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Alien warship
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The "alien warship" is a high-tech Nod aircraft built and abandoned at the end of the First Tiberium War. It was recovered by Nod at the beginning of the Second Tiberium War but ultimately captured by GDI.
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Description
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The ship was easily as large as a GDI carrier of the 2030s.[1]
HistoryEdit
Construction and AbandonmentEdit
The ship was completed by Nod at the end of the First Tiberium War. It was stored in an underground hangar near the Sarajevo Temple of Nod and abandoned when GDI overran the area.[2] GDI examination of the Sarajevo site but did not discover the hangar. Excavations in progress during the early stages of the Second Tiberium War brought GDI uncomfortably close to the ship.[3]
Recovery and CrashEdit
Kane ordered Commander Anton Slavik and General Vega to secure the old Temple[3] and recover the ship before GDI's investigations bore fruit.[2]
General Vega reached the ship first and, rather than returning it to Kane as ordered, tried to fly it to South America to "settle an old score". However, Vega was unable to control the ship and crashed it in GDI's Sector 9 in the southern United States.[2] Umagon, a Forgotten, and GDI scouts discovered the ship.[1] GDI was initially aware of the mutant's presence and discovered the ship booby-trapped; the scouts also discovered a failed attempt to demolish the ship with buried C4 charges.[4] GDI Commander Michael McNeil moved quickly to reinforce reconnaissance units and secure the crash site.[1] Nod forces attacked under cover of an ion storm in a bid to destroy the ship but were held off by McNeil. Umagon revealed herself after Nod was routed.[4] Nod recovered technology from the ship prior to loosing control. Nonetheless the remainder so impressed GDI they did not immediately realize it was a Nod construction.[5]
Alternate HistoryEdit
| The following is based on the Nod campaign for Tiberian Sun and some details might contradict canon. |
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The ship also stored the Tacitus when it was abandoned at the end of the First Tiberium War. When General Vega crashed the ship in the southern Unitd States, Kane tasked Commander Slavik to recover the Tacitus before it could be removed from the area by either Vega's forces or GDI. The Tacitus was not found, but a Nod search party searching the ship was ambushed and killed by Umagon and other Forgotten.[6]
Behind the ScenesEdit
The ship is named "Scrin Ship" in the Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun data files. The name can also be seen by holding the cursor over the ship for a short while to see its name, the same as with any other structure or unit.
According to Westwood, the ship was a Nod design based off Scrin/Tacitus data. It was an attempt to mimic Scrin technology.[7]
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ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun. GDI mission 3a: "Secure Crash Site".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun. Nod mission 5: "Salvage Operation".
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun. Nod mission 4a: "Eviction Notice".
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun. GDI mission 4: "Defend Crash Site".
- ↑ Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun. GDI mission 7: "Capture Hammerfest Base".
- ↑ Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun. Nod mission 6a: "Sheep's Clothing".
- ↑ Ishmael, 2007-01-05. C&C Timeline, #33. Petroglyph Forums. Last accessed: 2009-11-19.
