Rio Insurrection

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Rio Insurrection [[File:|300px]] Chronology Previous Firestorm Crisis Next Whats Rightfully ours Details Conflict Second Nod Reunification War Date(s) 2034 Location Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Outcome Nod victory, renegade Nod forces defeated and brought into the fold, open revolt sparked in the city

Belligerents Brotherhood of Nod Global Defense Initiative Renegade Nod Commanders LEGION Kane The Legendary Insurgent Unknown Rio Warlord Forces Several thousand men and vehicles, mostly lighter equipment such as Attack Bikes and Raider Buggies, but later reinforced with many thousands more of infantry and several companies worth of Scorpion tanks. A few thousand infantry and several companies worth of light armour, such as Guardian APCs Several thousand men and vehicles

The Great Rio Insurrection was an important event in the Reunification of the Brotherhood of Nod following the events of the Firestorm Crisis. Occurring in 2034, forces loyal to Kane under the command of LEGION infiltrated Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and started a revolt against GDI of the city, in order to capture the attention of splinter factions of Nod. After GDI presence in the city was eliminated, LEGION brought a renegade local Nod warlord back into the fold.

The orders included the destruction of four GDI Administration Buildings and capturing four radio stations to spark a revolt against the local GDI forces and rally the populace to the Nod cause. Initially only having access to militants, Raiders and attack bikes, as soon as the final radio station was captured, Kane granted LEGION access to the premier Scorpion tanks. As soon as the administration buildings fell, the downtrodden and frustrated masses of Rio rose up against GDI, sparking a devestating revolt that inflict severe damage upon their presence in the city and sending tens of thousands of the disaffected into the arms of Nod.

Before the first buildings began to fall, however, a renegade Nod Rio Warlord contacted LEGION, claiming that Nod was dead along with Kane, and immediately launching an attack of his own against those forces loyal to the Messiah. Promptly, a loyalist assault force entered his base and leveled it, forcing him into submission to the will of Kane. With the city in flames and GDI's forces in disarray, Nod took their forces back in hiding, confident that the example demonstrated would cause others to take up the fight against GDI in the name of Kane.

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"Brothers... friends, I order you, cease your assault... We'll lay our weapon at your feet, and swear total loyalty, in the name of Kane, the one true prophet!... I beg you... I beg you! Spare our lives! - Rio Warlord, admitting defeat

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With the Rio Insurrection, Nod made its first real move against GDI since the end of the Firestorm Crisis. Tens of thousands of people flocked to the cause of Nod, and GDI's adminstration over one of the more important cities in what would become the Brazilian Yellow Zone was violently overthrown, dispelling the myth of GDI's invincibility that he gripped the world's downtrodden since Kane was presumably killed in Cairo at the climax of the Second Tiberium War. It was also during the Rio Insurrection that a famous Nod Commander who would later fought with distinction in the Third Tiberium War and became Kane's second-in-command first gained notoriety for fighting GDI.