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- Avenger

The Avenger is America's basic anti-air vehicle, exclusive to General Thorn in 2.0.

Lore[]

First fielded in the early 1990s, the M1097 Avenger was conceived as a light-weight, short-range anti-air system based on a modified Humvee. However, the missiles that acted as the vehicle's primary armament for almost three decades started to show their age in the later stages of the Global War on Terror, often proving wholly inadequate when it came to defeating the infamous Scud missiles launched by the GLA.

It was at this time when General Gregory 'Pinpoint' Townes, the head of the Army's R&D branch for laser technologies, came up with a quick and efficient solution in the form of the 'Avenger-L', which replaced the aging missile system with a powerful high-energy laser, supported by a rangefinder and protected by a more powerful version of the same point-defense lasers that were successfully introduced by the M1A4 Paladin tank. The new platform proved to be effective in combat and what was initially meant to be an interim solution until the full-scale deployment of dedicated tactical lasers quickly became a mainstay weapon system of the US military which received further performance upgrades as the years went by.

Abilities[]

Ability Description
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Call in a Starlifter
Call in a Starlifter on the Avenger.
Requires Supply Center and Air Mobility.

Add-ons[]

Add-on Description
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Battle Drone
Build a Battle Drone that follows the vehicle, engaging enemies with its machine gun and repairs the vehicle when damaged.
Costs $200 and takes 5 seconds to complete.
Incompatible with Targeteer Drone.
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Targeteer Drone
Build a Targeteer Drone that follows the vehicle, extending its sight radius and increases the vehicle's rate of fire by 25% (except for Avengers, WASP Hives and Microwave Tanks).
Costs $150 and takes 5 seconds to complete.
Incompatible with Battle Drone.

See also[]

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