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Geneburst is a support power for Epsilon Headquarters available from their Pandora Hub once it is upgraded with the Geneplug add-on. It launches a mutation particle outburst that severely damages enemy infantry caught in its wake, with any infantry that gets killed by the Geneburst will be immediately mutated into Brutes loyal to the HQ's proselyte, often enough to wreak havoc in enemy formations who did not expect such a nasty surprise.
One-hit targets
Geneburst will kill the following infantry at full health in one hit. Units marked by an asterisk (*) will survive once they are veteran.
- Engineer
GI
Field Medic
Guardian GI *
Siege Cadre *
Navy SEAL *
Spy
Sniper *
Conscript
Flak Trooper
Mortar Quad *
Crazy Ivan
Saboteur
Desperate Driver
Initiate *
Archer
Dunerider
Epsilon Adept
Epsilon Elite
Infiltrator
Hijacker
AI behavior
The AI will use Geneburst to target the largest enemy infantry blob present. Ignores cloaked targets.
Appearances
“ | Once you construct a Geneplug, the Geneburst can mutate enemy infantry into Brutes. | ” |
—Epsilon intel during Operation: Split Seconds |
Act Two
- The Geneburst is first usable in the Special Ops mission Split Seconds, as well as in Unthinkable.
Cooperative
- Chronologically, Geneburst first appears in Backbitten, where it can be activated by the 1st player, without the need of Geneplug.
Trivia
- The Geneburst is a downgraded version of the Genetic Mutator from Yuri's Revenge.
- The Geneburst's visual effects from version 3.0 are reused by the Stalker's drain cannon.