Details on Nod's first generation combat robot

A significantly more primitive precursor to Nod's Avatar, the Purifier was inspired by Brother Marcion's first hand urban combat experience during the Second Tiberium war. After using an improvised flamethrower to rout entrenched GDI forces, saving the rest of his regiment from certain death, Marcion was declared a hero of Nod and saw his very presence have an inspirational effect on the Nod Militants that surrounded him.

The Purifier was developed to recreate that experience, representing Marcion on the battlefield in the iconic form of a hulking, flame-toting humanoid, one equipped with a subliminal projection device that would enhance the morale and righteousness of the Black Hand troops surrounding it. While by no means as advanced or flexible as its successor, the Purifier is an effective combat unit in its own right, especially when accompanied by infantry it can 'inspire.'

Ironically enough, upon its initial deployment, the Purifier was the subject of no small amount of controversy, with many Black Hand hardliners decrying the use of a 'soulless machine' within a religious army that otherwise stood opposed to such devices. Marcion, seeking to prevent further schism within the Black Hand, remedied the situation by requiring each machine be blessed by a Black Hand abbot before entering the battlefield.

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Nod第一代戰(zhàn)斗機(jī)器人的細(xì)節(jié)

凈化者是比Nod的圣靈機(jī)甲更為原始的前身，它的靈感來源于兄弟Marcion在第二次泰礦戰(zhàn)爭中親自于城市作戰(zhàn)的經(jīng)歷。在使用臨時(shí)拼湊的火焰噴射器擊垮防守堅(jiān)固的GDI部隊(duì)，將他所處團(tuán)中其余人從必然的死亡解救后，Marcion被宣布為Nod的英雄，甚至于看到他的存在都能給周圍的Nod狂熱分子帶來極大的鼓舞。

凈化者就是為了重現(xiàn)這種經(jīng)歷被開發(fā)的，以一個(gè)象征性的高大且攜帶火焰噴射器的人形形象代表著戰(zhàn)場上的Marcion，它配備了潛意識投射裝置，能增強(qiáng)周圍黑手部隊(duì)的士氣與公義。雖然不像繼任者那樣先進(jìn)或靈活，凈化者本身便是有效的戰(zhàn)斗單位，尤其是與能夠‘激勵(lì)’的部隊(duì)同行時(shí)。

諷刺的是，在最初的部署中，凈化者引起了不小的爭議，很多黑手‘強(qiáng)硬派’強(qiáng)烈批評在對無靈魂機(jī)械持反對立場的宗教軍隊(duì)中使用此類機(jī)械。為了避免黑手進(jìn)一步的分裂，Marcion要求每臺機(jī)械在進(jìn)入戰(zhàn)場前必須得到黑手修道院院長的祝福。

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