The Cyborgs are Coming

The Cyborgs are Coming
GDI scout arrives at the base
Chronology
Previous	Escape from CABAL
Concurrent	Determined Retribution
Next	Factory Recall
Details
Part of	Firestorm Conflict
Date(s)	2031
Location	Trondheim (Colony 6), Norway
Outcome
GDI victory
Belligerents
Global Defense Initiative
CABAL
Commanders
Firestorm Taskforce Commander
CABAL
Forces
Most GDI arsenal
Most Nod arsenal
Metacampaign
Game	Firestorm
Objectives	Warn the local civilians of the CABAL threat Establish a base and destroy CABAL's forces
Mission Transcript

The Cyborgs are Coming is the seventh GDI mission in the Firestorm campaign.

Briefing

We have lost communication with our base outside of Trondheim. Scout the area and determine the cause of this interruption. We have no tactical data on CABAL's forces in that area and we need information.

END TRANSMISSION.

• First Objective: Warn the local civilians of the CABAL threat.
• Second Objective: Establish a base and destroy CABAL's forces.

Background

GDI now faced a new threat in the form of CABAL and his cyborgs. The CABAL core that was destroyed in the previous mission turned out to be a decoy and many GDI forces were caught off-guard by CABAL's betrayal. General Cortez ordered the Firestorm Taskforce Commander to warn the civilians of CABAL's forced recruitment at Trondheim and then destroy all of CABAL's forces using a GDI base in the area. However EVA lost contact with the base before the commander could arrive in person.

Aftermath

While the mission was successful CABAL was too numerous and too strong for GDI to defeat alone. Even GDI's arch-nemesis, the Brotherhood of Nod, was too weak for it to defeat the rogue AI alone as well, and an all-out Nod assault on what they thought was the CABAL core turned out to be a trap set by CABAL and destroy most of the Nod forces there. To that end, Nod general Anton Slavik proposed a temporary ceasefire and unholy alliance with General Cortez against CABAL.

Trivia

• The hospital at the west part of the map spawns cyborgs at CABAL's southwest base every few seconds, giving it infinite cyborgs. The cyborgs can find and attack player structures even if they are stealthed, so building base at northwest while destroying the bridge is highly recommended.

Gallery

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  Map panorama
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  Tacitus and its newly recovered fragment.
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  Accessing CABAL's communications network.
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  CABAL and his cyborgs
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  Orca Transport passes over destroyed bridge.
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  Commander in person arrives.
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  He observes CABAL cyborgs attacking GDI base and abducting civilians.
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  He warns first civilians and gains few troops.
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  Civilians are held there.
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  Commander passes away north.
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  He warns last civilians and gains MCV and engineers repairing bridge in attempt to gain easier access to GDI base.
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  CABAL starts his attempts of total termination of GDI.
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  GDI base is released, repaired and defended.
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  Strike force is forming.
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  And GDI marches to CABAL.
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  Even though they attack from the front..
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  ..CABAL cannot stop GDI.
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  His cloaked base is quickly destroyed. Behind it GDI sees another, better entrance, but they it's just done.
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  GDI repairs strike force after that.
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  Moves to the last CABAL base.
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  Assaults it.
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  And brutally destroyed to the ashes.

Videos

Briefing

References

Tiberian Sun and Firestorm missions

Tiberian Sun Evolutionary Response North America Reinforce Phoenix Base Secure the Region Secure Crash Site (Capture Train Station) Defend Crash Site Rescue Tratos (Destroy Radar Array) Destroy Vega's Base (Destroy Vega's Dam) Northern Europe Capture Hammerfest Base Retrieve Disruptor Crystals Rescue Prisoners Destroy Chemical Supply Mine Power Grid Destroy Chemical Missile Plant Mediterranean Destroy Prototype Facility Weather the Storm Final Conflict Deus ex Kane Mediterranean The Messiah Returns Retaliation Destroy Hassan's Temple (Free Rebel Commander) Eviction Notice (Blackout) North America Salvage Operation Capture Umagon (Provo) or Capture Umagon (New Detroit) Sheep's Clothing Destroy GDI Research Facility (Escort Bio-toxin Trucks) Northern Europe Villainess in Distress Reestablish Nod Presence or Protect Waste Convoys Destroy Mammoth Mk. II Prototype Capture Jake McNeil A New Beginning (Illegal Data Transfer) Demo Initiation Clean Sweep   Firestorm Desperate Measures Recover the Tacitus Party Crashers Quell the Civilian Riots In the Box Dogma Day Afternoon Escape from CABAL The Cyborgs are Coming Factory Recall Core of the Problem From the Ashes Operation Reboot Seeds of Destruction Tratos' Final Act Mutant Extermination Escape from CABAL The Needs of the Many Determined Retribution Harvester Hunting Core of the Problem