Titan (Battlefield 2142)

In Battlefield 2142, a Titan is a massive aerial transport and assault vehicle, the center of the game's "Titan Mode". A Titan appears to be a hovering aircraft carrier with anti-air and anti-ground guns.

Titan Mode

The Titan mode involves players from opposing teams whose objective is to destroy the other team's Titan, [cite news
first = Jason
last = Ocampo
url = http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/battlefield2142/news.html?sid=6150162
title = E3 06: Battlefield 2142 Hands-On
work = PC Games
publisher = GameSpot
date= 2006-05-10
accessdate = 2006-11-09
quote = A montage of various vehicles, with their names, including the L-5 Riesig, the MK-1 Titan, the Type 21 Nekomata, the T-39 Bogatyr walking tank, and the UD-6 Talon gunship.] while trying to defend their own. Titans are massive heavily armored flying warships, which have powerful force fields protecting them from enemy intrusion or conventional weapons fire. As the force fields are up during the first half of a battle, players must fight to control the anti-Titan missile silos scattered about the battlefield on the ground. Titans can only be moved around the battlefield by the team's Commander. Each Titan has 4 anti-ground guns and 2 anti-air guns that, when used, will contribute to the fight on the ground. Occasionally, Titans are not moved at all, or very little, due to server latency issues, however, they can be (and often are) moved close together. Titans can be boarded by infantry via "assault pods" launched from an APC or from a rival Titan, by air-drop from a Squad Leader Spawn Beacon signal, or by landing an air transport on top of the Titan. The Titan can only be boarded in any manner once the force field is completely destroyed. Players must then damage the hull by either destroying four reactor security consoles and then the reactor core itself, or by continuing to control the missile silos that launch at the Titan. Players must destroy consoles one and two to access consoles three and four respectively. Consoles are most easily destroyed with the use of explosives, but can also be destroyed using primary weapons. Both methods work together to damage the Titan. When the Titan’s hull fails, a 30-second abandon ship timer is triggered, alerting players to evacuate the Titan before the reactor explodes, taking the Titan and all aboard with it. However, the timer is never shown. The titan consists of two main parts; one contains the controls for the anti-air and anti-ground guns (which is not accessible by the assaulting team), and one which contains the core consoles, the core itself, and a cargo bay. The consoles are accessible by long hallways, which are often defended through the use of explosives, Anti Personel Mines and sentry guns. During the beta release of the game, there was an award for those who managed to escape the destroyed Titan before the 30-second timer ended. In the retail game, the round ends when the Titan is destroyed, and because player deaths triggered by the end of a round do not count, the evacuation of the Titan had little significance aside from inciting a rush in the player. In patch 1.05, DICE reinstated the award for those attacking players who escaped the destruction in the "Titan Survival Pin." However receiving the pin requires a very precise timing to land on the ground, causing confusion amongst players initially. [cite news
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url = http://battlefield.ea.com/battlefield/bf/BF2142_News_112106.aspx
title = 1.05 Patch
work = EA Games
publisher = Electronic Arts
date= 2006-11-26
accessdate = 2007-02-07
quote = Titan Survival pin will now be correctly rewarded to players who safely escape a titan after the core is destroyed by jumping off the Titan and landing on the ground safely.]

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