Tanya (Red Alert 2)

Tanya was an Allied female commando who operated during the first and second iterations of the Third World War. Her skills rival, if not better than those of the famed US Navy SEALs, and was equipped with dual pistols and C4. In addition, she was also trained to swim long distances allowing her to plant the explosives on hulls of enemy ships. Furthermore, she could self-heal at a slow rate due to improved provisions.
After the Soviet Union was defeated, she was trained to resist mind control in case they had to combat it again. She also was trained using her C4 charges on enemy ground vehicles, unlike Navy SEALs."Tanya no longer shoots vehicles with her weapon. When Tanya targets a vehicle, she plants a C4 charge on the vehicle and detonates it just as she does against buildings." Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 - Yuri's Revenge: Operational Manual, page 12. EA Games, Westwood Studios 2001.
== Official description ==
==In-game==
===Red Alert 2===
Tanya can swim and use C4 explosives to destroy naval units, as well as any structure. Her pistols are able to instantly kill any approaching infantry, although they are completely useless against vehicles. Tanya can be trained en masse, but she is vulnerable to mind control. In this game, Tanya has the exact same abilities as the campaign-exclusive Navy SEALs.
===Yuri's Revenge===
In , as Navy SEALs have become trainable, Tanya are made a Commando and receives superior abilities, although only one Tanya can be trained at a time (two with a Cloning Vat). She can put C4 even on any ground vehicles and tanks in her reach instead of just ships and buildings. These feats require hazardous close encounters. Anti-surface (especially anti-personnel) base defense structures can eliminate her (although a single Tesla coil bolt or Desolator's shot only drops her health level to critical condition rather than killing her). However, it will give Tanya a much-needed Anti-Tank Capability if she really needs to engage vehicles, even able to instantly blow up Apocalypse tanks. When placed in an IFV, she can deploy a highly effective anti-personnel gun from inside the IFV's turret. She cannot be mind controlled. Her pistol is helpless against air targets but other than that, she can be a huge threat against anything on the ground when left unchecked.
== AI behavior ==
Tanya controlled by the AI have the following attack patterns:
=== Medium ===
* 1x targeting the closest structure/defense
=== Hard ===
* 1x targeting the Allied/Soviet Construction Yard; loaded inside a NightHawk transport with 3 GIs and 1 Guardian GI
**The AI is not programmed to send this strike force against a Yuri Construction Yard
==Changelog==
*Red Alert 2 patch 1.004: Tanya's/Navy SEAL C-4 charges can now be planted on all bridges.
*Red Alert 2 patch 1.005: no other infantry units other than those with explosives can blow up buildings when joining to a Tanya command waypoint.
*Yuri's Revenge (release version 1.000):
**can only be built once at a time per player
**cost increased from $1000 to $1500
**can target ground vehicles with C-4 charges
**new quote set
*Yuri's Revenge patch 1.001:
**Tanya can no longer target vehicles within tank bunkers.
**if a commando (Tanya, Boris, Yuri Prime) is placed into a transport, and that transport is destroyed on water, the training slot for that commando unit is now properly freed.
==Quotes==
===Red Alert 2===
====When created====
*(maniacal laughter)
====When selected====
*Anytime, boss.
*You got an order?
*Where's the party?
*Show me the way!
*How about some action?
====When moving====
*I'm there.
*How 'bout a target?
*On my way.
*Movin' out, boss.
*I'm on it.
*Shake it, baby!
====When ordered to attack====
*Cha-ching!
*(maniacal laughter)
*Locked and loaded!
*Yeah, baby!
===Yuri's Revenge===
====When created====
*Let's rock and roll!
*Woo hoo! (unused)
*Nothin' can stop me! (unused)
*No fear, Tanya's here. (unused)
====When selected====
*What's up?
*I'm the best there is.
*Untouchable!
*I hear ya!
*I'm so good!
====When moving====
*Let's go!
*Gotcha.
*Let's get to it!
*Nothin' to stop me!
====When ordered to attack====
*Bag 'em up!
*Yeehaw!
*(laughter)
*Another loser!
====When suppressed====
*I'm hit!
*Just a scratch.
*That all you got?
*Hey hey, watch it!
====When an enemy tries to mind-control her====
*Mind control? Yeah, right.
*No one mind controls Tanya.
*Those psychic tricks don't work on me.
*Must... resist!
*Get outta my brain!
==Gallery==
Tanya_animation.gif|SHP sprite
RA2_Tanya_Manual_Render.gif|Manual/website render
RA2 Tanya Concept Art.png|Concept Art
===Cameos===
English, French, and German versions share the same cameos.
==Trivia==
*In cutscenes, Tanya is sometimes seen with an AKM assault rifle that she never uses in-game.
*In the Allied ending cutscene of Red Alert 2, Tanya is seen holding two SIG-Sauer P226s when she and a team of Allied soldiers storm Premier Romanov's office.
*In cutscenes, her sports bra is brown, but in-game it is remappable (player-coloured).
*In Operation Dark Night cutscenes, she is seen wearing a coat, but in-game she retains her standard camouflage pants and Allied blue bra.
*Like Yuri, a player can train infinite Tanya units in Red Alert 2 multiplayer. In Yuri's Revenge, she was replaced in this role by the statistically similar Navy SEALs. Tanya still appears in YR, now with the role of the Allied hero unit. She now has a build limit of one (two with a cloning vat), as well as a 1.5 times higher cost and build time, but she is now superior to SEALs by being immune to mind control and able to instantly destroy a vehicle with C-4.
*She is the only unit in the Command & Conquer series to have two entirely different in-game voice sets in the expansion pack.
*There is evidence in the code that suggests Tesla Troopers, SEALs, Tanya and Boris were once able to enter and clear garrisons, but then that functionality was disabled before release; see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1HnoE57i8A&t=195s.
==See also==
*Boris
*Yuri Prime (Red Alert 2)
*Yuri Prime (Yuri's Revenge)
Category:Red Alert 2 commandos
==References==
de:Tanja Adams