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Let $(A,\mathfrak{m})$ be a noetherian local ring and $R$ be an $A$-algebra, which is finitely generated generated as an $A$-module (module finite $A$-algebra). Let $\widehat{A}$ be the $\mathfrak{m}$-adic completion and define $\widehat{R}=R\otimes_A \widehat{A}$.
Do we have a 1:1-correspondence between the isomorphism classes of simple left $R$-modules and the isomorphism classes of simple left $\widehat{R}$-modules, induced by the map $S \rightarrow S\otimes_A \widehat{A}$?
Since $R$ is module-finite over $A$, we have that $\widehat{\mathfrak{m}}\widehat{R}\\subset rad(\widehat{R})$. So given a simple $\widehat{R}$-module $S$, then $\widehat{\mathfrak{m}}$ annihilates $S$, that is $S$ is in fact a simple $R\otimes_A\widehat{A}/\widehat{\mathfrak{m}}$-module. But $\widehat{A}/\widehat{\mathfrak{m}}=A/\mathfrak{m}$. So $S$ is a simple $R/\mathfrak{m}R$-module. But since $\mathfrak{m}\subset rad(R)$, this implies that $S$ is a simple $R$-module.
Now given a simple $R$-module $M$, then this is a finite length $A$-module, so the map $M\rightarrow M\otimes_A\widehat{A}$ is an isomorphism. But is this also an isomorphism of $\widehat{R}$-modules?
Or is this eventually not true? Is there literature about the behaviour of $R$-modules under completion of the base ring?
I ask this, because it is often easier to find simple modules if the base ring $A$ is complete, e.g. if $A/\mathfrak{m}$ is algebraically closed and $R$ is an Azumaya algebra, then $\widehat{R}\cong M_s(\widehat{A})$, and the simple modules for $\widehat{R}$ are easy to see, but for $R$?


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Gossip Girl cutie Jessica Szohr likes to generally stay under the radar unlike her more prominent costars and we like a girl who likes to keep things real and uncomplicated. Dating the off-screen Chuck Bass must have it's ups and downs so we understand why Jessica would want to steer clear from the drama of the paps as much as possible. Luckily for us, she was spotted in a downpour in NYC wearing some seriously flashy leggings! These Snow Leopard Print Leggings by Foot Traffic ($14) are quite like Jessica's but we're pretty sure we won't make them look as carefree as she does!
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2008 Negro Please Awards – Coon Lighting Ceremony, Part 1
Yes, nigga. I said "coon lighting."
That don't mean your daddy new night job, neither.
For those of you who know how I gets down around this time of year, I'm going to take this time to open up the floor for worthy nominations in a myriad of negrolicious categories.
NP Coon of the Year (for excellence in racial embarrassment):
- Yung Berg
- Soulja Boy Tellem
- Kanye West
- Busta Rhymes & Ron Browz
- T-Pain
- Diddy
- Plies
- [write-in vote]
NP Negro of the Year (best overall 2008 negrous performance):
- R. Kelly
- Diddy
- Soulja Boy Tellem
- Kanye West
- Yung Berg
- Jim Jones
- [write-in vote]
NP Nigger Moment of the Year
- Tyga Eating Money
- Dem Franchize Boyz Burning Money
- R. Kelly's Question for a Question
- Soulja Boy Tellem's Slave Master Props
- Yung Buck's Telephone Vulnerability
- Yung Berg's "Dark Butt" Commentary
- Rick Ross' Coming Out Party [C.O.P.]
- [write-in vote]
NP "Ether" of the Year
- A Very Diddy Christmas
- Yung Berg's WHITE Club
- DMX Marks The Spot… Scott Storch's
- Soulja Boy Loves Massa
- Bill O'Reilly Thinks He's Got Nas' Number
- I Guess Rick Ross Wasn't Lying
- [perhaps one that mysteriously vanished?]
- [write-in vote]
I know I'm leaving a grip of shit out, so now is the time to sound-off on who's most deserving and leave suggestions. If you need help, check www.ronmexicocity.com for some helpful filters and shit.
Be back tomorrow with more categories. We'll hand some of these actual bitches out on Friday.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by ToniP Rustic meets modern Love this piece! I bought 2 to use together or seperate! June 19, 2015
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Rated 5 out of 5 by Susan1234 GREAT VALUE! Yes, I bought it on sale but this console is great! It comes completely assembled. No sharp corners and not your usual piece of furniture. I am waiting for the side table to be in stock so I can purchase it also. I wish it was also available in brown finish. February 6, 2015
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The Mini 100e can be fitted with either a three or six-cell battery and comes with a modem in addition to Ethernet, a reasonable addition considering it is designed for emerging markets where older internet options could be available. Unfortunately wireless connectivity is not included by default, but rather as an optional feature. At about 3.2 pounds, it's a bit heavier than some netbooks but still easy enough for kids to carry around.
In terms of software, HP is pre-loading Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Math and Microsoft Security Essentials, as well as giving users a choice of three operating systems: Windows 7 Starter, Windows XP Home or SuSE Linux Enterprise 11.The Mini 100e will go on sale next month, just in time for the back-to-school rush, and will cost no more than $300 according to HP. It doesn't seem like you'll be able to find it on the shelf at your local electronics store, though, as the company is apparently looking to sell these in volume through deals with schools and other educational institutions.


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Here is the actual question: $A$ is random variable representing the lifespan of a component. It is an exponential law with an average of 10. Considering a system with $n$ components $A$, what is the minimum value of $n$ so that the system has a fiability of 0.999 for a 4 year period?
I thought about approximating it with the normal law (even if it's probably a pretty bad approximation). This gave me this random variable $Z_n = (Y-\nu)/(\sigma \sqrt{n})$.
Then I figured I was looking for $\mathbb P(Y \geq 4) = 1 - \mathbb P(Y \leq 3)$. In this case $\mathbb P(Y \leq 3)$ would be 0.001 since $\mathbb P(Y \geq 4) = 0.999$. With the cdf table I find that it gives -3.09. So I solve the equation $(3-10n) / (10 \sqrt{n}) = -3.09$. This gives an answer of 10 (around that). The actual answer is 7.
What have I done wrong and how could I find the answer of that question?
Edit : The components are independent from each other; if only one works, the system works. So basically only one of the components needs to have a life span of 4 years. The problem doesn't mention if the components are replaced so I assumed they weren't.


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The Berlin Wall fell on 9th November 1989. Two days later Andreas Muhs was at the border crossing point Bernauer Straße, which had just been opened. Because of his experience of the Wall opening and the photos that he took at the time, he decided to make photography into his profession. Today he lives in Berlin, working as an independent architectural photographer.
Muhs moved from Hamburg to Berlin at the beginning of 1991. Using a Leica M camera and the black and white film, he captured the eastern part of the city in unique urban impressions until the mid ninties. He was fascinated by the waste open spaces at Potsdamer Platz and in Friedrichstraße, by streets and backyards in the neighbourhoods Spandauer Vorstadt and Scheunenviertel, the first demolition work and the huge constructions sites. It was a rare opportunity to observe changes taking place in a city over a very short time.
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Surely you have heard of Cherri and the City Quilts book by now. Cherri is an amazing quilt maker and pattern designer with a specialty in using solid fabrics to great effect. City Quilts is one of the most talked-about quilting books to hit the market in a long time, mostly because of its combination of beautiful new quilt patterns and insightful tips into choosing effective fabric combinations, especially when using solids.
Every stop on the tour will feature amazing giveaways, including copies of the City Quilts book and fat quarter stacks of Kona Cotton Solids from Robert Kaufman fabrics for you to make your own version of a City Quilts design.
Here the full schedule for the tour.
July 12th – Cheryl Arkison (Naptime Quilter)
July 13th – Amy Lobsiger (Mrs. Schmenkman Quilts)
July 14th – Stefanie Roman (Little Lady Patchwork)
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July 19th – Emily Cier (Carolina Patchworks)
July 20th – Sarah/Josh (Sewer Sewist)
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July 22nd – Vickie Eapen (Spun Sugar Quilts)
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July 24th – Kim Kight (True Up)
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He is the center of attraction now, this giant of a man named Deniz Kilicli, which should really be nothing new.
Ever since he walked on the campus at West Virginia from Istanbul, Turkey, by way of Mountain State University, he has been the center of attention, standing 6-feet, 9-inches tall, his weight surpassing 230, heavily tattooed, muscular, bearded, a sensitive tough guy who played the guitar in local clubs and, of course, a Mountaineer basketball player.But on the court he was a complementary figure, playing in the shadow of Da'Sean Butler, then Kevin Jones.
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It's a busy week if you are the type that still collects DVDs. If you are not, and love streaming the movies on your fancy space-television, then this is still a busy week. It's a week where three movies that have gotten a lot of award nominations come to the home movie market. It is also the week that a big superhero movie that came out last year also comes to DVD. So, if you want to catch up on a couple of big award movies before the Academy Award ceremony this coming weekend, this is a chance to head to the DVD store or start checking out OnDemand or whatever else you use.
Here are the movies coming out on DVD today, February 25, 2014:
Her - Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams. The movie that looks slightly into the future and sees a lonely man develop a romantic relationship with a computer operating system that is voiced by Scarlett Johanssen. It is also directed by quirky-movie director Spike Jonze. This movie garnered huge praise when it was in theaters and has won a number of major awards so far. It has been nominated for several Academy Awards, as well. This one might have to go on your must-see list. Rated R.
Nebraska - Bruce Dern, Will Forte, Stacy Keach. From the director of The Descendants, the movie that won a bunch of awards a couple of years ago comes another one that has garnered huge praise, awards and nominations. Dern's career has been revived, according to many, and this movie is also showing legs among the non-critic movie-going public. It's the story of an old man who becomes convinced that he has won a million dollars via a sweepstakes. He ends up on a road trip with his son. It's touching, sweet, funny and one that you should really see, so add this one to your list. Rated R.
Thor: The Dark World - Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston. The blond Avenger is back and this time he's battling evil elves. During a once-in-a-billion-year event that brings the "Nine Realms" into alignment, portals are popping up all over the place allowing humans from Earth to travel to places like Asgard and vice versa. This is not a good thing, although it does reunie Thor with Jane, his human love. But it also awakens the evil elf Malektih who has a big ol' grudge against Odin and his kind. Thor ends up having to recruit his evil brother Loki in the battle to save all of existence. The movie has gotten lukewarm reviews from both critics and comic book fans, so this one is one to catch on cable, perhaps. Rated PG-13.
Gravity - Sandra Bullock, George Clooney. The remarkable movie set just above the surface of the planet Earth. Bullock stars as a medical engineer on her first space shuttle mission to repair a satellite. When another satellite breaks apart and the pieces end up smashing the shuttle into pieces, Bullock and Clooney end up tethered together to try and survive - alone, in space. Filmed to make you actually feel like you are in space, this one is a MUST SEE. I am personally endorsing this one and encourage you to try and view it on the biggest screen you can find. The action is intense and the drama will keep you on the edge of your seat. Bullock is in virtually every scene and is outstanding in this role. Rated PG-13.


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Nod Supreme Leader, Self-Proclaimed Messiah, Soviet Advisor
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- Kane
Kane is the charismatic, absolute leader of the Brotherhood of Nod, appearing in all Tiberium Universe games as well as in Red Alert 1.
| "I found you people in mud huts.. you were living in CAVES!"
- Kane to the Commander about his life on Earth
The problem with Kane's identity, according to GDI dossier, is that its only source is Kane himself, who is not particularly famous for his trustworthiness. At times he has also gone by the names Caine, Jacob (INTERPOL, File TRX11-12Q); al-Quayym, and Amir (MI6 DR-416.52).[1]
Kane claims to have come to Earth thousands of years ago,[2] and found humans living in mud huts and caves, which would place his arrival between 6000 and 4000 years BC.[2] Again according to Kane; to humans, Kane is like a father - he uplifted the fledgling humanity, giving them tools and knowledge, guiding them every step of the way.[2] However, he does not explain as to why he is absent from all written history in spite of having such an important role in human evolution.
He is known to the Scrin, as his genetic pattern appears in the Mothership's records; however, his relationship with them is never explained.[3] This genetic code also grants his human form practical immortality and extreme resiliency to damage.[4]
While he became a public enemy in Western nations only in the last decade of the 20th century or so, he is linked to Joseph Stalin, the infamous leader of the Soviet Union, as far back as the early 1950s.[5][6] Numerous files exist concerning him, with the most important being Interpol file GEN#4:16[7] and the GDI criminal dossier. They list numerous aliases Kane used, including Jacob Caine, Caine or Amir Al'Quayym and indicate that no truly reliable source exists for reconstructing his past as all records are either false, forged or outright planted by Nod.[1]
Among the Brotherhood's faithful Kane is often referred to as The Prophet and the Messiah. In Tiberian Twilight, however, Kane drops all pretence in front of Commander Parker and says that human fanaticism was something he found very useful.
Kane's ultimate goal was Ascension, understood as the activation of the Scrin portal at a Threshold tower and leaving Earth through the passage.[2] All of Kane's actions throughout the thousands of years he has spent on the planet were probably focused on achieving this single event.[2]
Kane eventually decided to achieve this goal through the detonation of a Liquid Tiberium bomb which would attract the Scrin scout ships to earth as was depicted in the Tacitus. While Nod scientists were unsuccessful in their own efforts to this end, it turns out that the GDI under Redmond Boyle by using the Ion Cannon on Temple Prime unwittingly detonated Nod's Liquid Tiberium resources in a manner that achieved Kane's goals; though at a staggering human and ecological cost. During the resulting Scrin invasion of Earth, Nod were able to steal a Scrin Threshold tower and protect it from GDI, a tower Kane would eventually use to Ascend.
At the conclusion of the Ascension Conflict, Kane and thousands of Nod followers would activate the Threshold 19 tower that they had captured at the end of the Third Tiberium War. Thus Kane would finally leave the earth and achieve his goal of Ascension.
An earlier goal of Kane, if it had not been his ultimate goal, was Divination: the transformation of the human race itself into a form that, unlike current humans, did not suffer and die in the presence of Tiberium. Since Tiberium is a resource without equal, such humans would be able to bask in the power of Tiberium and create a world without scarcity, a paradise on earth, inhabited by "divine" beings capable of anything.
As humanity suffered and prospered from Tiberium in equal measure during the First Tiberium War, Nod conducted highly unethical secret research into Tiberium mutatation and augmentation known as Project ReGenesis. The GDI did not understand the true purpose of this research, considering it only a means of creating supersoldiers, but they were successful in terminating the project thanks to the efforts of Captain Nick "Havoc" Parker.
By the Second Tiberium War it become clear to Kane that the GDI would inevitably disrupt Nod's Divination research, thus it was necessary for the GDI to be eliminated or emasculated for it to be completed. But with Nod forces unable to decisively prevail on the battlefield, Kane devised the World Altering Missile, a device that would massively and rapidly accelerate Tiberium growth globally, leaving the human race and the GDI with no choice but to cooperate with Nod Divination plans or die.
The destruction of the World Altering Missile, along with Kane's Cairo Pyramid Temple seems to have led to Kane abandoning his Divination plans for the human race. He would instead focus on his Ascension through the means of the Scrin, although the launching of the World Altering Missile would have, through the proliferation of Tiberium eventually led to the arrival of the Scrin anyway, thus Ascension may have been his real reason for Divination and the World Altering Missile anyway.
|The following is based on the Nod campaign for Tiberian Sun and some details might contradict canon.
However the non-canonical cutscene in which Kane actually succeeds in launching the World Altering Missile however indicates that had the missile actually been launched, Kane would have then vanished into thin air for reasons unknown. Had the aim of the World Altering Missile and Divination really been Ascension through the Scrin's arrival then he must have been unaware that this would happen.
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Kane sought always to influence the development of human civilization, to guide their development along lines which he found to his liking. To this end he created the Brotherhood of Nod, part religion, part political movement devoted to himself and to his teachings.
Kane had through the Brotherhood always sought to dominate human society from the shadows. At the time a secret society devoted to it's secretive leader but clearly sharing certain goals, Nod had a strong presence in the Soviet Union; being present during Stalin's reign. Kane was a mysterious advisor to Joseph Stalin and his mistress Nadia Zelenkov was a Nod member. But it is not clear whether Kane and Nod had been present in a prominent role during Lenin's reign and the original Soviet Revolution or whether they had risen to such a position only during the rise of Stalin to power which they may even have arranged at the expense of Trotsky.
It was with the arrival of Tiberium and the rise of the GDI however that Nod would become an openly global mass organization and Kane would achieve a kind of profile and power that he had never before had as its leader. Through Nod, Kane would openly contend with the GDI for the allegiance of whole nations, on the diplomatic, media, economic, political and military fronts.
Nations governments would be persuaded to ally with Nod, populations would be incited to oppose governments hostile to Nod using the media, Nod would expand their Tiberium harvesting operations globally to gain immense wealth, genuine political movements acting on Nod fronts would be created to assume the reins of power over nations and military or paramilitary forces ranging from terrorists to conventional armies would be deployed against Nod's enemies.
Though Kane would rise to become one of the most powerful men in the world through Nod, it came at a price. Nod would by assimilating so many elements, obtain something of a will of its own, separate from its immortal leader Kane. Eventually by the Third Tiberium War there were those such as Brother Marcion, who while claiming the mantle of Nod actively denounced his 'memory', while by the Incursion War and Ascension Conflict the Nod Separatists lead by Gideon were actually willing to wage war against a clearly living Kane.
Personality and traits
| I have many names, Captain Pierce...
- Kane to Christian Pierce.
Kane was widely considered to be a highly intelligent and cunning man possessing extreme charisma, most sources placing his IQ at 192 at the very least, vastly above genius level, allowing him to unite the Brotherhood of Nod under his supreme authoritarian rule although not always.
He was a master at propaganda and information warfare, evidenced when he broadcasted a news report about the alleged GDI slaughter of civilians in Białystok, Poland, as well as manipulation and control, evidenced by him managing to control Joseph Stalin's actions (while avoiding being purged). Kane's own messages may reflect his reputed charisma, speaking with a confident deep voice. Interestingly, recovered footage from a Nod propaganda studio reveals Kane speaking with a uncharacteristically softer tone.
Kane was undoubtedly ruthless, showing little regard for ethical constraints when they stood in the way of his goals and willing to sacrifice thousands or millions of people in order to succeed; but at the same time he does not appear to be without sympathy for the plight of human suffering. He is known to have expressed seemingly genuine anger at the plight of the destitute of the slums of Rio in a non-public context.
While making limited use of tactical nuclear weaponry, he has never made use of them directly against major civilian targets and had always avoided any escalation into a full nuclear war; despite being defeated in multiple wars. But at the same time, he was quite willing to endorse the use of false-flag operations involving the killing of limited numbers of civilians.
Kane's relationship to his subordinates was a complex one. He showed a certain amount of mercy and was able to forgive even betrayal up to a point. For instance he did not allow his anger at Brother Marcions betrayal and his assassination of Anton Slavik to cause him to execute Marcion and prevent him from being put to good use. At the same time he showed no mercy to Seth's attempts to subvert his authority, even going so far as making a public example of his body, and yet showed a certain leniency in dealing with Kilian's questioning of his authority. However, he ultimately came to believe in her betrayal and she was executed.
Kane also has a certain tolerance for failure. Anton Slavik and Oxanna Kristos were completely forgiven for their capture by Michael McNeil and were rescued rather than being allowed to rot in GDI captivity. At the same time however he used a nuclear warhead to kill General Vega after his multiple failures, but this may have been simply in order keep the intelligence within his Pyramid Temple out of GDI hands.
Perhaps the most remarkable trait of Kane is his apparent survivability and seeming-immortality: despite being supposedly killed three times, or at least subjected to harm easily sufficient to be fatal in most cases, Kane has repeatedly managed to resurface after his 'demise'. Also, Kane has not shown appreciable signs of physical age at any point since at least the filming of the first video footage of him known to exist, during the early 1950s. While any reasons for this remain unknown, it unmistakably adds to the mystique of the Nod leader.[8]
Within the Brotherhood, Kane is viewed as a prophet and considered an immortal, as he has lived through over one hundred years without aging. Although Kane does not go out of his way to confirm or deny any of the wide variety of views and theories regarding himself, his followers are absolutely loyal to him and the Brotherhood's ideals: they would fight for the Brotherhood, but die for Kane.[8] GDI, on the other hand, considers him to be the single most threatening man to the status quo, and constantly wages war against the Brotherhood of Nod to remove him and any and all chances he may have to interfere with worldwide 'peace'.
| I have spent...thousands of years trapped here working toward this!
- Kane
- See Cain
According to himself, Kane found humans living in mud huts and caves, which would place his arrival on Earth between 6000 and 4000 years BC.[2] To humans again according to himself, Kane is like a father - he uplifted the fledgling humanity, giving them tools and knowledge, guiding every step of the way.[2]
His most important and powerful tool, the Brotherhood of Nod, was founded by him in 1800 BC (according to Nod's own records, which GDI dismisses as exaggerated).[9] The Temple of Nod that was built in Egypt contained the sarcophagus apparantly of Abel, the biblical Cain's brother and first victim.[10]
A common Nod belief apparantly claims that Kane is the Biblical Cain ("Kayin" in ancient Hebrew and 'Qabil' in Arabic), and thus thousands of years old.[8] If this is true however; this indicates that Nod has an inverted, even Satanistic reading of the scriptures, since they are identifying their prophet as the biblical first murderer who was rejected by god.
Second World War
| "He who controls the past commands the future, He who commands the future, conquers the past."
- Kane
The earliest appearance of Kane was as an advisor of sorts to Joseph Stalin, the leader of the USSR, before the Second World War. Along with Nadia, he had a major impact on Soviet decisions throughout the war. However, no trace of him was found after the war, apart from a few minor clues noted by the United States Central Intelligence Agency and referenced later on by Lia Suskind in her dossier.[8]
|The following is based on the Soviet campaign for Red Alert and some details might contradict canon.
The exact extent of control Kane had over the USSR is unknown, however, cutscenes indicate that he was no mere advisor, rather, the gray eminence of the Union.
Second World War (Soviet victory)
| For the foreseeable future? Comrade Chairman, I am the future...
- Kane
Kane accompanied Stalin to London, England, to celebrate the Soviet victory. He shot and killed accomplice Nadia, after she had poisoned and killed Stalin. Kane proclaimed himself the future and subsequently promoted a successful Soviet general to Chairman.[11] However, initial Soviet victory met with guerilla resistance on occupied territory - and soon the United Nations were formed,an organization presiding over both Soviets and Allies, establishing long-wanted peace in Europe. Thus Kane was forced to build his secret Brotherhood elsewhere. It is known he relocated in Africa and Middle-East.
Tiberian Prophet
| It is, as I foresaw it.
- Kane to Dr. Elena Petrova.
Kane, along with the Brotherhood of Nod, remained out of the public eye until 1995 and the arrival of Tiberium to Earth, when the Brotherhood emerged as a major force practically overnight, with a keen understanding of the material. Indeed, Kane claimed to have named Tiberium after Tiberius Drusus Caesar, in accordance with the Nod belief that the Brotherhood discovered the substance and revealed it to the world.[12] Kane made Tiberium a core of Nod ideology.
Over the years he worked to cement Nod influence in developing nations, exploiting disparity in global wealth and urging developing nations to use Tiberium to free themselves from their subservience to industrialized nations. Many of the disenfranchised peoples agreed with Nod's vision of global peace and prosperity, giving the Brotherhood immense influence and control over a significant portion of the world's population and Tiberium deposits.[8][13][14] Numerous interviews with the WWN were also intended to persuade their viewers, as the suave and charismatic leader modestly expressed his concerns about GDI.[15]
Under orders from the prophet, Nod scientists aggressively researched Tiberium and its practical applications, pursuing Kane's doctrine of the Technology of Peace. Their extraordinary results put Nod at the forefront of technology, providing safe methods of Tiberium harvesting and processing into readily available raw goods.
Additionally, without being bound by petty morality or constraints imposed by the weak, Kane initiated several research programs into applications of Tiberium widely considered to be unethical, at best, the most significant of those being Project ReGenesis.
Of course, Kane and his beliefs alarmed the western world. Several agencies (including GDI itself, INTERPOL and MI6) conducted investigations and background checks on Kane, revealing startingly little information, as no social security numbers, licences or any other identification existed. Kane remained a mystery, constantly eluding capture.[8][9]
First Tiberium War
| GDI and the Brotherhood view the benefits... and threats of Tiberium, differently. They see a scientific anomaly, a curiosity. I see the future.
- Kane to the Nod Commander.
The First Tiberium War was the first great struggle between GDI and Nod. Kane waged war on the GDI on several fronts, including military, propaganda and science. While Nod would never be a match for the UN-funded military directly, they focused on covert, fast strikes, capturing technology,[16] assassinating enemy scientists and commanders[17] and destroying vital assets, hampering their arrival on the battlefield.[18]
In terms of propaganda, Kane was second to none. His most important move in the campaign to win the hearts and minds of the people was orchestrating the Białystok scandal through a WWN reporter, and collaborator, Greg Burdette, blaming GDI terrorists for the massacre.[19] The media offensive seemed to work when the UN suspended GDI funding.[20]
The Nod leader also occasionally contacted GDI commanders and soldiers to try and goad and demoralize them. Then-Commander James Solomon, waging successful battles against Nod in Europe, received such a message shortly after suffered funding cuts when Kane interrupted an EVA briefing; although Kane claimed to know Solomon's location and made a veiled assassination threat, the commander was ultimately not deterred.[21] Kane also targeted Nick Parker for jibes as the GDI commando continued interfering with Project ReGenesis.[10][22]
The conflict also highlighted the deep divide between Kane's and GDI's vision for Tiberium. In terms of scientific research, Kane was unstoppable. Not constrained by petty morality or international scrutiny, his Brotherhood could explore areas of science GDI and its member nations refused to consider. From weaponizing Tiberium to Tiberium-induced mutation and augmentation, Nod had made considerable advances in technology, all under Kane's guidance. The biggest research project Nod undertook during this time was Project ReGenesis, aiming to create the perfect soldier, and the next stage of human evolution. As such, the Nod leader derided GDI's tentative approach to the substance[17] and did not have a high opinion of Doctor Ignatio Moebius.[12] In turn, GDI regarded Kane as a madman for experimenting with Tiberium on humans.[23]
Power struggles
Kane's leadership did not go unchallenged. When Seth, his most trusted commander, began to plot behind his back and plan the overthrow of Kane, he executed the latter by a single shot to the head with his Beretta 92.[24] While he stayed calm during the following briefing, Seth's treachery caused him to throw a tantrum, demolishing his former commander's office with a fire axe and preserving his corpse as a trophy of sorts.[10]
End of the war
Kane was present to witness the Temple near Cape Town, South Africa, became operational, and the netwarriors infiltrate GDI's data networks and gain control of the ion cannon. The Nod leader then gave a commander who was significant to the success of the African campaign the honor of choosing the satellite weapon's first target.[25]
| Your actions have led us here, my faithul friend. The Temple is complete, and we are about to embark a path of our greatest exploit. For now relax, and watch as my Netrunners dance through the web of cyberspace... Once inside, the world is at my fingertips... Begin!
- Kane at the end of Nod campaign.
| The world... Where to strike? Where shall the world most keenly feel the blade of GDI treachery? You have done much to aid the Brotherhood towards this final victory. The choice my friend, is yours.
- Kane allowing the Commander to obliterate by the Ion Cannon strike either White House, Eiffel Tower, Houses of Parliament or the Brandenburg Gate.
But eventually, GDI Agent Delphi finally managed to track down Kane in the rump state of Yugoslavia inside a research lab and GDI launched an assault on a biochemical research lab, assuming that the Nod leader was on site. When forces led by James Solomon entered the facility, it turned out that he was, in fact, not on site.[26] However, they recovered many test subjects and prisoners, among them Nod's greatest achievement - an infant supersoldier, Michael McNeil. Ironically, GDI remained oblivious to McNeil's augmentations.[27]
Kane returned to the Temple of Nod in Sarajevo afterwards. General Sheppard authorized an assault on the Temple within minutes of a covert agent confirming Kane's presence in the Temple.[28]
GDI forces converged on the Temple and broke through Nod defenses after a three day siege.[29] Kane remained in the Temple as it came under direct attack and when it became evident that GDI's victory was a matter of moments, he calmly left his command center and emerged into the main hall of the Temple, moments before the ion cannon was fired, seemingly vaporizing him.[27]
Kane's body was never recovered by GDI and he was presumed dead. This would prove to be GDI's worst mistake in the years to come.[30] The official investigation into Kane's fate was only terminated decades later.[31]
Life in Death
| Kane lives in death!
- Nod chant after Kane's supposed death.
Kane survived and escaped the defeat at Sarajevo despite popular opinion,[31] however, he did not escape unscathed. By the Second Tiberium War his scarred face was partially covered by a metallic mask. To hide his disfigurement, he favored remote communication where real-time video editing ensured he appeared unscathed to friend and foe alike.[32] In the years since his "death", he went underground and continued to spread his Tiberium vision while keeping his survival a secret from the world.[8]
Nod factions continued to revere their "fallen" prophet. Parts of the Brotherhood took up the cry "Kane lives in death!" to signify their continued adherence, at least in spirit, to Kane's Tiberium vision.[33] A few believed Kane was still alive.[31]
During this period an author by the name of Jannero Drake wrote a book Kane: False Prophet, dedicated to destroying Kane's image. The author was assassinated by a Nod Fate Squad and the manuscript seized by GDI before publication. Former GDI InOps officer Lia Suskind drew upon the work when compiling a criminal dossier on Kane.[8]
As the Second Tiberium War approached Kane began re-establishing contact with Nod. He gained the allegiance of General Cesar Vega,[34] leader of the largest Western Hemisphere factions,[35] and Commander Anton Slavik, leader of the Black Hand. Kane clandestinely supported Slavik's bid to overthrow General Hassan, leader of factions in the Eastern Hemisphere,[35] who was a GDI collaborator.[36]
The removal of Hassan reunified Nod under Kane.[37] GDI noticed an increase in Nod activity and they were alerted to the full significance by Kane himself: the Nod leader contacted old nemesis General James Solomon and announced his return to the world stage.[32]
Second Tiberium War
| "You're only delaying the inevitable. I have the Tacitus. I am invincible. The Tacitus told me of Tiberium missiles, of invulnerable flying ships, of real-time genetic mutation. More than alien. More than human! The next step in our evolution as a species!"
- Kane
Kane's Tiberium research was unwittingly assisted by the Forgotten; Nod secured the Tacitus from the mutants and Kane persuaded Tratos, the Forgotten leader, into helping CABAL[38] translate the device.[30] Tratos realized too late that Kane was not interested in preserving the Earth or humanity as they knew it;[39] Kane used the translated data to further efforts into Tiberium Divination and the creation of the World Altering Missile. Considering the purpose of the Temple Prime detonation, it is likely that apart from transforming Earth, the missile was also supposed to create a strong enough signal to draw the Scrin to Earth.
As the war progressed, the Tiberium prophet strategized several key points. He isolated the Mutant Forgotten which resulted in the Mutants forming an alliance with GDI. Kane ensured that his Brotherhood would secure a military victory but it ended in total disaster with most of the Nod generals and warlords of the Inner Circle proved to be incompetent and greedy. The exception was Anton Slavik. The Nod Messiah abandoned General Vega, disappointed with his duties when Vega failed to repel GDI. Although the Black Hand seized GDI's Hammerfest Base in Europe, Commander McNeil and his squad succeeded in retaking the region. Kane left a recording for McNeil gloating that his brother Jake McNeil had died a very slow and painful death. Kane's campaign did not escalate in victories as McNeil and his forces defeated most of his military leaders and survived a direct Nod assault sent by Kane himself. Capturing Umagon, Kane unveiled his now ready Tiberium missile. The missile's launch was foiled by a daring GDI assault under the command of Michael McNeil, who ignored his superior's orders to refrain from the attack in order to allow GDI more time to plan and prepare for the deciding conflict. Kane was confronted by McNeil within his pyramid. The GDI Commander impaled him which resulted in the Brotherhood's defeat once again.[40] Kane's defeat and "death" shattered Nod to its very core. But Slavik, a brilliant tactician, would unify it.
Nod Campaign
|The following is based on the Nod campaign for Tiberian Sun and some details might contradict canon.
The 3 ICBM launchers fire their missiles on the GDSS Philadelphia and annihilated it, paving the way for Kane to unleash the World Altering Missile on the world as we know it. He disappears during the launch of the WAM in an orange glow, for reasons that are not known.
| "Our enemies believe that we have been defeated, and that I am no longer among the living. They are gravely mistaken."
- Kane
The grievously wounded Kane was recovered by CABAL and placed in a medical tube to regenerate.[41] While sequestered for years Kane pondered the way forward. In envisioning the future Kane's thoughts returned to CABAL. Although the AI had not made a favorable impression on either GDI or Nod, Kane recognized that there were solid foundations which to improve upon.[42] [43][44] Kane was eventually fit to walk on his own again but a partial face mask was required to hide the still-healing scars.
Conceptualization of the plan that would take the Brotherhood to the end of the Third Tiberium War continued. During this time Kane struck on the idea for a new AI to be built upon the lessons from CABAL. Kane used information from shards of the Tacitus to help develop the new AI. Kane eventually named the new creation LEGION.[45][46]
Anton Slavik was assassinated after the Firestorm Crisis by a follower of Marcion.[41] Marcion seized control of the Black Hand and set himself up as Nod's new prophet. This was partially legitimized by controlling the largest faction of the Brotherhood. Marcion's ideology also required demonizing the supposedly-deceased Kane.[47]
Angered at being abandoned, Kane resorted to the familiar strategy of clandestinely reforging the Brotherhood. He operated in secret from a bunker with LEGION as Operational Agent. The reclamation of Nod began in the slums of Rio where minor Nod cells and the disaffected were impressed or cowed into Kane's service. It was during the uprising in Rio that a future Nod commander of the Third Tiberium War first gained prominence.[41]
Eventually Kane's faction was strong enough to challenge Marcion and the Black Hand. Marcion was brought low in Australia and returned to the fold. As it was not yet prudent for Kane to return to the public spotlight, Marcion was required to act as figurehead in the prophet's stead.[47] With the Brotherhood reunified, preparations for the next confrontation with GDI could begin, and Kane deactivated LEGION for upgrading.
Third Tiberium War
| "And he cried in a loud voice, 'Lazarus, come forth!' And Lazarus did arise from the grave"
- Kane to the commander at the beginning of the Nod campaign
Kane was not to surface again until 2047, when the Brotherhood successfully attacked GDI's A-SAT space defence systems and the Philadelphia space station that housed GDI high command. In fact Kane - completely intact and without a single scar following his regeneration - appeared in front of millions of television viewers when he interrupted a W3N news broadcast on the Philadelphia's destruction.[48]
Under Kane's leadership, the Brotherhood rapidly emerged as a serious global power once again. When GDI finally pushed Nod back to Temple Prime, Kane already had the necessary components for his latest venture - a liquid Tiberium bomb. Nod's most brilliant commander managed to defend Temple Prime to the last, even when traitorous Nod forces attempted to abort his mission - forces presumed to be led by Nod general Kilian Qatar, but in reality, controlled by LEGION on orders from Abbess Alexa Kovacs.[49] When Temple Prime was obliterated by an Ion Cannon strike, the liquid Tiberium bomb that Kane had developed in secret was detonated spectacularly, taking out Sarajevo and most of the Eastern European Yellow Zone.[50]
Kane, whose last known whereabouts was inside the Temple, was once more presumed dead by all - even his own commanders.[50] Qatar assumed control of the Brotherhood, forming a pact with GDI against the Scrin aliens that had recently started attacking Earth. When Kane once again resurfaced he ordered his most loyal commander to destroy Qatar's forces, and shortly thereafter he ordered her execution for treason.[51] Following this, Kane's new second-in-command secured, in the face of overwhelming odds, the key codes for access to one of the alien superstructures being constructed on Earth. Finally the same commander successfully defended an alien tower from GDI attack, making it invulnerable to human assault.[52]
Pushing Ahead
| The Third Tiberium War is over and Nod is but a shadow of what it was but that is how it should be. For only the chosen few will be allowed into the Promised Land.
- Kane.
The war ended unsatisfactorily for Kane. The "Messiah" learned that Alexa Kovacs was plotting to poison and annihilate Legion, Kane's greatest creation. After hearing Alexa Kovacs revealing the truth concerning Kilian's treason, Kane was shocked and horribly disgusted, even ordering the Abbess to be interrogated without impunity. Alexa committed suicide and the Tiberium Prophet suffered greatly from Legion's apparent demise. To make matters worst, the Tacitus still remained beyond his grasp making the Third Tiberium War more of a defeat than victory. However angered by such events, Kane remained cold and patient. He watched with increasing concern as GDI's experimentation rendered the device unstable. The opportunity to rectify this arose with the revival of LEGION. The AI activated the Marked of Kane and retrieved the Tacitus from GDI's Rocky Mountain facility. With the artifact in his hands, Kane was finally able to see his creation fulfil its purpose and unlock the Tacitus.[53][54]
Kane stayed out of GDI's eye for the next decade, allowing Tiberium to ravage Earth and GDI's power to fade, as it helplessly tried to fight the menace. He was almost apprehended during a skirmish in south-east Africa, where the Widow prototype was being tested. Kane was inside the vehicle when it was captured by GDI forces, however, the troops did not inspect the interior, as the vehicle was of far more interest to GDI Command. He was rescued by a Black Hand commander.[55]
Tiberium Control Network
In 2062, the global spread of Tiberium was on the verge of making the planet uninhabitable to humans. In light of this crisis, Kane decided to approach GDI.[56] Under GDI escort, he was airlifted to GDI's global headquarters in Manchester, where he greeted the assembled GDI leadership as "brothers and sisters" and laid out a proposition to prevent Tiberium from overruning the world - the Tiberium Control Network. To further convince them, he presented the Tacitus to the Council.[57]
Incursion War
Kane's alliance with GDI caused much strife within the Brotherhood. Gideon, an outspoken, fanatical Nod preacher decried the Prophet as a traitor to the cause of the Brotherhood and broke off, forming his own movement, much to the dismay of Kane[58] (though it is debatable whether Gideon was Kane's opponent from the beginning).
In order to hold all the assets, Kane needed information. The Tiberium Control Network was the cornerstone of his final plan to Ascend, but GDI still had data he couldn't access. As such, he devised a plan to create a GDI soldier that'd get him what he needed, without knowing that. For this, he chose Christian Pierce, an unlucky Kentucky farmer from Red Zone 483, to do his bidding.[59]
His plan worked perfectly - after Pierce was manipulated into becoming Evelyn Rios' most trusted aide, Kane had Gideon attempt to destroy Chicago by crashing a GST into it. GDI commando Christian Pierce stopped it,[60] unknowingly following Kane's plans for him.[59]
Gideon managed to capture the GDI captain and forced Pierce to raid the New York Public Library to obtain a "data store" with information on Kane. To do so, he had to fight his way past "GDI" soldiers. Pierce discovered the information was hundreds of years old, and didn't appear to be of GDI origin. He smashed it. Kane stopped Pierce there.[61] Kane explained that the object—which he could easily repair—was much more than a data store, and that he'd shaped Pierce's entire life in order to get him to that point. Even the GDI soldiers sent to stop him were actually disguised Nod troops. An irate Pierce attacked Kane, hitting him once, but Kane defeated and killed him.[59]
As the Incursion War went on, Nod's arsenal continued to grow and improve in light of the Separatists' modifications to their weaponry. Kane had personally overseen the development of a new stealth tank and was the mastermind behind a Nod raid to capture a functional Obelisk of Darkness held in a GDI lab to develop an Obelisk of Light that was capable of destroying aircraft. When GDI began fielding the Crawler in 2073 to counter the Separatists, Kane commissioned Nod to develop their own Crawler and not fall behind. However his best commander Alphus turned out to be Gideon's sleeper agent and hijacked the prototype Crawler, giving the Separatists a level playing field.
| For me, Ascension is Real!
- Kane
In 2077, the storm of world war has come again. Tensions between GDI and Nod mounted, as resentment on both sides, hidden for the past fifteen years, began to surface, and Ascension became a reality with the activation of the TCN.
The Ascension Conflict erupted when Kane initiated the final phase of his plan. His actions drew the attention of Nod Separatists and rogue GDI units under the command of Colonel Louise James, resulting in a brief, but extremely bloody conflict that lasted ten days, but consumed countless lives.
Kane's plan came dangerously close to failure, as Gideon had been killing off the Threshold`s "keys" one by one (humans modified with implants invented with the help from the Tacitus). The only remaining implant was Commander Parker, so in order to protect him, Kane ordered Gideon to be brought to heel. His will was done, and Gideon was brought to justice for the followers of Nod at a stage near Threshold 19.
Nod Campaign
With Gideon dead, the TCN online and the Commander in his grasp he could finally Ascend. The Commander activates the tower, but Colonel Louise James arrives to find the Commander, believing him to be Kane.
When the Commander does not answer her how to shut it down, the rogue GDI leader shoots him point-blank, only to have Kane arrive and strangle James at the very end. The activation of Threshold 19, and the bullet the Commander took from James, began to take its toll on the Commander's vital status. Kane says that the commander is too fragile to live, and thus steps through the Scrin Portal, ascending in the process, leaving him and Lilly Parker behind, the latter mourning the Commander's slow and silent passing, his implant's Shutdown Sequence coming to a full circle.
GDI Campaign
As the Commander arrives at the tower, he finds Kane, who reveals that it was not Kane who killed Lilly Parker after all. James ordered an Orca Bomber strike to destroy the bunker Lilly was hiding in to get the Commander to despise Kane.
Kane continues by explaining that the Commander's optical implant is the key to activating the TCN, the Threshold's portal, and his Ascension. Failing that, he then warns that not doing so will doom Earth to Tiberium and never-ending war. Shortly afterward, James arrives and commands the Commander to stand down. After shooting Kane, the Commander begins to walk towards the portal. James understands that the Commander finally realizes the truth and shoots him. But before she can put a bullet in his head, Kane pulls her gun away and tell the commander to activate the portal.
The Commander manages to turn on the portal, before losing consciousness again. Regaining consciousness one last time, Kane stands by the activated portal, tilts his head skeptically, and says, "Thank you," to the Commander, before stepping through and leaving the Commander to his fate.
Both Campaigns
After the tower sends out visible beams to space, the W3N news reports that after the surge of the Scrin tower, the last piece of the Tiberium Control Network has been completed. The Tiberium near the Scrin tower was also reported to be dissipating. Next, the General Secretary Evelyn Rios claims that "we can all be proud of this historical moment" and humanity has persevered. The dissipation of Tiberium marked the success for GDI as they had been fighting the Tiberium infestation with their Tiberium Control Network mission. Another news report mentions that thousands of Kane's followers simply vanished after entering the portal, and the tower is now dormant again.
With GDI marking this as a success, its possible GDI might gather Tiberium near the tower to dissipate all of it, it's also possible that all the Tiberium on earth is starting to dissipate independently due to the tower's activity.
An important factor about this is that with Tiberium depleting off planet Earth, the previously mentioned "full invasion force" that the foreman in Command and Conquer 3 ordered to prepare and cause Earth to fall, might have been cancelled since there are no more Tiberium resource left of Earth after what the tower did. Kane's ascension mission might have saved planet Earth. However, there is no way to confirm whether the Scrin faction did ever returned to Earth.
The last few seconds of the cinematic shows a random middle-aged man being street interviewed, he says "Kane's gone? Yeah Right.", hinting that there's still many people believing that Kane is still with them.
Selected quotes
| When we are crushing the black hearts of our oppressors, we will find our hands blackened. We cannot cultivate our garden without digging in the dirt.
- Kane
| We have waited centuries for this moment. The Rivers will flow with the blood of those who oppose us.
- Kane
| Don't look so surprised Commander. And don't look around for you EVA, it can't help you now. Well. What shall we talk about, hmm? Your powerful GDI forces have been emasculated, and you yourself are a killer of children... Of course it's not true, but the world only believes what the media tells them to believe, and I tell the media what to believe, it's really quite simple. Oh, here's you little pad... But now that I know where you live Commander, it's only a matter of time. Were I in your shoes, I would spend my last earthly hours enjoying the world. Of course, if you wish, you can spend them fighting for a lost cause, but you know that you've lost.
- Kane to the GDI Commander (Tiberian Dawn)
| The world... Where to strike? Where will the world most keenly feel the blade of GDI treachery? You have done much to lead the Brotherhood tons of this final victory. The choice, my friend, is yours.
- Kane to the Nod Commander (Tiberian Dawn)
| He who controls the past commands the future. He who commands the future, conquers the past.
- Kane (Red Alert Setup)
| For the foreseeable future? Comrade Chairman, I am the future...
- Kane (Red Alert Soviet ending)
| If I am cut, do I not bleed?
- Kane to General Solomon (Tiberian Sun)
| It would be a sad error in judgement, General Solomon, to mistake me for a corpse... I've seen the future - our Tiberium future - and as you watch this battle just beginning to unfold, I've already seen the final act! It is my destiny to lead the way for all mankind.
- Kane to General Solomon (Tiberian Sun)
| Rule of thumb, Hassan. You can't kill the Messiah.
- Kane before Hassan's execution (Tiberian Sun)
| Rise my people. I have returned, never to leave your side again. GDI sought to destroy me, but they have only made me stronger. Today, we march forward into our future. A stronger people. A divined people, enhanced for the Tiberium world. The time has come, to claim this world as our own! The time has come, to destroy GDI! One vision. One purpose! Peace through power!
- Returned Kane (Tiberian Sun)
| I am sorry to hear about your dear brother. He died in a slow, yet painful death.
- Kane to McNeil (Tiberian Sun)
| You're only delaying the inevitable. I have the Tacitus. I am invincible. The Tacitus told me of Tiberium missiles, of invulnerable flying ships, of real-time genetic mutation. More than alien. More than human! The next step in our evolution as a species!
- Kane to McNeil (Tiberian Sun)
| God? No, I'm not God. But I'm a close second.
- Kane to McNeil (Tiberian Sun)
| I am the future. The Tiberian Sun has risen!
- Kane (Tiberian Sun)
| This morning was the most glorious morning in the history of the earth. Peace is upon us. A gift to every man, woman and child from the Brotherhood of Nod. Victory, not just for our people, but for our species. The time for questioning is over. Rising from our trenches, our bunkers, our factories, we must all now partake in the technology of peace. One purpose, one vision! Tiberium is the way and the life. Today the sun rises on the new world and a new people. The end is the beginning!
- Kane (Tiberian Sun Nod Ending)
| The destruction of Philadelphia was not an accident. It was a merciful bullet to the head of a malignant ideology. It was the death of fear and the birth of hope! Rejoice, children of Nod! The blood of your oppressors will flow and the 50 years of tyranny will finally end! Transformation is coming, a new day will dawn! The future, is ours.
- Kane (Tiberium Wars)
| And he cried in a loud voice, 'Lazarus, come forth!' and Lazarus did, arise from the grave... I have always believed that faith was measured in deeds, not words. And while many of my children worshipped my name, their deeds betrayed them. In my absence they strayed from the path... But you... you my son, your faith never waned. Not in Honduras or Jericho, not in the Great Rio Insurrection. You risked your life countless times to topple GDI, to perpetuate our cause to honor my name. And now I call upon you again to bring glory to the Brotherhood. I have seen that GDI is vulnerable, bloated by arrogance and complacency. Now is the time to strike. While they congratulate themselves on Tiberium advancements Nod made decades ago, we will expose their weaknesses for all the world to see.
- Kane to the Nod Commander (Tiberium Wars)
| Good Afternoon, Commander! You must be lost, this is not your precious Blue Zone, this is Nod territory! I tell you what - I'll have my forces to send you home.... in a body bag.
- Kane to the GDI Commander in Croatia (Tiberium Wars)
| They have abandoned us, my child. The Brotherhood of Nod has been broken, you are the only one who has not forsaken me. At this very moment McNeil and his GDI lackeys celebrate their victory in what they are calling the Second Tiberium War. They have the Tacitus... but no understanding of its true purpose. Our technology has failed us. CABAL.... is no more. Though his memory lives on. Our enemies believe we have been defeated... and that I am no longer among the living. They are gravely mistaken! You and I are all that remain, but all that is necessary, for together we will raise a great army. Together we will show the worlds downtrodden who the real enemy is. GDI promises them prosperity, but in the slums of Rio the homeless and the hungry know the truth! They have been forgotten, they have nothing! But. Their. Anger! We will take that spark and start a fire which will become a great conflagration! Peace... through... power....!
- Kane to LEGION (Kane's Wrath)
| ...In bunkers deep beneath the earth, in a red zone in Russia and South East Asia, a sleeping Army awaits your call. They are the Marked of Kane. They are devoted to the prophecy and sacrificed their minds and bodies to our cause. Half human, half machine, they have been dormant since the end of the Second Tiberium War. They need but one thing: someone to give them purpose, someone to give them life!...
- Kane, detailing the Marked of Kane to LEGION, 2052
| I am concerned by GDI politicians waving flags of 'freedom,' 'democracy,' and 'justice.' In countries small and large, no organization has done more to hamper freedom than GDI. They present a program of democracy but are unwilling to grant its principles or support the guarantees of peace. What GDI supports is the destruction of peace for the sake of world domination.
- Kane expresses his concerns about the true nature of the Global Defense Initiative[62]
| Historically, the Western powers spread leaflets over enemy lines telling those who said the word "republic" when captured would receive better treatment. Today, our communications are so advanced every member of our Brotherhood can accesses data electronically from his or her person. This technology is being used against us, as propaganda is broadcast to mislead our troops. I ask every member of our Brotherhood to be conscious of the potential for corruption and the inherent dangers of our technology.
- Kane on GDI propaganda[63]
| GDI claims Nod were the aggressors, but it was GDI who began a war against the Brotherhood without provocation. They have tried, without success, to persuade the world of their 'sympathy' for a 'threatened Europe'. Yet, the facts are clear and their flood of lies cannot contradict the truth. Nod seeks freedom where GDI warmongers seek domination.
- Kane on GDI intentions[64]
| The world should re-examine what I and the Brotherhood have done for society's benefit. They must agree the historical results have been unique. Yet, the people do not want to believe in me, but the time will come when they must. The Brotherhood is free, strong, great, and united. What leader has ever done more for his people? //You can be certain of this: Today you are facing a different Nod than the Nod of the past.
- Celebratory speech[65]
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn
The GDI campaign shows two possible endings to the final mission, depending on whether the ion cannon is used on the Temple. If the ion cannon is used Kane ascends from the Temple's subterranean command center to the heavily damaged hall on the surface where he is engulfed by the ion cannon strike.[66] If not, Kane is buried by rubble while walking away from the command center.[67]
Behind the Scenes
Kane is portrayed and voiced by Joseph D. Kucan. Kucan also served as Full Motion Video director for the Command & Conquer games produced by Westwood Studios; he was the senior dramatic director for Command & Conquer: Renegade.
His brother, Daniel Kucan, also worked in Command & Conquer and played Jake McNeil in Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun.
As a joke, it had been 'revealed' in an interview that Kane would in fact be a woman and that Tiberium Twilight was a musical. (full information about this can be seen here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc8nYIOrgtw)
Also as a joke, Joe tends to come up with stories on how he got the role of Kane. One of them he claims it was a prize in a Cracker Jack bag. Another one he claims he was fishing in a river when he found Brett Sperry drowning. Joe then jumped in and saved him, where Brett praised him as Kane.
See also
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn, Manual
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight. Nod mission 7: "The End of All Things".
- ↑ Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. Scrin mission 3: "Croatia".
- ↑ Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight. Nod mission 6: "Bleed Out".
- ↑ Command & Conquer: Red Alert Soviet Campaign cutscenes
- ↑ Criminal Dossier C13.274.A, Promotional Material released by EALA
- ↑ The ID of the file seems to be a pun on bible references. The actual bible passage Genesis 4:16 deals with Cain going into exile to the "Land of Nod"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 Electronic Arts. Kane's Secret Dossier (mysterious pamphlet). 2009-10-13.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Finger, Penina, Adam Isgreen, and Erik Yeo. Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn: Instruction Manual. Las Vegas, Nevada: Westwood Studios, 1997.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Renegade. Mission 12: "Stomping on Holy Ground".
- ↑ Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Red Alert. Cinematic: sovfinal.vqa.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn. Cinematic/animation: kane's intro to tiberium, kanepre.vqa.
- ↑ Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn. Animation: c&c intro movie, intro2.vqa.
- ↑ Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn. Animation: background on the conflict, bkground.vqa.
- ↑ Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Renegade. Voicefile: M00CCNC_DSGN0014I1CCNC_SND.wav in Always.dat
- ↑ Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn. Nod mission 6: "get detonator"
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn. Nod mission 10a: "kill scientist"
- ↑ Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn. Nod mission 10b: "destroy mammoth tank"
- ↑ Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn. Cinematic: greg burdette reports 1, burdet1.vqa.
- ↑ Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn. GDI mission 5: "repair gdi base"
- ↑ Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn. Animation: tiberium info 1, tbrinfo1.vqa.
- ↑ Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Renegade. Mission 7: "The Grip of the Black Hand".
- ↑ Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn. GDI mission 11: "find delphi"
- ↑ Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn. Nod mission 8: "capture gdi base"
- ↑ Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn. Cinematic/animation: nod getting the ion cannon, nodfinal.vqa.
- ↑ Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn. GDI mission 13: "get bio lab"
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Selinske, Joe. Command & Conquer Bible: A Definitive Guide To The Command & Conquer Universe. Las Vegas, Nevada: Westwood Studios, 1999.
- ↑ Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn. GDI mission 15: "destroy nod base"
- ↑ Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn. Cinematic/animation: gdi end with ion cannon, gdifin2.vqa.
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 Stojsavljevic, Rade, and O'Miley Ryan. Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun: Operations Manual. Las Vegas, Nevada: Westwood Studios, 1999.
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 Westwood Studios. 1998-08-31. EYE ON NOD: GDI SPEAKS OUT - KANE IS DEAD. 2009-10-14.
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun. GDI mission 1: "Reinforce Phoenix Base".
- ↑ Westwood Studios. [ http://web.archive.org/web/19991006052540/www.westwood.com/games/ccuniverse/tiberiansun/NOD/html/sub1.html Kane's History]. 2009-10-15.
- ↑ Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun. GDI mission 7: "Capture Hammerfest Base".
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 Westwood Studios. 1999-04-01. NOD Forces Launch Savage Military Offensive. 2009-10-14.
- ↑ Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun. Nod mission 2: "Retaliation".
- ↑ Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun. Nod mission 4a: "Eviction Notice".
- ↑ Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun: Firestorm. GDI mission 4: "GDI 04: In the Box".
- ↑ Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun. GDI mission 10a: "Destroy Prototype Facility".
- ↑ Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun. GDI mission 12: "Final Conflict".
- ↑ 41.0 41.1 41.2 Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath. Nod mission 1: "The Rio Insurrection".
- ↑ Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath. Nod Background, "Kane - A Spark...".
- ↑ Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath. Nod Background, "Kane - Awakening".
- ↑ Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath. Nod Background, "Kane - Creation".
- ↑ Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath. Nod Background, "Kane - My Lowest Ebb".
- ↑ Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath. Nod Background, "Kane - Realization".
- ↑ 47.0 47.1 Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath. Nod mission 3: "Persuade Him...".
- ↑ Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. Nod mission 1: "Goddard Space Centre".
- ↑ Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath. Nod mission 9: "The Betrayal of Kilian Qatar".
- ↑ 50.0 50.1 Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. Nod mission 9: "Sarajevo".
- ↑ Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. Nod mission 13: "Ayers Rock".
- ↑ Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. Nod mission 17: "Kane's Tower".
- ↑ Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath. Nod mission 12: "Will Made Flesh".
- ↑ Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath. Nod mission 13: "Tacitus Regained".
- ↑ Command & Conquer: Tiberian Twilight Mobile:. Los Angeles, California: EALA, 2010.
- ↑ Command & Conquer 4 Q&A - Exclusive First Details, page 2 Command & Conquer 4 Q&A - Exclusive First Details, page 2. GameSpot. July 9, 2009.
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- ↑ Electronic Arts. Ascension Cinematic Trailer. 19-02-2010.
- ↑ 59.0 59.1 59.2 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ M00CCNC_DSGN0015R1NCXK_SND in Always.dat (Renegade)
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- ↑ Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn. Cinematic: temple is ion cannoned, gdifinb.vqa.
- ↑ Westwood Studios, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn. Cinematic: missiles shoot temple, gdifina.vqa.


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