GDI war factory (Tiberium Wars)

War Factory
Unit
Affiliation	GDI ZOCOM Steel Talons
Role	Vehicle Production Facility
Protection	Medium
Properties
Hit points	10000
Armour type	Heavy (75% Cannon, 50% Rocket, 100% Grenade, 25% Gun, 1% Sniper)
Production
Cost	$2000
Build time	0:20
Produced by	GDI Construction Yard
Requires	GDI Power Plant GDI Tiberium Refinery
Hotkey	F4
Function
Produces	Vehicles
Abilities	Vehicle repair
Power	-7

The War Factory is GDI's main vehicle assembly building in Tiberium Wars and Kane's Wrath.

Background

These fully automated factories are a result of Otani-Lincoln Laboratories research into autonomous All Terrain Structures, as part of a research project commissioned by GDI's Mil-Spec Omnibus Agency. In 2040, 30 years after their initial contract, GDI deployed the first OLL designed War Factory of the modern era during the battle of San Vicente in Argentina.

Combining the ability to manufacture light and heavy armor in a high throughput robotic manufacturing with the build anywhere and ATS design principles, the OLL War Factory was credited with turning the tide of the battle and obtaining victory for the GDI ground forces over NOD terrorist cells worldwide. While the actual output of the War Factory is classified the numbers are reported in the press to be in the range of 1 to 2 minutes for light armored vehicles and tanks.

These next generation war factories are equipped with repair drones, automated flying robots capable of repairing any damaged vehicles in the vicinity of the factory, as long as they are still functioning.

In-game

The War Factory can be used to aid in vehicular base defense, as it will repair vehicles nearby even as they take damage. As a result, it's a useful tactic to place it near the "forward" edge of your base. They do not, however, project a ground control radius, focusing resources instead upon unit production, so this may make further localized base expansion more difficult in that direction. War Factories are responsible for MCV production, making them a big target for "disabling" a base once construction buildings have been eliminated. As such, they should alternatively be defended well, to allow recovery in the case of accidental MCV loss.

Produced vehicles

Icon	Unit	Requirements	Ability
	Pitbull	none	Detects stealth Call for transport
	Wolverine	Steel Talons only	Call for transport
	Predator Tank	GDI and ZOCOM only	Call for transport
	Titan	Steel Talons only	Crush Lesser Units Adaptive Armor Call for transport
	Guardian APC	GDI and ZOCOM only	Lay mines Evacuate Call for transport
	Mobile Repair Transport	Steel Talons only	Lay mines Evacuate Repair Call for transport
	MCV	none	Deploy
	Harvester	Tiberium refinery GDI only	Carries four sets of Tiberium potions in four slides
	Rocket harvester	Tiberium refinery ZOCOM only	Carries four sets of Tiberium potions in four slides
	Heavy harvester	Tiberium refinery Steel Talons only	Carries an infantry squad in its bunker Carries four sets of Tiberium potions in four slides Evacuate
	Rig	Command post	Deploy
	Slingshot	Command post	Call for transport
	Shatterer	Command post GDI only	Call for transport
	Zone Shatterer	Command post ZOCOM only	Overload Beam Call for transport
	Mammoth Tank	Tech Center	Crush smaller units Adaptive Armor
	Juggernaut	Tech Center GDI only	Bombardment
	Behemoth	Tech Center Steel Talons only	Evacuate

Development

While the original design called for a tall, circular building, for unknown reasons, the building in the final game is a simple assembly hall, while the large, cylindrical war factory was recycled in Tibeirum Wars as Munich's defence nexus and in Kane's Wrath as a Tiberium processing plant strategic structure. However, it can be assumed that the backstory in the GDI style guide is still applicable, as most of the details match.

Gallery

Early war factory concept

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