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The Research Facility holds the key to the advanced weapons and technology of the ECA. This includes access to the ECA's Battlefield Prototypes should the proper General's Promotion be unlocked.
Lore[]
The European Research Facility is a complex structure that houses the staff and equipment of various top secret military projects that have only recently been cleared for field testing. The threat of the Russian invasion has forced the ECA to tighten their schedules and send these rare prototypes into combat. Only little is currently known about their exact nature besides sketchy rumours, ranging from a super-heavy "Manticore" tank over an armoured exo-skeleton dubbed the "Venom" to what appears to a militarised version of an ESA orbital payload delivery mechanism codenamed "Pandora". Due to the complexity of the projects and the scarcity of the necessary materials, ECA commanders can only choose to develop and deploy one of these prototypes. In addition to a very powerful experimental weapon, each project also grants additional benefits. At the same time, the Research Facility provides the ECA with a number of additional technologies that are somewhat more mundane than the secret prototypes, but nevertheless vital for the advanced stages of a battle.
Overview[]
The Resarch Facility Install the following Battlefield Prototypes, can only one research protocol may be activated at a time:
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Activates the Manticore research protocol: |
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Activates the Pandora research protocol:
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Activates the Venom research protocol:
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The Resarch Facility builds the following Prototype units:
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Prototype Superheavy Tank. Strong vs. Everything.
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Prototype Advanced Artillery. Strong vs. Everything.
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Prototype powered armor infantry. Strong vs. Everything.
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Prototype powered armor infantry. Strong vs. Ground Targets.
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Upgrades[]
The Resarch Facility produce the following upgrade:
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Activates the Battle for some units:
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Install Cluster munitions in Mortar and artillery shells:
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Install combustion light-gas gun:
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Install Tear Gas Rounds for mortar shells
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Abilities[]
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 Danger Close Barrage |
Fire a barrage of 6 artillery shells at enemies around the structure; if no enemies are present the shells will be dispersed around it. Each shell causes 100 EXPLOSION damage over a radius of 50 + 100 to 30 GATTLING damage over a radius of 50 to 80. With Cluster Munitions the shells also release 4 cluster bomblets on impact, each causing 12.5 EXPLOSION damage over a radius of 20. 150 seconds cooldown. |
Behind the scenes[]
- Before 1.85 the Research Facility was known as the R&D Compound and had a different model.
