Psychic tower

File:Psyticon.pngPsychic Tower
Structure
Internal ID	YAPSYT
Faction	Template:Infoicon
Role	Advanced anti-surface base defence
Armament	Mind control
Tech level	7
Properties
Hit points	455
Armor type	Steel
Production
Cost	$1500
Build time	1:00
Produced by	Yuri construction yard
Requires	Psychic radar
Combat
Ground attack	3 (Controller)
Cooldown	100
Attack range	7
Sight range	5
Function
Power	-100
Abilities	Can mind-control a maximum of 3 ground units

The psychic tower is an advanced static base defence structure of Yuri's Army in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 - Yuri's Revenge, which is capable of mind-controlling up to 3 ground units.

Description

The psychic tower was a tall rod with the primary psychic antenna on the top of the central spire. Around the central spire rotated several psychic matrices, which could automatically capture the minds of units that entered the range of the tower. However, whenever a unit was captured, one of the matrices had to be devoted to maintaining control of that unit. As such, the psychic tower could only control three units at a time. Furthermore, the psychic tower suffered the same inhibitions as other psychics: it could not control other psychics, miners, Tanya, Boris, attack dogs, robot tanks, aircraft, or already mind-controlled units.

In-game

The psychic tower is the only advanced base defence structure in the game which does not directly deal damage. Instead, it relies on the firepower of the units it controls.

When the three mind control slots have been used up, the psychic tower is incapable of controlling more units until at least one of them is destroyed or sent to a grinder. If the psychic tower is powered down, all controlled units are released.

Artillery units outrange the psychic tower, and it is helpless against aircraft.

Gallery

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  Concept art

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  In a snow theater

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  Buildup animation

Cameos

In order: English, French, German, Korean, Chinese.

File:Psyticon.png

Trivia

• It is the only defence structure in the game to provide ground control, however only to other psychic towers. Essentially, a player could expand a line of psychic towers using other psychic towers.
• In pre-release versions of Yuri's Revenge, psychic towers had differently coloured tubes. The damaged snow sprite was not updated to the final design.

See also

• Prism tower (Red Alert 2)
• Tesla coil (Red Alert 2)

Yuri Third World War Arsenal

Units Infantry Initiate Engineer Brute Virus Yuri clone Yuri Prime Psi commando (stolen tech only) Cosmonaut (campaign only) Vehicles Slave miner Lasher light tank Gattling tank Chaos drone Mobile Construction Vehicle Magnetron Mastermind Aircraft Floating disc Vessels Amphibious transport Boomer Cut content Parasite trooper   Structures Production & tech Construction yard Bio reactor Slave miner Barracks Yuri war factory Submarine pen Psychic radar Grinder Battle lab Defenses & support Citadel walls Tank bunker Gattling cannon Psychic tower Cloning vat Genetic mutator Psychic dominator Campaign-only Psychic beacon • Yuri statue • Moon rocket platform • Lunar Command   Support powers Powers Psychic Reveal Force shield Mutation Domination This faction is exclusive to Yuri's Revenge.