Battle of Temple Prime

Commanders| * General James Solomon
* Sergeant Lass
* Drago Todorović
* Alius Mendoza
* Jonathan Graves
* Sebek-Tetu
* Black Knight

Casualties| * Kane (presumed only)
* Nephthys Arafi (presumed only)

"*The GDI will bring their full force upon this temple. But our advantage comes on the very ground they fight on. They do not know these lands, what lurks waiting for them as they will advance through the city and the hills around it.*"
—Kane
The **Battle of Temple Prime** was a major battle and a pivotal turning point in the Tiberium Wars that saw the first defeat of the Brotherhood of NOD at the hands of the Global Defense Initiative, with Kane's presumed death. Orchestrated by General James Solomon, the GDI besieged Temple Prime, NOD's headquarters in Sarajevo, with the intent of destroying it using their new weapon; the Ion Cannon, in an effort to bring down the Brotherhood and Kane's Inner Circle with it. Despite the GDI's decisive victory, Kane wasn't truly dead, and was merely biding his time from the shadows.

## Prelude

From Fort Dain, a briefing was held by Sergeant Lass about the status of the war, met by an unexpected guest, Daito Anikada, being the Asian-Pacific Alliance's representative at the Foehn group received Dr. Ignatio Mobius's scan of the Red Tiberium crystal and revealed the GDI's plans to construct an orbital Ion Cannon network in hopes it could end this stage of the war.

On the Brotherhood of NOD's end, Kane ordered his Inner Circle to be redeployed to Sarajevo, knowing an attack will some come and that the Tacitus must be protected.

## The Battle

With Daito Anikada's Ion Cannon in position, the GDI launched a full invasion upon the NOD stronghold Temple Prime in Sarajevo. The GDI Steel Talons began a ground assault ahead of time while the Fort Dain teams prepared to reinforce, attacking were the likes of Shiro Hideaki, James Cannon, Sergeant Lass, Darius Murphy and Sable. At Temple Prime, Kane briefed his Inner Circle including Jonathan Graves, Alius Mendoza, Nephthys Arafi and Sebek-Tetu.

With traps laid for the GDI and the release of CABAL's new cyborgs, the battle would not be easy. Additionally, due to the arrival of Gambler Squadron, most of the Steel Talons forces would be taken down, resulting in GDI forces having to infiltrate the inner walls of the Temple, knowing now that a full raid would be impossible. Their mission was to destroy the shield generator of the Temple, only then would an Ion Cannon strike be effective.

Despite a supernatural surprise attack from Sebek-Tetu, Sable along with Cannon, Shiro and Flaeus Cancellarii scaled the Temple's walls and using stealth tech managed to breach the inner part of the temple. Despite resistance from the Black Hand led by the Black Knight, the generator was destroyed and the shields would fall. By now, CABAL informed the Inner Circle of the GDI's defeat as most of their forces were destroyed, as such many of them evacuated. Kane and Nephthys however remained. As she met the prophet below ground underneath the Temple, they discussed what Kane was protecting. A relic known as the Tacitus, Kane explain this held the key to Ascension and that he knew what the GDI had planned. Nephthys was lead to a command bunker, but Kane remained with the Tacitus until the end, of which the Ion Cannon successfully managed to destroy Temple Prime, resulting in a decisive GDI victory.