Chronosphere (Red Alert 1)

The Chronosphere was a mass teleportation device developed by the Allies during the. An improved version was used to decisively end the. Albert Einstein was a notable contributor to the Chronosphere's design.

Second World War
""We have also earnt the right to be the first to test the newest addition to our arsenal, the Chronosphere. This is to help you. Even Stalin's new Iron Curtain will not be able to stop us!""

- Gunter von Esling introducing the Chronosphere

The first prototypical Chronosphere device was built by Albert Einstein in 1946, although it severely malfunctioned and short circuited. Not abandoning the project, Einstein reworked it and reshaped, this time concentrating on manipulating time and space instead of simply time traveling. The Philadelphia Experiment was an early Chronosphere experiment. The results indicated a lack of control over the process and solving the control problem became the main preoccupation of Albert Einstein and other personnel working on the project.

A crucial control test of the Chronosphere was performed in a facility near Lich, Germany. Advancing Soviet forces discovered the facility and threatened to overrun it. The base was preparing for a critical test and evacuation would mean the loss of months of preparations. Field Commander A9 was sent to hold the facility and despite enemy action the test proceeded on schedule.



""Einstein wanted me to warn you that the Chronosphere may produce unknown side effects, so be careful when using it! Even we do not understand its full powers!""

- Stavros about the Chronosphere

Despite perfecting the control process, the Chronosphere continued to exhibit operational idiosyncrasies despite continued refinement. Personnel were still liable to disappear during teleportations and nuclear warheads could explode if a teleport was attempted. The appearance of the chrono vortex during use also highlighted the device's imperfection.

Regardless, the Chronosphere was officially released for battlefield use for the Battle of Moscow at the end of the war, and was also used in Germany and Italy.

Alternate Second World War
The Soviets first became aware of the Chronosphere when Soviet agents observed it in operation on Elba Island. Stalin became obsessed with acquiring it, even more so as Allied forces began using it tactically.

The Soviets tracked the Chronosphere to Northern Switzerland. An attack captured Albert Einstein but not the device. The Soviets placed a tracking device placed in Einstein's watch and allowed the Allies to rescue the scientist using the Chronosphere. The tracking device then led the Soviets to the Chronosphere's new location on the Iberian Peninsula.

""If the Chronosphere can not be ours, then let it be buried along with the Allied dogs!""

- Stalin

The Allies set their radar stations to automatically send a destruct message to the Chronosphere if Soviet forces approached. Another Soviet attack failed to disable all of the radar stations and the Chronosphere was destroyed. General Georgi Kukov failed to inform the field commander of the last radar site and for this oversight Stalin personally executed Kukov.

Interestingly though, the Soviets did indeed capture the Chronosphere in at least 3 occasions in the war. Once in Ukraine, another time in Italy (where it later exploded because it was badly damaged) and one more time they captured it and even used it against an Allied stronghold, teleporting an MCV over enemy soil.

Third World War


Both the Soviets and the Allies were impressed by the Chronosphere and its powers, however due to the various drawbacks (Chrono vortex, loss of personnel), Einstein decided to recreate it from scratch to make it more powerful and remove the drawbacks that made it almost a "danger" to be used during the precedent war.

When the Soviets invaded the U.S. during Great World War III, the project of the new Chronosphere was not yet started and could not help the Allies on the war against the Soviets. Einstein however began working in secret at his Lab in the Black Forest, in Germany, for a new Chronosphere device to use it against the Soviets. Other than the Chronosphere, Einstein also developed some other technologies there, including Prism Towers, Prism Tanks, Mirage Tanks and the ultimate allied weapon, the Weather Control Device, that was used in the last battle against the Soviets.

However at one point the Soviets discovered of Einstein's experiments and, knowning that the Chronosphere was one of the things that made the Allies win the Second World War, decided to launch a full scale assault on Germany, by sending 3 MCVs and assault forces to wipe out all Allied presence in the area and eliminating Einstein in the process. However a brilliant Allied commander personally took care of the defense of Einstein's lab and in the end defeated all Soviet forces who were forced to retreat.

""I have spent many long days to find the perfect place where to deploy this weapon. There is only one small problem. The perfect place is to be found here, in a tiny Island in Florida key, just a few kilometres from Soviet Cuba!""

- Professor Einstein

Shortly afterwards, Einstein finally finished working on the new Chronosphere device. However there was a problem. The Allies understood that invading the USSR like in the precedent war will be very costly in terms of funds and manpower, and decided to launch a Chrono invasion directly on Moscow to end the war quickly. But in order to do so, the Chronosphere had to be deployed in a precise location. Einstein took some time to find the location but in the end he succeded. The location was a small island outside Florida, which was extremely close to a Soviet stronghold: Cuba. The same commander who saved Einstein in germany took care of the operation. He enstablished a base in the island and managed to hold off Soviet forces who were trying to destroy the base. However the worst had yet to happen, as the Allies found out Cuba had 3 missile silos that were prepared to fire at the United States to obliterate them, but Romanov decided to use them on the small Allied base to destroy the Chronosphere. However, before the strongest missiles were loaded in the silos, the Allied commander managed to teleport forces right on Cuban soil, which in the end destroyed all the three missile silos and put an end to the Soviet nuclear threat on America.

With the Chronosphere safe and ready for use, the Allies launched a surprise chrono invasion on Moscow, teleporting troopers in the middle of the city to enstablish a base and capture the Kremlin, where Romanov was commanding his forces. The Allied commander was also authorised to build a Chronosphere in the area (and also the Weather Control Device that devastated Soviet forces in the city). With the help of these two weapons and the skills of the Allied commander, the Kremlin was surrounded and Romanov captured.

Alternate Third World War
The Soviet Union has emerged victorious over the Allies. After their failed attempt to develop a Weather Control Device in the US Virgin Islands, effective Allied resistance to Soviet supremacy was limited to Alaska. With the defeat of Yuri and the reunification of the USSR under the new Premier, the Soviets were ready to turn their undivided attention to this one remaining obstacle to the ultimate triumph of Communism in the world.

Files recovered from a hidden archive in the Kremlin gave the location of an Allied Chronosphere in Point Hope, Alaska. It allowed the Allies to strike anywhere on the planet. The location of this last Chronosphere device was the Allies' best kept secret - it was all they had left. Nevertheless, Yuri managed to somehow locate it, but failed to inform the rest of the Soviet army.

In the end, the Soviets defeated all Allied forces in the area and destroyed the Chronosphere with a Nuclear strike. This allowed them to win the war.

Red Alert 1
The Chronosphere may only move one unit at a time. The Chronosphere may not be used on enemy units. A teleported unit will return automatically to its pre-teleportation location after a period of time.

The Chronosphere cannot transport infantry, either inside or outside a personnel carrier. Attempting to do so results in the infantry disappearing. A will explode immediately without being moved if a teleport is attempted. Each use of the Chronosphere has a small probability of generating a chrono vortex.

Teleporting a sea unit onto land, or vice versa, destroys the unit at the destination.