Operations center

Operations Center
Structure
Internal name	NODOperationsCenter BlackHandOperationsCenter MarkedOfKaneOperationsCenter
Affiliation	Nod Black Hand Marked of Kane
Role	Tech structure
Tier	2
Properties
Hit points	5000
Armour type	Light (75% Cannon, 50% Rocket, 100% Grenade, 25% Gun, 1% Sniper)
Production
Cost	$1500
Build time	0:15
Produced by	Nod construction yard Crane
Requires	Nod power plant Nod Tiberium refinery
Hotkey	F5
Function
Power	-10
Allows	Air tower Beam cannon (KW) Black Hand Troopers Fanatics Flame Tank Liquid Tiberium core (KW) Mantis (KW, BH) MCV Reckoner (KW) SAM turret Technology lab Tiberium trooper (KW, MoK)
Research	Quad turrets (KW) Dozer blades (KW)
Abilities	Laser fencing (KW) Decoy army Cloaking field Power signature scan (KW, BH) Radar jamming missile

The Operations Center was a Nod field structure employed during the Third Tiberium War. Its advanced communications arrays were required to support more advanced Nod structures.

Game building

The Operations Center unlocks the second tier of units and structures, and provides a wide range of support powers. In Kane's Wrath, two upgrades are made available from the structure.

It is Nod's functional equivalent of the GDI Command Post, and the Scrin Nerve Center.

Upgrades provided

Icon	Upgrade	Description
	Quad turrets	This upgrade adds additional firepower to Nod's three-segment base defenses by adding a fourth turret to all Shredder Turrets, Laser Turrets, and SAM Turrets. The fourth turret is placed on top of the pre-existing turret hub. This upgrade costs $1000 and takes 0:30 to research (Ctrl+S).
	Dozer blades	Dozer Blades can be added to Scorpion Tanks and Reckoners to bolster their armor and make them immune to mines. They cost $2000 and take 1:00 to research (Ctrl+A).

Support powers provided

Icon	Support power	Description
	Laser fencing	Allows Nod commanders to fortify structures with a fence that defends against Commandos, Shadow Teams, and Saboteurs. This power costs $500 and has a cooldown time of 0:15. Laser Fencing also doubles the armor of any structure affected.
	Decoy army	The selected units are cloned by the Nod player using hologram technology to emulate real units. The decoys can be ordered around the map and will lift the fog of war, but do not inflict damage and vanish when targeted. Decoy Army costs $500 and has a cooldown of 1:00. The decoys last for 0:59.
	Cloaking field	Makes all vehicles in the area invisible permanently (even those that leave husks and keeps their invisibility when taken)and harms infantry in the area.
	Power signature scan	This ability reveals all Power Plants on the map. It has a duration of 10 seconds, costs $300 and takes 1:00 to recharge. Black Hand only.
	Radar jamming missile	The Operations Center can fire a missile that temporarily disables the radar of hostile players for ten seconds. The Radar Jamming Missile costs $300 and has a cooldown time of 1:00.

Role in Kane's Wrath

The Dozer blades, signature generators and Liquid Tiberium core power plant upgrades are provided by the Operations Center rather than the Technology lab. It also allows the purchase of the valuable Quad turrets upgrade to all turret base defenses, and the Laser fence defensive structure. Additionally, building an Operations Center unlocks the Beam cannon in the War Factory and does not require the Tech Lab, unlike in Tiberium Wars.

Certain support powers are enabled or disabled depending on the Nod faction used. The Black Hand subfaction cannot use the Cloaking field support power, but is the only Nod subfaction that has access to the Power signature scan intelligence power.

Changelog

• Tiberium Wars patch 1.05: decoy units no longer last indefinitely if the operations center is powered down

Gallery

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  Operation center with both upgrades (Kane's Wrath)

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  Dozer Blades upgrade pod (Kane's Wrath only)

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  Quad Turrets upgrade pod (Kane's Wrath only)

Trivia

The signature generator can be seen next to the radar dish

• When the Radar jamming missile support power is launched, the Operations Center's satellite dish starts to revolve and only stops if the missile is again ready to use.
• In Kane's Wrath, selling the Operations Center returns a squad of Black Hand troopers instead of ordinary militia men.
• Also in Kane's Wrath, the signature generator upgrade is visible on the operation center when placing it, suggesting that the upgrade was originally going to be moved to the operations center.