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Storyline FAQ For Command And Conquer's 

Red Alert, Tiberian Dawn And Tiberian Sun 

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" 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 

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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 parallell... 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 seperated our reality 

of the Command and Conquer Universe. The person who was responsable was a man known 

as Albert Einstein.

2. The Paradox Equation:

A genious 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 omnious 

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 battlecruiser 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 reappeard, 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 explaination 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 appearantly 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 independant 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 outwaves that of our own. Therefore, it will never truly be under- 

stood why he commited these acts. Nevertheless, the most plausible explaination 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 utilisation of the most dreadfull 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 could 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 Quantam 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. Appearantly, 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 

Einsteins'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!". (Sir 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 excisted. 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 appearantly 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 airforce, 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 Colonol 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, desperatly trying to get the "neutral" United Nations on their side 

against Stalin. Having the genious 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 outsmarting 

the power of the Soviet warmachine.

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 lives 

were lost.

After this great disaster in Europe, a secret organisation 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

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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 Brittain 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, 

guerillia style warfare and sabotage missions. Some of the more famous battles were 

the rescues of Einstein and of Tanya Adams (a female guerillia 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 

excisted were some documents and records signed by Stalin himself adressed 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 recognised that it was politically too 

dangerous for a European based military organisation 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 agression 

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 guerrillia 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 civilisation 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, Colonol Nikos 

Stavros.

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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 propoganda it fed to the easily 

influenced masses. The same year the Treaty of Rapallo was reformed to help secure 

the Soviet-Union and to restrengthen 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 

colapse 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 officially 

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 

politicaly sensitive statement, tensions began to arise between Germany and the 

Soviet-Union. Eventually, the diplomatic relations between the two nations sowered 

and the Treaty of Rapallo was repealled.

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 realised ComIntern was essentialy 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 mobilise, 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 agressor, 

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 fur- 

ther 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. Guerillia 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 Agean 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 of... 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 quadrupple nuclear strike at Euro- 

pe, the United Nations and thus the other major powers in the world came out of their 

"neutral" chairs. Recognising the near heroism of the Allied forces in protecting 

Europe from an overwhelmingly powerful and agressive adversarie and recognising 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 superweapon projects, and their own ChronoSphere device fully 

operational, the Alliance knew that the time had finally come to commence a major 

offensive into the U.S.S.R. 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. Unfortunatley for them, their Leningrad research installation 

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. Appaerently he might have 

lived, but someone else got to him first and strangled him. No one knew who was re- 

sponsable for Stalin's death until none other than Allied Colonol 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 - Officialy 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 

independant 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, commenly known as ComIntern.

Former Affiliations - World Democratic Society, Asian Defense League, Freedom Consor- 

tium, Comumnist 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.

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" The world and The Brotherhood view the benefits and threat of Tiberium 

differently. They see a scientific anomoly.

But I see the future. "

~ Kane

The Dawn Of The Tiberium Age 

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1. A New Organisation:

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 unrests 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 officialy 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 organisational structure of the new Peace Corps to further increase 

its military potential and overal efficiency. Eventually, this new and secretive 

peace keeping force became the best equipped and most efficient military organisation 

on Earth, utilising 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 involvements in matters such as civil wars, coups and 

other politicaly sensitive situations began to expose their excistence, resulting with 

the mass media trying to find out who or what this secret organisation could be. Some 

mediums would later on begin twisting O.G.E., B.O. 9 its actual excistence and purpose 

by saying they were implicated with aliens, Unidentified Flying Objects and the like. 

Although the UN continued to deny the excistence of the organisation, hiding the truth 

while certain matters were already leaked out was starting to become increasingly dif- 

ficult. It would eventually be the omnious operation "Desert Storm" that would offici- 

ally reveal the excistence of Operations Group Echo, Black Ops 9 and their purpose as 

a specialised 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 officialy announce the existence and 

purpose of the organisation 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 organisation 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 commen- 

ly the GDI, a strange meteor impacted on Earth near the Tiber river in Italy. A scien- 

tist by the name of Dr. Mobius would find the meteor and discover that it was the 

carrier of an alien plant-like lifeform. Afterwards he took it back to his lab in 

the United States to have it undergo a series of tests. After several months of re- 

search 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 

arrivel.

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 lifeform 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 reversable 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 possibilites 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

- Green Regular Tiberium: Green Tiberium is the most common Tiberium. This substance 

is extremely hazardous to all known carbon based lifeforms.

Known Compositional Facts: Phosphor 42.50 % 

Iron 32.50 % 

Calcium 15.20 % 

Copper 5.75 % 

Silica 2.50 % 

Unknown 1.50 %

- Blue Mature Tiberium: Blue Tiberium is essentially matured Green Tiberium. 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. This 

substance is extremely volatile and dangerous and should be 

handled with intense caution.

Known Compositional Facts: Methane 22 % 

Sulfur 19 % 

Naphthalene 12 % 

Argon 10 % 

Isobbutane 6 % 

Xylene 2 % 

Unknown 29 %

" 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 nutricians 

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 organisation 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. Immediatly rea- 

lising that these harvesting techniques could make the Tiberium crystals into a re- 

source of tremendous economical value, governments and petro-chemical companies 

worldwide attempted to buy off the harvesting techniques from the organisation for 

astronomical prices. Eventually leasing its harvesting equipment to the highest 

bidders (mainly the G7 nations) on large scales, the organisation 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 

outgrowed the value of both gold and oil on the world trade markets. The organi- 

sation that developed the harvesting technology and was therefore directly responsable 

for this Tiberium gold-fever was a group refering to itself as:

" The Brotherhood Of Nod ".

The discovery of Tiberium was litterly the dawn of a new era for the entire world. It 

provided a new source for economic gain and technological developpement as well as de- 

stroying life itself. It would later spread from continent to continent assimilating 

most organic plantlife 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 Ti- 

berium 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 affecting 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 unprecedented 

capabilities of Tiberium. In the light of Tiberium's boundless possibilities, 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 official- 

ly deemed a natural occurance, a number of people including respected scientists theo- 

rized that the arrival of Tiberium on Earth was a deliberate act of an intelligent 

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 defen- 

ses. Others theorized that the aliens were unaware of our excistence and sended the 

Tiberium to terraform 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 diffirent 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. "Brotherhood, Unity, Peace"

" 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 environnement. Many began to percieve 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 appriciated by the general public as an 

upcomming 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. Appearantly, 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 monitered by the United Nations 

Security Council ever since they gained the Tiberium harvesting monopoly in the mid 

90'ies. The Security Council seemed to realise that the connections The Brotherhood 

had with such a high number of dangerous groups could mean that Nod essentially was 

trying to gain a strategic foothold in the countries where these organisations were 

most active or most strongly respresented. 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 

becomming reality. It became clear that The Brotherhood's influence on most of the 

extremist and fundamentalist factions had become so substantial 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 realised 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 genious 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 responsable for all of mankind's excisting misery, accu- 

sing it and its policies from halting the comming of the new Tiberium era to sattisfy 

the corrupt needs of the few regardless the suffering of the many. Particulary 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 standings 

beginning to worship him as a living messiah destined to lead mankind into a Tiberium 

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 percieving Kane as an actual prophet, 

joining him while offering The Brotherhood all of their personal and proffesional 

support.

Realising that the situation was becomming 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 becomming 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 assasinated by their own bodyguards or housepersonel 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 destabalise 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 officialy 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 fullfulling his own prophecy.

The dawn of an era and civilisation the likes the world has never before known.

The First Tiberian War had begun, and altough 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 disposel that Stalin had, Stalin was 

never nearly the danger Kane is now. Where Stalin was a military agressor bent on 

conquering land, Kane is a manipulative genious 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, destabalised 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 utilising 

well trained and highly fanatical soldiers of all nationalities. Altough 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 became obvious that Nod had done advanced 

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 altough 

Kane's military power was litterly growing by the day, it didn't turned out to be 

his most powerful weapon. With The Brotherhood its vast sources of income and follo- 

wers, 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 critisised 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 

litterly controlled the public opinion. To their own horror, the United Nations were 

forced to realize that they were not capable of standing against the genious of this 

single mysterious man, as it became very clear that GDI was losing all control over 

the situation.

Then an event occured somewhere in Eastern Europe that would later reveal itself to 

be the greatest turnpoint 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. Realising 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 newsreporter 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 streetriots and the UN was forced to stop funding the organisation 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 

promplty assassinated by Nod hitmen and suicidecommandos. As GDI's funding was cut, 

Kane immediatly began launching major offensives all over the world, particulary 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 deliberatly faked their with- 

drawel of GDI support in an attempt to circumvent his watchfull 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 striked with full force and new military technology of their own at every 

poorly defended Nod region in the world. The tactic worked and Nod's warefforts were 

severely cut back. Then, after 2 years of harsh fighting which decimated region after 

region, GDI finally got the break it had been waiting for. Surveillance photos pin- 

pointed Kane's exact whereabouts in a Tiberium research facility in the vicinity of 

Joegoslavia. Altough the reports were not specific, there were rumors that Kane had 

begun human experiments involving Tiberium, injecting it into human genuipigs of all 

ages in an attempt to enhance human DNA and create a next generation of superior 

soldiers.

The problem was that GDI was short in manpower and equipment for this important mis- 

sion as their prime directive was to retake all ethnic regions Nod invaded. Therefore, 

it was decided to send a strikeforce consisting of elite troops under the command of 

GDI's finest field commander; an Afro-American officer called Kyle Solomon. During 

this mission, GDI's most advanced weapon was utilised for actual combat for the first 

time; an orbital weapons platform described as an Ion Cannon. Altough this Ion Cannon 

had a great drawback of requiring a long charging period, it was nevertheless an awe- 

some weapon of great destructive capabilities and impossible to counter or defend 

against. Through a number of Ionic charges of the sattelite-like Ion Cannon, Solomon's 

taskforce managed to penetrate the heavily fortified perimeter of the research fa- 

cility. What was found inside the facility was never disclosured, but there are a 

number of reports regarding psychological trauma suffered by the first soldiers who 

investigated the interior of the facility and found the civilians who were experimen- 

ted on. Kane was nowhere to be found.

With GDI chasing the remaining Nod occupation forces out of most East-European count- 

ries, the war entered its final stage. GDI surveillance agents discovered a huge and 

curiously designed structure in Sarajevo which the Nod followers called "The Temple 

Of Nod". This Nod nerve center was soon after confirmed to be Kane's base of opera- 

tions. But the most terrifying news was that this structure was not only a command 

center Kane used to coordinate The Brotherhood its global war efforts, but also a 

facility designed for mass production of NBC weapons (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical). 

Although possessing the resources and the technology to use next-generation weapons of 

mass-destruction ever since the beginning of the war, Kane could not possible have 

afforded to use them without giving up his most efficient tool: the media. GDI was 

very aware that now that Kane was losing the battle, he would use this weaponry as 

soon as it became available while GDI had no intelligence whatsoever regarding their 

possible targets. Quick response time became of the utmost importance, so Solomon's 

strikeforce was send to the nearby Sarajevo base to destroy the heart and mind of 

The Brotherhood Of Nod.

The area was completely locked down by Nod troops, resulting in a clash between Solo- 

mon's forces and Kane's private guard that would last almost 72 hours. Then the 

moment arrived: Kane's last defenses were finally crippled and Solomon ordered to fire 

the Ion Cannon directly at The Temple Of Nod. Through a hidden camera installed in- 

side by GDI infiltrants, all present in Solomon's command center saw Kane welcoming 

the blast as he opened up his arms. Fear was not noticed as Kane was seen being vapo- 

rized in front of the camera seconds before the temple exploded.

The First Tiberium War was finally over as without Kane's leadership the remaining 

Brotherhood forces broke in no time. But the haunting image of Kane willingly 

dissapearing inside the Ion beam would loom behind Solomon's mind as he reviewed the 

tape over and over.

5. The Aftermath

As the world learned about the events that took place in Sarajevo, the reactions were 

very mixed. It soon became clear that several international politicians did not ex- 

pect that Kane would be stopped and a number of them were conspiring with The Brother- 

hood to ensure their own place in the new era and civilisation Kane was on the verge 

of creating. However, political leaders and indeed all others who had first hand wit- 

nessed or experienced Nod's extreme agression and violence knew all too well the value 

of GDI's hardfought victory, with one of them calling the GDI commanders and troops:

" Heroes To Human History ".

When GDI forces began to search through the rubble of The Temple Of Nod, they were con- 

fused of their findings in a lot of the structural designs as well as not finding any 

remnants of Kane. Because The Brotherhood used a unique form of architecture in the 

construction of their bases and temples, the remaining artifacts and shematics were 

placed in museums across the world. Later massive searches were set up to find any 

and all remaining soldiers loyal to Kane. As they continued to search for evidence 

that could lead to confirmation of Kane's death, GDI military scientists would experi- 

ment with new technologies as well as expand on the ones they had. GDI felt that 

they needed to be prepared the next time they went into war, whether it be Nod or any 

other hostile force.

After the war ended, Nod began to divide into smaller factions until The Brotherhood 

as a whole was no more. The remaining Nod soldiers and officers went underground and 

disapeared from sight. Those Nod officials who had been captured were brought before 

international courts, where they were judged and excecuted for commiting the most pro- 

found war crimes on mass-scales or sentenced to life-long imprissonment in mental 

institutions for proven signs of psychopathical behavior. Although Nod had been de- 

feated, GDI continued to do research with new technologies under the orders of the UN, 

as to ensure that the Global Defense Initiative is never again catched off guard as it 

was by Kane.

However, soon other ailments would be in GDI's mind besides Nod and technological 

achievements. As much as most GDI commanders wanted to focuss their attention on 

assuring the full elimination of The Brotherhood, it became clear that the very thing 

that provided them with the funds and technology to overcome Kane had now become the 

world's greatest danger; Tiberium. With Tiberium beginning to assimilate large por- 

tions of Earth's ecosystems, GDI was officialy ordered by the UN to begin research 

and efforts on halting Tiberium growth and evacuating civilians from the most heavily 

affected regions.

" The possibilities of Tiberium... are limitless... "

~ Dr. Mobius on Science Talk

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Detailed Information:

The following section contains detailed information about the two main armed factions 

involved in The First Tiberium War.

The Global Defense Initiative: 

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- History before the First Tiberium War:

Commenly known as GDI, the organisation was first thought of after Great World War 

II. Because of the great terror the Soviet-Union brought over Europe and indirectly 

over the rest of the world, the United Nations decided to establish a multinational 

peace keeping force to ensure that no state of world wide emergency would ever be de- 

clared again. GDI originally began as a covert operations group under the designation 

of "Operations Group Echo, Black Ops 9", but was not truly active on a large military 

scale. When The Brotherhood Of Nod began invading ethnic regions in the mid 1990'ies, 

GDI was officialy enlisted on October 12, 1995 as an international force to counter 

Nod agression. Other than these facts, no true details on GDI's internal structure 

or functioning were ever released by the UN, as all statistics regarding GDI's mili- 

tary strength, equipment and personnel are classified to this very day. The official 

UN statement regarding GDI activities and purpose is as follows:

" The Global Defense Initiative was founded to enforce the United Nations Global 

Defense Act and uphold the ideals as outlined in the United Nations Charter. "

- History after the First Tiberium War:

At the end of the First Tiberian War, GDI High Command began a huge crackdown, perse- 

cuting all remaining Nod officers and officials to ensure the full elimination of The 

Brotherhood. What they couldn't have imagined however, was that this course of ac- 

tion would turn out to be a fatal mistake. GDI neglected to contain the rapidly 

spreading Tiberium substance for too long, and the results became disastrous. Not 

only did Tiberium spread at a much more aggressive and faster rate than anticipated, 

the initial methods GDI scientists developed to stop the Tiberium growth proved 

unsufficient as well. With GDI concentrating all of their efforts on hunting down 

the remnants of The Brotherhood Of Nod, Tiberium began to assimilate Earth's primary 

ecosystems causing vast portions of the planet to become uninhabitable. Soon after- 

wards, the World Health Organisation began to recieve strange reports from their 

field personnel about unknown forms of life which had been spotted in the vicinity of 

large Tiberium fields. In addition, humans living close to newly forming Tiberium 

fields began to show signs of heavy mutation, mutations which were frightingly enough 

passed on to their offspring as well.

Because the Tiberium assimilation of Earth was occuring at a much faster rate than 

GDI was able to contain and because it was still unknown wether or not a person 

suffering from Tiberium poisoning could contaminate a non-affected person, GDI be- 

gan the construction of a large and highly technological orbital spacestation 

known as " The Philadelphia ", to which they immediatly relocated their main base of 

operations along with all their highest ranking officers and best-educated personnel. 

On top of that, GDI High Command made the highly unpopular decision not to allow any 

humans on board The Philadelphia which were in any way affected with Tiberium 

poisoning. After the construction of The Philadelphia, GDI began to organise what 

would become the most massive evacuation procedure in history, relocating vast por- 

tions of the world's populations to areas not affected with Tiberium, mainly the 

Polar regions. The result of these massive relocations was that large portions of 

land on each continent become completely unhabited by humans for the first time in 

hundreds of thousands of years, causing the birth of large "no-man's lands" all over 

the world. "No-man's lands" of which GDI was very aware that they were ideal places 

for Nod to hide and reorganise themselves.

GDI later on began setting up small outposts and bases all over these wastelands, 

not only to monitor potential Nod activity, but also to better research new methods 

into halting the Tiberium assimilation of Earth as well as to find a way to re- 

verse the effects of Tiberium poisoning and the mutations it causes to human beings.

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Known facts about the Global Defense Initiative -

Ratified - In accordance with the United Nations Global Defense Act (UNGDA), the Global 

Defense Initiative was founded on the date of October 12, 1995.

Ideology - To enforce the United Nations Global Defense Act and uphold the ideals as 

outlined in the United Nations Charter.

Official Supreme Commander during the First Tiberium War - 

United States Brigadier-General Mark Jamison Sheppard, Chief of Staff, 

United Nations Military Command. Succeeded by Colonol Kyle Solomon in 

2026.

Base of Operations - Classified. Relocated to the orbital spacestation " The 

Philadelhia " sometime after the First Tiberium War.

Military Strength - Statistics regarding equipment and personnel are classified. 

Officially military strength lies within parameters of the UNGDA, 

Article V, Section 3A, Paragraph 12.

Economic Strength - Funded by the United Nations, various international governments, 

public organisations and private enterprises.

Political Strength - Not applicable. Operates within parameters of UNGDA and under 

the review of the United Nations Security Council.

Affiliations - The United Nations

See Also - Sheppard, J. M. (deceased); United Nations; United Nations Global Defen- 

se Act; United Natiosn Security Council; Mobius, Dr. R. H. (deceased); 

Solomon, K.

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The Brotherhood Of Nod: 

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- History before the First Tiberium War:

Rumored to have been founded around 1800 BC, the exact date of its arrival into exis- 

tence is unknown. The leader of Nod, a mysterious and charismatic man known only as 

Kane, is considered to be Caïn as in the son of Adam by a large number of his follo- 

wers, but both the UN as well as Nod itself refuse to either confirm or deny those 

suspicions. Nothing is truly known about Kane's origins or past until his first 

appearance in the early 1920'ies when Joseph Stalin took control over the Soviet-Union, 

with Kane appearantly being his personal advisor. In being completley aware of all 

of Stalin's plans and considering his abnormally high intelligence, it is likely that 

Kane indirectly ran the Soviet-Union and was the person directly responsable for the 

Soviet invasion of Europe. However, when it became clear that the Allies, brilliantly 

led by General Gunther Von Esling and Colonol Nikos Stavros, began to manage to stand 

ground against the military power of the invading Soviet-Union and started to rally 

the United Nations against Stalin, Kane realized that Soviet chances were heavily 

reduced. He dissappeared, leaving Stalin to lose to the Allies and appearantly 

planning to resurface when the time was ripe.

- History concerning the First Tiberian War:

The Brotherhood Of Nod appeared out of nowhere as a new religion in the early 90'ies. 

It started small at first, but under the leadership of Kane and its access to vast 

amounts of the newly discovered Tiberium, they began to gain power at an explosive 

pace. Soon realized by its upper level members that Nod was not simply a religious 

cult but a highly organised fanatics group becoming a massive and high-tech army, 

many saw it as an opportunity to secure a share of the world for themselves. Nod 

started taking over small third world and other disenfranchised nations through mass 

media manipulation, government infiltrations and sometimes through downright mili- 

tary invasions. Funded by their Tiberium monopoly, supplied by Iraq, China, North- 

Korea and other nations seeing The Brotherhood as a way to strengthen their position 

on the western nations, Nod built up immense power at a terrifying rate. To counter 

this great threat, the United Nations chartered the formation of the Global Defense 

Initiative, a worldwide defense force originally promised to the world back when the 

Soviet-Union was out to take over Western Europe. Backed with hardware from such UN 

members as the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, Germany, 

India, South Africa and others, the GDI began to oppose Nod. Suprisingly the war 

did not go nuclear nor did it go worldwide, but in terms of bloodshed and brutality 

it absolutely surpassed GWWII on a great many occasions. However, Kane's power didn't 

simply flow out of military strength alone. One of the more known and popular repor- 

ters of a major television network turned out to be a member of The Brotherhood, 

giving them access to a vast network of multimedia. Sometime in the middle of the 

war, Nod broadcasted a number of manipulated news reports regarding a town called 

Beoulistock which lied in the middle of a GDI-Nod combat zone in Eastern Europe. 

Nod's report claimed that GDI troops arrived and completely slaughtered the town's 

population. Although GDI forces were actually there to evacuate the civilians, Nod 

managed to make the general public see otherwise. The UN was forced to halt GDI 

funding and begin an internal investigation into GDI activities, and at the same Nod 

divisions everywhere struck out at GDI troops. GDI suffered heavy casualties and great 

loss of equipment, especially in Africa, but due to overconfidence and poor leadership 

of Kane's battlefield commanders, Nod troops failed to gain any major leads against 

GDI throughout the heavy battle, and then GDI themselves began moving in on Nod 

strongholds after wrenching Nod's Tiberium supply right out of its hands.

Nod began experimenting with Tiberium, seeing how it might affect humans. These 

experiments were cut short when Kyle Solomon, a GDI commander, destroyed Nod's 

Tiberium Biological Research Laboratory, acting on orders that made it out to be Kane's 

stronghold. Then, after GDI Supreme Commander General Sheppard located Nod's true 

stronghold at Sarajevo, he ordered Solomon to attack the Nod base, using GDI's most 

advanced weaponry; an orbital weapons platform known as the Ion Cannon, the Mammoth 

class tanks, and any Nod weaponry they could get a hold of. Solomon personally oversaw 

the entire 72-hour lasting operation, and the final charge against Kane's Temple. 

During the attack, Solomon destroyed The Temple Of Nod using the Ion Cannon, not only 

bringing its exsistence to public, but also supposedly destroying Kane, the Temple, 

and the rest of Nod leadership.

That battle marked the end of The First Tiberium War, as Nod factions everywhere began 

to crumble, and the GDI proved to be supreme.

- History after the First Tiberian War:

The Brotherhood began to fall. GDI forces began a huge crackdown everywhere, and 

what was left of Nod was dying. With no leadership, no resources and no luck, they 

would've been gone soon. However, through pursuing the remnants of The Brotherhood 

so vigoriously, GDI made a critical error: they ignored calls to leave Nod alone and 

contain the Tiberium substance for too long, and it began to consume the Earth, 

spreading everywhere where there were sufficient materials for it to grow and repro- 

duce, mainly to areas with large plant ecosystems. Only bodies of water, the Sahara 

Desert, the American Southwest Desert, Siberia, the Australian Outback and the Polar 

regions were not affected by Tiberium. GDI then was forced to let Nod go about its 

quiet business, while it was ordered by the UN to get healthy people to unaffected 

areas as fast as possible. As GDI was forced to cut back on their persecutions of 

Nod's remains, The Brotherhood began to recover. However, without Kane's leadership, 

the unity was broken as Nod began to divide itself into many small and harmless 

splintergroups. The largest remaining part of these splintergroups came under the 

leadership of an Egyptian dictatorial-like character named Hassan. Though this Nod 

splintergroup had enough support among the Nod followers to become a new potential 

threat, GDI managed to keep their influence under control through infiltration, and 

under-the-table-deals with Hassan himself - cooporation in exchange for covert GDI 

support which would help him to stay in power.

There was however one other Nod group, which had silently remained under ground and 

out of sight of both GDI as well as all the other Nod groups for decades, patiently 

waiting for something or sometime. This secretive Nod group turned out to be founded 

at the end of The First Tiberium War, by those remaining Nod officers which had managed 

to flee GDI's crackdown after the fall of Sarajevo. Knowing the inner workings of 

The Brotherhood like none other, this underground Nod group infiltrated the other Nod 

splintergroups much like GDI had done, keeping the spirit and faith in Kane alive 

among the followers over the many years, as well as renewing the already excisting 

hatred towards GDI. When GDI eventually found out about the excistence of this silent 

Nod group and their purpose to ready a new generation of Nod followers and officers, 

they realised that this group could potentially represent a serious danger to the 

future of the world. Recognising the neccesity to find and eliminate the leader of 

this underground Nod group - a man called Anton Slavik, which was appearantly the son 

of the commanding officer of Kane's private guard in Sarajevo during The First Tiberium 

War - GDI General Solomon instructed Hassan to arrest Slavik with the intention to 

have him put to death under the accusation of being a GDI spy. However, both GDI as 

well as Hassan underestimated the support and great respect Slavik had among many Nod 

followers. Slavik was rescued and freed in the midst of his very execution by his 

second in command, a woman known as Oxanna, and dissapeared once again from sight.

But there was one thing Solomon realised all too well. If this Nod group, currently 

led by Slavik, had remained silent for decades and now suddenly began preparing the 

followers of The Brotherhood worldwide for a new conflict, it meant something was 

about to happen.

Only days later, nearly 40 years after the defeat of The Brotherhood at Sarajevo... 

Kane reappeared alive and unharmed, not having aged a day.

With Kane's "ressurection" reuniting the entirety of The Brotherhood Of Nod splin- 

tergroups in less than 24 hours, GDI suddenly found itself in the middle of a night- 

mare it had almost forgotten about. Now, the future of humanity flows directly into 

a second Tiberium War, with The Brotherhood Of Nod being as powerful as it has ever 

been and with the Global Defense Initiative being as prepared as it ever was. While 

all life on Earth is being assimilated by Tiberium.

Now mankind's darkest hour lurks at the horizon. 

Now the world and humanity are under

A Tiberian Sun

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Known Facts about The Brotherhood Of Nod -

Ratified - Exact date unknown. The religion proclaimed itself in the new world around 

the late 19th century. Some exaggerated reports place its foundation 

around the year 1800 B.C. Known as "Sha Ae Sheer" or "Path Of Nod" among 

a number of traditional African tribes.

Ideology - To unite third-world nations under a psuedo-religious political platform 

with imperialist tendancies. In actuallity it is a highly aggressive and 

popular neo-fascist anti-west movement vying for total domination of the 

world's peoples and resources. Operates under the popular mantra "Brother- 

hood, Unity, Peace". The religious viewpoints of The Brotherhood Of Nod 

focuss on an alledged Tiberian future for humanity, in which all followers 

of Kane shall recieve "Divination" and flourish in every imaginable aspect.

Current Religious Patriach - The Brotherhood Of Nod operates under the leadership of 

a mysterious, charismatic and highly dangerous person 

known only as "Kane", whose IQ is believed to be over a 

196. No forms of civil registration or birthcertificats 

whatsoever have been found about him by neither Interpol 

nor any other international investigation services. Be- 

lieved to be a living Messiah and the son of Adam by a 

great number of his followers, nothing is truly known 

about Kane's origins or past.

Base of Operations - Globalized, command posts identified at Kuantan, Malaysia; some- 

where in Ar-Rub'al-Khali, Saudi Arabia; Tokyo, Japan; Caen, France. 

Main headquarters was located at the end of The First Tiberium War 

in the vicinity of Sarajevo, Bosnia.

Military Strength - Initially considered to be a small terrorist organisation, a scandal 

involving US and European defense contractors confirms beliefs that 

The Brotherhood Of Nod is well equipped and has a large arsenal of 

land, sea, and aerial military operations as well as highly advanced 

technology of which is unknown where Nod derived it from.

Economic Strength - Considerable assets believed to be in excess of US $255.2 billion, 

based on audits of seized financial records (see CIA docket 3231.54- 

776 FIA). Economic strength stems from near-monopoly of Tiberium 

harvesting in the late 20th century as well as cult-like money sei- 

zure and money laundering with Russian, Cuban, Columbian and various 

other maffia Cartels.

Political Strength - Believed to be the sole backers of the Fist of Allah party in Jordan 

(52%); United We Stand America party in the US 12%); Albion First! 

party in the UK (25+%), among others. (See Brooking Institution 

publication A42962-94 for full discloser.)

Affiliations - Irish Republican Party; various Islamic Jihad groupations; Khmer Rouge; 

U.S.S.R.; the People's Republic Of China; others. (See article: Brother- 

hood of Nod Splinter Groups and Afffiliations.)

See Also - Mobius, Dr. R.H. (deceased); terrorist activities; United Nations Global 

Defense Act; Report of World Energy Radical Redistribution; US Congressional 

Report, 1994; Death of Kane Investigation Committee.

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Details about The Brotherhood Of Nod Philosophy:

" The Brotherhood had its beginnings with the first downtrodden 

who looked for a better way. "

~ Kane

The following section contains some of the history of the involvement that the Sha Ae 

Sheer had in political matters as well as many other things throughout history. Recor- 

ded by the scribes of the Godan Tribes, it historically accounts how the Sha Ae Sheer 

plan to unify the people of Earth under one nation and one rule. This section is also 

dedicated to proving how the Brotherhood Of Nod plans to invoke its philosophy on the 

world.

The following text is a written recording of a speech Kane addressed to volunteers 

who wished to join The Brotherhood during the 1990ies.

" Welcome to the Brotherhood of Nod, sometimes referred to as the Ways of Nod 

or the Sha Ae Sheer. I prefer just The Brotherhood, for that is what we are 

truly striving for; a brotherhood of mankind, where all can live in peace 

and share the struggles of life as one.

As long as man has had breath The Brotherhood has existed. For from the be- 

ginning -- when man's struggle was with nature, not knowing where he might 

sleep, how he would eat, or whether he would survive to see the light of dawn 

-- there have always been those who would lord over others. People who believe 

that they by some unseen right they are granted power over others, and would 

push others down so they might climb, are the greatest threat to mankind's 

existence. For many years has one man or one race prospered on the sweat and 

work of others.

Such injustices are not just a sin against mankind, but also a sin against God. 

The Brotherhood had its beginnings with the first downtrodden who looked for a 

better way. These oppressed sought a path that would allow them to gather 

fruits of life and achieve enough resources and wealth that they and their 

families could survive and advance with the rest of mankind. Too often have 

these people been crushed beneath the boot of others, their measly gains stripped 

from them. Throughout history the "overlords," often self-appointed rulers, 

have forcefully taken the resources of those who could not defend themselves.

Whether we consider the pharaohs of Egypt, the Caesars of Rome, the kings of 

England, or the emperors of China, it was always the blood and sweat of others 

that created their empires. Today, it is the capitalists of the Western nations 

that are sucking the life out of the rest of the nations of the world. While 

capitalists barons sit in their mansions, drinking their expensive champagnes, 

the workers of the world continue to die from starvation and disease. Workers 

are forced to sleep on the ground without shelter in the sweltering summer heat 

and may die from frostbite in the depths of winter, their cries for help never 

heeled by the nation of the Western bloc, whose citizens sleep soundly in their 

beds at night. The imperialism of these nations is even more insidious than that 

of ancient times.

When the pharaohs and Caesars ruled the realm, at least one knew one's standing 

at all times. No pretense was ever made that a man or a race was other than what 

they were. Slaves were slaves; they knew this and expected that they would be 

treated as such. They were never seduced into believing that they were free men 

able to achieve what they pleased. It was never suggested that they might be 

able to do something about their fate and rise above the station into which they 

had been born. By contrast, the Western nations have created a world of slaves 

without the general populace ever realizing it. Although the so-called free 

nations claim they are helping to advance the world as a whole, it takes only a 

moment to see through this pretense and realize that the only ones advancing are 

the free nations.

With their abundance of resources and technology, the free nations have made 

economic slaves of the Third World. The disadvantaged Third World countries 

have had their resources stripped away, education denied, and technology withheld 

to keep them from threatening the power of the Western bloc. And the Western 

nations enslave not only the populace of the Third World, but also many of their 

own. It is not uncommon to find the squalor characteristic of the Third World 

right in the heart of all major cities in the supposedly enlightened nations. 

This lack of caring for one's fellow man, so pervasive in the West, is what causes 

The Brotherhood to flourish. The fact that millions upon millions can reach only 

a poverty-level existence, unable to even feed their own children, is a sin against 

the nations that cannot be ignored. The Brotherhood has always existed to help 

those in need. By gathering the resources of our flock and obtaining additional 

material from our enemy in any manner deemed necessary, the Brotherhood continues 

to grow and gain power.

We have always been here, behind the scenes, the guiding hand. Empires have fal- 

len by our influence; leaders that could have caused our plans to go awry have 

silently vanished. The Brotherhood is always in the background, careful to make 

sure others do not notice our activities. We periodically supply aid to other 

causes to pull attention away from our true goal. We have slowly and steadily in- 

creased our power, but still were never truly able to confront the forces of evil 

head-on. For thousands of years we have waited for a sign, something or someone 

that would allow us to mount one last, great Jihad. That sign has come in the 

form of Tiberium.

With the unstoppable growth of Tiberium across the Globe, most of it occurring in 

nations friendly to the Brotherhood, our time has come. The vast wealth and 

resources gained from Tiberium have given us the ability to come into the open and 

challenge our antagonists face to face. Across the Globe, GDI and Nod forces 

now clash in a titanic struggle that will decide the fate of mankind for all time. 

The GDI hides behind the façade that they are here to help the free nations in 

their struggle against those they would name terrorist. We in The Brotherhood 

know the truth. Our fight is for all mankind, not for those cherished few who sit 

behind desks all day, with no greater worry than whatever it will rain and cancel 

their tennis dates.

Such uncaring attitudes to the peoples of the Earth can be tolerated no longer. 

The Brotherhood will unify this world no matter what the cost. Our movement has 

always striven to be one of peace, but as we all know, the road toward peace is 

often paved with the blood of those who would prevent peace. The Brotherhood has 

already taken great strides for global unity. With our advanced technology in 

Tiberium gathering, we have been able to push GDI forces out of many of the world's 

nations. The people will follow The Brotherhood -- unfortunately, governments do 

not, and it is the governments that control the armed forces. These self proclaimed 

governments of the people are using their military forces to keep their populace 

quelled, to such an extent that the people do not rally to The Brotherhood's banner 

for fear of repercussions against them and their families. We must show the people 

that by entering the fold of The Brotherhood they will be safe and taken care of. 

Their hopes and dreams will be fulfilled only if they place their lives in our care. 

Their needs will be taken care of and their families protected -- all that is re- 

quired is that they give of their finances and labor to The Brotherhood. With the 

guidance of The Brotherhood helping them along the true path, together we will 

bring the world to a higher state than ever existed before. We will bring about 

one world, unified, living in peace, and following a single path toward a common 

goal of equality, all held together by the benevolent supervision provided by me, 

Kane. There are many obstacles blocking my path to this magnificent unity; means 

must be found to surmount these difficulties.

We now come to the addition of you to my fold. The EVA operator interface is the 

way of the future: combat being directed by a general safe behind friendly lines, 

but still receiving data of the mission as it occurs. It would take the demented 

minds of the GDI to come up with a plan like this. How can a man know fear, feel 

for his comrades, or taste victory in all its sweetness if he sits so far from the 

battle that the only screams he hears are simulated by a machine? 

Be that as it may, the EVA system is the best means available to The Brotherhood to 

ensure our purification of the world. You have been recruited by The Brotherhood 

because your views closely mirror our own. Leave behind the dogma of GDI and bring 

the training and education supplied by them to my cause. We will feed the Tiberium 

fields with the lifeless bodies of GDI, continuing the struggle until no one and 

nothing stands in the way of global unification. Your expertise is needed in this 

glorious struggle. You shall give of yourself body and soul in the service of The 

Brotherhood, and in return for your efforts you shall become greater than you ever 

dared imagine. Know your abilities well, but never be satisfied with what you can 

do today. Strive to surpass today's feats tomorrow and each day thereafter. Do 

not fail me, for your failure could mean my failure, and I will NOT fail. Uplink 

to your system and lead our forces to splendid victory!"

~ Kane

Nod Combat Philosophy

Nod's theory on combat is as follows:

" It is more important for us to employ intelligent combined-arms tactics than it is 

for GDI because it is the Pen who is mightier than the Sword. And we are both the 

Pen and the Sword when skilled modern armies are commanded by intelligent strategies 

brought upon by a True Military Strategist... "

~Nod Commander Slavik

" The Brotherhood exists wherever there is need. "

~ Kane

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