@Johnathan Stoker no joke I can't tell you the number of times on one of the Allied missions where you have to keep Tanya alive where the the Tesla Coil charging sound became the "well I just failed that one," sound.
Yeah, and it got me thinking if there was a self-powering weapon like that the part you'd have to start replacing would be some kind of fuse that absorbs transients between the generator and the output. In Evangelion an HID rifle is shown (mecha sized) and it's "round" is actually a fuse/bus that works by turning to plasma during the weapon's cycle in a Z-machine like fashion; the plasma then acts as the actual conductor, naturally this works once and is ejected like a rifle cartridge. It does imply large and routine variations between the generator's output and the weapon's intended or at least maximum output but that could very well be the nature of energy weapons, getting at the unstable Big Energy and weaponizing it at all would be the point of even making a real one rather than finding a way to reinvent the wheel so to speak.
Nod will always have the superior laser and stealth tech, because they were the focus of Kane's research aside from tiberium. It's as if he knows how such technology should work and is trying to recreate them from scratch.
I wonder if Nod had a monopoly on Stealth and Laser technology because they had a better understanding of Tiberium as an energy source that could fuel these weapons and make them more practical. Of course the extraterrestrial angle isn't a bad one.
As far as my understanding goes, the crashed alien ship that contained the Tacitus in Tiberian Sun, Kane had access to well before and going into the First Tiberium War.
Those lasers are superior only because the C&C universe doesn't allow GDI to use ceramic composite armor and highly polished surfaces. Hell, even a fog machine or glass of water can defeat a laser. I imagine a real GDI assault against an Obelisk would include stopping at the local Party City before going to the assault staging area.
@@StudleyDuderight This comment maybe 6 months old, but I don't think "lasers" in C&C are similar in function and misidentification to "turbolaers" and "lightsabers" with the former NOT being a laser at all (more like a condensed plasma bolt with the yield of a missile and an ammo capacity of a practically unlimited) and the latter is not made of light as all (at least when you compare it to light constructs of the forerunner) . If anything it's or sensibly should be a plasma beam of death accelerated accelerated really quickly and as we all know in most cases plasam > solid projectile in a lot of scenarios. Then again, it's Kane we're talking about so at worse he's found a way to make lasers breaks through such things like fog or primitive composite and highgly polished armor
Good stuff! One thing of note, if I remember correctly, is that laser weaponry was more viable for Nod due to their mastery of tiberium-based power sources - which could explain why such weaponry would be impractical for GDI.
Dude! The production quality of your stuff just keeps increasing. Keep up the incredible work, it is awesome to have someone who loves to do lore on Command and Conquer
This account and others are great. I hope EA sees this as the CnC community is still alive and hungry for content. And real content, no more mobile games. There’s enough of a world here for strategy and other genre of games. Hell, give me battlefield: Tib 1
The Hub Defense systems that the laser turrets are part of contains nanoassembly technology to rebuild the turrets, the same technology used to construct the other structures and vehicles.
@@azwanajeeb2167 No that that was an alternate timeline. Kane was never there on Earth. Red alert 1 is more dedicated to Tiberian Universe. Red alert 2 is more of a seperate reality where Yuri, one of Kane's creation ended up in same world with no Hitler, but no Kane means no Brotherhood
I always found it a little strange that GDI didn't somehow adapt Nod's laser tech. Of course for game play reasons, it was to make the factions different. But in universe lore, you think they'd maybe have some kind of experimental laser unit. Amazing video, can't wait for more
Strykers have them, hybrid between a titan and wolverine that acted as a fast response/anti tank unit that used lasers. Most of the time railguns and 120mm cannons are used though due to massive ammunition inventories.
Well nod have headstart from tiberium war 1 in field of laser tech...and GDI try to reverse engineer the nod stealth tech but still fail and left alone in research station, GDI have railgun why waste they money on laser tech
@@azwanajeeb2167 because combine laser and rail gun give you plasma weapon (ionize partial weapon) which is overpowered, first you ionize gas with a few focus laser beam in the chamber then propel it forward with the railguns magnetic field, and at the end of the barrel with the normalization chamber to form the hot plasma into a projectile which penetrate, and vaporize the enemy it touches.
sound theory only problem is you need to keep the plasma in an contained magnetic field otherwise it disperses way to quick turning your whole plasma gun at worst into an glorified hair dryer. Though those contaiment fields should be reverse engenerable from the banshee and cyborg commando units from the second triberium war... then again it is more likely that NOD would reverse engwneer railgun tech before GDI gets two extrem high techs from NOD
@@Blutwind yep a bolt of hot plasma turn you into ash even melt the whole tank turn the crew to roasted chicken inside( if it large enough to cover whole tank)
I always admired the architecture of the Obelisk tower from the Frist Tiberium War. They got this Egyptian Middle Eastern vibe and is further seen on C&C 3 as an ambiant background.
@@Chino56751 You know in the yellow zones we regular folk make fun of your guy's acronym, my favorite is God Damned Idiots. *I don't think your an idiot. I actually quite like you and this conversation.
@@jamarkus5928 Having 3-5 beam emitters on an Obelisk is pretty fucking OP. Trying to brute force your way into that isn't worth it That's usually also how I cheese the Nod campaign
@@BLOrtega 4fully charged Obelisks at 1 entrance can prevent any ground attack from brutal AI in campaign. Even Juggernaut can't fire a short at it because Obelisks are outranged them.
@@shadowalliance3824 I kind of love how the video just stopped without even acknowledging C&C4's existence...not that anything noteworthy happened with lasers anyway other than spider tanks
IF they remaster Tiberium sun.. I really hope they make the laser turret pop up and down like in the fmw's And its SO obvious that C&C3 was supposed to have walls with the central hub turret layout.. with the hub on the inside of the wall and the turrets on the outside..
Avatar can take beam cannon for second laser, flame tank for flamethrower, stealth tank for stealth generator, and combat cycle for stealth detection (you can have an Avatar with any combination of these, though fully loading them is *expensive*)
This is awesome that there are people who still are doing such videos for this game. This CnC universe is amazing, it has an even bigger story potential not only as a game, as a movie, tv series and even as books. I really hope there will be some gaming company that will create a new CnC game that will continue the story after TW and Kane's wrath with maybe 4 playable factions (GDI, Nod, Scrin The Forgotten) with all the sub factions and with all each having their own campaigns..
Hello friend or friends of this channel, first I thank you for this great video since NOD is my favorite faction, and second I hope you upload more lore of this video game and other RTS are my favorite type of games, again thanks and greetings from Mexico XD. (I'm using google translator)
Your use of the Tiberian Sun soundtrack throughout this video... Man, brought back Sooooo many good memories. Thank you. (fun fact: The C&C Tiberian Sun soundtrack was the 1st CD I ever purchased)
GDI's railguns. Now there is a weapon worth talking about. Lasers are easy to counter with cheap solutions but a 120mm railgun will slice through RHA and composite armor like a hot knife through butter.
@@StudleyDuderight HEAT rounds work by superheating metal into a hot jet of material, which melts its way through the armor and then the crew, equipment and ammo. A powerful enough laser, would work similarly by just heating a part of the armor until it melts and enters the crew compartment, setting things and people alight all for lesser weight and the beenfit of not projectile drop Tl;DR Energy weapons > Projecyile weapons in most cases
Man I remember building literal walls of laser turrets when fighting brutal AI’s man so much fun so glad I found this channel to learn even more of the lore that I didn’t know
3:06 in tiberium sun you can shut off the laser fence and then turn it on just as something passes through it will instantly kill infantry and probably damage vehicles.... so yeah
Excellent video. I would ask you to please add Spanish subtitles for the Spanish and Latin community who are fans of the c & c world. Translator with translator U
I like how you actually explained the definition of lasers scientifically... for me the most accurate explanation was the obelisk one... you explained every piece of it... also you forgot to explain that they could also like merge the laser weapons with tiberium and make an even more powerful weapons for nod... just like the black hand basic unit when you do the tiberium laser upgrade thingy i forgot what it was called lol...anyway... amazing video as always. Edit: also that base at 3:33 looks kinda dope... which map is this?
You mean the Confessor Cabal Squad? They are upgraded with "Charged Particle Beam" weapons. Particle beams and lasers aren't exactly the same thing. I was originally going to include them in the video but decided it would be better to do a separate video with particle beam and ion weapons together. The map is called Limited Access. Top left corner starting location.
Jethild thanks for the map and also the info :) Yeah i did mean the confessor cabal squad... I don’t play a lot of black hand that why i forgot its name
@@3arooshy465 As I understand it, railguns and particle beam weapons are similar in that they are ballistic weapons. Main difference being that a rail gun fires a large ballistic round, where as a particle beam weapon fires, well, clumps of particles at high speeds. But it's definitely something I will have to do more research on.
In the Obelisk of Light, I see the clear tubes as being the gases used to power the laser, as there are chemical pumped lasers, many of them using singlet oxygen as fuel. The gas from the Nod laser rifles during reloading would be related to the weapons being chemically powered. The weapon could have been cooling off.
Honestly, the reload sound for the tarantula sounds like pulling an energy cell, the venting sound is heat from the internals before the fresh cell is inserted.
Nod: Has more advanced technology, more numerous, has more territory, controls most Tiberium on earth and even had some Alien secrets Also Nod: loses every war
I believe it's part of Kane's plan, seeing as his goal is to get into the Alien's towers, seems like his goal was never to actually beay GDI.But rather provoke them into striking temple prime
@@theadministrator4765 I agree on he doesn't care whether he crushes GDI or not, but I don't think everyone of NOD's blunders were all intentional, like Cabal, his own officers betraying him or GDI getting the tacitus in KW the only defeat that was really planned was blowing up temple prime. again.
@@kurtengel4652I know not every blunder was planned, but Kane stated, i can't remember what cutscene, but that his plan was never to win the wars, but to get the aliens to invade, you can also get more information on Kane's plan from the Red Alert series
GDI has has advantage in having most of the first world countries on their side, their industry and knowledge. Also, much better overall quality of soldiers and overall army. Mostly complete arieal superioty (until WW3 when Nod introduced venoms) and complete control of space = ion canon precision strikes and satelite info. Also, in some techs, they are more advanced then nod, howercraft and huge arial transports, explosive and rocketry, rail guns, sonic weaponry, ect.
Great job as usual! Could you perhaps do one on stealth technology somewhere down the line? Or ion technology (ion cannon style)/GDI's space related technology in general?
10:31 That's exactly it... The control hub sends out tiny robots to rebuild destroyed Shredder, Laser, or SAM turrets... In short... Nanomachines, son...
Nanomachines are already Tiberium canon; the whole backstory behind conyards is that studying Tiberium allowed GDI and Nod to develop self-assembly technology to "grow" buildings and vehicles.
The Obelisk of light is a terrifying sight when playing Renegade X (which is a pretty great fan made game!) But as a foot infantry you know: You're a goner. Absolutely legendary!
I wouldn't say that NOD are better than GDI at building lasers than GDI, but at constructing portable high energy generators and capacitors. The problem with using lasers as weapons is the high energy usage over the time needed to burn through material. Nod's use of tesla coil based weapons supports this theory and it also matches up with GDI concentrating their weapons development on systems like gauss rifles and coil guns that don't need such a consistant high energy supply. One other thing to consider is the GDI's orbital laser satelite that was powerful enough to generate an explosion equivalent to a nuclear weapon. This speaks to GDI having a similar grasp of laser technology.
I think i have a better idea of how the hub assembles the turret in C&C3. ITs mentioned that not war factory uses nano assembly to put together vehicles in its underground sections and given that the turrets seems to use a underground section when you look at their pad section (similar to TW2 turrets) it might be that rather then "repairing" them a new one is simply put together and released up top
I always loved how nod defences were always so futuristic/sleek/nice to look at. Obelisk of Light being the cherry on the top. Compared to them, GDI defences were always blocky and kinda ugly. PEACE THROUGH POWER
I'd like that too, but No Strings Prd already made one. It's good and there may not be enough information about the Forgotten to have a second video that would have new content.
they always on par with GDI thats for sure but superior its overstatement the fact that everytime nod loses to gdi in each tiberium war their technology also restarts look at kane's wrath they had to rebuild their army several times just to have a fighting chance against GDI they also have to steal technology from GDI just to be on par with them good example is the Reedemer countering the MARV also as we seen whenever GDI won the war their weapon advancement becomes stagnant being able for NOD to catch-up but reality is GDI is superior in every ways the fact that every war GDI won Also NOD tends to use tiberium weapon and alien weaponary which GDI is reluctant to use since GDI hated tiberium weapons which is the only real advantage they have as this weapon technology are dangerous especially tiberium weapon base as they are a threat to humanity
@@zeroone2731 They got Tiberium weapons cause their Tib research is far ahead of GDI since as you said GDI is reluctant to do research in that field. Same thing with Alien tech cause Nod had much more insight in the tacitus which GDI never managed to translate that well. Theyre also far ahead in AI research.
@@TheDude50447 well thats how most this games work one faction has a unique tech than the other you might say that NOD is superior because of alien tech and tiberium base weapon but GDI also surpasses them in orbital weapons, railgun technology, and GDI excels in creating experimental units (MARV and ARCUS heavy bomber ship) plus GDI formed a subfaction ZOOCOM to counter NOD's tiberium base weaponary if you really follow the story the tech level are the same and their development is like a seasaw one faction gains the upperhand while the other catches up NOD losing the war sets them back against GDI while GDI became stagnant after winning the war so NOD can catches up
@@zeroone2731 The units are on par for game balancing reasons. But forgetting about the god awful Tib Twilight game Nod has the objectively superior technology. Railguns and Sonics are comparetively simple technologies compared to Lasers and Plasma guns like on the Banshee. In other fields like stealth and AI they got huge advantages as well. By Tib wars they got superior walker tech as well.
@@TheDude50447 you can also look at how each tech counters/equalize one faction railgun = laser stealth + sneak and run tactics vs Heavy units + orbital deployment AI and cyborg is also a direct counter versus GDI's superior armor battalion since most of NOD's troops are militia which are inferior to GDI's heavy zone troopers alien tech and tiberium weapons even the odds against GDI's nuclear arsenal and orbital weapons since NOD's nuclear arsenal is pitiful and have steal GDI's nukes
Its funny to me that they got Infantry-sized Laser Weaponry *before* the Vehicle-Mounted ones Its like a mixup on how some weapon evolutions usually go in some cases: Stationary Emplaced Weapon -> Vehicle-Mounted Weapon -> Infantry Portable Weapon But here it's like "Should we mount this powerful weapons onto vehicles first? Nah, let's skip that and just go straight to laser rifles and laser miniguns"
Funny thing is in real world (yes, I know this is a sci-fi RTS but the concept of laser weaponry is still real world), it would require a massive reactor of some design to power it for a single shot. Most power efficient would be a MASER-based system if an Obelisk were to be real.
Although it's a bit (as in, two years) late to mention this, there was use of laser weapons in the second war. Although the in game animations and sounds didn't show it, lore wise all infantry rifles at that time were laser rifles. Though the only times you can really see this in action are in cutscenes.
I was originally planning to include them in the video but after doing some research about particle beams and lasers I realized they are not exactly the same thing. So I plan on doing a separate video talking about those weapons.
If you ask me, Nod seems more advaced than GDI technologically. The GDI isn't a slouch, but Nod has lasers, cyborgs, and stealth in abundance, and matches GDI in particle beam technology, and power armor. Nod also seems to be better with weaponizing tiberium and spreading it, while GDI may be better at containing it. Other than that, GDI surpasses Nod in railguns, and sonic technology.
Everyone gangster till the contemporary art sculpture starts humming
I JUST HEARD AN OBELISK OF LIGHT WHEN YOU SAID "HUMMING" OH NO.
Obelisks are literaly the first art sculpture ever. They're timeless.
One word comes to mind: Run !! The OTHER way...
@@WindiChilliwack Get me my Juggernaut artillery...!
For the brotherhood.
The sound of a charging Obelisk of Light is still one of my most happy and horrifying moments from the series.
Right up there with the Tesla Coil.
you are so right on man
@Johnathan Stoker no joke I can't tell you the number of times on one of the Allied missions where you have to keep Tanya alive where the the Tesla Coil charging sound became the "well I just failed that one," sound.
@@lordfrostwind3151 Then...she becomes a skeleton and a pile of ashes. :(
@@GlareanLiebertine More fun than the Prism Tower. Sure, said towers are just as lethal, but....TESLA towers. Nikola would be proud.
Did we just get a mini lecture on how lasers actually work in real life, that's awesome :D
Yep.
Not really, but kinda almost close to right...
who said lore videos couldn't be educational at the same time
Yeah, and it got me thinking if there was a self-powering weapon like that the part you'd have to start replacing would be some kind of fuse that absorbs transients between the generator and the output. In Evangelion an HID rifle is shown (mecha sized) and it's "round" is actually a fuse/bus that works by turning to plasma during the weapon's cycle in a Z-machine like fashion; the plasma then acts as the actual conductor, naturally this works once and is ejected like a rifle cartridge. It does imply large and routine variations between the generator's output and the weapon's intended or at least maximum output but that could very well be the nature of energy weapons, getting at the unstable Big Energy and weaponizing it at all would be the point of even making a real one rather than finding a way to reinvent the wheel so to speak.
"Lasers? don't they know that they won't even penetrate our navigational shields. We should lower our shields In case we decide to surrender "
The regulations state that we have to go to yellow alert
@@sophiaskidelsky8106 a very old regulation
This is how you know Captain Picard is French. 🇫🇷
Ahh yes early era tng were everyone was an asshole
Nod will always have the superior laser and stealth tech, because they were the focus of Kane's research aside from tiberium. It's as if he knows how such technology should work and is trying to recreate them from scratch.
I wonder if Nod had a monopoly on Stealth and Laser technology because they had a better understanding of Tiberium as an energy source that could fuel these weapons and make them more practical. Of course the extraterrestrial angle isn't a bad one.
@@lordfrostwind3151 Not to mention refining the focusing crystals from tiberium crystals.
As far as my understanding goes, the crashed alien ship that contained the Tacitus in Tiberian Sun, Kane had access to well before and going into the First Tiberium War.
Those lasers are superior only because the C&C universe doesn't allow GDI to use ceramic composite armor and highly polished surfaces. Hell, even a fog machine or glass of water can defeat a laser. I imagine a real GDI assault against an Obelisk would include stopping at the local Party City before going to the assault staging area.
@@StudleyDuderight This comment maybe 6 months old, but I don't think "lasers" in C&C are similar in function and misidentification to "turbolaers" and "lightsabers" with the former NOT being a laser at all (more like a condensed plasma bolt with the yield of a missile and an ammo capacity of a practically unlimited) and the latter is not made of light as all (at least when you compare it to light constructs of the forerunner) .
If anything it's or sensibly should be a plasma beam of death accelerated accelerated really quickly and as we all know in most cases plasam > solid projectile in a lot of scenarios. Then again, it's Kane we're talking about so at worse he's found a way to make lasers breaks through such things like fog or primitive composite and highgly polished armor
Good stuff! One thing of note, if I remember correctly, is that laser weaponry was more viable for Nod due to their mastery of tiberium-based power sources - which could explain why such weaponry would be impractical for GDI.
Dude! The production quality of your stuff just keeps increasing. Keep up the incredible work, it is awesome to have someone who loves to do lore on Command and Conquer
This account and others are great. I hope EA sees this as the CnC community is still alive and hungry for content. And real content, no more mobile games. There’s enough of a world here for strategy and other genre of games. Hell, give me battlefield: Tib 1
The main downside is ..
EA can't milk pc games by microtransactions nearly as well as mobile. And.. well. Its EA. Greedy bastards
The Hub Defense systems that the laser turrets are part of contains nanoassembly technology to rebuild the turrets, the same technology used to construct the other structures and vehicles.
"All i want are Orcas with frickin' laser beams atached to their fuselage"
Dr. Ignatio Moebius (probably)
Halo wars sparrow hawk was that dream come true.
Always loved Nod's monopoly of this tech. Thanks for this vid!
I can Imagine a Tiberium Sun vs Red Alert 2 where Nod is eyeing Soviet Mind Control technology.
@@Marinealver you know kane was in red alert 2 but as the advisor of supreme leader of Soviet Union
@@azwanajeeb2167 No that that was an alternate timeline. Kane was never there on Earth.
Red alert 1 is more dedicated to Tiberian Universe.
Red alert 2 is more of a seperate reality where Yuri, one of Kane's creation ended up in same world with no Hitler, but no Kane means no Brotherhood
But GDI has the Ion cannon that's more advanced than lasers if you ask me
Hearing the sound of an obelisk charging is pretty scary NGL
I always found it a little strange that GDI didn't somehow adapt Nod's laser tech. Of course for game play reasons, it was to make the factions different. But in universe lore, you think they'd maybe have some kind of experimental laser unit.
Amazing video, can't wait for more
Strykers have them, hybrid between a titan and wolverine that acted as a fast response/anti tank unit that used lasers. Most of the time railguns and 120mm cannons are used though due to massive ammunition inventories.
Well nod have headstart from tiberium war 1 in field of laser tech...and GDI try to reverse engineer the nod stealth tech but still fail and left alone in research station, GDI have railgun why waste they money on laser tech
@@azwanajeeb2167 because combine laser and rail gun give you plasma weapon (ionize partial weapon) which is overpowered, first you ionize gas with a few focus laser beam in the chamber then propel it forward with the railguns magnetic field, and at the end of the barrel with the normalization chamber to form the hot plasma into a projectile which penetrate, and vaporize the enemy it touches.
sound theory only problem is you need to keep the plasma in an contained magnetic field otherwise it disperses way to quick turning your whole plasma gun at worst into an glorified hair dryer. Though those contaiment fields should be reverse engenerable from the banshee and cyborg commando units from the second triberium war... then again it is more likely that NOD would reverse engwneer railgun tech before GDI gets two extrem high techs from NOD
@@Blutwind yep a bolt of hot plasma turn you into ash even melt the whole tank turn the crew to roasted chicken inside( if it large enough to cover whole tank)
I always admired the architecture of the Obelisk tower from the Frist Tiberium War. They got this Egyptian Middle Eastern vibe and is further seen on C&C 3 as an ambiant background.
Also known as " Pew, pew, pew ! "
Nod. They may be madmen, but they're well armed madmen
That's 'Enlightened' to you, Heretic.
Madmen is such a crude term. I prefer 'differently rational'.
@@iona2225 " Unhinged ", " deluded ", etc. Any of them fit.
@@DavidMyrmidon Noddie ! ( shakes fist )
@@Chino56751
You know in the yellow zones we regular folk make fun of your guy's acronym, my favorite is God Damned Idiots.
*I don't think your an idiot. I actually quite like you and this conversation.
You forgot that charged Obelisks are improve with range as well.
I never even knew Obelisks could be charged by beam emitters, and Nod was my faction in cnc3...
@@jamarkus5928 Having 3-5 beam emitters on an Obelisk is pretty fucking OP. Trying to brute force your way into that isn't worth it
That's usually also how I cheese the Nod campaign
@@BLOrtega 4fully charged Obelisks at 1 entrance can prevent any ground attack from brutal AI in campaign. Even Juggernaut can't fire a short at it because Obelisks are outranged them.
@@DarkOperationman Indeed, the main way I dealt with them was with Firehawks
the technology of peace!
Wow I'm so happy people still publish footage of this game! Amazing.
This is both SO enjoyable at the same time to informational! They way you inspect and show each detail from across all games is astounding!
I love seeing a new page with command and conquer content.
love the 3D renders keep it up boi
My boy here with another Command and conquer lore video perfect.
Glad you included renegade
Can't wait for RenegadeX Firestorm
Thank you for making these CNCT lore videos, please never stop.
Good work on all this research work. This universe shouldn't die because EA was incompetent at managing it and fans like you keep it alive.
As long as he stays far far away from 4... All will be good.
@@shadowalliance3824 there is no fourth game in the Tiberium saga. Never has been.
@@l0rf yes, c&c 4: tiberium twilight sucked
@@shadowalliance3824 I kind of love how the video just stopped without even acknowledging C&C4's existence...not that anything noteworthy happened with lasers anyway other than spider tanks
oh yeah. another lore, keep up the good work man
Keep the videos coming man your one of the only youtubers that can satiate my hunger for C&C lore
The amount of potential this channel has is unreal. Great video as ever
one vision one purpose! PEACE THROUGH POWER!!!
IF they remaster Tiberium sun.. I really hope they make the laser turret pop up and down like in the fmw's
And its SO obvious that C&C3 was supposed to have walls with the central hub turret layout.. with the hub on the inside of the wall and the turrets on the outside..
@RogerwilcoFoxtrot That makes sense, actually. The wall configuration explains the height of GDI watchtowers too.
I was sad that I couldn't add walls as a basic defense that wasn't dependent on power.
Solid video mate
Yo NSP iz in Da House 🏠
Maybe the two of you could collaborate on a video next year. Just something to think about.
@@lcoop9351 I'm game for that. Though I don't want to encroach too much if Jethild would prefer to do him own thing, I can respect that
@No Strings Prd If it happens, that’ll be great, but if not, understand. 🤞
I know no many people play Cnc anymore but the way you explain things really is charming.
I love seeing jethild grow.. since I can say I was here in 400.
I was here early on, too!
16:58"donate"
Another amazing video!
I had no idea the Avatar could take the beam cannon as a second weapon.
Love your stuff dude!
Avatar can take beam cannon for second laser, flame tank for flamethrower, stealth tank for stealth generator, and combat cycle for stealth detection (you can have an Avatar with any combination of these, though fully loading them is *expensive*)
This is awesome that there are people who still are doing such videos for this game. This CnC universe is amazing, it has an even bigger story potential not only as a game, as a movie, tv series and even as books. I really hope there will be some gaming company that will create a new CnC game that will continue the story after TW and Kane's wrath with maybe 4 playable factions (GDI, Nod, Scrin The Forgotten) with all the sub factions and with all each having their own campaigns..
Don't forget CABAL, the concept art for CABAL units in Tiberian Incursion is very distinct compared to the other factions.
@@joshg8053 So 5 factions it is than! :)
@@BlindManInsane That's what Westwood planned for C&C 3 back then.
Dame this was great ❤️
Brilliant video. I could watch your content all day. You deserve more subscribers.
Yesssss I’ve been waiting for a new vid man🙏🏽🙏🏽
The sound of the obelisk charging up used to give me anxiety! So many GDI missions gone wrong on TD and TS thanks to that noise!
Command and conquer lore videos are always so educational
Keep up the great work.
Finally your channel is growing 👏🏻👏🏻
Your physics teacher would be proud! Excellent explanation of LASERs!
An old video about an older computer game taught me about lasers better than anything I learned in school.
plz keep making cnc videos. It makes me glad to see there's still some love for this awesome universe and series.
KANE LIVES!
one vision! one purpose!
Love the Generals series reference. Great videos.
Oof, right in the childhood!
Keep of the great work mate!
Epic best base defence ever
Great vids! Love the Eva unit style transitions you use!
Stealth technology they is pretty cool
Amazing lore video once again!
Great video!
your story tellinge skill is off the scales
Ditto
Hello friend or friends of this channel, first I thank you for this great video since NOD is my favorite faction, and second I hope you upload more lore of this video game and other RTS are my favorite type of games, again thanks and greetings from Mexico XD. (I'm using google translator)
cool! it has a WOTW feel with a long or short beam of fire...pretty epic!
These videos are really enjoyable to watch!
Your use of the Tiberian Sun soundtrack throughout this video... Man, brought back Sooooo many good memories. Thank you. (fun fact: The C&C Tiberian Sun soundtrack was the 1st CD I ever purchased)
These videos so awesome dude! remember! one vision one purpose!
so the next video is going to be GDI's railgun technology? Nod's stealth technology?
Kane's beard-trimming technology
@@conoroneill8919 Kane's shaving technology
@@rimtas04 Kane's manscaping technology
GDI's railguns. Now there is a weapon worth talking about. Lasers are easy to counter with cheap solutions but a 120mm railgun will slice through RHA and composite armor like a hot knife through butter.
@@StudleyDuderight HEAT rounds work by superheating metal into a hot jet of material, which melts its way through the armor and then the crew, equipment and ammo.
A powerful enough laser, would work similarly by just heating a part of the armor until it melts and enters the crew compartment, setting things and people alight all for lesser weight and the beenfit of not projectile drop
Tl;DR Energy weapons > Projecyile weapons in most cases
Excellent video, I just subscribed a few days ago.
Man I remember building literal walls of laser turrets when fighting brutal AI’s man so much fun so glad I found this channel to learn even more of the lore that I didn’t know
16:48 - What?! I didn't know that!
If Nod invested in naval units, it would be... Sharks with Laser
It could be the next movie in the Sharknado franchise - "Sharknado 7: Sharks with Lasers"
Wow, thank you for the great vid. Also now I know what laser stands for :)
respect for not mentioning C&C 4 ever as far as I can tell
The dislikes are from the GDI soldiers that got too close to the Obelisk of Light
no im pretty sure vaporized dead bodies cant dislike a video
But the souls do
As long as he stays far far away from 4... All will be good!
Thanks for your work to bring some light to this fantastic franchise. Kane will be pleased.
great video like allways
I know you made an episode on the Steel Talons, but could you please make an episode on the mechs/walkers/giant robots in general?
These video remembered me something. Whaaat a hell was the Cyborg Commando's lazer had? ¡¡That thing was brutal!!
If the manual for Firestorm was accurate (and sadly I no longer own mine), the Cyborg Commando had a plasma weapon.
@@jimtaylor294 Correct. The Cyborg Commando would launch a ball of plasma.
this content is so well it made it into my BELL > ALL.
just saying.
What is BELL>ALL?
3:06 in tiberium sun you can shut off the laser fence and then turn it on just as something passes through it will instantly kill infantry and probably damage vehicles.... so yeah
U cant turn of laser fence
But firestorm complex
@@grimmshredsanguinus2915 use the power down option
@@sheilaolfieway1885 protip move
@@sheilaolfieway1885 oh u mean this way
@@grimmshredsanguinus2915 yeah you can like blow up nod buggies with it I think.
the rifle idea about the focusing crystal could be correct, but the obelisk could be a extreme duty variant or a different composition all together.
wow your channel is exploding right now :) congrats.
you are the perfect example that quality content works :)
The laser weapons in Renegade X have unlimited ammo and show the reloading process
Excellent video. I would ask you to please add Spanish subtitles for the Spanish and Latin community who are fans of the c & c world.
Translator with translator U
I like how you actually explained the definition of lasers scientifically... for me the most accurate explanation was the obelisk one... you explained every piece of it... also you forgot to explain that they could also like merge the laser weapons with tiberium and make an even more powerful weapons for nod... just like the black hand basic unit when you do the tiberium laser upgrade thingy i forgot what it was called lol...anyway... amazing video as always.
Edit: also that base at 3:33 looks kinda dope... which map is this?
You mean the Confessor Cabal Squad? They are upgraded with "Charged Particle Beam" weapons. Particle beams and lasers aren't exactly the same thing. I was originally going to include them in the video but decided it would be better to do a separate video with particle beam and ion weapons together.
The map is called Limited Access. Top left corner starting location.
Jethild thanks for the map and also the info :)
Yeah i did mean the confessor cabal squad... I don’t play a lot of black hand that why i forgot its name
Jethild also is the gdi railgun related to the “Charged Particle Beam”?
@@3arooshy465 As I understand it, railguns and particle beam weapons are similar in that they are ballistic weapons. Main difference being that a rail gun fires a large ballistic round, where as a particle beam weapon fires, well, clumps of particles at high speeds. But it's definitely something I will have to do more research on.
Jethild ok i got more questions but I won’t ask anymore cuz i know I’ll find the answers in your next video. Keep it up your gaining a sub wave :)
In the Obelisk of Light, I see the clear tubes as being the gases used to power the laser, as there are chemical pumped lasers, many of them using singlet oxygen as fuel. The gas from the Nod laser rifles during reloading would be related to the weapons being chemically powered. The weapon could have been cooling off.
Honestly, the reload sound for the tarantula sounds like pulling an energy cell, the venting sound is heat from the internals before the fresh cell is inserted.
Nod: Has more advanced technology, more numerous, has more territory, controls most Tiberium on earth and even had some Alien secrets
Also Nod: loses every war
because the good guys can't loose. I know this is a dumb answer but it seems to be accurate for many games today and old school games.
I believe it's part of Kane's plan, seeing as his goal is to get into the Alien's towers, seems like his goal was never to actually beay GDI.But rather provoke them into striking temple prime
@@theadministrator4765 I agree on he doesn't care whether he crushes GDI or not, but I don't think everyone of NOD's blunders were all intentional, like Cabal, his own officers betraying him or GDI getting the tacitus in KW
the only defeat that was really planned was blowing up temple prime. again.
@@kurtengel4652I know not every blunder was planned, but Kane stated, i can't remember what cutscene, but that his plan was never to win the wars, but to get the aliens to invade, you can also get more information on Kane's plan from the Red Alert series
GDI has has advantage in having most of the first world countries on their side, their industry and knowledge. Also, much better overall quality of soldiers and overall army. Mostly complete arieal superioty (until WW3 when Nod introduced venoms) and complete control of space = ion canon precision strikes and satelite info. Also, in some techs, they are more advanced then nod, howercraft and huge arial transports, explosive and rocketry, rail guns, sonic weaponry, ect.
Great job as usual! Could you perhaps do one on stealth technology somewhere down the line? Or ion technology (ion cannon style)/GDI's space related technology in general?
Oh yeah, I plan on doing videos covering the other various technologies and vehicles.
@@Jethild Sounds great. Looking forward to em already!
a combination from obelisks and venoms with the laser upgrade is a very good base defense.
10:31 That's exactly it... The control hub sends out tiny robots to rebuild destroyed Shredder, Laser, or SAM turrets...
In short... Nanomachines, son...
Nanomachines are already Tiberium canon; the whole backstory behind conyards is that studying Tiberium allowed GDI and Nod to develop self-assembly technology to "grow" buildings and vehicles.
MORE. I NEED MORE.
You have no idea how awesome the first C&C game was... it was like leaping to another existence..
The Obelisk of light is a terrifying sight when playing Renegade X (which is a pretty great fan made game!) But as a foot infantry you know:
You're a goner.
Absolutely legendary!
I wouldn't say that NOD are better than GDI at building lasers than GDI, but at constructing portable high energy generators and capacitors. The problem with using lasers as weapons is the high energy usage over the time needed to burn through material. Nod's use of tesla coil based weapons supports this theory and it also matches up with GDI concentrating their weapons development on systems like gauss rifles and coil guns that don't need such a consistant high energy supply.
One other thing to consider is the GDI's orbital laser satelite that was powerful enough to generate an explosion equivalent to a nuclear weapon. This speaks to GDI having a similar grasp of laser technology.
I think i have a better idea of how the hub assembles the turret in C&C3. ITs mentioned that not war factory uses nano assembly to put together vehicles in its underground sections and given that the turrets seems to use a underground section when you look at their pad section (similar to TW2 turrets) it might be that rather then "repairing" them a new one is simply put together and released up top
I always loved how nod defences were always so futuristic/sleek/nice to look at. Obelisk of Light being the cherry on the top. Compared to them, GDI defences were always blocky and kinda ugly.
PEACE THROUGH POWER
doubt I'm the first person to say this, you should do a video about the forgotten
I'd like that too, but No Strings Prd already made one. It's good and there may not be enough information about the Forgotten to have a second video that would have new content.
I always considered Nod to be technologically superior. They built that Alien ship in Tib Sun. They got invisible units and those Lasers of course.
they always on par with GDI thats for sure but superior its overstatement the fact that everytime nod loses to gdi in each tiberium war their technology also restarts look at kane's wrath they had to rebuild their army several times just to have a fighting chance against GDI they also have to steal technology from GDI just to be on par with them good example is the Reedemer countering the MARV also as we seen whenever GDI won the war their weapon advancement becomes stagnant being able for NOD to catch-up but reality is GDI is superior in every ways the fact that every war GDI won
Also NOD tends to use tiberium weapon and alien weaponary which GDI is reluctant to use since GDI hated tiberium weapons which is the only real advantage they have as this weapon technology are dangerous especially tiberium weapon base as they are a threat to humanity
@@zeroone2731 They got Tiberium weapons cause their Tib research is far ahead of GDI since as you said GDI is reluctant to do research in that field. Same thing with Alien tech cause Nod had much more insight in the tacitus which GDI never managed to translate that well. Theyre also far ahead in AI research.
@@TheDude50447 well thats how most this games work one faction has a unique tech than the other you might say that NOD is superior because of alien tech and tiberium base weapon but GDI also surpasses them in orbital weapons, railgun technology, and GDI excels in creating experimental units (MARV and ARCUS heavy bomber ship) plus GDI formed a subfaction ZOOCOM to counter NOD's tiberium base weaponary
if you really follow the story the tech level are the same and their development is like a seasaw one faction gains the upperhand while the other catches up NOD losing the war sets them back against GDI while GDI became stagnant after winning the war so NOD can catches up
@@zeroone2731 The units are on par for game balancing reasons. But forgetting about the god awful Tib Twilight game Nod has the objectively superior technology. Railguns and Sonics are comparetively simple technologies compared to Lasers and Plasma guns like on the Banshee. In other fields like stealth and AI they got huge advantages as well. By Tib wars they got superior walker tech as well.
@@TheDude50447 you can also look at how each tech counters/equalize one faction
railgun = laser
stealth + sneak and run tactics vs Heavy units + orbital deployment
AI and cyborg is also a direct counter versus GDI's superior armor battalion since most of NOD's troops are militia which are inferior to GDI's heavy zone troopers
alien tech and tiberium weapons even the odds against GDI's nuclear arsenal and orbital weapons since NOD's nuclear arsenal is pitiful and have steal GDI's nukes
Its funny to me that they got Infantry-sized Laser Weaponry *before* the Vehicle-Mounted ones
Its like a mixup on how some weapon evolutions usually go in some cases:
Stationary Emplaced Weapon -> Vehicle-Mounted Weapon -> Infantry Portable Weapon
But here it's like "Should we mount this powerful weapons onto vehicles first? Nah, let's skip that and just go straight to laser rifles and laser miniguns"
The Beam canon was my favorite NOD unit, so many cool gimmicks in one
yeah, it wasn't the best on the battlefield, but if you stealthed four or five you could make refineries mysteriously vanish
Beam cannon charges onto the obelisk of light also increase its firing range, not only a rate of fire and damage output.
Think of how Tesla Troopers do it in Red Alert 2 and 3...
Which would also be used for both the Tesla Tank and Stingray in Red Alert 3...
Funny thing is in real world (yes, I know this is a sci-fi RTS but the concept of laser weaponry is still real world), it would require a massive reactor of some design to power it for a single shot. Most power efficient would be a MASER-based system if an Obelisk were to be real.
C&C canon says Nod has advanced Tiberium power sources, which is why it can run vehicular/infantry laser weapons.
Although it's a bit (as in, two years) late to mention this, there was use of laser weapons in the second war.
Although the in game animations and sounds didn't show it, lore wise all infantry rifles at that time were laser rifles. Though the only times you can really see this in action are in cutscenes.
Should have included the particle beams for Confessors and Enlightened
I was originally planning to include them in the video but after doing some research about particle beams and lasers I realized they are not exactly the same thing. So I plan on doing a separate video talking about those weapons.
@@Jethild Aren't particle beams relatively similar to ion weapon of GDI?
@@joshg8053 Yes you are correct they are. Which is why I plan on talking about both particle beam and ion weapons together in a separate video.
If you ask me, Nod seems more advaced than GDI technologically. The GDI isn't a slouch, but Nod has lasers, cyborgs, and stealth in abundance, and matches GDI in particle beam technology, and power armor. Nod also seems to be better with weaponizing tiberium and spreading it, while GDI may be better at containing it. Other than that, GDI surpasses Nod in railguns, and sonic technology.
I'm just now learning there was a 1st person shooter for C&C Tibe
Tfw you just want to watch some videos about C&C but accidentally learn how something works irl.