C&C3 – Operation Tiberian Sun
Jahr:	1999
Entwickler:	Westwood Studios
Publisher:	Electronic Arts
Originaltitel:	C&C2 – Tiberian Sun
Kürzel:	TS
Executive Producer:	Brett W. Sperry
Komponisten:	Frank Klepacki, Jarrid Mendelson
Neuste Version:	2.03
Add-on:	Feuersturm

Geschichte:

2030 – Viele Jahre sind seit dem 1. TK vergangen. Das Tiberium hat sich weiterentwickelt und ist bereits zu einer großen Bedrohung geworden. Dann, am 2. September 2030, meldet sich auf einmal Kane in der GDI-Raumstation "Philadelphia" wieder: "Es wäre ein fataler Irrtum mich für einen Geist zu halten..." - so Kanes Worte. Es starten mehrere Überraschungsangriffe, am stärksten betroffen war die "Phönix"-Basis... Der 2. Tiberiumkrieg hatte begonnen und endete siegreich für die GDI. Die finale Schlacht war in Kairo, Ägypten. Dort hatte auch Kane seine Pyramide gebaut. Kane wurde offensichtlich endgültig von McNeil umgebracht (siehe auch Feuersturm).

Interessantes:

• Zum Valtentinstag 2010 und mehr als zehn Jahre nach dem Release gibt's den dritten Teil mitsamt Add-on als kostenlosen Download!
• Am 26. August 1999 brachte Westwood die Fortsetzung zu C&C1 raus – Über 200.000 verkaufte Exemplare in den ersten drei Tagen.
• Die Musik sollte einer wesentlich düsteren Stimmung entsprechen als die noch peppigen Soundtracks zu TD und RA1. Dies hatte auch Frank Klepacki überrascht:

  After arranging a formal meeting to discuss this, I was told that the essence of this game's mood is post-apocalyptic, and the world is headed for tiberian mutation, and that the soundtrack should reflect that, and be very dark, moody, and not upbeat at all. AT ALL?
  
  Wow. So now I had the dilemma of how to approach this with a fresh perspective while retaining what had been set as a standard stylistically. I had a feeling this would be quite a jolt to the fans who had strongly rallied around the first two game soundtracks.

  Daraufhin bat er seinen Freund Jarrid Mendelson um Hilfe, der u.a. "Pharotek" schrieb. Dennoch sollte sich seine Befürchtung bewahrheiten, dass dieser Style bei den Fans nicht so gut an kommt. Für das FS Add-on sah Westwood es auch so und Frank konnte nun das umsetzen, was er von Anfang an plante:

  The soundtrack in Firestorm was a return to the direction of how I would have preferred to score Tiberian Sun originally in the first place. I was happy that the producer of the expansion pack recognized that and told me that he thought we should get back to the upbeat action side of things musically as well. So in the end, at least I got some closure in the expansion pack, which added Cabal's theme "Slave To The System."

  Die komplette Entstehunggeschichte ist in seinen Facebook Notizen nachzulesen.
• Sämtliche Tiberiumarten haben nun lateinische bzw. wissenschafliche Namen und es war sogar rotes Tiberium geplant. Torpid-PG am 28.08.2007 dazu:

  Man, you guys want to stretch my memory
  
  Adam might remember better, but if I recall the names were for the entire life cycle of the Tiberium color, such that the blossom tree and green crystals would be classified as the same type of Tiberium since they are related. There was going to be red Tiberium and we were going to hint at it in Firestorm and Renegade, but we never got around to it. I believe the manual included with Firestorm has the correct names. I wrote it, but I don't remember without digging it out of a box in my storage closet

  Adam Isgreen zuvor am 27.06.2007 zur Verbreitung des Tiberiums:

  The water wasn't polluted from the water -- it was polluted from what tiberium was doing to the flora and fauna.
  
  Tiberium was never intended to grow well in very dry areas, so arctic and desert it had a very hard time growing and spreading in. Water had very high salt concentrations, which also messed with Tiberium.
  
  ...at least, that was in the WW fiction for it.

  –Mehr über Tiberium, Flora & Fauna aus wissenschaftlicher Sicht findet ihr hier!
• Auf die Frage, ob es nur wegen den Algen keine Schiffe in TS gab, antwortete Adam Isgreen am 26.06.2007:

  Nope. RA was always intended to be the naval included series. TS was staying away from naval engagements.

• CABAL steht für "Computer Assisted Biologically Augmented Life-form", ursprünglich war "Computer Assisted Bio-organic Artificial Life-form" geplant. Adam Isgreen am 06.03.2007:

  Ah, CABAL... I remember the day we came up with the acronym. I can still see it on the white-board.
  
  Computer Assisted Bio-organic Artificial Life-form
  
  Great stuff.
  
  Here's to hoping that EA is just saying he's dead, so that he can make his re-appearance as the expansion side after C&C3 is shipped.
  
  ...at least we can hope.

  Und weiter am 07.03.2007, wie es zu dem Wechsel kam:

  RE: CABAL acronym in Renegade
  
  Yeah, they changed it. I guess they figured it sounded better spoken or something. The name I put out was the one we created when CABAL came into existence in TS. It's not a huge change, but even I went "huh?" when I got to it in Renegade. The intent is still clear though, so it's not a big deal.
  
  RE: CABAL's future
  
  Yep, we had plans for him. Without going into any real detail, eventually, he'd re-emerge with a cyborg / machine faction that had its desires set on conquering not just humanity... but the Scrin as well. The creation of CABAL via the Tacitus information and Kane's mind made for a very power-hungry and ruthless entity that sought control above all else.

  Dies erinnert entfernt an LEGION aus KW. Adam dann nochmal am 08.03.2007:

  Kane built CABAL and incorporated pieces of his psyche into the machine while constructing its personality. Ever see the film "Saturn 5"? The robot learned its obsessions and murderous tendencies from the "teacher" it was connected to -- a similar thing happened here. CABAL is an extension of Kane's mind so that Kane would have a completely obedient and cunning ally. Unfortunately, the data from the Tacitus gave CABAL some other desires that allowed him to bend Kane's will and desires....

• Das außerirdische Raumschiff (5. GDI-Mission) wurde am Ende des ersten Tiberiumkriegs von Nod gebaut. Hier ein paar gerenderte Bilder:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Adam Isgreen dazu am 05.01.2007:

  The TS ship was one constructed by Nod off of Scrin / Tacitus data. It was a Nod design trying to mimic some of the Scrin tech in a Noddish way. It wasn't a true Scrin ship.

  Auf ähnliche Weise ist auch der Banshee entstanden, sagte er am 03.10.2007:

  Ah, OK.
  
  Since the Nod Banshee was really a lot like the old Cylon raider itself, I don't know if they intended to draw a parallel (i.e. Nod built the craft from Tacitus information, which was an interpretation of the Scrin craft design) or if that's just how it ended up looking.
  
  There was an aerial unit designed on paper for the Scrin, but it didn't have that name and we didn't get around to visual concept for it.

• Bei Joseph D. Kucan wurde 1998 Krebs diagnostiziert und einen Monat nach seiner letzten Chemotherapie hatte er die ersten Aufnahmen als Kane für TS:

  4. In 1998, JK was diagnosed with cancer. Principal photography on "Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun" began one month to the day after his final chemotherapy treatment.

• Der Untertitel "Tiberian Sun" stand bereits mit dem Release von TD im Jahr 1995 –Ganze vier Jahre vorher– fest. Schon im Abspann der MS-DOS Version von TD war folgendes zu sehen:
  
  Gleiches Bild bot sich im Handbuch:
  

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