Paul Cortez
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| Paul Cortez | |
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| Rank: | Lieutenant General |
| Role: | GDI Field Commander |
| Appears in: | Firestorm Crisis |
| Faction: | GDI |
Lieutenant General Cortez was the commander of GDI forces in the southern sectors, overseeing operations from the Southern Cross command center. Prior to the creation of the Firestorm Taskforce in wake of the Firestorm Crisis, General Cortez was a high ranking commanding officer, who, despite his skill, did not receive much media coverage for his work during the events of the Second Tiberium War. However, when a large-scale ion storm and atmospheric changes cut off contact between the Philadelphia command station and the planet, Cortez swiftly assumed command over GDI, with Southern Cross acting as a temporary GDI command center, until contact could be re-estabilished with Philadelphia. He quickly brought together the Firestorm Taskforce, and siphoned off a young Commander from Project Lazarus to head up the taskforce.
His character has proven crucial to GDI's survival during the Firestorm Crisis. He was decisive and highly responsible, which helped save many lives as well as allow GDI to recover the Tacitus intact from Kodiak's wreckage. His decision making also played a factor when CABAL tipped his hand, when he nearly instantly ordered a full transcript of CABAL's "expose" sent to his colonels and ordered a GDI commander to save doctor Gabriella Boudreau.
He was also reluctant to accept an alliance with the Brotherhood, considering how just a few months earlier Nod soldiers fought with GDI infantrymen in one of the most bloody wars in history. This alliance has proven vital to success however, and despite Cortez's fears, Slavik's men remained true to the pact.
Following the events of the Firestorm Crisis, he was the head of the GDI Bureau for Mutant Affairs and went into retirement after his term ended. When the supposed last CABAL bunker was found and officially detonated in 2043, he refused to attend the detonation event, dismissing his former enemy as a "..second rate EVA with a goatee and napoleon complex".
He was married to Doctor Gabriella Boudreau, but divorced with her prior to the Firestorm Crisis.
[edit] Awards
General Cortez has received a Purple Heart and a Meritorous Service Award among many.
 | GDI characters in Command & Conquer | |
| Tiberian Dawn | Brig. General Mark Jamison Sheppard, Brig. General Adam Locke, Colonel J.C. Carter, Colonel M.O. Morelli, |
| Renegade | Captain Nick Parker, Lt. Logan Sheppard, Lt. Adriana Maus, Erich Wulfe, Nigel Grant, Shai Aviv, Daryl MacInnis, Doctor Ignatio Moebius, Doctor Sydney Moebius |
| Tiberian Sun | General James Solomon, Lt. General Paul Cortez, Dr Gabriella Boudreau, Commander Michael McNeil, Lt. Commander Chandra |
| Tiberium Wars | Director Redmond Boyle, Lt. General Jack Granger, Lt. Sandra Telfair, Lt. Kirce James, GDI Commander (TWIII) |
