Charged Particle Beams was an upgrade exclusively available for the Black Hand sub-faction of Nod in Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath.

Background[]

As his voice on the battlefield, Marcion sought to bring the Prophecy of Tiberium even to the lowest of his soldiers. Confessor cabals can be augmented with the Prophet’s Crystal to fire a beam of ionic Tiberium, a highly-reactive charged species that can rip through enemy flesh and light armor.^[1]

Game effect[]

If both a Black Hand Tech Lab and Marked of Kane Awakened infantry are available, the Awakened will be affected by the upgrade and gain the particle beam to replace their machine gun attack. This beam is surprisingly powerful when used by the Awakened, even against vehicles and structures, as the machine gun becomes a particle beam launcher similar to that of unupgraded Enlightened. The easiest way to do this is to play the Tacitus Regained mission, build the Black Hand tech tree after the player gets a Black Hand MCV, and research the upgrade. The player will already have access to Awakened since he starts out with the Marked of Kane. This anomaly was removed in the unofficial 1.02+ patch.

Changelog[]

• Kane's Wrath patch 1.01:
  • cost/research time decreased by 66%/50%
  • damage bonus to Shredder Turrets decreased 60%

See also[]

• Supercharged particle beams

References[]

v·d·e Brotherhood of Nod Third Tiberium War Arsenal

Units Infantry Nod Black Hand Marked of Kane Militant squad Militant rocket squad Saboteur Fanatics Shadow team Black Hand Commando Confessor (upgrade only) Awakened (KW via Redemption only) Confessor cabal Militant rocket squad Saboteur Fanatics Black Hand Commando Black Disciple (upgrade only) Awakened Militant rocket squad Saboteur Fanatics Shadow team Tiberium trooper Enlightened Commando Vehicles Nod Black Hand Marked of Kane Attack bike Raider buggy Scorpion tank Harvester Mobile Construction Vehicle Flame tank Specter (KW only) Reckoner (KW only) Beam cannon Stealth tank Avatar Warmech Redeemer (KW only) Emissary Liquid Tiberium transport (TW campaign only) Attack bike Raider buggy Scorpion tank Harvester Mobile Construction Vehicle Flame tank Specter Reckoner Beam cannon Mantis Purifier Warmech Redeemer Emissary Attack bike Raider buggy Scorpion tank Harvester Mobile Construction Vehicle Specter Reckoner Beam cannon Stealth tank Avatar Warmech Redeemer Emissary Aircraft Nod Black Hand Marked of Kane Venom Vertigo Carryall Armageddon Armageddon Venom Vertigo Carryall Armageddon Vessels (campaign only) Battleship Hovercraft (KW only)   Structures Production and tech Nod Black Hand Marked of Kane Construction yard Power plant Tiberium refinery Hand of Nod War factory Operations center Air tower Secret shrine Techn lab Tiberium chemical plant Crane Redeemer engineering facility (KW only) Construction yard Power plant Tiberium refinery Hand of Nod War factory Operations center Secret shrine Tech lab Tiberium chemical plant Crane Redeemer engineering facility Construction yard Power plant Tiberium refinery Hand of Nod War factory Operations center Air tower Secret shrine Tech lab Tiberium chemical plant Crane Redeemer engineering facility Defenses & support Nod Black Hand Marked of Kane Shredder turret Laser turret Surface-to-air missile turret Disruption tower Tiberium silo Obelisk of Light Voice of Kane (KW only) Air support tower (KW only) Temple of Nod Outpost Turret hub Shredder turret Laser turret Surface-to-air missile turret Disruption tower Tiberium silo Obelisk of Light Voice of Kane Temple of Nod Outpost Turret hub Shredder turret Laser turret Surface-to-air missile turret Disruption tower Tiberium silo Obelisk of Light Voice of Kane Air support tower (KW only) Temple of Nod Outpost Turret hub Other Global Conquest buildings (KW only) Campaign buildings Tiberium forge Disruption generator Propaganda center Temple of Nod Redeemer engineering facility Wall Ion disruption field generator Temple Prime Marked of Kane control node   Support powers & upgrades Support powers Nod Black Hand Marked of Kane Radar jamming missile Decoy army Cloaking field Shadow strike team Mine drop Tiberium vapor bomb Seed Tiberium Catalyst missile Master computer countermeasures Nuclear missile strike Laser fencing (KW only) Redemption (KW only) Tiberium vein detonation (KW only) Radar jamming missile Decoy army Power signature scan Mine drop Tiberium vapor bomb Seed Tiberium Catalyst missile Master computer countermeasures Nuclear missile strike Laser fencing Tiberium vein detonation Decoy Temple of Nod Radar jamming missile Decoy army Cloaking field Shadow strike team Magnetic mine drop Tiberium vapor bomb Seed Tiberium Catalyst missile Master computer countermeasures Nuclear missile strike Laser fencing Tiberium vein detonation Upgrades Nod Black Hand Marked of Kane Tiberium infusion Confessor upgrade EMP coils Dozer blades Laser capacitors Signature generator Liquid Tiberium core Quad turrets (KW only) Disruption pods (KW only) Tiberium core missiles (KW only) Purifying flame Black Disciple upgrade EMP coils Dozer blades Charged particle beams Liquid Tiberium core Quad turrets Disruption pods Tiberium core missiles Tiberium infusion Cybernetic legs EMP coils Dozer blades Supercharged particle beams Signature generator Liquid Tiberium core Quad turrets Disruption pods Tiberium core missiles Both sub-factions (Black Hand and Marked of Kane) are exclusive to Kane's Wrath.