Railgun Turret

Railgun Turret
Unit
Faction	Cartel
Role	Base Defense Structure
Armament	Railgun M256
Protection	Average resilience
Properties
Hit points	100
Production
Cost	1000
Produced by	Skycrane from Headquarters
Requires	Tokamak Generator
Combat
Weapon	Railgun
Function
Ability	Detects Stealth
Research	Built-In Electricity Generator
Upgrades	Built-In Electricity Generator

The Railgun Turret is a base defense for the Cartel.

Gameplay

Railgun Turrets have a slow rate of fire, but detects stealth, targeting both air and ground with very high accuracy. It can be further upgraded to operate without power at all.

These emplacements are essential to any Cartel base thanks to their ability to efficiently deal with enemy vehicles. Indeed, while Cartel isn't short on anti-vehicle options like any other faction (having both Shershen and Viper as infantry, and the likes of Scorpio/Spectre to deal with armor), it does greatly improve the chances of surviving such an onslaught due to its ability to target air. It complements the Artillery Turret rather well, since it can take out troublesome enemy vehicles and the aforementioned flying threat threats, which the the Artillery has no hopes of destroying on its own. Since it ignores enemy stealth, it is fully functional versus stealth units. The power consumption upgrade only makes it better, allowing it to continue defending even during a power shortage.

However, the Railgun Turret has a few critical weaknesses. It has a long delay between each attack, and so can be simply overwhelmed, or outranged by artillery. It also carries a very high cost of 1000, takes 1 power, and while it can be upgraded to function during a blackout, said upgrade must be purchased individually.

Produces

Upgrades

Built-In Electricity Generator Removes the Railgun Turret's power consumption. Costs 1000. Purchased individually.

Gallery

Concept art

See Also

• Artillery Turret
• Phalanx
• Sentinel Turret