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“ | This is too easy! | ” |
—A Navy SEAL on the action |
The Navy SEALs (Sea, Air and Land) are the Allies' special operations forces, armed with a submachine gun that makes short work on enemy infantry and C4 charges to destroy structures and ships, as they are also capable of swimming.
Official description[]
Navy SEALs are the elite soldiers of the Allied forces. Extensively trained in various weaponry, covert ops, and amphibious assaults, they are more than capable of handling most ground threats. They can use their C4 charges to quickly demolish enemy structures as well. SEALs are excellent for marine warfare as well, capable of detecting submerged enemy units and destroying ships with their C4.[1]
Overview[]
For a detailed list of changes from the original game, click here.
Navy SEALs in Mental Omega are quite different as compared to those from original Red Alert 2. Although they can no longer instantly kill enemy infantry, they are still pretty effective in doing their jobs. Their submachine guns deal a small bit of splash damage against infantry, and with few bursts of the weapons, they can kill groups of infantry quickly. Navy SEALs are also quite decent against against light vehicles, but not against heavy vehicles or Tier 3 monster tanks.
In Mental Omega, Navy SEALs are cheaper to train as compared to Red Alert 2. They also have a new role as a detector against stealth units.
Navy SEALs do not instantly destroy enemy structures and ships with C4. Instead, the planted C4s would deal heavy damage to most ships or structures and have a short activation delay. While the C4 is planted, they are unable to use their submachine guns, but can move around freely before the charge detonates. SEALs have difficulty getting close to base defenses like Sentry Guns or Tesla Coils quickly enough to plant C4 charges before being killed, unless a diversion is created. Besides structures and ships, they can also destroy bridges by planting C4 on the repair hut.
However, Navy SEALs are fragile infantry. They are weak against anti-infantry vehicles and aircraft. Tanks and heavily armored vehicles easily crush them. Other powerful infantry units such as Snipers, Desolators, and Viruses can outrange them and kill them off easily. For increased protection and mobility, a Navy SEAL can be loaded inside an IFV or a Stallion Transport. This would also allow rapid assaults against unsuspecting infantry and undefended bases.
AI behavior[]
Navy SEALs controlled by the AI have the following attack patterns:
All difficulties[]
- 1x guarding Naval Shipyard
- 2x targeting everything, accompanied by Tanya
- 2x targeting Naval Shipyards and tech buildings, accompanied by 2 Robot Tanks
- 3x targeting base defenses or power plants
- 3x targeting structures, accompanied by 4 Siege Cadres
Medium/Hard[]
- 1x loaded inside a Battle Tortoise then proceed to guard Patriot Missiles and Prism Towers; accompanied by 2 Guardian GIs and 1 Suppressor
- This task force may be accompanied by 1 additional Battle Tortoise with the same passengers
- 1x loaded inside a Battle Tortoise, accompanied by 2 Guardian GIs and 1 Chrono Legionnaire
- 1x loaded inside a Stryker IFV, Archon AMC or Tsurugi, then proceed to target infantry
- This task force may be accompanied by 1 additional IFV with the same passenger
- 2x targeting anything, accompanied by 2 Siege Cadres and 4 Rocketeers
- 2x targeting infantry, accompanied by 4 Siege Cadres
- 3x targeting infantry, accompanied by 2 Attack Dogs
- 4x targeting infantry, accompanied by 3 Riot Troopers or Snipers, and 3 Attack Dogs
Hard[]
- 1x targeting a power plant (except Nuclear Reactor); loaded inside a Stallion Transport
Appearances[]
“ | Our elite soldiers, the Navy SEALs can deal with land and naval targets alike. | ” |
—Allied intel during Operation: Heaven and Hell |
In the campaign, some scripted sequences involve a Navy SEAL planting a C4 charge on a Bridge Repair Hut to destroy its corresponding bridge.
Act One[]
- Navy SEAL debuts in Bleed Red as enemy unit.
- Navy SEALs becomes first controllable in Heaven and Hell, several Navy SEALs will be given to the player after the Port Authority Building recaptured, and can be trained later in this mission.
Special Ops[]
- In Time Capsule, the player is able to detonate Navy SEAL's C4 charge manually by clicking the C4-attached object.
Cooperative[]
- In Mad Monster, Navy SEAL is unlocked by Tech Secret Lab.
Assessment[]
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Trivia[]
- The desert variant uses a different sprite in contrast to the one used in the vanilla game.
External links[]
- Navy SEAL on the Command & Conquer Wiki