tiberian Twilight.

OverviewEdit

Available at Tier 3, the Widow is armed with a heavy laser that can cut through heavy units with ease. It is the Offense Class's hard counter to the Mastodon. It is very heavily armoured and can burrow using a drill mounted behind its laser turret. It is approximately the same size as the Mammoth tank.

Each Widow may be garrisoned by up to 4 Spider Tanks. Each Spider Tank increases the Widow's firepower, rate of fire and armour significantly. When upgraded with a blue Tiberium core, the Widow can increase its capacity to up to 6 Spider Tanks, in addition a further improved weapon and armour. Spider Tanks upgraded with blue Tiberium cores give a greater bonus when garrisoned inside than normal Spiders. When the Widow is destroyed, all the Spider Tanks it is carrying are released to continue the fight.

The Widow leaves a husk behind when destroyed, which can be reactivated by an Engineer, or will reactivate itself if upgraded with Backup Systems. If destroyed while burrowed, however, it does not leave behind a husk.

As its name suggests, the Widow is piloted by a female.

Because the Widow is big and heavy the Widow is slow movement event when burrowing.

Its closest GDI equivalent is the Refractor, which also has heavy armor and is armed with a laser, but doesn't leave a husk when destroyed.

HistoryEdit

The massive Widow was created before the 2062 alliance as a top secret weapons project researched in Alaska. Kane himself was on site overseeing the Widow. The first prototype was destroyed by GDI forces under Colonel Louise James, but the second one in Africa was safely recovered by Nod.^[1]It would later become part of the Brotherhood's Offense Class arsenal by 2077.

In-Game UnitEdit

In the game, the Widow is an excellent front-line combat unit. Fully upgraded and garrisoned, the Widow can make short work of enemy heavy units and if it is destroyed the Spider Tanks could continue the battle until reinforcements could be brought in, as well as protecting its husk.

An achievement can be earned if the players upgrade 5 widows.

QuotesEdit

GalleryEdit

Widow and the Spiders

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References Edit

1. ↑ Command & Conquer: Tiberian Twilight Mobile:. Los Angeles, California: EALA, 2010.

v·d·e Brotherhood of Nod Ascension Conflict Arsenal

Offense Infantry Units Engineer • Cybernetic Commando Ground Units Nod Offense Crawler • Avenger • Attack bike • Raider • Scorpion Tank • Spider tank • Mantis • Flame Tank • Stealth Tank • Avatar • Widow • Specter Upgrades Trail of Flame • Infiltration module • Stealth field • Stealth generator • Backup systems • Arachnophobia • Mobile stealth generator • Tiberium catalyst   Defense Infantry Units Engineer • Reaper • Enlightened • Ascended • Devout • Black Hand • High Confessor Ground Units Nod Defense Crawler • Slave • Centurion • Reckoner • Aftershock • Underminer Structures Bunker • Viper turret • Rocket pod • Burrow tunnel • Obelisk of Light • Flame column • Disruption tower • Incinerator • Temple of Nod Upgrades Medical training • Dark Armaments • Drilltip • Enhanced repairs • Defensive matrix • Improved concealment • Enhanced shields • Mobility matrix   Support Infantry Units Engineer • Hijacker Ground Units Marauder • Tyrant Air Units Nod Support Crawler • Scalpel • Venom • Cobra • Vertigo • Salamander • Basilisk • Medusa • Leviathan Support Powers Eyes of the People • Burrow mines • Demoralize • EMP countermeasures • Obelisk of Life • Cloaking field • Firestorm ignition • Decoy army • Hack radar • Subterranean strike • Hand of Legion • Vein detonation • Risen Monolith • Mark of Kane • Tiberium infusion Upgrades Cloaking module • Infusion engine • Data worm • Mobile stealth generator • Spectrum beam • Amplification overrides • Charged capacitors • Hangar bays   Other Misc Subterranean Network • GST Uzziel • Gideon's Crawler Shared Upgrades Refire boost • Speed boost • Range boost • Accuracy boost See also: GDI's Arsenal and Forgotten's Arsenal

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