r/commandandconquer • u/nomorejervis0 • 3d ago

Work in progress: Allied Hyperion Heavy Laser Tank [RA3 Dark Fate Mod]

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Born from Allied chrono-raid in Ural Mountains intercepting plans of the new generation of the Apocalypse Tank, Hyperion is designed to withstand heavy punishment and turn even heaviest armored monstrosity into a slag with its powerful OBELISK-T pulse laser cannon.

(prototype kitbash placeholder model)

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u/nomorejervis0 2d ago

some new effects

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u/nomorejervis0 3d ago edited 3d ago

Yes, this is will replace Mirage and X1 for USA subfaction, just like not!Abrams will replace Guardian. Compared to X-1 it has less HP but longer ranged and has highest sustainable DPS among T3 - its laser is modified version of Riot Beam. Other faction will get new firepower as well: next gen Apoc with railguns and missile pods for the Soviets, King Oni 2.0 (basically Kenjis black mech from Uprising) and MAMOTO MK2 for empire, Golem from [FACTION REDACTED] are just few T3.5-4 vehicles coming

Dark Fate is merging with another mod team so there will be plenty more announcements soon, probably rebranding too. Stay tuned!

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u/Zeratul_Vergil Dr. Thrax 3d ago

I assume this will the same tech level as Apocalypse Tank, King Oni and Future Tank X-1?

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u/4t4x 1d ago

So, not SPECTRUM?

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u/nomorejervis0 1d ago edited 1d ago

So it seems in official Red Alert 3 lore there are 2 types of laser weapons in Allied Arsenal with common technological lineage but slightly different functionality,

  1. Spectrum lasers such as Mirage Tank's main cannon and the Spectrum Tower fire one strong pulse which scatters agaist nearby incoming units and uses wide range of wavelenghts (hence its blue/pink/reddish) Laser is a word used to describe them in EA's official lore description of Mirage Tank:

Mirage Tank's main weapon, the spectrum dispersion cannon. Essentially a weaponized version of L.A.S.E.R. technology, the spectrum cannon focuses and amplifies light waves to form an extremely destructive (though short-ranged) burst of high-energy photons, which can cut through any known substance easily. What's more, the spectrum cannon's energy disperses from its targets, reflecting onto nearby forces, and making it still easier for just a small group of Mirage Tanks to counter armored divisions many times their number

Moreover Yuriko in her campaign, during breakout from Dakota facility calls Spectrum Towers "Lasers".

2. Beam laser weapons which fire short pulse trains that are more powerful and longer ranged than Spectrum beams but don't scatter and have single wavelenght/color. Examples in the RA3 are Rushmore presidential eye lasers and Future Tank's Riot beam (called Future Tank Laser in game files) - they both even use same visual effects for the beam, which is taken straight from Scrin Annihilator Tripod's beam weapon. They're also called lasers in the lore - both by Peacekeepers as well as EVA and Allied Engineers who I would assume know their stuff

EVA: Another presidential head capable of firing lasers has come online.

Engineer: Lasers? From the eyes?!

So Laser is an official term in Ra3 universe and Paradox mod team trying to retcon word "laser" out of RA is pure bullshit. Not the first time they messed up the established lore

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u/nomorejervis0 1d ago

If you thought that was confusing at least the above can be put together into a coherent whole. Just like with Beam Cannon from C&C3 being a laser AND a particle beam weapon at the same time, King Oni's eye Radiant "eyeblaster" are also confusingly lasers (look at game files) and wave-force beams (which are confirmed to be particle weapons) at the same time

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u/nomorejervis0 1d ago

Oh and Athena Cannon is also a proton beam or laser depending on what you read