Spy (Red Alert 1)

Spies were special forces operatives used by the Allies to gather information from Soviet bases during Great World War II (although they were used by the Soviets, albeit less extensively.) This provided allied Commanders with information about plans and vulnerabilities of Soviet bases. This is the first time in which spies were deployed directly in battles, as usually they were used as intelligence gathering operatives behind enemy lines or in enemy command centers and bases. One thing that has proven to be the bane of spies were soviet attack dogs which were capable of literally sniffing out the spies.

If a spy infiltrated a construction yard or any other training and production facility he could relay information concerning the current training and production orders. If a resource gathering and processing structure such as the ore refinery was infiltrated, he reported on the current resource pool status of the enemy. Similarly, when a power plant was infiltrated, the current power status was made available to the spy's commander. The most profitable infiltration target were radar domes and submarine pens, as they provided data on explored terrain and current submarine locations via the sonar pulse.

Following the Great World War II, spies were no longer employed on the battlefield directly, instead being regular undercover agents once again. A notable agent in GDI employ was agent Delphi.