Laser capacitors

Laser capacitors was a Nod upgrade in Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars and its expansion, Kane's Wrath.
==Background==
The Brotherhood's Obelisk of Light inspired scientists to hone its laser technology down to a more-portable form factor.Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars manual. Los Angeles, California: Electronic Arts Los Angeles, 2007. The result was the Spitfire laser, which can be mounted on a number of Nod vehicles.
==Game effect==
Once the upgrade is researched, all Raider buggies, Scorpion tanks, and Venom patrol craft replace their respective weapons with a laser, which deal increased damage. Heroic units with the laser upgrade fire pale-blue lasers.
The Scorpion tank is the only unit visually affected by this upgrade: its top-mounted cannon is replaced with a laser cannon mounted on the back, similar to a scorpion's stinger. Other units are visually unchanged.
In Kane's Wrath, the Laser turret is also affected by the upgrade, dealing increased damage after the upgrade is researched.
==Changelog==
* Tiberium Wars patch 1.05: 
** cost increased by 50% to $3000
** Scorpion tank with laser capacitors now have rate of fire reduced by 20%, but attack power increased proportionally
* Kane's Wrath patch 1.01: 
** damage bonus to Raider buggy increased 33%
** damage bonus to laser turret increased 50%
* Kane's Wrath patch 1.02: 
** cost reduced to $2500
** research time increased to 1:15
==Gallery==
TW_Scorpion_before_after.png|Regular and upgraded Scorpion tank
TW_Laser_Capacitors_TL.png|Laser capacitors on the Tech Lab
==See also==
* Railgun upgrade
* Shard launchers
==References==
Category:Tiberium Wars Nod upgrades
Category:Tiberium Wars equipment
Category:Tiberium universe science and technology