Laser turret (Tiberian Sun)

	For the Tiberium Wars generation, see Laser turret (Tiberium Wars). For the Generals defensive structure, see Laser Defense Turret.

Laser Turret
Structure
Internal ID	NALASR
Faction	Brotherhood of Nod Forgotten CABAL
Role	Anti-surface base defense
Armament	Laser
Tier	1
Tech level	2
Properties
Hit points	500
Armor type	Wood
Production
Cost	$300
Produced by	Nod construction yard
Requires	Hand of Nod
Combat
Ground attack	30 (Super)
Cooldown	40
Attack range	5.5
Sight range	7
Function
Power	-40

The laser turret (simply called laser in-game) is the Brotherhood of Nod's basic base defense structure in Tiberian Sun and Firestorm.

Background

The Laser is Nod’s main base defense. Like its larger cousin, the Obelisk of Light, the laser fires a focused laser beam at enemy units. Recent advancements in laser technology allow the laser to generate its own power so that it can remain operational during low power conditions.

Its laser beam was powerful enough to easily cut through the armor of GDI's Wolverines.

Game building

The laser turret is most effective against light vehicles and somewhat effective against infantry. However, it is outranged by Tick tanks and Titans and completely defenseless against them. Even though it consumes power, it can still function even when power is low.

In cutscenes, laser turrets can retract underground when not firing. However, this feature is not actually present in the game.

Trivia

The majority of the turret itself appears transparent, as its colour was likely black (colour ID 0), which is used for transparency in the temperate and snow unit pallettes (unittem.pal and unitsno.pal) in Tiberian Sun (to compare, the equivalent in Red Alert 2 is blue).

Gallery

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  Pre-release appearance

Videos

In mech attack cinematic 1

In mech attack cinematic 2

In mech attack cinematic 3

See also

• Laser turret (Tiberium Wars)