Tiberium universe timeline

This is a composite timeline of all events of the Tiberium universe, including all released and even some unreleased games. By all accounts, it is probably the most complete timeline compiled so far.
==Tiberium Timeline==
===3875 BC===
* According to Biblical accounts, Cain murders his brother Abel, becoming the first murderer in the world.
===1800 BC===
* Earliest alleged reports of the existence of the Brotherhood of Nod.Finger, Penina, Adam Isgreen, and Erik Yeo. Command & Conquer: Instruction Manual. Las Vegas, Nevada: Westwood Studios, 1997.
===1914-1918 AD===
* June 28, 1914: World War I starts by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Gavrillo Princip, member of the Serbian Black Hand movement, in Sarajevo.
===1924===
* December 20: Adolf Hitler, leader of the NSDAP, is erased from the timeline by Albert Einstein traveling from 1946.Westwood Pacific, Command & Conquer: Red Alert. Cinematic: Introduction.
===1940s-1950s===
* First publicly-recorded appearance of Kane as the advisor of Joseph Stalin. 
* Second World War: Without Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union grew powerful under Stalin. Believing that it is the Soviet Union's birthright to take over the world, Stalin ordered the invasion of Western Europe. In order to resist Soviet aggression, the nations of Europe formed the Allied Forces, and started a guerrilla war against the invading Soviet army. The Allied Nations successfully pushed the Soviet invaders back to Moscow, decisively ending the war. Stalin dies by suffocation under the ruins of Moscow.
* Discussions within the United Nations to form a global defense agency begins. This agency would become "Special Operations Group Echo, Black Ops 9", the predecessor to the Global Defense Initiative.Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Red Alert. Allied mission 5: "Tanya's Tale".
===Post-Second World War===
* The Soviet Union collapses; reorganising into 15 independent states, with Russia being the largest and the most powerful of them. 
===1994===
* United States Congress begins an investigation of several large defense corporations. Close ties to the Brotherhood of Nod are revealed.
===1995===
* Tiberium meteor impacts the Earth. 
* The Brotherhood of Nod emerges as a superpower.
* October 12: The Global Defense Initiative is founded in accordance with the United Nations Global Defense Act.
===1996===
* The Ion Cannon research budget is approved by the United Nations. Development begins, headed by Dr. Wong Hu Chan.Selinske, Joe. Command & Conquer Bible: A Definitive Guide To The Command & Conquer Universe. Las Vegas, Nevada: Westwood Studios, 1999.
===Late 1990s===
* The Second World Tiberium Economic Impact Summit in Hong Kong takes place.Command & Conquer intro
* The First Tiberium War erupts.
* July 23, 1844 Zulu: In a 9 to 3 vote, the United Nations ways and means committee suspends GDI funding, responding to a fabricated news report about a GDI attack on Bialystok in Poland.Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer. Mission 5.
* The first Computer Assisted Biologically Augmented Lifeform prototype is damaged in an Ion Cannon strike against the Cairo Temple of Nod.Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Renegade. Mission 12: "Stomping on Holy Ground".
* Project ReGenesis shut down.
===Early 2000s===
* First Tiberium War ends, Kane is apparently killed by an Ion Cannon blast in Sarajevo.
===2006===
* Otani-Lincoln Laboratories presents its offer to GDI; signs a 100 year contract for the development of All Terrain Structures.Duane Loose. 2006. "Block 10 Technical Bulletin #1: Design". File mirror
===2009===
* Otani-Lincoln Laboratories receives its first contract from GDI for the development of semi-autonomous structures.
===2017===
*GDI anti-piracy convention.Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. GDI Archives, "What is it Like in a Red Zone?".
===2019===
* Jack Granger joins GDI.Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. Cinematic: "Campaign Introduction".
===2020s===
* GDI began globally evacuating and relocating unexposed civilians in Tiberium-infested regions of the planet.Tiberian Sun GDI News Archive
* The Disruptor Tank prototype is publicly unveiled, the unveiling ceremony is broadcast from the Philadelphia to over fifty countries.
* Anniversary of the Temple of Nod's destruction, GDI officially terminates investigation into the circumstances of Kane's death and declares Kane to be dead, though an anonymous GDI top advisor confirmed that a body was never found.
* An ion storm hits a GDI evacuation center in Bogota, Columbia, killing more than thirty people. More than twenty mutants went missing after the storm. Mutant leader Tratos condemned GDI's lack of response and claimed that his people have been abducted by Nod.
* South America Firestorm, 5000 square miles of one of the last remaining forests on Earth are devastated in a firestorm that lasts for weeks.
* GDI commandos raid Nod Tiberium research facility, where over fifty Tiberium-infected civilians were detained for experimentation. Statistics show a significant increase in the numbers of proven Nod testing facilities.
* Supply convoy headed for GDI Antarctic evacuation compounds lost due to massive break-up of a frozen lake, killing 75 men and destroying six million dollars worth of supplies. Nod sabotage suspected.
* Nod commandos storm a GDI armory located north of Munich, arms local Forgotten population to fight against GDI.
* Fire breaks out in GDI super tunnel, at least 50 civilians killed.
* 60,000 GDI soldiers move into Europe to ensure the safe evacuation of hundreds of thousands of civilians to Arctic regions after peace talks with Nod broke down.
* Nod hackers crack into GDI official website and divert visitors to Nod website, causing a rise in public sentiment towards the Brotherhood.
===2023===
* Earliest confirmed Wolverine usage on the battlefield.Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath. Nod mission 2: "What is Rightfully Ours".
===2025===
* Otani-Lincoln Laboratories deploys their first fully functional semi-autonomous structures, a series of barracks.
===2027===
*Jannero Drake is assassinated.Electronic Arts. Kane's Secret Dossier (mysterious pamphlet). 2009-10-13.
* GDI adopts the principle of Deep Industrial Design, in order to create strong recognizable silhouettes that facilitate immediate unit identification on the battlefield. This change brings about an 85% decrease in friendly fire incidents.
===2030===
* January 12: EVA compiles a report for General James Solomon concerning the theoretical Second Tiberium War.Stojsavljevic, Rade, and O'Miley Ryan. Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun: Operations Manual. Las Vegas, Nevada: Westwood Studios, 1999.
*Brotherhood emerges once again as a superpower following reunification by Anton Slavik.
* September 2: Kane broadcasts to Philadelphia, hacking its communication channels, announcing his return. Second Tiberium War begins.
* Late 2030: Second Tiberium War ends. Kane is "killed" by Michael McNeil and stored by CABAL in a stasis tube.Pannullo, Patrick, Joseph Selinske, and David Lamoreaux. Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun - Firestorm: Instruction Manual. Las Vegas, Nevada: Westwood Studios, 1999.
* December 12: Michael McNeil writes a personal log about his thoughts on the Second Tiberium War.
* December 17: Anton Slavik writes a personal log about his plans for the Brotherhood, which had been divided once again following Kane's apparent death.
===Early 2030s===
*2031: Firestorm Conflict erupts as CABAL rebels when a massive ion storm ravages the Earth. Tiberium growth estimates indicate that within a year, Earth will be unable to support human life. The Firestorm Conflict was resolved when CABAL was defeated by joint GDI/Nod strikes on his central core.Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath. Nod Field Recon, "The Tacitus".
*2032: Tacitus fragments are recovered by GDI and somehow merge into one. Doctor Gabriella Boudreau recovers a massive amount of data from the alien device.
***The Tacitus was transferred to the Cheyenne Mountain Complex, where GDI continued attempts to interface with it. However, progress was slow.
*Anton Slavik succeeds Kane as leader of Nod, this draws significant attention to the previously secretive Black Hand and causes a schism within the Brotherhood. Brother Marcion, manipulated by a GDI agent who infiltrated the Brotherhood in the guise of an orthodox Nod fanatic, orders the assassination of Slavik. The death of Slavik fragments the Brotherhood, Marcion leads the Black Hand into self-imposed exile into Australia.
===2034===
* Rio Insurrection – inspired by Nod loyalists, the impoverished slum dwellers of Rio de Janeiro rise up against GDI.
* Persuasion of Marcion – Marcion is captured by Nod forces loyal to Kane, and becomes the figurehead leader of Nod, allowing Kane to continue operating behind the scenes.
* Raid on Liquid Tiberium Facility – GDI Liquid Tiberium research facility destroyed by Black Hand forces, causing a Liquid Tiberium detonation that contaminated much of Central Australia, turning it into a Red Zone. This disaster reveals the existence of the top-secret facility to the general public, and the ensuing PR nightmare ends the already controversial research project.
===2035===
* February 16: Chief Engineer A. Sarkov releases a technical briefing/memorandum on the principles of next-gen GDI design.
===2036===
* March 10: Advanced development block is delivered to chief engineer A. Sarkov.
===2037===
* Mutant Exodus – the Forgotten go on a self-imposed exile into Red Zone wastelands.Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. Nod Archives, "Mutant Exodus".
===2038===
* Cologne begins running strategic simulations for the city. It never rates as above "minor strategic value".Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. GDI Eyewitness Accounts, "GDI Field Recon - the Fall of Cologne".
===2039===
* March 12: Mammoth Mk. II's production comes to an end, despite protests. Mammoth 27 is scheduled to be put in production at Reykjavik, Iceland.Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. GDI News Wire, "Discontinuation of the Mammoth Mk II Walker".
===2040===
* Battle of San Vicente in Argentina: OLL deploys their first fully automatic War Factory in the field.
===2042===
* In a show of goodwill towards the vanished mutant population, G-330X habitat modules are deployed by GDI on the borders of Red Zones.
===2043===
* Due to minimal Nod activity over the globe, GDI closes 60% of their bases worldwide.Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. GDI Archives, "GDI Base Closure".
* Intense preparations for the Third Tiberium War begin in Australia, under the command of Kilian Qatar.Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. Nod Field Intelligence, "Australia-New Zealand Theatre Assessment".
* May 27: The last CABAL bunker is destroyed.
* May 28: INN broadcasts Passing Thoughts with Constance Fitchaven, with a feature on the Mutant Exodus.
===2046===
* In preparation for the Third Tiberium War, LEGION leads a Nod incursion into GDI's South African orbital weapons research center, to procure Ion Cannon access codes.Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath. Mission "Keys to the Kingdom"
===2047===
* The process of GDI becoming a superstate reaches its final stages – while there are still technically individual Member Nations, the reality is that GDI has become a unified political and military super-state.Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. GDI Archives, "The Global Defense Initiative".
* March: The GDSS Philadelphia is destroyed by a Nod nuclear weapon, the Third Tiberium War begins.Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. Nod mission 1: "Goddard Space Centre".
* Temple Prime destroyed by an Ion Cannon strike, which ignites the liquid Tiberium deposit underneath, creating a massive, multi-megaton explosion.
* The Scrin invasion begins after the liquid Tiberium explosion at Sarajevo.
*Defeat of the Scrin in Italy and destruction of the Control Node.
* The Third Tiberium War ends with Kane achieving his goal of capturing a Threshold, the Scrin being driven from Earth, and GDI successfully defending its territory.Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. Nod mission 10: "Outback".Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. GDI mission 12: "Munich".
===2052===
* The Marked of Kane are activated.Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath. Nod mission 12: "Will Made Flesh". Rumors of cyborg activity spread like wildfire.Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath. Nod Field Recon, "Unconfirmed Reports of Cyborg Activity in Central Asia".
* The Tacitus becomes dangerously unstable due to GDI experiments, close to the point of self-destruction.
* In an assault on the Rocky Mountains Complex with back up from the Black Hand, Nod forces successfully capture the Tacitus.Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath. Nod mission 13: "Tacitus Regained".
* The city of New Eden is consumed by the rapidly expanding North European Tiberium field.The Idris Corporation Story. Mirror: The Idris Corporation Story C&C Frontpage. 2010-02-21.
* A GDI military unit is ambushed and destroyed in Red Zone 483 by Nod-aligned local militia.Lanzing, Jackson (w), Martin Cocolo (p). "An Unexpected Hero" Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight Video Game, Exclusive Motion Comic 1 (March 5, 2010) EA Los Angeles, Ape Entertainment. Gametrailers Exclusive Motion Comic Issue One HD (An Unexpected Hero). Accessed 2010-03-13.
===2058===
* Rapid Assault and Intercept Deployment forces led by FBC Ricardo Vega battle a second Scrin invasion in Italy.
===2062===
* June 14: With humanity on the brink of extinction, Kane presents an offer to the GDI council in Manchester, United Kingdom. Nod and GDI form an alliance for the second time in history.Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight. Cinematic: "A Proposition...".
* The Incursion War between Nod Separatists and GDI begins.. C&C Frontpage (2010-04-21). Mirror: GDI MCV Mk VII.
* GDI begins development of a next-generation airborne battlecruiser.. C&C Frontpage (2010-04-21). Mirror: GDI Kodiak.
===2064===
* GDI puts a new line of personal protection suits into service – the semi-final generation of Zone Armour, an upgrade from the Third Tiberium War suits.Flame Tank Profile
* SA-1 Orca enters service.
* The global stratospheric waste disposal fleet is fully functional and enters service, marking the beginning of the Global Stratospheric Transport development.Exclusive GST Wallpaper. C&C Frontpage (2010-02-15). Mirror: The GDI Global Stratospheric Transport Ship.
===2065===
* AW-30 Avatar enters service.Nod Avatar. C&C Frontpage. Mirror: Nod Avatar Profile 2010-02-15.
===2066===
* AT-6 flame tank enters service.
* AHV-8 Sandstorm enters service.Sandstorm. Mirror: AHV-8 Sandstorm/Profile. C&C Frontpage. 2010-03-14.
* Battle of Waukesha.Hunter Tank. C&C Frontpage. 2010-02-21.
* AT-22 Hunter enters service.
* Christian Pierce comes to BZ-11 to create a new life for himself. After saving Evelyn Rios from an assassination attempt, he is recruited into its special forces.
===2068===
* The new Kodiak battlecruiser is unveiled by GDI.
===2069===
* AW-12 Mastodon enters service.Nov. 2, 2009. Mastodon. Electronic Arts. Nov. 2, 2009.
* The GDIS Michael McNeil destroys fortified Obelisks in Africa, marking the first major deployment of the Kodiak-class Battlecruiser.
===2070===
* The Separatists gain the upper hand against GDI following the latter's alliance with Kane.
* Due to the Separatist's advantage, Nod phases out the Isis-class Obelisk of Light almost completely.. C&C Frontpage (2010-03-14). Mirror: Nod Obelisk of Light.
===2071===
* GST Methuselah enters service.
===2072===
* GDI introduces the first crawler into service.
* Henry Liu locates the headquarters of Echo, a GDI covert R&D division, with a working Obelisk of Darkness inside. Alyssa is sent by Kane to recover the technology and stop GDI interference without casting shadow on the Prophet.
===2073===
* Battle of Gerlach Flats: prototype AT-414 Refractor were field tested and proven successful against a Nod position. The Refractor enters service.GDI Refractor Profile. Mirror: GDI Refractor Profile C&C Frontpage. 2010-03-14.
* GDI seemingly defeats the Separatists, driving them underground.
===2074===
* The Anubis-class Obelisk of Light enters service.
* Elias Caruso dies.
* Nod Separatists regroup and attack Paris. Incursion War enters the final phase.Lanzing, Jackson (w), Joe Suitor (p, i). "The Incursion War" Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight Video Game, Exclusive Motion Comic 2 (March 17, 2010) EA Los Angeles, Ape Entertainment. Gametrailers Exclusive Motion Comic Issue Two. Accessed 2010-03-13.
* Gideon attempts to destroy Chicago with the GST Methuselah. The crisis is averted by Christian Pierce with the GSC Kennedy, but he is captured in the process.
* Gideon forces Pierce to acquire a "GDI database" from the New York Public Library.Lanzing, Jackson (w), Micah Farritor (p, i). "The War Messiah" Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight Video Game, Exclusive Motion Comic 3 (March 30, 2010) EA Los Angeles, Ape Entertainment. Episode Three - The War Messiah. Accessed 2010-04-01.
* After retrieving the database, Pierce is confronted and killed by Kane, who seizes the database.Lanzing, Jackson (w), Tony Vargas (p, i). "King Takes Pawn" Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight Video Game, Exclusive Motion Comic 4 (March 30, 2010) EA Los Angeles, Ape Entertainment. Episode Four - King Takes Pawn. Accessed 2010-05-16.
===2075===
* Nod Crawlers enter service.. C&C Frontpage (2010-03-14). Mirror: Nod Crawler Profile.
* Brother Alphus betrays Kane during initial field tests of Nod crawlers and disappears with them into the Tiberium wastelands.
* SG-11 Salamander enters service.. C&C Frontpage (2010-02-15). Mirror: Nod Salamander.
===2076===
* GDI Commander Parker is horrifically wounded during the Incursion War.Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight. GDI mission 1: "Beginning of the End".
===2077===
* AT-5 stealth tank enters service.. C&C Frontpage (2010-03-14). Mirror: Nod Stealth Tank.
* May 1: The TCN is completed – GDI and Nod host a ceremony to celebrate this fact. Gideon disrupts the ceremony. Fourth Tiberium War begins.
* May 6: New Adana is attacked by Nod Separatists.Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight. Nod mission 1: "Things Fall Apart".Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight. GDI mission 4: "Spontaneous Outbursts".
* May 8 : GST Tzadik is shot down over the Tin City area.
* May 9: Colonel Louise James attempts a coup d'état against Evelyn Rios and Wesley Riggs in New Adana.Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight. GDI mission 7: "Insurrection".
*May 10: Gideon kills Johann Pascal.Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight. GDI mission 8: "Lockdown".
*May 10: GDI forces under the command of Daniel Stojack open fire on a Yellow Zone orphanage.Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight. Cinematic: "Ex Machina".
*May 11: The Fourth Tiberium War ends and the TCN is activated. Kane and much of the Brotherhood of Nod disappear from the Earth, with all the Tiberium on the planet being removed, restoring the world fully to Blue Zone status. TCN continues to provide Tiberium energy/resources for the world at large.Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight. Cinematic: "A New Earth".
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