| rdfs:comment | - By the time of the Second Tiberium War, GDI and Nod had both managed to harness EMPs, in the form of EMP cannons and their mobile variant. GDI, in an effort to impede Nod efforts inside Yellow Zones, built EMP control centers in major Yellow Zone cities. Theoretically, a volunteer civilian crew would rush to use the EMPs on advancing Nod forces, but by the time of the Third Tiberium War, EMP centers were largely abandoned because of practically no Nod activity in the preceding years. They could be reactivated though, for if a skilled engineer entered, it remained operational until destroyed or lost due to capture from an opposing side.
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| abstract | - By the time of the Second Tiberium War, GDI and Nod had both managed to harness EMPs, in the form of EMP cannons and their mobile variant. GDI, in an effort to impede Nod efforts inside Yellow Zones, built EMP control centers in major Yellow Zone cities. Theoretically, a volunteer civilian crew would rush to use the EMPs on advancing Nod forces, but by the time of the Third Tiberium War, EMP centers were largely abandoned because of practically no Nod activity in the preceding years. They could be reactivated though, for if a skilled engineer entered, it remained operational until destroyed or lost due to capture from an opposing side. GDI and Nod also researched new EMP technology by the time of the Third Tiberium War. By this time, GDI had hardened much of their equipment against EMP, but new developments in the weapons managed to get around the shielding. GDI's Shockwave artillery was an electromagnetic artillery strike, that, due to special modulation, would cause a localized EMP in the targeted area. GDI Grenadier squads could be upgraded with limited-use EMP grenades, using similar principles to the artillery, with the exception of Steel Talons grenadiers, as their focus was on armor rather than infantry technology. Nod mounted EMP coils as an optional upgrade on raider buggies, and equipped its renovated cyborg legions, the Awakened and Enlightened, with directional EMP cannons. Even the Scrin had a similar technology applied to their Annihilator and Reaper Tripods, who could unleash a wave of disruption at close range. This technology was used by the Scorpion tank (Tiberian Twilight) during the Fourth Tiberium War. In this case, the Scorpion Tank subdued its targets (small to medium-sized vehicles), used EMP to disable them, and ripped them apart with the miniature Obelisk of Light on its tail.
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