Destruction of the GDSS Philadelphia

The destruction of the GDSS Philadelphia is a major event that marked the beginning of the Third Tiberium War in 2047.
==Overview==
In the opening moves of the Third Tiberium War, the Philadelphia was destroyed by a Nod nuclear ICBM,Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. Cinematic: "A Merciful Bullet". launched from the Cairo Nuclear Launch Facility.Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. Intelligence Database: GDI InOps, "Cairo Nuclear Launch Facility". In the resulting attack, a total of 1,047 passengers were killed.DeCandido, Keith R. A. (May 27, 2009). Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars (ch. 1, p. 8). Del Rey Books. ISBN 978-0345-49814-4. Among those were the GDI's top political and military echelon,Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. Intelligence Database: GDI News Wire, "The Blunder that Nearly Finished GDI". as well as civilian workers. Debris from the wrecked station fell to Earth, creating a trail of debris and smoke from the Northwest Blue Zone all the way to several remote parts of Africa.
Despite the Philadelphia's destruction, it was not a complete death blow to GDI, as Nod failed to destroy the Pentagon, the last global command center of the GDI.Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. GDI mission 2: "The Pentagon". Other minor GDI orbital stations were still in operation and could perform basic space-based functions, such as deploying drop pods or orbital strikes. However, the lack of a central coordinating command center prevented GDI from opposing Nod in an organized fashion in the first month of the Third Tiberium War.
A large amount of wreckage landed in the African Red Zone where the Nod AI LEGION stole plans for the MARV.Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath. Nod mission 8: "MARV Rising".
==References==
Category:Tiberium universe events