User:Dthaiger

A couple of points:

1) Like I have said elsewhere, I think the main page needs to be modified, but I am hesitant to do so without confirmation from the rest of you.

2) We need a consistant way of doing storylines and writing text. Right now, I believe that the following things are acceptable for inclusion in articles:    1) Official Description of the item in question (I.E., from Westwood, EALA, etc). Ex: Exaggerated theories of the Brotherhood's formation place it prior to 1600 BC (paraphrased from C&C Tiberian Dawn manual) 2) Something that was evident from playing the game itself.    Ex: Titans were used as a mainstay of the GDI armored forces.      Ex 2: Cyborgs were used as patrol units (GDI mission 9, Option 1, Rescue the Mutants.)    Notice that for example 2, I used something that the computer was programmed to       do, not something that I did. Because we have many ways of different of         playing, I think that we should rely on the computer's play.

3) Something revealed in a cutscene: For example, that Disruptors were     instrumental in destroying some of the first prototypes of the Banshee      Helicopter (End cutscene, Mission 9 Main)

4) Something required to make #1 and #2 above consistent within the game's     universe. For example, my stating that the harmonic resonance emitter needing a      very stable platform to explain why the Disruptor is a tank, not a walker.

3) I think it's obvious that the Firestorm GDI and NOD storylines are meant to both take place, specifically because of the joint cutscene and joint mission orders which take place and cross between both storylines (See GDI / Nod mission 8 Firestorm briefings). Furthermore, the Tratos assassination (Nod mission 3, GDI mission 3), that business of the genesis pit followed by GDI's having defend the civilians, (GDI 2 / Nod 2), the reactivation of Cabal itself (Nod 1), are all required to occur under both storylines. That said, there are still two discrepancies as I see it. 1) If Nod grabs the Tacitus (Nod mission 4), then why does GDI still have it. 2) Did GDI or Nod destroy the Core?

I think that the second problem can be simply answered by: They destroyed it together, with GDI and Nod attacking from different angles (In Nod 09, the core is in the Upper Right, In GDI 09, it's in the Upper Right.)

As for the first problem, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the truck was empty, as Nod intelligence was flawed (perhaps a decoy Tacitus was in the truck instead.) (Thus causing Cabal to become very frustrated with Nod.) Thus, the chain of events would be:

1. Cabal reactivated 2. Tacitus transported from Kane's Temple to Dr Boudreau's team. (Note that 1 and 2 are interchangeable without losing continuity) 3. Cabal Experiments with the Genesis pit, destroying a GDI outpost. 4. Cabal uses the Genesis pit again against a similar outpost, but this time GDI forces are able to save the base and evacuate the civilians. (It is possible that Cabal decided to use Nod soldiers for this operation in place of civilians, as he did in the last operation). 5. Cabal has Tratos assassinated. 6. GDI puts down riots between mutants and civilians incited by the death of Tratos. 7. Cabal has the mutants attacked and destroyed, not knowing that GDI had already retransported the Tacitus back to Dr. Boudreau's team. 8. Cabal realizes it has to get over to GDI's side in order to be recover the Tacitus, so he has Nod's command staff assassinated. Nod forces retreat from what they believe to be Cabal's core. 9. GDI, getting nowhere on the Tacitus project, captures what they believe to be Cabal's core and tries to use him to translate the Tacitus. 10. Nod captures an EVA unit from the GDI and attempts to reprogram it to bring operational control back to GDI forces. 11. GDI captures the second piece of the Tacitus while fighting the cultists and brings it back to Boudreau's team, now working from within what they believe to be Cabal's core. 12. Nod strikes back an outlying core but is forced to divert resources from 'throughout the Brotherhood to do so' 13. After acquiring the second piece of the Tacitus, Cabal turns on his GDI masters and rebels. GDI manages to turn the tables and destroy a secondary core. 14. Shortly thereafter, GDI is able to warn the city of Tranheim and the surrounding villages. Eventually, Cabal's bases in the region are destroyed. 15. GDI captures and reprograms the cyborg Huey. 16. In a joint conference, Generals Cortez and Slavik decide to destroy the cyborg production facility and harvesting operations. 17. GDI infiltrates one of Cabal's cyborg production facilities and plants the virus, thus allowing secondary teams to clean up Cabal's outlying bases. However, where Cabal is able to retain direct control, the virus has no effect. 18. Nod forces destroy all of Cabal's 'Harvesters, Refineries and Silos,' cutting Cabal off from a significant fraction of his income and replacement forces. 19. Two teams, one Nod, one GDI destroy Cabal's core. 20. Nod celebrates, and it is revealed that they are cloning another Kane. 21. GDI recovers the Tacitus and gains control of its secrets. (Note: 17 and 18 occur simultaneously)