| “ | If that weapon fires, I will have no choice but to launch every weapon I have against the United States. DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?!! - Anatoly Cherdenko |
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The Mount Rushmore National Memorial, near Keystone, South Dakota, is a monumental granite sculpture by Gutzon Borglum (1867–1941), located within the United States Presidential Memorial that represents the first 150 years of the history of the United States of America (USA).
Overview[]
One of the iconic landmarks on the USA that consists of four 60-foot (18 m) sculptures of the heads of former United States presidents, from left to right: George Washington (1732–1799), Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), and Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865).
Despite the external appearance of a national monument, it was also secretly the home to the Doomsday Superweapons, which was created by President Howard T. Ackerman by converting each of the President's head into a Superweapon that can be used as base defenses, or to attack intercontinental target, in an attempt to "wipe (those) Soviets off the face of the earth". [1]
History[]
| “ | This is unbelievable, I always knew he was a little wound up, but I never saw this one coming...I don't know what to make of this situation, but I'm here to follow orders. And orders are to support you. Let's get moving, we've got to stop our crazy president. - Warren, to the Commander in Operation A Monument to Madness |
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In a clandestine operation ordered by Field Marshal Robert Bingham, the Allied Commander aided the American commander Warren Fuller tasked to disable the superweapon and eliminate the President there. This mainly caused by his anti-Soviet paranoia and his plans to demolish Moscow which can jeopardize the Allies-Soviet alliance during their war against the Empire of the Rising Sun. Fortunately the Commander and Warren manage to disable the Superweapons, by destroying the Rushmore Comm Tower and Firebase despite the heavy resistance they faced. The they also eliminated Ackerman ending his threat from destroying Moscow and preventing a Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) between Moscow and USA. [1]
Areas of Interest[]
Landmarks[]
- Mount Rushmore: The main icon of this national park famously known for its iconic 4 giant USA President's head. But during the war it was secretly converted into a superweapon by the order of President Howard T. Ackerman to destroy Moscow and eliminate the Soviet from the face of the planet.
- Mount Rushmore Entrance: An entrance to the national park located on the southern side of the map.
- Abraham Lincoln Visitor Center:
Military base[]
- Rushmore Firebase: A specialized building used to control and power the weaponized Theodore Roosevelt's head called Doomsday Roosevelt, located near the Mount Rushmore guarded by a large base afilliated to Ackerman's loyalist forces.
- Presidential Head Control Centers: A specialized facility use to control and power each converted president's head. In total of All 3 control units present in the are, first the Jefferson Control Center is located on the southeast, second is Abraham Lincoln is located on the east, third is George Washington Control Center is located on the northwest.
- Communication Outpost: A small outpost located on the southwest of the mountain, which house the Comm Tower that allows President Ackerman to remotely fire the Doomsday Roosevelt. This outpost is guarded by the Ackerman's Loyalist forces and a Multigunner Turret.
- Infantry outpost: A small outpost located on the western side of the Communications Outpost, which comprised of a Boot Camp and a Power Plant guarded by a Multigunner Turret
- Secret airport: A "secret" airport located on the southern side of the mountain, this airport also have a Helipad which allows the Presidient's Chopper to land and evacuate the President from the area.
- Allied base: A large size Tier 3 base established by the Allied Commander located near the entrance to the national park on the southeast, and used to subjugate President Ackerman
- Abandoned Base: An abandoned Tier 1 base located on the eastern side of the Allied base, which was reactivated and upgraded by Warren Fuller in his effort to aid the Allied Commander to stop President Ackerman.
Gallery[]
Landmarks[]
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The Mount Rushmore -
Mt Rushmore Entrance
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Abraham Lincoln Visitor Center
Military base[]
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The Rushmore Firebase
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Jefferson Control Center on the southeast
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Abraham Lincoln Control Center on the east
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George Washington Control Center on the northeast
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Loyalist's Communications Outpost
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Loyalist's Infantry Outpost
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Loyalist's Main Base near Mt Rushmore
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Captured Loyalist's Base near Mt Rushmore
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Abandoned Allied Base on the southeast
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Allied base on the southwest
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Warren Fuller's base on the southeast
Trivia[]
- There are several interesting fact regarding the map design of this mission.
- The map design of this mission is a shrunken, altered and simplified version of the real life Mount Rushmore national park located on South Dakota state US.
- On the initial area where Tanya and Warren's forces first appear, there are a welcome sign with written with texts (Britton Visitor Center, Ranger Station: Inyo National Forest, US Department of Agriculture.
- This is strange because Britton is an actual city in South Dakota state, but the welcoming sign is based the Mammoth Lake/Inyo Forest sign which originated from an area in California state that is located on the west side of the USA.
- Based on the geographical design and contour of the map, the initial location of this mission supposed to be located on Inyo Forest or Mammoth Lake area, but somewhere during the development it was changed to Mount Rushmore.
- This was also supported by the appearance of small houses, tents and firecamps on the east and northwestern side of the map, which no camping was allowed near Mt Rushmore, unless the area the camps are located suppsoed to represent Black Hill Forest.
- There is also the building on the northern side of Warren's Conyard is supposed to represent the Lincoln Borglum Visitor Center.
- The said building also connected to a stage located on the northern side of the building, it seemingly based on the Ampitheater area, which in real life this area is usually used by those who permitted to organized First Amendment activities.
See also[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3. Allied mission 6: "A Monument to Madness".