Core of the Problem (Nod)

Core of the Problem (Nod) is the final mission in the Nod campaign of Tiberian Sun: Firestorm.

Background
Both of CABAL's auxiliary bases were destroyed by Nod and GDI. The time had come to end the rise of the machines once and for all. However CABAL still had heavy defenses to protect its core, and would not go down without a heavy fight.

Aftermath
GDI managed to reclaim the Tacitus from the CABAL Core first while Nod pulled out of the area quietly, not wanting to strike GDI during both factions' moments of triumph. Slavik addressed the remainder of the Brotherhood that Nod had beaten the single greatest threat to the organisation and mankind. Meanwhile, CABAL had somehow managed to escape and located itself to an isolated stasis chamber where clones of Kane (including the real one) were kept in store. CABAL attempted to infiltrate the real Kane's mind with some resistance but eventually CABAL/Kane had merged, stating: