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Red Alert is the second installment in the Command and Conquer series, the first installment in the Red Alert series, Prequel to both Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert 2, the two are different timelines spawned by Red alert's timeline. It shows the first war between the Allies and the Soviet Union.

Contents 1 Storyline 2 Characters 2.1 Allies 2.2 Soviet 3 Links to Tiberium and Red Alert Universes 3.1 Original Intention 3.2 EA 3.3 This wiki's policy 4 References

[edit] Storyline

In an attempt to prevent WWII from ever happening, Albert Einstein invents the Chronosphere, a machine capable of bending the laws of the universe, and moving matter through time and space. Einstein goes back in time to 1924, and is seen with a young Adolf Hitler. Einstein's negotiations prevent Hitler from ever rising to power and sparking World War II. The only problem with this, however, is that the Nazi forces in WWII were the only thing standing in the way of and preventing Joseph Stalin's own revolution for the USSR. With nobody to stop the Russian forces, they slowly take land from several other provinces. They then proceed to invade eastern Europe, forcing all countries into an alliance to prevent the deadly war machine that the Soviets became...

[edit] Characters

[edit] Allies

• Grand Marshal Gunter von Esling, German officer, Commander-in-Chief of European forces, and apparent leader of the military governing Europe. Played by Arthur Roberts.
• General Nikos Stavros, Greek officer, Second-in-Command to General von Esling. Played by Barry Kramer.
• Tanya Adams, a special ops. commando. Played by Lynne Litteer, also features as a playable character in-game. She is a force to be reckoned with. Features in Red Alert 2 and all other games proceeding even Red Alert 3 she is a threat to tanks.
• Professor Albert Einstein, German physicist. Played by John Milford. Features in Red Alert 2 and all other games proceeding he was whipped out of existence by a USSR time machine and that started the Real World War III.
• General George Carville, USA officer. The player's commanding officer in Red Alert: Retaliation. Played by Barry Corbin. Also features in Red Alert 2 and all other games proceeding

[edit] Soviet

• Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of the Soviet Union. Played by Eugene Dynarski.
• Nadia, Chief of the NKVD. Played by Andrea C. Robinson.
• General Gradenko, Russian commander. Played by Alan Terry.
• Marshal Georgi Kukov, commander of the Red Army. Played by Craig Cavanah.
• General Topolov. High ranked Soviet military mastermind and mentor to the player in Red Alert: Retaliation. Played by Alan Charof.
• Kane, obscure advisor to Joseph Stalin. Played by Joseph D. Kucan. Features as a main antagonist in several games following including the Tiberian Sun Saga.

[edit] Links to Tiberium and Red Alert Universes

[edit] Original Intention

Red Alert was released after Tiberian Dawn and was heavily implied throughout the game to be the prequel to the Tiberium series. Kane features in several cutscenes^[1] and in the Allied Campaign there is a reference to the UN planning a "unique military funding initiative" for a "global defense agency"^[2] which is, presumably, the precursor to the Global Defence Initiative. This was later confirmed to be the intention by employees of Westwood Studios which was later taken over by EA.

In fact, the chain of causality was intended as^[3]:

• "Real" world
  • Einstein time-travels to before WWII and assassinates Hitler leading the events of...^[4]
• Red Alert 1
  • Chrono technology is either lost or classified
• Tiberian Dawn and Renegade
• Tiberian Sun and Firestorm
• Command & Conquer III: Incursion^[5] (Cancelled)
  • The Scrin arrive, implied to have been made aware of Earth after contacting Nikola Tesla.^[4]
  • Chrono technology is rediscovered
  • Someone travels back in time (with Yuri, it is implied) to around Red Alert 1 and causes the events of...
• Red Alert 2
  • Allies travel back through time to stop Yuri's Psychic Dominators leading to the events of...
• Yuri's Revenge
• Whatever Westwood had in mind at the time for Red Alert 3

[edit] EA

When the First Decade was released EA's policy was that each of the three series existed in their own distinct universe and were unrelated. They later contradicted this position by releasing Kane's dossier prior to the release of Tiberium Wars. This GDI document from the official website refers to Kane and implies links to Red Alert 1, stating that some sources put his date of birth to around 1905.^[6]

[edit] This wiki's policy

Due to several references by Westwood, EA and Red Alert this wiki regards the Tiberium and Red Alert universes as separate but with identical time lines and events until the divergence sometime after Red Alert 1.

Therefore, the Red Alert 1 Allied campaign is considered canonical in both universes.

[edit] References

1. ↑ RA1 Soviet Campaign cutscene: "Stalin orders you to track down the Allied spy in your base"
2. ↑ RA1 Allied Campaign cutscene: "Rescue Tanya, She has info on the Iron Curtain project"
3. ↑ [1]
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} [2]
5. ↑ [3]
6. ↑ Original: Kane's Dossier, Command and Conquer 3 official website, PDF download: Download (PDF 1.5MB)