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Storyline FAQ For Command And Conquer's Red Alert, Tiberian Dawn And Tiberian Sun ------------------------------ Submitted by Playbacker angeloXI@hotmail.com August 24, 2001 Revised and Updated by KevCat Unknown_kev_cat@hotmail.com July 23, 2002 Very Important Note: ************************************************************************************ There are a number of reasons why we must begin this FAQ with something like a Very Important Note. What you're about to read is a complete storyline FAQ that covers three of West- wood's kick-ass Command & Conquer titles, namely Red Alert I, Tiberian Dawn and Tiberian Sun. Now, before you read on, it is important for you to know and un- derstand the following things. FIRST OF ALL, neither me nor KevCat are the persons who actually wrote this masterpiece. Fact is, we don't know who did, and neither does anybody else up to this point. I downloaded the original document this text file was from a Finnish FTP server little over a year ago. And as I read through it, I was seriously impressed. What this document really is an _incredibly_ comprehensive walkthrough that covers the storylines of Red Alert I, Tiberian Dawn and Tiber- ian Sun in a chronological order, much like an actual history book. The amount of detail and insight with which this document is written is downright fascina- ting, and is something anyone who is even half-interest in the Command & Conquer storyline will seriously enjoy reading. Why? Simply cause this document is so damn rich in content and so damn interesting to read. It's because of that exact reason that we have taken it upon ourselves to release this document to the public by submitting it to Gamefaqs, and we're planning to send it to a number of other C&C orientated sites as well in the very near future. All for one single reason - that all other C&C fans out there can read and enjoy this awesome storyline FAQ in the same way we could. However, there is one pro- blem. We have no way to give the person who wrote this document his due credit, because the original document I downloaded had no name, no e-mail, no ICQ number, in fact no nothing that could identify the author of this text file. (I hope we don't have too much trouble getting it posted because of this.) Because of this, me and KevCat would like to send out a general request to everyone who reads this document. If you have seen the contents of this document ANYWHERE else, or you actually ARE the person who wrote this thing, PLEASE, contact one of us RIGHT AWAY. Not only to receive full credit and ownership of your document, but also because there are some questions we'd really like to ask you ourselves. We've modified, rewritten and even added sections to this text file in numerous ways to make it ready to be posted and to keep it up to date, so all you have to do to prove it's really you is send us the exact original text file you wrote which I downloaded and still have on my hard drive. We hope to get some (valid) responses about this matter as soon as possible. SECONDLY, remember one thing real well. Just because this document is not truly officially owned by anyone at this moment doesn't mean you can go around copying it, publishing it and then say it's yours. Remember people, I posses THE ORIGINAL, and out of respect for the awesome work the true writer of this document did, I'm going to be a watchdog over this intellectual property of his until such time when I finally find him. If you try to publish the contents of this guide under your own name, I'll smash your claim in a million pieces before any court using the original document as proof that this work isn't yours, an original of which there can be no doubt that the contents of this guide are based upon it, I can guarantee you that. FINALLY, the storylines of the Command & Conquer games are about war and politics. They always have. Subsequently this document is about war and politics as well as it's essentially a detailed review of the storylines of 3 of the C&C titles. What we're trying to tell you is this: OPEN MIND WHEN READING THIS. You'll be reading about things like power, corruption, deceit, violence, mass-manipulation, conflict, - War. If you know of yourself that you cannot read about these concepts objective- ly, then simply don't read this document. However, if you are an interested fan of the C&C storylines, then don't hesitate to begin reading. You won't exactly be dis- appointed. Enjoy people. What you're about to read is an absolute work of art. Playbacker & KevCat ************************************************************************************ Storyline FAQ For Command And Conquer's Red Alert, Tiberian Dawn And Tiberian Sun ----------------------------- ************************************************************************************ " There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others " ~ Niccolò Machiavelli The Birth Of The Command and Conquer Alternate Universe: Red Alert __________________________________________________________________ The Events that set it into motion 60 years ago 1. Introduction: May, 1945. The end of World War II. The defeat of Adolph Hitler and the destruction of Germany. The flight of the Enola Gay over Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The surrender of Japan. The extermination of over 6 million Jewish people and several hundreds of thousands of other people that were marked for death by the Nazi ideology. 5 years of war that ravaged the European continent, drew the United States of America into a massive naval battle against Japan, caused the first nuclear strikes in history and resulted in the loss of over 30 million human lives. Up to here, reality as we know it and the reality of the alternate Universe of Command and Conquer are completely parallel... Until 1949, 4 years after the end of the se- cond World War. During this year, in a classified military research facility at Trinity, New Mexico, a chain of events was set into motion that separated our reality of the Command and Conquer Universe. The person who was responsible was a man known as Albert Einstein. 2. The Paradox Equation: A genius mathematician, scientist, and theorist who lived in the early part of the 20th Century created the theory of Relativity and in doing so became the first human being to gain an understanding of the fabric of the Space -Time Continuum. His name was Albert Einstein. A man considered to be one of the greatest thinkers in the field of science, mathematics and philosophy in the 20th Century, and quite possibly throughout human history. One of his more famous theories was the equation of e=mc2 (energy = matter x the speed of light2 ), proving that all energy is made up of light and matter. This knowledge would eventually lead to the "Manhattan Project" and resulted in the creation of the first nuclear weapons, the most powerful form of weaponry ever to be created by humans. It was this, as well as many other theories which led to the birth of a new science called "Quantum Physics", the complex study of matter, energy, light and the bases of all life - the atom. Later on in his life, Einstein was allowed the opportunity to work with a very famous man named Nikola Tesla. Tesla was the leading scientist in the field of electricity at the time, so to Albert Einstein, it was a great notability for his career, as well as Tesla's. At a certain point in time however, when they met, they were approached by the United States go- vernment to undergo a Black Project, which would later become known as the ominous Philadelphia Experiment. The reason for the advance by the United States government was, in-part, due to the research that both Einstein and Tesla conducted together, during their brief meetings. Einstein came up with the Unified Field Theory, which spoke of the ability to jam certain types of radar, thereby making objects become invisible. It would be some time later in the late 1970's and early 1980's that the United States Air Force would complete this device, which would be code-named "Athena." It had the potential to eliminate the radar bands which would be hitting the plane, by sending back a return signature of the given radar band. However, the project would be dropped due to lack of funding. The reason why Tesla was chosen as the se- cond leading scientist along with Albert Einstein was due to his knowledge and insight in generating a large amount of electricity with little or no effort. The United States Office of Naval Research would eventually hire both of them to conduct an expe- riment to try and make an object invisible to radar as well as actual sight. On June 12, 1939, the Navy prepared seven gigantic Tesla Coils and configured them according the calculations of Einstein's theory of Relativity and beamed them towards the USS Eldridge, a medium-sized battle cruiser berthed just outside Philadelphia. The re- sults of the experiment were as stunning as they were awesome. The ship would vanish completely for about seven to ten minutes. When the ship reappeared, Naval research- ers and scientists would discover the horrific results of the experiment. Several members of the crew were found decapitated and some seemed to have actually materia- lised as a part of the ship's hull, partly embedded into it's structure. It appeared that the experiment had caused a complete breakdown of the Einstein suggested Space - Time continuum. Einstein would be forced to rethink his theory and write a very lengthy report on what occurred in the Black Project. It would be some years later, that he would again work with his Unified Field Theory. Yet instead of making an object invisible, he decided to put the theory of time-traveling to the test. Experimenting with ideas of using a large magnetic field and electricity to generate a small, controllable wormhole, he soon learned of the power and complexity of creating a rip in the fabric of time and space. It would take many grueling years working with colleagues and deciphering the multifaceted equation which would reveal how to slow down time and create the possi- bility of traveling backwards through it. It also would lead to the explanation of what exactly occurred during the Philadelphia Experiment in 1939. After some years, he was able to create a device which could be considered a "Time Machine" based on the theories of wormholes, black holes, magnets, and electricity. The name of the theory, which he would endow upon time traveling, would be "Chronoshifting." It would later be defined as "the ability of shifting from one place to another in a certain time window.". Thus Einstein named his "Time Machine" the "ChronoSphere." Then it suddenly began to become clear that Einstein was having a second agenda that no-one was aware of. He apparently reached the final stages of the research and com- pleted the ChronoSphere device independently with the aid of only one of his most trusted assistants, without any knowledge of either his team or the supervisors of the project. The location was Trinity, New Mexico. The date was sometime in the year 1949. It would be this independent action of Albert Einstein to initiate the experi- ment on his own, that would separate our dimension from the Command And Conquer Uni- verse. Einstein's motives are unclear, and we must consider the fact that this man's intelligence far out ways that of our own. Therefore, it will never truly be under- stood why he committed these acts. Nevertheless, the most plausible explanation is a humane one. World War II had cost an amount of human lives so numerous that no person can truly comprehend the consequences for those involved. It had caused severe damage to an entire continent, led to the creation and utilization of the most dreadful form of weaponry ever to be created and it brought a number of ideologies to the human mind that manifested themselves as both highly regenerative and severely hazardous to world peace. Therefore, we must consider the possibility that when Einstein realized he had the ability of accomplishing time-travel, he decided to use it to prevent the horror of World War II of ever taking place. In order to accomplish this aim, Einstein knew that there was only one way: take away the source out of the course of history. His Prime Directive was to eliminate Adolph Hitler and halt World War II. By doing this, the Jews would not suffer from the concentration camps in Europe, the naval war be- tween America and Japan could be avoided and the releasing of the atom bomb on Hiro- shima and Nagasaki would've never happened. The only way to do this was to disrupt the historical timeline and come into contact with Hitler himself. When the "Time- Traveler" would meet Hitler, the history of mankind would be changed, thus elimina- ting the existence of Hitler and ensuring the survival of all those who both directly as well as indirectly suffered under his destructive terror. That "Time-Traveler" would be Einstein. Throughout the course of World War II history, there was both only one place and time where Einstein would be able to come into personal contact with Adolph Hitler. A time when Hitler had not risen to power and a place where his exact whereabouts were completely confirmed. The place was Landsberg, Germany. The time was somewhere in 1924, when Hitler was released from custody after his initial coup on the German government several years back. By the laws of Quantum Physics, any entity that is in a state of Space-Time Continuum flux had to avoid physical contact with any entity native to the visited timeline. If any physical contact be- tween the fluxuating entity and the native entity would happen, the theorized effect was something defined as a "Temporal Paradox". This "Paradox" would result in the immediate Space - Time restoration of the fluxuating entity, but cause a complete dimensional dislocation of the native entity. Apparently, Albert Einstein was very aware of this, and knew that all that had to be done to accomplish his mission was to somehow establish physical contact with Adolph Hitler. Somewhere in Trinity, New Mexico in the year 1949, The ChronoSphere was activated by Einstein's unidentified assistant and Einstein found himself standing in front of... A prison in Landsberg, Germany, 1924. Then the moment arrived. A young man stepped out of the prison door. Einstein walked toward him and said in German: "Herr Hitler!". (Mister Hitler!) The young man turned around, looked at him and answered: "Ja? Was ist loos? Ich habe keine Zeit um hier rund zu stehen.". (Yes? What is it? I don't have time to be standing around here.) In which Einstein prophetically replied: "Ja.... ich ferstehe." (Yes... I know / I understand) Then he held out his hand towards Hitler as to invite him to shake hands. Hitler did so, and in touching Einstein, the theory of the Temporal Paradox became true. Einstein returned to 1949 New Mexico. Adolph Hitler had never even existed. It would be this fateful day that changed the history of mankind for- ever. As Einstein found himself in the ChronoSphere laboratory again, he found his assis- tant waiting there for him. Realizing that due to their proximity to the ChronoSphere they had some minutes left before being integrated into the new timeline themselves, a short conversation took place in the ChronoSphere laboratory. A room that had be- come unreal, as for those last few moments, it was all that was left of the timeline that we tend to call reality. The assistant asked "....did you find him?", in which Einstein slowly replied: "Hitler is... out of the way...". The anxiety on the assis- tants's face was obvious: "Congratulations professor! With Hitler removed...!". But he never got to finish the sentence. Einstein raised his hand which silenced his assistant. While looking at his old pocket watch, which was apparently going berserk, he spoke the final words of our reality. " Time will tell...sooner or later...time will tell... " ~ Albert Einstein, 1949 Trinity, New Mexico 3. The Great World War II After the completion of Einstein mission, a great many things had changed. GPS exis- ting in the 1950'ies. The sophistication of rockets understood within 10 years. Satel- lites, super computers, etc... All accomplished before the 1960'ies arrived. One of the many examples of the changes was the Philadelphia Experiment turning out to be a success, and in turn, the United States Government declassified the project and passed it out to countries who were in the United Nations. But most importantly, World War 2 had never taken place. Einstein went out to accomplish the impossible, and succeeded. Yet, in those final moments in the Space - Time isolated lab, he had a feeling his work was not done correctly and there might be some drastic consequences in what he did. This terrifying notion came when he gazed at his pocket watch after returning from his trip. He noticed that the watch had been going haywire and that on his watch, time itself had stopped. But it was his own ironic statement which he said to his as- sistant that would haunt him in those last moments. " Time will tell...sooner or later...time will tell... " The reason for this remark will forever remain a mystery, but deep down inside, Ein- stein seemed to think that what he had done was a horrible mistake and that mankind as he knew it may be in grave danger. In the early 1950'ies, the already established United Nations noticed that the Soviet- Union was becoming a Super Power in the world and was beginning to build up a vast army, as well as progress in the technological field faster than anyone ever imagined. Within a few short years, the Soviets were able to break the speed of sound and have the capability of launching a nuclear warhead. Under the rule of Stalin, the Soviet- Union would undergo a drastic change as they began to build up in strength and intel- ligence. There was a purpose though, and that would soon be announced to the world when Stalin would launch the first of a series of attacks on Europe. Although Hitler was gone, Stalin still remained. He would take his place in the role of historical global conquest, and would be far worse in military strength, determination, quantity of troops, and especially the quality of his war technology. The intensity of war would reach its peak as the Soviet-Union blanketed most of Eastern Europe in an "Iron Curtain." This war between the Soviet-Union and the Allied European Nations would later be known as... " The Great World War II. " 4. Fight for Freedom By the time Einstein realized his mistake of interfering with the natural Timeline, it was already too late. The effects of the ChronoSphere wore off and he himself and his assistant were integrated into the new timeline, completely unaware of what they had once done. The Iron Curtain began to fall upon all of Europe and the Allies (the military unification of the beleaguered European Nations) were left with a bigger problem then they could have ever anticipated. Unlike Hitler's concentration camps and mass killings, Stalin decided to take all of Europe by sheer force. Hitler and the Axis Power had taken about 1/4 of Europe in World War II. In this "Great World War II," Stalin would take approximately 3/4 of Europe, leaving only England and some other countries in the wake of the destruction. The Chaos Theory had taken place. It would take some time before the Allies would realize the power which the Soviet- Union possessed. The fight for the freedom of Europe from the Soviets had begun but it might already be too late, as the United Nations was reluctant to come to the aid of the European allies into a war that could turn worldwide very easily. Einstein's plan to avoid a worldwide armed conflict was a failure, as all of Europe was under Red Alert. The Soviets had a powerful army and air force, consisting of MiGs, Mammoth Tanks, and V2 Rocket Launchers. Their quality, as well as their quantity, was the best in the world at the time. The European Allies (under the brilliant command of German General Gunther Von Esling and Greek Colonel Nikos Stavros) would prove to be a worthy adversary however, as they managed to battle the Soviet invaders for many months regardless the unimaginable losses of lives and territory, desperately trying to get the "neutral" United Nations on their side against Stalin. Having the genius of the Albert Einstein of the new timeline available to them, they would be able to use many new technological devices that would highly aid in the war. The Chronoshift technology, which was indirectly re- sponsable for the entire situation, was an example of this, as it helped outsmart- ing the power of the Soviet war machine. Eventually, due to the near heroism of the European Allies in holding ground against the Soviet seat of power, and due to the fact that the United Nations became aware that Europe was just the first step in Stalin's eyes, several of the world's most powerful nations including the United States of America, India and Japan turned against the Soviet-Union and allied themselves with the European defenders. After several months, the Allies finally broke through the last lines of Soviet defenses and Stalin was killed in the last siege on Moscow. The surviving Allies would win the war, realizing that their victory had cost them all but their lives. Europe was completely decimated. Over 100 million human li- ves were lost. After this great disaster in Europe, a secret organization would be formed by the United Nations to deal with terrorism and to stop another incident like the Great War from ever occurring again. " When you kill one... it is a tragedy; when you kill a million ... it is a statistic. " ~ Josef Stalin ______________________________________________________ Additional Information: The following section contains specific and detailed information about the prime armed factions involved in The Great World War II; The European Allies and the Soviet-Union. I. The Alliance of Democratic Nations: Commonly known as the Allies, they consisted of Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Spain, and a number of other Western and Northern European nations. Formed to defend Europe against the tyranny of the Soviet-Union, the Allies ground units consisted of small, guerilla style units and mid-level armor units. The naval power of the Allies was incredible however, as it was based primarily off of the awesome fleets of Britain and Scandinavia. However, the Soviets managed to steal the submarine designs when they captured Berlin, and sub technology gave them a slight balance. It has been recently disclosed that the United States did supply the Allies with some technology during the war, such as the Apache Longbow and the M1 tank which the Allies dubbed the "Medium Tank". The battles of Great World War II were intense. Many a time the Allies were heavily outgunned and outnumbered. But several highly skilled Allied commanders held through with superior tactics, guerilla style warfare and sabotage missions. Some of the more famous battles were the rescues of Einstein and of Tanya Adams (a female guerilla expert who defined the way commandos work today), the collapse of Germany and Greece, the defending of the first operational ChronoSphere prototype and finally the attack on Moscow itself. After the defeat of the Soviet-Union, leaders of the Allied nations and the Soviet- Union met at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to write a peace treaty. The first condition was that the Soviet-Union must be dissolved back into the nations it was before the Russian Revolution known as "Red October". The next was the destruction of the Communist party and the execution of the high military officers and political officials that were still alive. Only one, supposedly Stalin's personal advisor, was unaccounted for. The only records that proved he existed were some documents and records signed by Stalin himself addressed to a man called "Kane". The third condition was that all military technology be turned over to the Allies and the UN. Fanatical Russian nationalists destroyed some of the high-level technology of the Soviet-Union, chiefly the Heavy and Mammoth Tank con- struction techniques. The fourth condition was that Russia itself would for ten years be under total control of the UN. After those ten years Russia would regain self rule but had to act in accordance with the UN until the year 2000. Russian leaders eagerly accepted the treaty, as resisting it would mean the disbanding of Russia itself and the placing of the remnants at the hands of Allied nations that still bore grudges. The UN was slow to bring the world the defense force it had promised in The Great World War II, so the Alliance stayed active and made the agreement with the UN to disband only when the UN stated its world task force. The UN found this as a fair compromise, and the Alliance (similar to the NATO except used more often) remained as the unofficial "protectors" of the planet. However, when The Brotherhood Of Nod violently appeared in the early 1990'ies with members of all thinkable nationalities, it was recognized that it was politically too dangerous for a European based military organization to directly interfere with Nod activities. Thus the UN decided to finish their efforts and wrote the UNGDA. The Allies dissolved, replaced by the Global Defense Initiative on October 12, 1995. Known Facts about the Alliance of Democratic Nations - Ratified - Generally the accepted date is that of the first Soviet acts of aggression against the European Democratic states in 1953. Disbanded - Replaced by the Global Defense Initiative on October 12, 1995. Ideology - To resist Soviet aggression against any first and second world powers. Uphold ideals defined in World Association of Nations charter. Official Supreme Commander during GWWII - German General Gunther Von Esling, Supreme Commander of Allied Forces. Former Base of Operations - Headquarters of Unified Operations: London. Northern Theatre: Oslo. Southern Theatre: Madrid. Former Military Strength - Enlisted forces of about 3.4 million. Non-regular forces, including guerrilla and resistance forces, about 1.7 million. Armament classified per DEFCOM document 177.4, Allied Defense Regulations. [Records listed are statis- tics taken before the war.] Former Economic Strength - Information never released. Was to be declassified by the end of the First Tiberium War, but the Tiberium assi- milation of Earth's ecosystems causing a dislocation of most of human civilization as well as the destruction caused by The Brotherhood Of Nod resulted in a loss of the data. Historical researchers are working on recalcu- lating. Former Political Strength - Not Applicable. Operated as a modified Military Junta. Former Affiliations - United Nations, Russia. See Also - Einstein, A.: "A History of Allied Weaponry."; Fort, Charles A.: "F-Invasions and Telemetry", General Gunther von Esling, Colonel Nikos Stavros. _____________________________ II. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: When the Communist-based Soviet-Union was first created in 1922, many western coun- tries feared it because of the anti-capitalistic propaganda it fed to the easily influenced masses. The same year the Treaty of Rapallo was reformed to help secure the Soviet-Union and to re-strengthen Germany after its devastation during the first World War. Things went relatively well, but there was notion of a new political movement in Germany which was known as the National Socialistic party or Nazi party. This German political movement was highly nationalistic and highly anti-Communist, which gained them a great number of supporters among the German population and the sympathies of the catholic church which regarded the Nazi's as defenders of the faith against the increasing influence of the godless Communists. However, due to a series of violent acts against Jewish German civilians and due to regular internal conflicts, the Nazi party fell apart around 1926 due to the lack of efficient orga- nisation and a leading figure capable of unifying them and their ideas. After the collapse of the Nazi party, Germany became much more democratic, and relations with the rest of Western Europe had improved greatly. However, with the Nazi's official- ly disbanding, one of their members proclaimed through the media that he suspected Communist infiltration to be the main reason for their breakdown. Because of this politically sensitive statement, tensions began to arise between Germany and the Soviet-Union. Eventually, the diplomatic relations between the two nations soared and the Treaty of Rapallo was repealed. With the rebuilding of Germany, and the already powerful Britain and France, the United States decided to launch a global program to act as the sovereign voice on major matters. The nations of Western Europe and North America also welcomed the Communists to join, mainly because it was an attempt to unify the world. Stalin and other Communist leaders decided to observe to see what the UN was really about. The Communists were initially pleased to see actual attempts to stop world problems like the offset of the ecosystem. But nothing could stop the total breakdown be- tween German and Soviet relations that was already happening. The Soviet-Union was shocked by Germany's turning away. It was also offended by the repeal of the Treaty of Rapallo. Soviet political leaders threatened military action against Germany if it did not formally apologize to the Soviet-Union and allow Com- Intern (Communist International Party) to be allowed in the country again. Germany agreed to the apology, but it realized ComIntern was essentially a Soviet political platform designed to dislocate capitalistic countries, so the allowance of any Commu- nist or Socialist party in Germany itself was absolutely refused. When the Soviets appeared true to their warning and began to mobilize, the other Western European nations reacted by forming the Alliance of Democratic Nations, a military junta similar to the NATO that stated if one nation was attacked by a non-European aggres- sor, all would fight together. The Allies warned the Soviets to stand down so a peaceful settlement could be arranged. Stalin, however, was too enraged at Germany and kept pushing towards it. When the Soviets finally invaded Poland and started moving further west into Europe, all nations in the Alliance declared war on the Soviet-Union. The Great World War II had begun. The Soviets' technology was more brute force than finesse. Although they did manage to build submarines, that technology, like their V2 rockets, were originally German designs. The Soviet-Union managed to capture that technology before the Allies could even build the first prototypes. Their own Tesla Coil and Mammoth Tank were further proof of this. For the first half of the war, the Reds were on the offensive, attack- ing Eastern Europe with fourteen tank divisions, while the Allies only had three divisions mobilized. With such a small force for defense, the important countries of Germany and Greece were easy targets for the Soviet-Union. Guerilla fighting still raged all throughout Greece, with MiG bombers destroying much of Athens, including the Acropolis, to be replaced by Soviet structures when appropriate forces arrived. Meanwhile, the battle was taken to the Aegean Sea, where Allied naval forces dealt a major blow to the Soviet's high tech Iron Curtain project. The war entered an extre- mely critical stage when a high ranking Soviet officer who disagreed with Stalin's nuclear policies defected to the Alliance and revealed that at least four 500 Kiloton nuclear warheads were in production and were to be used against the major cities of Europe, including London and Paris. A strike team was sent in an attempt to shut down the Soviet Nuclear program, but failed. The warheads were operational and were launched at Leningrad (currently St. Petersburg) from the Central Command at the Krem- lin. In an operation that made the history books, a team of "special volunteers" under the command of a female commando called Tanya Adams infiltrated the nuclear pro- duction facilities and managed to disarm the warheads while in mid-flight towards their targets. The warheads crashed down on the surface of the targeted cities and were destroyed during the impact, never detonating. The Alliance made it through its darkest hour alive. " If those bombs had gone off... well, let's just say that those of us left would all be learning how to speak Russian just about now. " ~ Supreme Allied Commander General Gunther Von Esling, 1954 After word got out that the Soviet-Union attempted a quadruple nuclear strike at Euro- pe, the United Nations and thus the other major powers in the world came out of their "neutral" chairs. Recognizing the near heroism of the Allied forces in protecting Europe from an overwhelmingly powerful and aggressive adversaries and recognizing the immense danger that the Soviet-Union had become to the free world, the United States of America, India and Japan joined the war. This fact, combined with Allied success in halting both Soviet super weapon projects, and their own ChronoSphere device fully operational, the Alliance knew that the time had finally come to commence a major offensive into the USSR. Alliance warships, under the command of the British Royal Navy, began pushing up the major waterways like the Volga River. Backed by UN rein- forcements, Allied forces began retaking Germany, Greece, Turkey and Poland, and started moving into Russia itself. Allied Supreme Commander General Von Esling used blitzkrieg warfare to slice through the western blockade. During the onslaught, the Soviets managed to get the Iron Curtain technology back online in a last ditch attempt to push the Allies back. Unfortunately for them, their Leningrad research installa- tion and all plans for the Iron Curtain were destroyed. Soon the Allies were knocking on Stalin's front door, and even the last operational Iron Curtain device wasn't enough to stop the Alliance. Soon Moscow flew the Alliance flag, and in the rubble, Allied troops discovered the body of Stalin, gagged and buried. Apparently he might have lived, but someone else got to him first and strangled him. No one knew who was responsable for Stalin's death until none other than Allied Colonel Nikos Stavros ad- mitted to it over twenty years later. Also on the Allied agenda of investigation was the discrepancy of the record of a man named Kane, apparently Stalin's most trusted advisor. His body was never found, but it wasn't until the next generation of people would we know why... Known Facts about the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - Ratified - Officially created in 1922 by the Communist Party in Russia. Disbanded - At the end of the Great World War II, during the Treaty Of New York, which split the Soviet-Union into Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia, and other independent states. Ideology - According to Stalin, the birthright of the Soviet Empire was nothing less than conquering and dominating the entire globe. And the birthright of Josef Stalin himself was nothing less than conquering the spirit and domi- nating the actions of every Soviet citizen. Head of State during GWWII - Josef Stalin. Former Base of Operations - Entire Euro-Asian peninsula. Command posts identified in Moscow, Kiev, Stalingrad, Khartoum, Karachi and Da Nang. Former Military Strength - Enlisted forces exceed 14 million. Non-regular forces, including police and NKVD, about 7 million. [Records listed are statistics taken before the war.] Former Economic Strength - Considerable operating assets believed to be in excess of 486.2 billion Swiss Francs. [Records listed are statistics taken before the war.] Former Political Strength - Because every single person in the Soviet-Union was a member of the Communist Party, an incredible agent network of over 200 million citizens infiltrated the governments of most Pan African, Pan Indian and Pan Asian governments with suspected strongholds in Mexico City and Vancouver. The Socialist/Communist subversions of those countries was a primary political strength as it turned many a country away from the Alliance. The efforts of achieving world- wide Communism were controlled by the Communist Interna- tional party, commonly known as ComIntern. Former Affiliations - World Democratic Society, Asian Defense League, Freedom Consor- tium, Communist Political Contingency (CPC), Communist Interna- tional party (ComIntern). See Also - Henderson, D.K. and Chou, K.L.: "Soviet Terrorist Activities", Treaty Of New York, Russia, other former Soviet states. ************************************************** ************************************************** " The world and The Brotherhood view the benefits and threat of Tiberium differently. They see a scientific anomaly. But I see the future. " ~ Kane The Dawn Of The Tiberium Age ____________________________ 1. A New Organization: After the defeat of the Soviets at the end of Great World War II, the Allies reported to the United Nations about their gruesome battle against the Soviet-Union. The UN then started a several years lasting review of all the information gathered from the war. When this review was eventually completed, the delegates of the UN would begin the formation of a Peace Corps capable of covertly dealing with anything from minor ethnic un-rests and small terrorist factions to a situation involving a state of worldwide emergency as defined in the UN review of The Great World War II. Throughout the process, none of this was ever made known to the public in an attempt to prevent hostile infiltration of the Peace Corps as well as to circumvent certain UN declara- tions regarding restrictions in military affairs that were officially enforced at the time. The UN continued to review many pages of documents, diaries, taped conversa- tions and retrieved items from the Soviets in a bid to incorporate the gathered intel- ligence in the organizational structure of the new Peace Corps to further increase its military potential and overall efficiency. Eventually, this new and secretive peace keeping force became the best equipped and most efficient military organization on Earth, utilizing state-of-the-art high tech weaponry and equipment derived of both former Allied as well as Soviet designs. Towards the end of the 1950'ies, the UN came to a solution on how to correctly finance the secret group. A proposal submitted to all the nations within the UN-pact stated the amount each country would invest into the Black Project and which military offi- cials would be in charge. It also outlined the purpose of the secretly funded Peace Corps, and stated a number of other policies regarding its activities which are still classified today. The Peace Corps became active under the designation of: "Operations Group Echo, Black Ops 9". Yet throughout the years, their involvement in matters such as civil wars, coups and other politically sensitive situations began to expose their existence, resulting with the mass media trying to find out who or what this secret organization could be. Some mediums would later on begin twisting O.G.E., B.O. 9 its actual existence and purpose by saying they were implicated with aliens, Unidentified Flying Objects and the like. Although the UN continued to deny the existence of the organization, hiding the truth while certain matters were already leaked out was starting to become increasingly dif- ficult. It would eventually be the ominous operation "Desert Storm" that would offici- ally reveal the existence of Operations Group Echo, Black Ops 9 and their purpose as a specialized international peace enforcing unit. When the international media dis- covered that the attempted assassination upon Sadam Hussein by O.G.E, B.O. 9 (in a co- vert effort to prevent the outbreak of the Gulf War) was a complete failure with the resulting in the death of a large number of agents, O.G.E, B.O. 9's first contact with the general public was a catastrophe. Nevertheless, it wouldn't be too soon before the UN would be in the press again. This time to officially announce the existence and purpose of the organization and to come together one more time to rewrite the proposal of the late 1950s. In accordance with the United Nations Global Defense Act (UNGDA), the "GDI" or fully the "Global Defense Initiative" was founded at the date of October 12th, 1995. The UN proposal stated the following: " The Global Defense Initiative was founded to enforce the United Nations Global De- fense Act and uphold the ideals as outlined in the United Nations Charter. " Their supreme commander became the American Brigadier-General Mark Jamison Sheppard. By taking the organization out of the shadows and thus giving the public an insight into its activities and purpose, the speculations and rumors ended and the trust in the UN's peace keeping unit was largely restored. " The media can either be your friend... or your enemy. " ~ Kane 2. Tiberian Dawn: Soon after the announcement of the newly formed "Global Defense Initiative" or com- menly the GDI, a strange meteor impacted on Earth near the Tiber river in Italy. A scientist by the name of Dr. Mobius would find the meteor and discover that it was the carrier of an alien plant-like life-form. Afterwards he took it back to his lab in the United States to have it undergo a series of tests. After several months of research Mobius began to see the inherent danger that this alien plant represented. He would study the plant as it mutated and evolved in the laboratory garden and videotaped what was occurring. Within 14 days of planting the seeds of the Tiberium specimens he recovered from Italy, it had literally taken over the entire garden. This shocked the scientists as they began to wonder about the Tiberium's origins. But it would be the deaths of some of Dr. Mobius' colleagues that would truly begin to frighten him. It seemed that Tiberium proved extremely hazardous to humans as it caused horrible health problems as well as causing the intoxicated person to undergo a change in behavior and appearance. It became clear that Tiberium was affecting every known species up to mankind at the genetic level ever since the day of its arrival. Composed mostly of inorganic material, Tiberium is a non-carbon based substance. Tiberium is extremely toxic, and should not be handled by any carbon based life- form as it genetically alters DNA and mutates the life-form it comes into contact with. Although these extreme downsides are put into perspective, we do know that the possibilities of Tiberium as a mineral resource are unprecedented. The only places where Tiberium couldn't seem to grow were places without minerals, such as the poles and desert regions. In the words of Doctor Mobius: "Molecularly, it's a non-carbon based element. It appears to have strong ferrous qualities, with non-resonating reversible energy that has a tendency to disrupt carbon based molecular structures. It has unequal positrons orbiting on the 1st, 2nd, and 9th rings. The consequence of this structure is that the possibilities of Tiberium are limitless." From the research of Dr. Mobius, the following facts were learned about Tiberium and suggests to what its actual derivation might be. Tiberium Classes - Tiberium Riparius : Tiberium Riparius is the most common Tiberium. This sub- (Green) stance (Green) is extremely hazardous to all known carbon based life-forms. Tiberium Riparius grows and spreads rapidly and gives off heavy toxic gases. Known Compositional Facts: Phosphor 42.50 % Iron 32.50 % Calcium 15.20 % Copper 5.75 % Silica 2.50 % Unknown 1.50 % Known Toxic Gases: Methane 22 % Sulfur 19 % Naphthalene 12 % Argon 10 % Isobbutane 6 % Xylene 2 % Unknown 29 % - Tiberium Vinifera: Tiberium Vinifera is essentially matured Tiberium Riparius. (Blue) Its toxic effects are extremely high to all known carbon based life, and when brought into contact with combusting materials it almost behaves as a physical form of anti-matter. While much more valuable than Tiberium Riparius this substance is extremely volatile and dangerous, and should be handled with intense caution. Dr. Mobius worked on discovering the exact composition and the nature of the toxic gasses of Tiberium Vinifera untill his death. - Tiberium Aboreus: Tiberium Aboreus looks almost identical to Tiberium Vinifera (Also blue) while also having many of the same properties, but apparently there were enough differences present between the two for Dr. Mobius to classify Tiberium Aboreus in a category of its own. Like Tiberium Vinifera, this type of Tiberium is much more valuble as a mineral resource than Tiberium Riparius, yet it grows and spreads remarkably slow for Tiberium. - Tiberium Cruentus: This appears to be the most mature form of Tiberium. It is ex- (Large blue crystals) tremly large and cannot be passed by either humans or ground vehicles. Like Tiberium Vinifera and Tiberium Aboreus this sub- stance almost behaves as a physical form of anti-matter when brought into contact with cumbusting materials. Its value as a mineral resource is unprecedented. " The origins of Tiberium and its actual purpose still remain a mystery to the field of Science. " ~ Dr Mobius However, by the time Mobius and his team first realized about the dangers of Tiberium, the plant was reported to have already spread slowly but steadily over most of the planet. Then they began to see that it might already be too late to warn the world about the dangers of Tiberium. This was mainly because the shortage in time wouldn't prove to be Mobius his greatest problem in convincing the authorities to take imme- diate steps in halting Tiberium growth. Tiberium seemed to absorb all soil nutrients and ground minerals almost like a sponge. The end result of this unique leeching process was the formation of Tiberium crystals which consisted mainly out of a high number of enriched minerals and metals. Shortly after Mobius made this discovery, an unknown organization suddenly revealed to the international press to have been doing research on Tiberium ever since its arrival and developed a technique of efficiently harvesting these Tiberium crystals with a minimum of mining expense. Immediately rea- lising that these harvesting techniques could make the Tiberium crystals into a re- source of tremendous economical value, governments and petrochemical companies worldwide attempted to buy off the harvesting techniques from the organization for astronomical prices. Eventually leasing its harvesting equipment to the highest bidders (mainly the G7 nations) on large scales, the organization made sure to main- tain its position as a monopolist on the rapidly increasing Tiberium resources, gaining immense financial resources. Within a matter of months, refined Tiberium far outgrew the value of both gold and oil on the world trade markets. The organization that developed the harvesting technology and was therefore directly responsible for this Tiberium gold-fever was a group referring to itself as: " The Brotherhood Of Nod ". The discovery of Tiberium was literally the dawn of a new era for the entire world. It provided a new source for economic gain and technological development as well as destroying life itself. It would later spread from continent to continent assimi- lating most organic plant-life and sucking up natural resources at an extremely fast rate, moving about an acre every week to two weeks. But unsure about its actual principle and because of its potential, the world welcomed it as if it was diamond. Because Tiberium remained the number one source for economic affluence, the demand for it was always greater than for the concern that some may have on how it is af- fecting our planet. Mobius his objections to the whole affair of Tiberium harvesting were "taken under advisement" as he was ordered to continue his research on the un- precedented capabilities of Tiberium. In the light of Tiberium's boundless possibi- lities, the world turned blind to its dangers. One subject that remained heavily debated nevertheless were the origins of Tiberium. While the impact of the meteor that carried the first Tiberium Specimens was offi- cially deemed a natural occurrence, a number of people including respected scientists theorized that the arrival of Tiberium on Earth was a deliberate act of an intelli- gent alien species. Following up on this announcement, speculations and theories of all kinds began to go abroad. Some spoke of a hostile act in a bid to weaken our defenses. Others theorized that the aliens were unaware of our existence and sent the Tiberium to terra-form the planet. Some claimed that the Tiberium might even be the alien itself. Amongst the wild speculation, one group very familiar to the world suddenly reappear- ed in the media and proclaimed a very different view about the origins of Tiberium and its meaning. It was a sign from the heavens to begin a final and sacred war against the tyranny of the United Nations under the leadership of a living prophet, who was destined by God to lead humanity into a glorious Tiberian future. This group was The Brotherhood Of Nod. Its prophet was a man called... Kane. 3. "Peace, Unity, Brotherhood" " To truly shape the future you must first posses the past. " ~ Top Nod official Seth With the discovery of Tiberium, the world drastically changed in terms of economics, politics, technology and environment. Many began to perceive The Brotherhood Of Nod and thus its strong man Kane as the direct reason for these cultural and technological advancements, even more so than the Tiberium itself. In the eyes of the people The Brotherhood Of Nod turned Tiberium from a curse into a blessing, and Nod's popularity and public support worldwide had begun increasing rapidly over the years. However, while The Brotherhood Of Nod was welcomed and appreciated by the general public as an upcoming and promising new religion suited to the needs of today's mankind, a number of international intelligence agencies such as Interpol made a disturbing discovery about Nod. Apparently, The Brotherhood Of Nod seemed to have close affiliations to a high number of extremistic and fundamentalistic groups off all kinds around the world. Because of this, Nod's activities had been closely monitored by the United Nations Security Council ever since they gained the Tiberium harvesting monopoly in the mid 90'ies. The Security Council seemed to realize that the connections The Brotherhood had with such a high number of dangerous groups could mean that Nod was essentially trying to gain a strategic foothold in the countries where these organizations were most active or most strongly represented. However, this theory only being a worst- case scenario and considering the fact that bringing Nod's dark connections to light would also mean exposing the involvement of American and European weapons manufactu- rers supplying the arms to these factions, the UN realized it had no choice but to leave Nod's dirty stones unturned. As time went by however, the Security Council monitoring Nod activities began to understand that the theory was slowly but surely becoming reality. It became clear that The Brotherhood's influence on most of these extremist and fundamentalist factions had become so substantial time that in effect they were nothing more than Nod splinter groups. Nod slowly began to play a major role in the political and economical fields of most of the countries its splinter groups were active, with among the common people the number of conversions to Nod's religious views increasing day by day. By the time the United Nations realized what kind of situation The Brotherhood Of Nod was setting up it was already too late. UN politicians were shocked to see Kane revea- ling himself as an absolute political and strategic genius with an ability to sway masses in a way the world had never before seen. Kane began to hold the capitalistic democracy of the UN directly responsible for all of mankind's exciting misery, accu- sing it and its policies from halting the coming of the new Tiberium era to satisfy the corrupt needs of the few regardless the suffering of the many. Particularly in Third World nations but effectively on a global scale as well, Kane's followers started to increase exponentially with people of all nationalities and social stand- ings beginning to worship him as a living messiah destined to lead mankind into a Tiberiam future. As the situation progressed and Kane's abnormal intelligence and charisma became undeniable to the world, high educated citizens and even political officials began sharing the public feelings and started perceiving Kane as an actual prophet, joining him while offering The Brotherhood all of their personal and profes- sional support. Realizing that the situation was becoming very serious, UN officials tried anything they could think of to break Kane's immense popularity through trying to involve him into scandals and spreading misinformation about The Brotherhood to the media. When these attempts failed Kane's response to his enemies was unprecedented terror. Seve- ral high ranking UN officials turned out to be among Kane's followers, keeping him aware of the entire timetable of the UN's anti-Nod propaganda and sending highly classified information regarding military matters and records about the personal lives of UN politicians. Kane periodically released this sensitive information to the media. As soon as one scandal was beginning to be digested by the public, the next one was released. The consequences for the UN were devastating as they lost credibility and public support everywhere, with in certain countries the situation becoming so cri- tical that only the support of the local army was keeping the government in control. Many high placed politicians and military officers were forced to step down, while others began to get involved in car accidents and gas explosions at their homes or were downright assassinated by their own bodyguards or house-personnel who were appea- rantly part of Kane's movement as well. Backed by vast amounts of financial as well as human resources, The Brotherhood Of Nod equipped itself into a huge religious army that began to take over the governments of every country where it had enough supporters and annexed them under Kane's single rule. In a matter of months The Brotherhood had total control of a number of countries on every continent on the world. And when rumors broke out that several Chinese politici- ans were preparing an alliance with Kane in order to destabilize the strongest western countries, the UN finally decided that The Brotherhood Of Nod was to be wiped out imme- diatly. With Kane no longer being able to hide his own imperialistic tendencies, the UN took immediate advantage of that situation by creating doubt about Kane's true long term goals among the public of the western nations. Then, on a live worldwide broadcast, the UN declared the man known only as "Kane" to be the greatest danger the free world has ever lived to see, and officially ordered the Global Defense Initiative to liberate the countries Kane annexed by any means necessary. 4. The First Tiberium War As the showdown between the Global Defense Initiative and The Brotherhood Of Nod was set into motion, those involved were very aware that should GDI turn out to be unable to halt Nod, nothing will stop Kane from fulfilling his own prophecy. The dawn of an era and civilization the likes the world has never before known. The First Tiberian War had begun, and although it didn't rival the materialistic des- truction caused by The Great World War II it ended in a human slaughtering beyond all imagining, turning by far into the most brutal and dirty armed conflict in human history. Looking back on that very history, one thing became very clear. Although Kane does not have the military power at his disposal that Stalin had, Stalin was never nearly the danger Kane is now. Where Stalin was a military aggressor bent on conquering land, Kane is a manipulative genius bent on conquering the human spirit. Kane does not annex countries, he annexes the people in it into his fold. Possessing an abnormal intelligence, he turned the peoples of whole nations against their own democratic rulers, destabilized the military and political systems through their own corruption, through infiltration down to the highest level and sometimes through pure terror. But above all, he proved capable of manipulating the mass media of the world in any way he so desired. The First Tiberium War had begun, and soon all hell broke loose in Europe and Africa. The Brotherhood Of Nod turned out to be a heavily armed military faction utilizing well trained and highly fanatical soldiers of all nationalities. Although funded by the G7 nations and thus equipped with high quantities of state-of-the-art weaponry, it soon became clear that GDI was having much more difficulty in controlling The Brotherhood than the UN anticipated. It soon became obvious that Nod had done advan- ced research on Tiberium and as the war progressed, they began to retaliate to GDI with never before seen weapons, tactics, and advanced forms of espionage. But al- though Kane's military power was literally growing by the day, it didn't turned out to be his most powerful weapon. With The Brotherhood its vast sources of income and followers, they quickly gained support for their cause by advertising factual and non- factual information about the Global Defense Initiative through the press. As he did before with the UN itself, he slowly began to ruin GDI's image. Eventually, GDI activities began to be heavily criticized by the masses. Along with his media frenzy, Kane's speeches would enthrall the audiences that he spoke to. He would openly dis- cuss the purpose of Nod and why The Brotherhood was at war with GDI. Kane almost literally controlled the public opinion. To their own horror, the United Nations were forced to realize that they were not capable of standing against the genius of this single mysterious man, as it became very clear that GDI was losing all control over the situation. Then an event occurred somewhere in Eastern Europe that would later reveal itself to be the greatest turning-point in the First Tiberium War. While European GDI forces were trying to halt The Brotherhood from penetrating into the mid part of Europe through Poland, a number of Nod reinforcements were working their way up north to take control of a town called Beoulistock, which was build on a location of great tactical impor- tance. Realizing that the town would soon turn into a combat zone, GDI managed to arrive first and began evacuating the civilians. A well known and popular interna- tional news reporter by the name of Eric Randall accompanied them and made a report of the evacuation procedures, with the UN hoping to restore some of the damage Kane caused to GDI's reputation. When the report was broadcasted several days later, the UN was stunned to find out that Eric Randall was in fact a member of The Brotherhood, as he stated on live international television that GDI troops had completely slaughte- red the population of Beoulistock on the grounds that they suspected the people to be Tiberium smugglers. The results were disastrous. The public criticism on GDI escala- ted to street riots and the UN was forced to stop funding the organization and begin a public investigation into its activities and affairs. As the names of GDI officers were made known so their actions could be reviewed by the Security Council, many were promptly assassinated by Nod hit men and suicide commandos. As GDI's funding was cut, Kane immediately began launching major offensives all over the world, particularly in Africa. GDI suffered heavy casualties and loss of equipment, while the public inqui- ries of the Security Council continued undiminished. What Kane was unaware of however, was that the UN had deliberately faked their with- drawel of GDI support in an attempt to circumvent his watchful eye. This plot worked, as Nod began to stretch their forces thin in order to attack GDI strongholds on a global scale. Because of their overconfidence, Nod commanders were completely sur- prised to find the GDI bases fully operational and heavily fortified. Most of the Nod attacks were repelled or even completely halted. GDI High Command had been able to outsmart Kane for the first time, and with Nod troops scattered all over the involved regions, GDI attacked with full force and new military technology of their own at every poor
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http://www.planetcnc.com/features/encyclopedia/cnccanon/ far better reading, and much more descriptive. Hell, it's probably an excerpt from the above document.
KIRBY098 http://www.planetcnc.com/features/encyclopedia/cnccanon/ far better reading, and much more descriptive. Hell, it's probably an excerpt from the above document. No planetCNC used that document to make cnccanon. PlanetCNC also still got that document on there website. http://www.planetcnc.com/obelisk/text/ccstory.txt
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Demolition man KIRBY098 http://www.planetcnc.com/features/encyclopedia/cnccanon/ far better reading, and much more descriptive. Hell, it's probably an excerpt from the above document. No planetCNC used that document to make cnccanon. PlanetCNC also still got that document on there website. http://www.planetcnc.com/obelisk/text/ccstory.txt No, I've used the original document, not this one exactly (there's an earlier version available, it is better than this one). But yes, the RA and TD parts are based on the document, with various fixes and additions. The Ren and TS/Firestorm parts are all by me (with the exception of manual excerpts and Ren backstory documents). The C&C Canon is a work in progress and will remain so till the last true C&C is released. Or maybe even after that....