ARC

The ARC is a Marine Commander controlled robotic vehicle built for besieging heavily infested Kharaa territory; it is constructed from the Robotics Factory by the Marine Commander. The ARC can be deployed to unleash its experimental sonic-based weapon to deal massive damage to alien structures, regardless of any physical obstruction between the ARC and its targets. However, Marines are often required to escort, provide defense and line-of-sight for the siege vehicles, due to the long cooldown period between sonic blasts and absence of armor when the ARC is deployed.

Differences from Original Natural Selection

The main difference from NS1 siege cannons is that the ARC has mobility. It still possesses the ability to attack through walls*. However, it must be deployed in order to attack (thus stationary), requires line of sight to lock onto targets (from friendly Marines, robotic units, buildings or Scanner Sweep) and can undeploy to enable movement.

The name is intentionally made ambiguous by the developers, but they acknowledge that the original ideas for names were something similar to "Automated Roaming Cannon" or "Automated Roving Cannon".

Stats

ARC
- Health: 2000
- Armor: 500 (0 when deployed)
- Speed: 3.0
- Build Cost: 15 Team Resources
- Build Time: 10 seconds
- Prerequisites: ARC Robotics Factory

Abilities

Targeted Abilities

ARC Cannon
The ARC can unleash a supersonic blast through walls and devastate Kharaa structures.
Hotkey	A
Damage	900
Type	Structures Only
Range	26
Minimum Range	7
Radius	10
Delay	3 seconds