Kane's second in command, General Kilian Qatar , took over control of the Brotherhood and called all forces to her base in the Australian Outback so that they may be able to regroup. Unknown to them, the liquid Tiberium blast had other consequences. An alien species known as the Scrin , which the Tacitus had only fleetingly referred to, had been waiting for a signal to invade Earth, which the cataclysmic detonation of the liquid Tiberium stores provided.
The Scrin landed in Red Zones and began deploying their forces, swiftly crushing any resistance they encountered. GDI and Nod grudgingly joined forces to combat this new enemy.
During a major battle in Australia, Kane resurfaced, and was furious at Qatar for allying herself with GDI and ordered her death. Qatar was executed and Kane revealed his master plan. The Tacitus contained information on a future alien invasion, and that the invasion would begin when a liquid Tiberium explosion occurred. Kane saw this as an opportunity to invite a superior race to Earth with the biggest and most destructive fireworks display in history.
However, Kane and his scientists could not build or find a detonator with enough power to produce the desired effect. As a result, Kane started a war with GDI, knowing that they would retaliate with their Ion Cannon on his temple, the only force strong enough to detonate the bomb to gain the necessary explosion.
When the Scrin arrived on Earth, they began to construct monolithic towers. When each of these towers was constructed, they would become an interstellar gateway to other galaxies and worlds.
Also, on completion, they would become invulnerable to any attack. The towers housed vast information on Tiberium. If enough of these towers would to have been successfully built, the entire Scrin race would have been able to warp directly to and conquer Earth in one swift stroke, and not even Nod's stealth technology would provide sufficient protection. After GDI fought off the initial Scrin attack, it noticed the towers for the first time.
Knowing that whatever the towers would do could not possibly be good, they launched coordinated attacks on every tower across the globe, starting with the tower closest to completion: the Threshold in Rome. Kane realised that at least one tower must survive for this campaign to be successful and orders Nod's energy to be focused on defending one particular tower in southern Italy.
Kane also ordered the retrieval of an 'access key' to the tower, which was located in a Scrin Nerve Center in Italy. This was accomplished by a legendary Nod Commander. GDI assaulted the last tower with tremendous force but was held back by Nod and is eventually pushed from the area. All other towers across the globe were destroyed and the tower in southern Italy was the last one standing. Kane's plan, as a result, was a success.
The Scrin's vast knowledge of Tiberium was now in the hands of Nod. Nod was once again driven underground due to GDI attacks, and the surviving upper echelons of Nod leadership kept a low profile; to all outward appearances, the Brotherhood ceased to exist as a military force.
Kane himself admitted Nod is a "shadow of what it was", but added "that is how it should be, for only the chosen few will be allowed into the Promised Land. Kane adopted Scrin style of clothing - his Nod robes are now dyed purple-black and marked with Scrin writing. In the Marked of Kane - a secret army of cyborgs previously dormant in Russia and South East Asia - were awakened. Kane learned that GDI was conducting experiments on the Tacitus which were destabilizing it.
The Tacitus was saved just in time before it exploded. The Tacitus was stable enough that Kane could upload it into Legion. Meanwhile, Tiberium continued its inexorable march across the globe. Ten years later, despite GDI's best efforts, Tiberium contamination reached critical levels.
As during the Firestorm Conflict , human extinction seemed inevitable. Now, a schism developed within Nod. Many viewed the alliance with GDI as heresy, and came to believe that Kane has forsaken his people. Led by Gideon , the Nod Separatists as they came to be called waged a relentless and highly destructive guerrila war against GDI and Nod loyalists. The conflict, known as the Incursion War , saw an overhaul of Nod's military, including the introduction of the Crawler system similar to GDI 's.
By , the TCN was completed by the end of , the rebellion crushed and the surviving leaders driven into hiding - catastrophe has been averted. By May , Nod's alliance with GDI still held despite growing political unrest between the two factions, which was not helped by the Separatist raids. However, no one realised that the purpose of the TCN was twofold - not only did it stop Tiberium from spreading across the globe, it was also linked to Threshold 19 to form a portal which Kane needed to ' ascend '.
However, the portal could only be open by humans with special implants developed by Kane and Dr Johann Pascal.
Nod separatists learnt of this and killed all those with the implants, except for one GDI field commander, Commander Parker. While GDI was reeling from an internal power struggle between James and the GDI government, the Brotherhood of Nod was once again united by forcibly capturing Gideon before he could self-destruct his base.
In the ending of both campaigns, Parker dies a slow death, but not before he activates the portal, allowing Kane and the rest of Nod to ascend through the portal, disappearing from Earth. With all Nod followers having ascended, the Brotherhood's status is currently unknown, but GDI is left as the sole planetary superpower on Earth. During the First Tiberium War the Brotherhood of Nod was widely regarded by its detractors and opponents to be a quasi-state, quasi-terrorist organisation seeking to unite the third-world nations under a religious political platform with imperialist tendencies.
According to the group's own claim they were a religious Brotherhood of ancient origin which strived for a world of 'peace', 'unity' and 'eternal brotherhood' in which all the peoples of the world could 'face the struggles of life as one', and that human society's full embracement of the alien substance of Tiberium was the key to this revolution.
In official statements, Nod specifically stated that it wished to unify the developing countries of the world that have been ignored, abused and neglected by the industrialised nations.
Nod's modi operandi during the First Tiberium War however revealed it to be a highly-aggressive and popular, anti-West movement vying for total domination of the world's peoples and resources.
During the Second Tiberium War , Nod's religious viewpoints began to place a much larger emphasis on the concept of ' Divination ', a process through which all followers of Kane were promised the means to embrace the 'Tiberian future of Humanity' and subsequently flourish in every imaginable aspect.
At the end of the Second Tiberium War the true nature of the Brotherhood of Nod's 'Great Plan' would eventually reveal itself as the complete transformation of all carbon-based life on Earth to Tiberium-based life, through the launch and detonation of a world-altering Tiberium warhead within the planet's upper atmosphere. Their defeat at the end of the war and Kane 's disappearance have brought a change in doctrine, further emphasizing Nod as a religion.
The Ascension was defined as the final goal of the Great Plan, while religious dogmas began putting even greater emphasis on venerating Tiberium as divine. The Brotherhood releases numerous guidance files to help brothers learn the philosophy and Ways of Nod. They are part of the Nod religion and existed as far back as the First Tiberium War. Indeed, the quasi-religion of Nod was well developed back in , as rituals and peculiar masses were all regular parts of a daily life of a Brother of Nod [22].
At least part of Nod philosophy includes the idea of "Peace through Power," which is somewhat ironic considering this is precisely the mandate of their sworn enemy, GDI , at least in its original form, as the organization was founded essentially for the purpose of maintaining world peace through the use of force. The Brotherhood puts emphasis on the collective, rather than the individual.
However, individuals are not written off when killed as a mere casualty, instead, they are revered as martyrs for their cause audio file from a TW1 Hand of Nod memorial shrine :. Interestingly, ancient laws of the cult forbid making anything in the image of man, prompting non-humanoid forms and aesthetic to dominate Nod art and architecture [23].
Very rarely does the dogma allow for ignoring the rule - one notable exception is the Voice of Kane , intended as a manifestation of the Prophet's presence on the battlefield. The structure of the Brotherhood is hierarchical, shaped much like military orders of ages past e. Knights Templar , with the leader of the Brotherhood being Kane, who is aided by the Inner Circle , his most trusted lieutenants and commanders. The hierarchy then branches out as each Inner Circle commander has his subordinates, who in turn command others, eventually arriving at the bottom, where the rank-and-file members are.
The Brotherhood however, maintains a military doctrine that intends to give commanders and soldiers large degrees of freedom in categories of engaging the enemy and tactics. Essentially, only objectives were given and the means to achieve them were left to the commander to decide on.
Within Nod, smaller, more elite organisations are active, such as the Black Hand. Each organisation has their own combat doctrines and exclusive technologies, available to affiliated commanders. The internal politics of the groups are unknown, though the Black Hand has played a large role throughout the Tiberium Wars. It has to be noted, that the members of the Brotherhood are extensively monitored by security and each other.
One such example is the AC-NBM directive, which states that all messages, including personal emails and calls, are to be monitored by Nod technicians. The Brotherhood of Nod has a long history of internal power struggles. Rivalry between commanders and subordinates was commonplace, and even encouraged; however, Kane ensured that the struggle did not undermine the primary Nod effort or endanger his position, if need be by removing the dangerous man as was the case with Seth.
When Kane disappeared from the power structure, however, the lack of a strong leader caused the Brotherhood to dissolve into factions and engage in a civil war, seeking to dominate the others. As was evidenced by the years after the First Tiberium War and the Firestorm Conflict , a strong leader is able to take control of the Brotherhood and reshape it into an even more powerful organization, ready for the reappearance of Kane.
Another noted power struggle occurred following the Firestorm Conflict. When Slavik , Kane's rightful successor, was assassinated following his victory over CABAL, due to his controversial decision of revealing himself as a Black Hand prelate, drawing significant attention to the group once shrouded in secrecy.
His assailant was a traitorous Black Hand cleric named Marcion. It was unique that Marcion also renounced Kane, claiming that he was a false prophet. Marcion probably did this to try to discredit Kane in order to remain the leader of Nod.
This also resulted in the splintering of the Brotherhood. During the Siege of Temple Prime , reinforcements sent to the Temple defected, and were suspected of doing so under Qatar's influence. After Kane's apparent demise, Qatar claimed authority over the remainder of the Brotherhood. Her aid to GDI during the Scrin invasion sealed her fate, as shortly after returning, Kane ordered his most reliable commander to capture her command center at Ayers Rock. Following her execution, the Commander was given her seat at the Inner Circle.
When Kane offered an alliance of convenience with GDI to build a Tiberium Control Network in , many Nod followers were outraged and believed Kane has forsaken his beliefs and people.
Causing a friction within the faction, the Nod Separatists led by Gideon denounced Kane and started a highly destructive guerilla war against both GDI and the Nod Loyalists. It was only when the Fourth Tiberium War erupted in that Kane's forces finally brought Gideon and his Separatists forces to heel after discovering the location of the Separatists' main hideout.
Gideon surrendered and was presumably executed, the Brotherhood reunited forcefully once again before Ascending. Example of Nod's raw power, an Avatar Warmech crushing a Predator. The Brotherhood's military is centered around the concepts of stealth and speed, preferring outmaneuvering their enemies, hit-and-run attacks, guerrilla tactics and subterfuge. The armoury of the Brotherhood consists primarily of lightly armoured, fast vehicles with average firepower, which can outmaneuver and flank the opponent.
Long-range weaponry is also prevalent, including the surface-to-surface missile launchers or large caliber artillery designed to deliver immense amounts of punishment to the opponent without exposing themselves. Because of a general lack of direct firepower compared to GDI , and GDI's ability to observe much of Earth's surface due to having space superiority , Nod recognizes that if it becomes necessary to defend their bases in a direct engagement their units will be generally outgunned; to counter this Nod makes extensive use of underground facilities, tunnel networks , and stealth technology to avoid detection.
If a base is found, Nod can bring to bear strong base defenses, particularly their feared Obelisks of Light. The Brotherhood tends to avoid direct engagements, as their main battle units are significantly less powerful than their counterparts the light tanks can challenge GDI medium tanks only with numerical superiority, this trend has continued throughout the Tiberium Wars , preferring fast, surprise attacks with packs of Recon bikes or Stealth tanks striking vulnerable, unprotected parts of enemy infrastructure or long range bombardment with artillery and ballistic missiles.
Their Avatar Warmechs , however, have proven that they can fight direct confrontations if the need arises. Another way in which Nod engages the enemy is through the media. Another example of Nod misinformation warfare was when Nod operatives attacked the central base of the Forgotten posing as GDI, rallying thousands of Mutants to Nod's cause by manipulating media reports.
Nod is also bringing help to the people in the Yellow Zones. They bring water, food and medical supplies, along with providing education and job training to all the harmless people in the Yellow Zones, with soldiers for their army in trade. This tactic has formed the millions of willing yet poorly trained and equipped soldiers known as Militants. In various ways, the Brotherhood of Nod has always been technologically superior to GDI, an organization backed by and effectively operated on behalf of the United Nations , and, more specifically, economically and technologically developed nations.
It is not fully known how Nod achieved such a state of unique technological superiority, though it is often linked to their access to and study of allegedly alien technology, and their monopoly on Tiberium, which provided them with vast amounts of wealth, both financially and scientifically. The Brotherhood has constructed, owned, and operated many state-of-the-art research institutes, and hired out research teams globally. Oftentimes, these institutes and related facilities were kept highly secret, and hidden from academia and especially from national and international bio-ethics committees.
A contributing factor for Nod's lead in Tiberium research is that, in general contrast to GDI , whose research tends to focus on removing Tiberium from Earth or safely using it as a resource, Nod puts an emphasis on using Tiberium to improve humans biologically and technologically as much as possible, whether it is for military or industrial use.
The general prevailing belief in Nod is that Tiberium exists as an extraordinary tool, not GDI's view that it is a biohazard and plague to Earth's ecosystem that threatens natural life. This is evidenced by technologies Nod developed such as a program to forcibly evolve humans using Tiberium , an attempt to launch a missile that could potentially cover Earth's surface in Tiberium , and a Tiberium-based bomb that killed billions, as well as being used to draw the Scrin to Earth prematurely.
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Throughout its struggle with GDI, Nod is shown possessing characteristics of a vast religious movement, a Mega-Corp and a decentralized nation-state, while being none of the three in itself. The conflict, known as the Incursion War, saw an overhaul of Nod's military, including the introduction of the Crawler system similar to GDI's.
Within Nod, smaller, more elite organisations are active, such as the Black Hand. Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles - Flamingo Field Airport Code Ever since its first appearance in the mid-'90s, Nod has increased its power and has come closer to achieving its goals. Nod pioneered Tiberium harvesting technology. The destruction of the facility produced a Tiberium fallout across Australia, contaminating much of the country with the crystal.
Thereafter, Nod faced off against GDI in the three disastrous Tiberium Wars[14], restoring itself after each of its successive defeats.
An alien species known as the Scrin had been waiting in our solar system for millennia for a signal to invade Earth: a liquid Tiberium explosion. Nod boasts a large arsenal of Tiberium-based weaponry as well, such as Catalyst and Chemical Missiles, and even planet-changing weapons such as the World Altering Missile.
Nod was once again driven underground due to GDI attacks, and the surviving upper echelons of Nod leadership kept a low profile; to all outward appearances, the Brotherhood ceased to exist as a military force. For the air transport of heavy units, Nod invented the Carryall.
Slavik assists in this evacuation by maneuvering the Montauk to a Nod installation and recovering the survivors. Earliest alleged activies date back to the Great World War Two. However, with assistence from the Forgotten, the Global Defense Initiative managed to defeat Nod once more. Probably the closest definition of the Brotherhood may be that it is a techno-religious military order.
Long-range weaponry is also prevalent, including the surface-to-surface missile launchers or large caliber artillery designed to deliver immense amounts of punishment to the opponent without exposing themselves.
The Brotherhood however, maintains a military doctrine that intends to give commanders and soldiers large degrees of freedom in categories of engaging the enemy and tactics. By the start of the game, in , GDI is still struggling. Ten years later, despite GDI's best efforts, Tiberium contamination reached critical levels.
Before the central headquarters was identified, Nod was believed to have no central command base, instead operating from multiple individual locations, with posts previously identified in Kuantan, Malaysia; the Ar-Rub' al-Khali desert, Saudi Arabia; Tokyo, Japan and Caen, France. Rosenstein and Yopp, co-leaders of the support group, weave together the fathers' stories with contemporary research on grief and adaptation. After Kane's apparent demise, Qatar claimed authority over the remainder of the Brotherhood.
Intelligence informs us of a recently constructed GDI supply base in the. Their insignia is a black-rimmed red chamfered triangle enclosing a black curved scorpion's tail. The ion particles broke through the layers of the temple until it reached the lowest lying part, wherein the liquid Tiberium bomb lay. Nod's modi operandi during the First Tiberium War however revealed it to be a highly-aggressive and popular, anti-West movement vying for total domination of the world's peoples and resources.
Unbeknownst to them, the liquid tiberium blast had other consequences. Nod is not an acronym. The Firestorm Crisis started with General Slavik arguing with the rest of the Inner Circle of the Brotherhood over leadership issues in the wake of Kane's apparant death. Nod followers were understandably shocked. In various ways, the Brotherhood of Nod has always been technologically superior to GDI, an organization backed by and effectively operated on behalf of the United Nations, and, more specifically, economically and technologically developed nations.
For more information, click here: Brotherhood of Nod. In reality, the faction was an aggressive and popular anti-West movement vying for total domination of the world's people and resources. As of Aug 25 Ward's thrilling new novel in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. This eventually culminated in his murder at the hands of Marcion, who had taken control of the Black Hand and Nod being, again, splintered into warring factions.
Brotherhood of Nod is a fictional cult and terrorist organization in the Command and Conquer series. Femke nodded back. The planet was left in turmoil. Scorpion Tank being inspected prior to a battle. They tend to stand in the west side of the field, and they'll destroy your harvesters if you don't kill them first.
When each of these towers was constructed, they would become an interstellar gateway to other galaxies and worlds. It has to be noted, that the Brotherhood and it's members are extensively monitored by security and each other. Millions of people in Eastern Europe were feared dead, but to Director Redmond Boyle it was a price worth paying for the death of Kane and destruction of Nod.
Kane also ordered the retrieval of an 'access key' to the tower, which was located in a Scrin Nerve Center in Italy. In official statements, Nod specifically stated that it wished to unify the developing countries of the world that have been ignored, abused and neglected by the industrialised nations.
To the astonishment of many Nod personnel, Kane revealed himself to be alive shortly before Hassan was killed. It operated mainly in the Yellow Zones, gaining the trust of the populace. The game features a completely new in-depth story-line which puts you in an alternate timeline where the Brotherhood of Nod were victorious during the first Tiberian War rather than GDI. Also, on completion, they would become invulnerable to any attack.
Their temple was destroyed and their great leader was dead. Nod soldiers, including a Black Hand officer, are completely powerless to stop him, due to a combination of firepower, armor, and sheer skill and tactical acumen. It is said to be located "to the east of Eden", thus the fleeing being associated with running from God into exile. In Hebrew, the word "nod" means "wandering". The term "nod" is associated with exile, unrest, wandering without a path. Also, important is the term "Brotherhood", not alliance, not initiative, but brotherhood.
So basically a family is fighting an organisation? Posts: 10, Game:. Nod is a sect. Posts: 27, Clan: GameReplays. Answer to these questions : 1 Who wants to be in the Brotherhood of Nod? Posts: 4, Game:.
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