Red zone

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Red Zones are areas of the planet that were contaminated by vast amounts of Tiberium, frequently hit with Ion storms. Venturing into, over, or even near these wastelands was extremely dangerous, especially for infantry vulnerable to Tiberium. The Red Zones cover approximately 30 percent of Earth.

Scientists hypothesised that Tiberium was and is terraforming the planet for an alien civilisation. It is not known if this is actually the case, although more scientists are coming to support this hypothesis. The evidence is that there were multiple meteors that had impacted on Earth which are related to the emergence of Tiberium, and that, given that they come from outside the solar system, the chance of such random collisions with Earth occurring in a short time period is statistically almost nil. If terraforming was the case, scientists argued, a visit from the aliens involved wouldn't arrive before too long, as there is enough Tiberium on the planet to fuel the entire Earth's economy for at least a few decades. The scientists were proven right when the Scrin finally invaded Earth.

Owing to the prevalence of Tiberium, the Red Zones are almost completely uninhabited, save for a few groups of Forgotten. Indeed, Red Zones were lethal to non-mutated humans, as even a small breach in combat armour would cause the wearer to be infected by Tiberium and would die or mutate shortly afterwards.

Yellow Zones (and the people in it) that are nearby Tiberium Glaciers were constantly under threat to turn into a Red Zone too. After the Liquid Tiberium accident, many of the Earth's Yellow Zones (especially the ones in the Mediterranean Sea) turned into Red Zones.

All Red Zones were designated by the Scrin as locations for Thresholds. The Battle at Ground Zero and the Battle for Kane's Tower occurred in Red Zones.

[edit] Red zones

• R-1: South-Eastern Europe, Northern shores of Africa, Middle East
• R-2: Central Africa
• R-3: Vicinity of Caspian Sea
• R-4: Central China
• R-5: Borneo
• R-6: North-west South America
• R-7: Central United States
• R-8: Central Australia
• R-9: Eastern Europe (post-2047)

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