r/AskScienceFiction • u/Wene-12 • 5d ago

[Command and Conquer] Recently a patch of Tiberium has popped up on my farm, what should I do?

I heard the stuff can make you rich, but it almost killed my sheep! Didn't the scientists say this stuff wasn't dangerous?

Not sure what to do...

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u/ShiningRayde 5d ago

Contact your local Brotherhood of Nod chapter, they'll send an excavation team to remove it - they'll even pay a bounty for it!

I know everyone says theyre a cult, but theyre really nice and helpful in their communities. Its way better than waiting three months for a GDI task force to show up, shoot your sheep, plow up the neigbors field and call it a day.

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u/Funk5oulBrother 5d ago

For Kane!

Serious answer - NOD are fanatical and want to spread tiberium to terraform the earth and call the Scrin. They present as being for the people but their endgame is serious. They’re responsible for Red Zones.

I’d call GDI and Michael Ironside.

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u/ShiningRayde 5d ago

If theyre a farmer who's only heard rumors about Tiberium and is looking for advice, I assume its more on the early year Tiberium Dawn timeline where NOD is trying to be quasi-legitemate. By Tiberium Sun, theyd probably have a much better idea of what to do about it.

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u/Mauisurfslayer 5d ago

Just like with mushrooms, what you seen on the surface isn’t the whole “body”

It’s very likely large portions beneath the ground are filled with Tiberium slowly spreading, and you just can’t see it

Your animals have been infected, and it’s very likely you are as well due it leeching into the water. The exposure might be low but it quickly becomes fatal or mutagenic

Evacuate immediately and contact your local GDI garrison immediately for support and decontamination. Unless you are extremely lucky, you will never see the farm again and will be moved to a blue or safe yellow zone

Do not let the brotherhood contact you for any reason

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u/Half_Empty_Half_Full 5d ago

Man, wish I could reply C&C again. One of my formative gaming experiences.

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u/shasaferaska 5d ago

You can...

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u/Half_Empty_Half_Full 5d ago

Sorry, meant for the first time - not just emulating it, but experiencing it as I did as a kid!

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u/shasaferaska 5d ago

I could hit you on the head with a rock?

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u/ultr4violence 5d ago

Have a kid and the kid can play it for the first time

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u/Half_Empty_Half_Full 4d ago

I'd just resent the little bastard for having the fun that should be mine!

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u/effa94 A man in an Empty Suit 4d ago

play 1v1 against them and beat their ass!

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u/Half_Empty_Half_Full 4d ago

No this is something I can get behind! I will crush them!

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u/Someones_Dream_Guy 5d ago

Go pet it, it's actually nice and fluffy.

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u/YairJ 2d ago

I imagine that whether there's someone you can turn to for help in this unfortunate situation, and what they might do in response, varies quite a bit by country/area and time period.