Free Rebel Commander

Free Rebel Commander is an optional Nod mission that can be taken before the Destroy Hassan's Temple mission.Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun. Nod mission 3b: "Free Rebel Commander".
==CABAL briefing﻿ ==
We have become aware of an imprisoned commander in this region who WAS loyal to Hassan. Free him and his forces and they should be sympathetic to our cause - and help in the capture of Hassan. The commander may have information vital to Hassan's movement.
* Objective One: Locate and free the Rebel Nod Commander.
==Background==
The fall of Libya to Slavik's rebel forces had opened the way for a rebel advance into Egypt, the core part of Hassan's territory. Loss of the Nod News Network to rebel forces during the Battle of Benghazi had incited widespread unrest and chaos throughout the region. The option of advancing directly on Hassan's pyramid and finishing him off now presented itself.
In order to secure his rule, General Hassan had earlier imprisoned a certain general and potential rival of his in a prison towards the west of Egypt. While the release of this man would not sway the massed ranks of Hassan's loyalist forces, he still possessed a following within the Nod military which sought his release. Were Slavik to free him from his prison, his followers would join the rebel ranks and strengthen the assault on General Hassan central base.
==Events==
The prison proved to be better guarded than had been anticipated and the forces that Slavik had sent to complete the mission it turned out could not hope to prevail against the base and its Laser turrets in a frontal assault. They would have to take a less direct approach. 
At the time of their arrival the Elite Guards were executing some rebel supporting civilians and there was nothing Slavik could have done to stop them. Proceeding towards an old tunnel the rebel forces encountered armed GDI prisoners which had somehow escaped earlier and were fighting with Elite Guard. Both sides were eliminated by the rebel forces and they discovered that the tunnel led to a back entrance to the prisons supply base which unlike the main prison was poorly guarded and was connected to it by a bridge. 
Hassan's loyalists had recently taken prisoner a number of Engineers loyal to the rebels. By releasing these engineers from their prison trucks, the rebels were able to take control of the base and use it to assemble a force sufficient to fight their way across the bridge into the main prison.
Having crossed the bridge they overrun the prison and released the captured general who was then able to escape the area in a Harpy.
==Aftermath==
The freed general successfully made his way to safety aboard the Harpy that the rebels had provided him. Having been released he was able to rally his supporters, who swiftly rose up and helped establish rebel control over most of western Egypt.
Afterwards, as Slavik began to assemble and organize his forces for the assault on Hassan's main base near Cairo, the freed general assigned some of his own forces to reinforce Slavik troops by means of Subterranean APCs.
==Notes==
* If the player kills Hassan's troop guard near the tunnel and does not attack the GDI light infantry, the latter will enter a nearby Orca bomber and destroy a Tick Tank at the opposite side of the tunnel before fly off the map.
==Gallery==
TSN03b.jpg|Map panorama
Free_The_Rebel_Commander01.jpg|The Western choice is this optional mission
Free_The_Rebel_Commander02.jpg|The rebel Nod forces arrive at the prison's supply base
Free_The_Rebel_Commander04.jpg|..and partially capture it using freed engineers
Free_The_Rebel_Commander03.jpg|Having assembled a force they proceed across the bridge to the main prison
Free_The_Rebel_Commander06.jpg|And across to the other side
Free_The_Rebel_Commander05.jpg|They overwhelm the prison guards and free the imprisoned general
Free_The_Rebel_Commander07.jpg|The freed general escaped in a Harpy
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