Kane's Challenge

Kane's challenge was a testing program for potential Nod commanders devised shortly after the Third Tiberium War. The Challenge was a gauntlet of simulated battles wherein the test taker would choose a force and compete against various armies. The armies in the simulation were designed to be completely accurate to their real-life battle capabilities to ensure valid results.

The forces that a potential commander could select to lead or to fight against were the basic GDI, Nod, and Scrin armies, as well as two specialized sub-factions for each; the Steel Talons, ZOCOM, the Black Hand, the Marked of Kane, Reaper-17, and Traveler-59. The Nod leaders who administered the test included the GDI and Scrin factions as a way of adversarial training; to allow the prospects a chance to learn the strengths and weaknesses of each army.

Kane himself would brief prospects during the tests; giving a brief history of the force the commander selected, as well as a congratulatory speech following a commander completing all ten simulations with a faction.