| “ | Activating defense protocol: Defender, now. - CABAL, deploying the Core Defender upon the deactivation of its Firestorm walls |
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The Core Defender was a massive walker developed by CABAL to protect its own core. It was seen during the final battles of the Firestorm Conflict.
Background
The Core Defender was an extremely advanced bipedal walker, equipped with incredibly durable armor and armed with a pair of powerful laser cannons. It was used by CABAL as the last line of defense for its core. It initially appeared to be simply a large structure near the CABAL complex; its true nature was only revealed after the Firestorm defense around CABAL's core was deactivated. The structure then transformed into its combat form, after which it began to attack advancing forces.
Despite its powerful nature, however, it ultimately failed to prevent the destruction of CABAL.
Game Unit
The Core Defender can be considered the final boss of both Firestorm campaigns. It is a very dangerous unit with many special abilities, including Tiberium healing, self-repair, EMP immunity, and immunity to Tiberium Veins. In its inactive state, it is completely invulnerable.
Defeating the Core Defender with ground units is nearly impossible, as it has more than twelve times the health of a Mammoth Mk. II, and its laser cannons deal extreme damage with a very high rate of fire. However, it is unable to target aircraft, such as Orca bombers or Banshees.
There are a number of ways of defeating the Core Defender without resorting to direct confrontation.
- The simplest tactic is to lure it onto a bridge and destroy the bridge beneath it, whereupon it will fall to its destruction.
- Alternatively, it can be lured onto an island or mesa, after which destroying access bridges will trap it; it can the be defeated at range with artillery or simply bypassed entirely.
- As GDI/Nod, The Defender can be destroyed instantly if it can be compelled to walk over Firestorm wall sections or laser fence post before completing and activating them. Doing either will require the use of a stealth generator to prevent the Defender from simply destroying the wall section or fence post.
Gallery
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SHP sprite
Videos
Trivia
- You can capture the core defense using Engineer while inactive
- (Note: only in older or edited old versions of the game)
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