Lunatek

Lunatek is a unit in Dark Colony.

Background
The Lunatek emits ultrasonic waves that induce a hallucinatory state of fear in both organic and non-organic units. Units affected by waves become paranoid and delusional, attacking anything and everything in sight. The grunts on Mars call this uncommon medical condition "berserking".

Gameplay
Difficult to use effectively, the Lunatek can be used to turn the tide of a battle or to confuse enemy attacks.

Very handy to get one behind enemy lines and deploy one. Thus making the enemy forces attack each other. However it can be countered if the player simply uses the move command to isolate his own units, and regrouping once the effect wears off.

Trivia
-the name Lunatek is most likely a reference to the artifacts ability to make any unit affected go crazy and hostile, like a lunatic.

-The artifact is a further allusion to the fact that the precursor race that created them where most likely war faring race and not a benevolent one. Also indicating that they where most likely at war with another race before their disappearance. =Gallery==