Information TIBERIAN SNOW - Timeline & Events

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EARLY ERA​

1924:

• Ascension of Joseph Stalin as the overall leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
• The future Chancellor of Germany, Adolf Hitler, mysteriously disappears after his release from Landsberg Prison.
• The complications of Hitler’s disappearance prevented the rise of Nazism in Germany, the overall Nazi ideology, and therefore eliminating any potential popularity of the National Socialist Party and eventually causing its dissolution.

1926:

• Under Stalin’s rule, mass political purges commenced discreetly in the Soviet Union through the guidance of Stalin via an unidentified secret advisor.

1928:

• The Socialist Democratic Party of Germany emerges with a landslide victory in the federal election.
• Germany ceded the territories of East Prussia, Pomerania, Brandenburg east of the Oder, and Lower Silesia to Poland and the Soviet Union.
• SPD Chairman Otto Wels is elected as the Chancellor of Germany.

1932:

• An unprecedented wave of fiscal policies are implemented in the country, transforming it into an economic powerhouse.
• Following the post-war liberalization and democratization of Germany, the League of Nations formally ceded the Treaty of Versailles, allowing the newly-established Federal Republic of Germany to reestablish its military strength, mainly due to increasing geopolitical tensions between the Western powers and the neighboring Soviet Union.

1935:

• Finland & the Baltic States are invaded and annexed by the Soviet Union. Despite the League of Nations condemning the invasions, no major political or military actions were taken against the USSR.
• Soviet forces mobilize on the borders of Sweden; but are deterred shortly after by threats of war from the Western powers.

1936:

• The purges in the Soviet Union are greatly intensified. While this was attributed mainly in the public to Stalin’s paranoia and distrust, declassified MI6 files determined that the intensification of the purges was through the orders of the unknown advisor; highly theorized by MI6 at the time to be the shadow dictator and ultimate ruler of the USSR.

1937:

• Imperial Japan unsuccessfully attempts to invade Mainland China from the Korean occupied territories, having faced unusually stiff resistance from a joint Nationalist-Communist defense force.

1938:

• The Soviet Union invaded and annexed the Baltic states. Like before, the Soviets are appeased by the West and no major action is taken against the USSR.

1940:

• With assistance from the United States of America, the Federal Republic of Germany finishes the rearmament of its military, reorganizing the German armed forces into the Bundeswehr.
• Invasion and annexation of Poland by the Soviet Union.

1941:

• In response to increasing Soviet aggression, the nations of Western Europe form a military & political alliance known as the Allied Nations, with the shared goal of establishing a firm defense line in the event of a Soviet invasion of the West. Bundeswehr General Gunther von Esling is appointed as Supreme Allied Commander.
• The Unified Operations Command, the main headquarters of the Allies, is established in London.
• Albert Einstein is offered a position as the top scientific advisor to the Allies, which he accepts.
• The United States of America, a firm opposition to the spread of communism, is secretly granted membership within the newly-found alliance and is authorized by the Council of the Allies to undertake covert actions in Soviet-occupied territories.

1942:

• The United States expands on its foreign intelligence programme with the establishment of the Office of Secret Services, an agency responsible for the coordination of espionage activities and black operations in enemy territory.

1943:

• The OSS begins to covertly assist the Nationalists within China in their civil war against the Communists.
• Soviet intelligence agencies begin to do the opposite; supporting the Communists against the Nationalists.
• Resistance within Japanese-occupied Korea begins to intensify. This begins a domino effect in all areas occupied by the Empire of Japan, with independence movements rapidly increasing in manpower.

1945:

• The Nationalists emerge victorious in the Chinese Civil War. The Nationalist victory greatly worsened relations between the Soviet bloc and the Allies.
• The League of Nations is dissolved.
• The Korean Peninsula is completely free from Japanese influence. Corresponding Japanese-occupied territories begin their own plea and wars for independence.
• Political dissent greatly intensifies within the Empire of Japan, with multiple coups attempted at Emperor Hirohito and his current ruling cabinet.

1946:

• The Soviet Union launches an invasion of Manchuria and Mainland China, attempting to assist scattered Communist insurgents with retaking the initiative, with Soviet Marshall Radik Gradenko leading the invasion into Asia.
• Sarin nerve gas is mass produced by scientific Soviet branches and is immediately put into testing, in preparations for a Soviet invasion of Western Europe.
• Hungary, Romania and Slovakia are ‘persuaded’ by the Soviet Union to be invaded & annexed.
• A Soviet commander in Poland snuffs out a Polish resistance movement outside a village in Toruń and is authorized to use and ‘field-test’ the nerve gas.
• Soviet forces punch through the Polish-German border and begin a full scale invasion of Germany, the Czech Republic, Turkey and Greece. Scandinavia quickly fell under the overwhelming attacks of Soviet armor. The Allied Nations responded by declaring war on the Soviet Union. World War II begins.
• Soviet special forces manage to capture Albert Einstein, who has opted to develop new and powerful weapons for the Allies. He is later rescued by a small commando force led by American OSS Agent ‘Tanya’; using the disguise of a ‘civilian mercenary’ to keep the involvement of the United States in the conflict confidential.
• The United Nations are formed, with memberships granted to all nations except the Soviet Union, increasingly becoming a pariah state under Stalin’s leadership.

1947:

• The Soviets reach Berlin and encounter heavy resistance from the Allied Forces. The incursion is quickly turned into a stalemate as both sides hunker down and utilize attrition warfare type of tactics.
• The Allies take control of a passage through the Sudetes mountain, delaying the arrival of supply convoys to Soviet forces in Europe, instead granting a safe passage for Allied convoys to pass through in preparation of a counterattack.
• The Allies manage to take some ground in eastern and central Poland, with the United States sending a black operations team affiliated to the newly created Central Intelligence Agency to destroy key bridges in the region; preventing the Soviets from taking lost territory.

1948:

• Despite the surprising success of the CIA behind enemy lines, the plan to disrupt the Soviet offensive fails, as the Red Army managed to encircle and destroy the overstretched Allied military in Poland, regaining lost ground quickly and threatening the same mountain pass cleared earlier in the Sudetes. In a pitched defense, the Soviets were pushed back, despite their technological advantage.
• The Soviets intensified their attack on Greece, causing the Allied military and civilian death toll to rise rapidly. In order to further demoralize the Greek forces, The Soviets targeted historical monuments in the country. The plan worked; and Soviet banners soon flew over Athens. This causes a domino effect, where Soviet forces employed a ‘blitzkrieg’ tactic to overrun Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Cyprus, all important staging grounds for Allied forces.
• At the same time Soviet offensive in Central Europe overran Germany and penetrated into eastern France, northern Italy and Benelux. The military situation for the Allies begins to grow increasingly dire as the Soviet Union continues to rack up success in Europe.

1949:

• At the start of the year, A breakthrough in international relations allowed the Allied diplomats to convince the United Nations to establish a unique military funding to back the Allied cause. In a 281 to 7 vote, mainly caused by global support from the world rallied against the Soviets due to their indiscriminate targeting of civilians and the monuments in Greece, the initiative was passed, and it was agreed that a global defense agency would be formed in an undisclosed European capital.
• Despite the bleak outlook, with the Allied front in Greece collapsing, the UN funding initiative marked a turning point in the war, though at the time, it did not seem so. CIA Agent Tanya, who proved key to recovering Einstein, has been captured by Soviets while transporting vital information about one of the Soviet top secret research projects. In order to prevent her from being transported to Moscow for interrogation and execution, Allied special forces dispatch a singular MI6 operative to locate and rescue Agent Tanya.
• Tanya is rescued by MI6 and quickly evacuated to the United Kingdom. The White House is immediately notified about plans for a secret Soviet superweapon known as the ‘Iron Curtain’, a support tool that can render Soviet armored divisions invulnerable for a small time period.

1950:

• Thanks to the funding granted by the newly established global defense agency, the Allies quickly pushed the Soviets out of France, Italy and Benelux. A massive counterattack into Greece, headed by Greek General Nikos Stravos commenced later the same year.
• As part of reinforcing the Allies through the defense agency, the United States and Canada are publicly welcomed into the alliance. The Soviet Union relocated its military forces from Cyprus and Turkey in order to face the first Allied counteroffensive of the war.
• The Soviet front in Asia begins to collapse as the United States officially deploys its own troops in China. US and Soviet forces fight each other directly on the frontlines.
• The counteroffensive into Greece begins, with Soviet-occupied Athens being put in a Stalingrad type of siege. Effectively marked as the deadliest & bloodiest battle in recorded human history, the Siege of Athens ends in Allied victory as the Soviets armored divisions begin to fall apart and surrender in mind boggling numbers, with over eight million combined Allied and Soviet casualties.

1951:

• After consultation with Einstein, The Allies deployed a strike force from the newly liberated Greek coastal areas to attack the Soviet submarine bases in the Aegean Sea, which also doubled as research bases for the Soviet Iron Curtain project. While the infiltration of the research bases was successful and further information was recovered on the device, this did not completely stop the research on the device as it only served to delay its deployment.
• The United States successfully repels the Soviet invasion of China, with Allied armies attacking from Asia to liberate Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Cyprus. Further Allied attacks into the North swiftly liberated Sweden, Finland and Norway from Soviet occupation.
• Allied researchers under the lead of Professor Albert Einstein worked hard to create a weapon that would turn the tide of the war. Based on Einstein's research, a top secret division in the United States conducts the Philadelphia Experiment, a classified science experiment that tested theories that would later pave the way for the Chronosphere project, meant to provide reliable control over the Chrono effect; moving matter through time-and-space, which would allow for days long logistical journeys to take only seconds.
• The primary research center was situated in Leich, concentrating on controlling the effect. The scientists there were nearing a breakthrough when the Soviet leadership learned of the location of this facility and began to attack it on the eve of a critical experiment. In a pitched defense, Allied commander codename ‘A9’ skillfully employed their forces and safeguarded the tech center housing the project.
• Due to the recent attack exhausting all of their offensive capabilities, The Soviet Union was forced to shift their offensive incursion into Europe into a desperate defense and fight for survival.

1952:

• Vladimir Kosygin, a high ranking Soviet nuclear scientist defects to the Allies, having been extracted from Riga by the CIA. Kosygin reveals information about the operational capability of the USSR’s nuclear arsenal, claiming that Stalin is threatening to destroy the world with his missiles unless the Allies were to pull back from all the collapsed fronts.
• The Allies quickly dispatched an attack force into the Ural Mountains to destroy the ‘Dark Horseman’s base - where Soviet nuclear missiles are believed to be kept. Despite destroying the base, hidden missile silos launched a few intercontinental missiles prior to their destruction - forcing an incursion into a hidden underground complex. Agent Tanya, conducting covert operations for the CIA nearby, was relocated to assist with the infiltration of the facility. Abort codes obtained from Kosygin were imprinted by Allied engineers and the warheads were successfully deactivated mid-flight. The sight of a Soviet warhead buried right outside the British parliament remains an iconic image of just how close the Allies came to defeat when victory seemed to be so close.
• The last pockets of Soviet resistance in Europe are removed; and with this, the Allies begin their invasion of the Soviet Union - marking 'Operation Barbarossa' as the largest ground invasion undertaken in recorded human history.
• The Allies begin their invasion virtually unopposed - with the Soviet armed forces surrendering en masse in order to avoid the oncoming Allied onslaught. However, resistance begins to arise as the Allies make their way closer to Moscow.
• The Soviets, specifically the highest ranked generals, begin to burn records of their involvement in morally questionable actions committed by the armed forces in Greece and elsewhere. Most of Stalin’s cabinet started to seek a safe way out of the Soviet Union, hoping to avoid capture.
• Anti-Stalin partisans, mainly led by Nikita Khruschev, assist the invading forces against the most loyal of Stalin’s soldiers.
• Upon reaching Moscow, both the Allies and the Soviets dug in for a brutal battle. After a few months' siege, Moscow finally falls to the Allies - bringing an end to World War 2 in Europe. Stalin is reported to have been killed in action during the fight. May 9th is widely celebrated as Victory Day around the globe.
• Control of Mainland China is handed to the Nationalists after a concession deal with the communist forces - effectively bringing an end to the Chinese Civil War.
• The Empire of Japan falls. Emperor Hirohito, under secret direction and control from the United States, begins a purge of the Imperial cabinet - with Japan slowly turning into a parliamentary democracy of its own. Formerly occupied Japanese territories are granted independence in the same year.
• Nikita Khruschev - formerly the commander of anti-Stalin fighters - is put by the Allies as the new General Secretary in charge of an interim government, mainly focused on de-Stalinization efforts.
• While initially welcomed by the Soviet population, the Allies overstay their welcome as anti-Allied sentiment begins to grow. Fearing an insurrection, as well as being weary of the unchecked potential of the Soviet nuclear arsenal, the Allies pull out of the Soviet Union upon receiving diplomatic assurances that no such conflict will be started by them ever again. A secret deal detailing that Romania, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and the Baltic states act as a buffer zone between east and west is made.
• The United States grants amnesty to Vladimir Kosygin - the defecting Soviet scientist, who later helped the United States construct its own nuclear arsenal. In order to hold an assured security monopoly over the Soviets, Kosygin is secretly recruited into the Manhattan Project- headed by J. Robert Oppenheimer.
• Despite the assurances by the Soviet Union, the United States remains highly distrustful of the defeated Soviet Union, with the Truman doctrine being declared in the same year, effectively beginning the Cold War.
• In the same year, the Allies were reformed by the United States through an overwhelming landslide vote within the Council of the Allies into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
• The global defense agency created by the Allies is reformed into the Global Defense Initiative - a multinational force of peacekeepers under the United Nations with the sole purpose of preventing a conflict on the scale of a world war from happening ever again.
• Interestingly, Stalin’s secret advisor - the true mastermind behind the power and the activities of the Soviet Union - later identified as ‘Kane’, the Supreme Commander of the Brotherhood of Nod, has vanished; emerging 53 years later with the arrival of Tiberium on Earth. In this time period, the Brotherhood of Nod salvaged destroyed Allied equipment and what was left of the Soviet military, gradually but discreetly building up its power over the decades to prepare for the dawn of a new age for humanity…

From 1953 to 1995, events proceeded in accordance with history as we currently know it.

 

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MODERN ERA

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1995:

The arrival of Tiberium on Earth through the crash of a meteorite into the Tiber River in Italy. Tiberium begins to aggressively spread by latching onto soil and absorbing minerals within. Kane, the supreme leader of the Brotherhood of Nod, claims to have prophesized the arrival of Tiberium on Earth and names it after Tiberius Caeser Augustus.

Through Nod's early discovery of Tiberium, they managed to pioneer advanced harvesting techniques of the highly unstable, yet economically valuable material. NOD exploits this in order to transform itself into an economic powerhouse in the global market.

1996:

The government of Italy discovers Tiberium on its southern coastline, tracing it as the source of the mass poisoning cases reported in its local hospitals. The Italian Armed Forces are placed on high alert in order to quarantine the whole south of Italy, later referred to as Ground Zero. Despite initially succeeding in containing the most afflicted areas, the effort is later proven to be futile as the first reports of Tiberium-mutated wildlife begin to spread through the country like fire. Combined with civil pressure resulting from the mass evacuations conducted in the southern area and into the North, the government of Italy constructs a barrier separating north-and-south.

Catching onto this like a golden opportunity, the Brotherhood of Nod publicly condemns the Italian government's actions and accuses it of leaving its own countrymen for death. The Brotherhood exploits growing anti-government sentiment to start a mass recruitment campaign through the use of propaganda and, much needed to many, provision of payment & shelter to its fighters, allowing the Brotherhood to quickly accumulate a massive number of fighters.

The Brotherhood starts to use its generated economic power in order to fund & supply its growing army, coming into contact with many high profile defense contractors and arms manufacturers, such as Heckler & Koch and Lockheed Martin. In the same year, the Brotherhood targets the separation barrier and launches a devastating attack, causing the barrier to crumble and for all of those who were previously trapped in the Tiberium contaminated areas to move to the North - causing widespread civil unrest. Italy deploys the Army to contain the riots; but promptly fails to contain the NOD-fuelled anger and feelings of betrayal demonstrated in the barrier's construction.

Facing total societal collapse, Italy appeals to the United Nations for international assistance.

1997:

In response to Italy's plead for aid, the UN Security Council overwhelmingly votes in favor of deploying the UN's standing armed peacekeeper force - the Global Defense Initiative - in Italy, in order to contain what has been popularly dubbed as 'The Green Uprising'. At the same time, the United States covertly deploys a black operations team in the contaminated zones to have a closer look at the Tiberium, wishing to closely inspect the dubious, albeit valuable material. Similarly, a joint SAS-Navy SEALs operational command is covertly established in Italy to investigate the Brotherhood of Nod and its enigmatic leader, Kane.

Despite GDI successfully containing the uprising, the studies of Tiberium are interrupted with the material spreading all the way up to the north. The containment is instead turned into a condensed evacuation effort into corresponding nations, marking the biggest immigration crisis since World War II. The whole of Italy is enveloped in Tiberium hazard and is blocked off by nearby countries - with the government reportedly in-exile in London.

The United States passes a bill in the United Nations that seeks to develop an independent science branch under GDI, with its sole focus being the study of Tiberium, its effects on the local wildlife and other living beings, and possible methods of containment. Not wanting to repeat the Italian experience, the bill is passed by an overwhelming vote - with the Republic of China and France mysteriously abstaining from the vote. The science branch is headed by Dr. Ignatio Mobius, a newly-appointed figurehead known for continously and recklessly strolling into Ground Zero.

On the other hand, the Brotherhood of Nod fully exploits the fields of green in Italy to further cement its already powerful economic stance, developing long-term business relationships with contracts made in mind boggling numbers. With the government fully evacuated from Italy, NOD assumes the role of the single governing entity of Ground Zero, welcoming those left behind in the evacuation efforts into its rapidly growing army of followers.

1998:

The Kosovo War begins; NOD exploits the ensuing chaos and destruction and covertly provides humanitarian aid for the local population under the guise of popular aid organizations - with the Red Cross being the most prominent example of NOD infiltration. The Brotherhood takes its time to build up its manpower to prepare for attacks on the West and G8 nations. In the same year, the Russian Federation is granted membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, alongside other Eastern Bloc nations such as Ukraine, Georgia and Belarus.

Tiberium - previously rapidly evolving and spreading - begins to mysteriously slow down and die out. Kane attempts to use the media to reset public attention on the green crystal - and promptly fails. The enlarged NATO begins to focus the bulk of its forces in Kosovo in order to bring a quick end to the conflict and return stability to Europe.

1999:

The Kosovo War ends. In the same year, NOD and Kane continue to operate in the shadows after the failure of their media campaign - vowing against the use of lethal force while the bulk of NOD's military forces are still being built. As a result, NOD disappears from the public eye, continuing to secretly rack up its military prowess, using the disguise of private military corporations and other corporate entities to gather experience and other military information.

GDI's military command, having believed that NOD is still an active threat, reforms the joint special operations command established two years prior into G-SOC, a joint special operations task force combining the prowess of the best members of each corresponding nation's special forces branch. However; the reform is mostly symbolic as the UN directs funding away from military spending and towards ecology, with its ultimate goal being the elimination of the world's Tiberium deposit in hopes of reclaiming Italy.

2011:

The Arab Spring occurs. In Syria, the revolution escalates into a fully blown out civil war.

Tiberium, formerly dormant and mostly confined to what used to be Italy - reveals generated underground deposits that explode violently in Croatia, Serbia, Austria, Switzerland, Greece & France. Tiberium begins to spread in the mentioned nations at alarming levels, with civil unrest rising to levels similar to Italy's Green Uprising. Unemployment, housing issues and threats of famine begin to threaten societal stability in Europe.

A mysterious, flashy explosion occurs in Italy. Despite being initially believed to be another Tiberium-induced reaction, later analysis reveal the detonation of a low-yield tactical nuclear device in what used to be Rome. CIA and FSB black-ops teams are quickly deployed into Italy to investigate.

2012:

The United States and Russia uncover evidence of the re-emergence of the formerly dormant Brotherhood of Nod. Classified intelligence documentations are sent both to the White House and the Kremlin - detailing NOD to be in possession of unknown technology not formerly seen, as well as the possibility of Nod possessing a limited, albeit dangerous nuclear arsenal. Both nations begin to impose naval blockades, as well as intensify the existing ground quarantine around Italy, keeping the news of Nod's re-emergence in Italy a secret.

2013:

The Brotherhood of Nod suddenly launches massive attacks in Iraq and Syria, expanding to conquer a decent amount of territories throughout both countries. Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani request international assistance. The United States & Russia deploy troops on a small scale to fight the reinvigorated terrorist threat. Despite Nod's reappearance to the public spotlight, Kane, the organization's leader, is nowhere to be seen in the public eye.

2014:

Despite getting into direct conflict with the United States and Russia, NOD's main target in Iraq and Syria later proves to be the controlled territories of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant; a brutal terrorist organization and the world's most violent non-state actor. The highly decentralized organization incorporates various groups of insurgents, terrorists, self-styled freedom fighters, members of the criminal underground and other people supportive of their cause under one, common banner. ISIL almost fully incorporated Iraq and Syria as its main territory and operations threshold, causing their international activities to expand aggressively; with NOD seeking to fully exploit the situation.

US deployment in the region increases as time goes by, slowing down ISIL’s aggressive territorial expansion. US public opinion remains strongly against mass troop deployments, effectively putting pressure on the federal government to refrain from shipping reinforcements to the Iraqi and Syrian fronts.

2015:

A bill is passed by the Russian Federation to UN Security Council for troop deployments in Iraq and Syria to reinforce existing US forces, and the bill is approved; The first Russian reinforcements arrive late this year, co-operation between American and Russian forces is extremely scarce, causing setbacks. However, a joint-military command is formally established, allowing effective communication and cooperation between the two.

2016:

On the 15th anniversary of 9/11, ISIL launches a devastating terrorist attack on Liberty Island; almost completely demolishing the Statue of Liberty with a significant loss of civilian life. In a drastic change of public opinion, American public opinion aggressively advocates for a full-scale military retaliation. The United States refrains from activating Article V.

On the same day, ISIL launches a similarly destructive attack on Red Square, mounting a higher toll of civilian casualties for Russia. A wave of nationalism flies over the country as Putin rallies the Russian public against the terrorist threat.

US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Berlin, Germany, to discuss the looming threat of the Islamic State. A bill of publicly unknown content is passed to the UN Security Council.

2017:

On the dawn of the new year’s first day, a massive attack force from NOD begins a formal amphibious invasion of Iraq, with NOD taking this opportunity in order to test the military strength it has managed to generate for itself over the past few years. Despite the initial setbacks, ISIL proves no match for NOD's prowess and newly-acquired technology. ISIL is effectively squeezed out of Iraq, retreating the main bulk of its forces into Syria.

Despite condemnation from multiple international entities, including the United Nations, public opinion worldwide falls in favor with NOD's push into Iraq and the liberation of its formerly occupied territories. NOD establishes its own occupation force over Iraq and continues to pressurize the West by swaying public opinion in its favor.

In the same year, a GDI taskforce spearheaded by the United States and Russia launch a full-scale invasion of Syria, hoping to eliminate what remains of ISIL's military.

2018:

Devastating pressure from GDI, as well as Syrian government and opposition groups quickly force ISIS to capitulate.

In July, the full military defeat of ISIS was declared by both Putin and Obama in a joint conference; Many of the group’s leaders were either declared killed in action or detained as prisoners of war. While GDI keeps itself busy in Syria, NOD begins to establish a foothold in Iraq for future attacks on Europe, utilizing propaganda and financial 'motivations' to the best of their abilities in order to recruit as much manpower as possible into their ranks from all four corners of the globe; having been massively viewed as liberators due to their actions in Iraq.

The Mossad recovers intelligence of ISIL’s successful recovery of a tactical nuclear bomb hidden in Syria, originally lost by the United States during the Cold War, which the United States is immediately notified about. Interrogation processes with ISIL leaders from both Russian and American interrogators prove fruitless; with the interrogators being threatened that, 'Kane will unleash fury'.

The US withholds information of the tactical nuke being formerly in American custody from Russia and the public.

Mass civil evacuations begin from Syria’s major population centers; The government and the local Syrian populace are evacuated out of the country into US-run Iraqi refugee camps in droves as the CIA and FSB begin aggressive intelligence operations to locate the nuclear weapon. DEFCON 2 is declared for the first time since the Cuban Missile Crisis.

In August, the tactical nuke was detonated in Damascus as a final act of revenge from ISIL insurgents - the main HQ of the Syrian government. Senior government officials who have decided to stay behind during the evacuations - including Syrian President Bashar Al-Asad perished in the initial blast - as well as a combined fifty-thousand total military casualties from the Syrian, Russian and American forces deployed in the regions. Although some military units managed to successfully survive without any injuries, radiation sicknesses from the surviving units were not an uncommon sight.

United Nations multinational peacekeeping forces are quick to set up an exclusion zone around Damascus. The nuclear detonation is internationally condemned and humanitarian aid is sent into Syria from all corners of the world - The UN however congratulated the Global Defense Initiative. This statement is met with mixed opinions globally, with some citing the efforts to be fruitless due to intelligence sources not reporting the existence of a nuke sooner.

2019:

A power vacuum is left in the Syrian government. Senior officials of Syrian opposition groups meet in Idlib in a formal, peaceful meeting for the first time since the beginning of the civil war. On that evening, a formal cease of hostilities between the oppositionists was declared as a temporary, democratic intern-government is set up with US supervision, formally ending the Syrian Civil War and bolstering President Obama’s image in the United States.

Despite ending the war in the Middle East, Kane ultimately emerges in global media and the internet in the same year - claiming that those who have remained loyal to Nod will soon 'ascend beyond the existence of regular human beings' - also explaining to the public how the war with ISIL was orchestrated by NOD infiltrators to sway public opinion against GDI, proving that 'they will only react when it concerns them' - as well as distract GDI from the Tiberium deposits rapidly spreading in Europe. Kane calls for populations worldwide to 'rise against their corrupt governments' and embrace 'the new age of Tiberium'. Revolutions worldwide, orchestrated by NOD supporters and sympathizers alike begin to overwhelm governments, adopting the 'Peace through Power' moniker as the organization's main motto.

A few days after the broadcast and the beginning of the uprisings, NOD begins to directly attack Europe and GDI forces stationed in the continent. NOD also begins incursions into the massively undefended Tiberium deposit that is Africa - quickly establishing a foothold in the continent and recruiting from the poorer nations with promises of enrichment. The United Nations recognizes NOD as a terrorist organization. In the same year, The United Nations authorize GDI permission to undertake offensive actions against the Brotherhood, marking the beginning of the First Tiberium War.

2020:

NOD moves into Africa virtually unopposed, putting almost the entire continent under its grasp save for a few countries in North Africa; Libya, Egypt and Sudan. South Africa holds on by its own in the south. In the same year, NATO is dissolved and its resources are instead diverted into GDI. GDI begins its first offensive operations by launching an amphibious invasion of NOD-controlled Estonia. While successful, the massive casualties sustained by GDI prove that NOD's military strength was greatly underestimated. GDI commanders push for increased military support from the standing UN nations, as well as the exiled governments who have narrowly escaped NOD prosecution.

GDI forces begin to draw a plan to continue their invasion of Europe and push onto Latvia, albeit after the arrival of much needed manpower and new equipment into the battlefield.

2021:

Independent, pro-GDI politician Robert Fielding is elected as the 46th President of the United States. Later, the President passes a bill to the UN Security Council that would allow the United Nations to quintuple the military and scientific resources diverted to the Global Defense Initiative. Hoping to continue accomplishing offensives against NOD, UN member states vote overwhelmingly in favor of the bill, with GDI being transformed from a regular peacekeeper force into an international standing army of seasoned soldiers, with the invigorated GDI forces setting their sight on Latvia in order to continue their anti-NOD military campaign.

US Army Brigadier General Mark Jamison Sheppard is chosen as the Supreme Commander of of the Global Defense Initiative. The United Nations later appoints renounced anti-NOD politician Charles Olivetti as its first Secretary of Defence, directly overseeing the actions of GDI under the United Nations' name.