The Grinder may fill the role of a service depot as it 'replenishes' the armed forces in Yuri's way. Anti air and more 'in hand' management is required for this tactic. With these arrangement any unit psychically controlled would be recycled immediately, freeing the slot for the tower to control another immediately. Another tactic would be using it in conjunction with the array of Psychic Tower. This also works well for disposing of basic infantry paradropped by a captured Tech Airport. Since slaves were free to manufacture, the Genetic Mutator could be used to turn them into Brutes, which could then be fed to the Grinder for the credits. Another tactic, involving the Genetic Mutator and slaves from the Slave Miner, could turn out quite a large sum without any expense to the owner. The Grinder is also a convenient means of disposing of the cheaper units. Since a Psychic tower could only control up to 3 units, some commanders would rush a tower with inexpensive units to fill up its queue before attacking with more valuable units. The Grinder also functioned as a convenient way of removing unnecessary units from the control of Psychic Towers. If the transported units were disgorged from their transport, they would revert to their original owner, however, when a transport is sent to the Grinder, all the units within it were recycled as well. This is especially useful if transports carrying valuable units could be controlled, such as a Chrono Legionnaire loaded into a Battle Fortress. Yuri's Grinder is a convenient to dispose of any unwanted mind-controlled units. So, in a sense, the Grinder in this form never existed. Yuri and his army were erased from history when his timeline was replaced with the events of Red Alert 3 with its own Crusher crane. Afterwards, he employed Grinders wherever his forces went as a supplement to his economy.

After all, what is the use of entertainment when there is no-one with free will to enjoy it? Deeming that the people in Hollywood were useless except in movies, he decided to recycle them all to fund his war effort. During his takeover of Hollywood, Yuri decided that the supporting characters, B list actors, and various other supporting staff were not valuable to a new, Yuri driven society.

The Grinder was Yuri's answer to being short on funds during Psychic Dominator Disaster. On the other hand, organic parts would either be used in the cloning vats, Bio reactor, or to supply the crews and soldiers under Yuri's command. Inorganic parts would be sent to Yuri's armouries, war factories, construction facilities, and naval yards. Although the process was not perfect, some value was still extracted out of the pieces. The Grinder would intake any unit, be it organic or mechanical, and break it down into scrap for recycling. The Grinder was basically a large chamber with many spiked spinning and rotating grinders within it.

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