The Uplink Center serves as a superior communications center and GDI's superweapon structure, granting commanders access and control to the orbital Ion Cannon.
Official description[]
The Uplink Centre allows targeting control of GDI’s orbital Ion Cannon weapon. Without this control, the Ion Cannon cannot be used. The Uplink centre also doubles as a Radar in-case the Communications Centre happens to be down.[1]
Overview[]
Ion Cannon[]
Once the Ion Cannon has reached geosynchronous orbit and is charged up, it can fire on any position on the battlefield. The Ion Cannon unleashes a devastating blast that can destroy a portion of a base and vaporize any units unfortunate to be in its radius.
General tips[]
- Superweapons are expensive and power hungry. In some circumstances it may be more beneficial to spend credits on other buildings or units.
- Unlike the Apocalypse Missile strike, the activation of an Ion Cannon strike does not notify any players via an EVA announcement.
- Superweapons do not guarantee victory. Apart from a long cooldown between activations, an experienced enemy player can destroy a superweapon before it is even activated.
- Unlike superweapons in latter games (such as Red Alert 2 and Generals), superweapons in Twisted Insurrection (and Tiberian Sun) are not as totally destructive. It is better to use superweapons to take out concentrated positions rather than attempting to level a part of an enemy's base.
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