1983, January 1: Despite the best efforts of the Allied Nations, who for a while seemed to be turning the tide, the Soviet Union was able to eventually win the war with the usage of their deadly nuclear arsenal, taking control over all of North America and all of continental Europe, with the British Isles still under Allied control.
Besides, Russia was successful in defeating a Chinese/Pacific Front coalition that attempted to usurp their position as leader of the Soviet Union, Yuri also successfully prevented a Chinese agent from revealing the truth about Russia's MIDAS, allowing Russia to remain "strong". While Yuri's PsiCorps was successful in advancing their goals.
1983, September 4: An event that happens in the time period between the Third Great War and the Mental Omega War is worth mentioning, during which the PsiCorps, who had been maintaining an impression that they are still cooperating with Soviet Russia, learns that a Chinese agent had found out about the misinformation made by Yuri to cover up the fact that Russia has no more MIDAS at their disposal. Yuri cannot afford to leave the Chinese agent alive with this knowledge, lest the Russian dominion that is already as fragile as a sandcastle crumbles should the truth is revealed to the world and orders the agent to be eliminated by any means necessary.
An Epsilon Adept managed to track the agent and tries to mind control him. Surprisingly, the agent, who had been trained to resist Yuri's psychic manipulations, killed the Adept, forcing the PsiCorps assassination team to use the hard way. Relying mostly on mind control, the team of Epsilon Adepts pursued the agent and destroys any outposts as well as knocking out defences that could hinder their progress. Ultimately, their hard work pays off as the PsiCorps assassins managed to intercept the agent and kill him before he could reach an underground bunker.
With the Chinese agent's death, Russia's secrets and the Russian dominion are safe for the time being. Yuri himself decides to wait until the right moment comes soon enough as he continues to build up his own army.
1984, September 1: Following all the troubles he had faced, the Soviet General moves to Stalington as his name is cleared – for now – since the sacking of Leninsk Cosmodrome which proves that Yuri is behind the complications in the Third Great War. He settled in nicely as one of the region's administrators, still wary of the PsiCorps' true intentions.
One day, during his usual duty on policing the city, the General was contacted by two Soviet colonels in charge of Stalington's defence, Reznov and Krukov, who requested him to find out what happened to an outlying Soviet base, since there are rumours that the American remnants are planning for a major offensive on Stalington.
Sure enough, the General finds out that the American remnants have taken over the outpost, cutting off Stalington from the rest of the S.S.A. Knowing that the American rebels' attack is imminent, the General, assisted by Reznov and Krukov, organizes an all-out defence of the city.
During the battle of Stalington, the General noticed that Soviet reinforcements are coming and a raven flying over his outpost. Shortly afterwards, he was psychically attacked by Yuri himself and went unconscious.
1984, September 1: The Mental Omega War would begin with the Epsilon conquest of Russia's capital, Moscow, on the second anniversary of their victory over the Allied Nations. As the Soviets are holding a victory parade on Moscow while showcasing eight Topol-M platforms who are, in truth, unarmed since Russia is unable to produce more MIDAS warheads in the last two years, invisible tanks who managed to slip past the city's heavy defences destroyed the Nuclear Reactors powering Moscow, plunging the city into darkness just as the Epsilon's main attack force arrives and turns the parade into chaos.
More Epsilon forces, assisted by the Scorpion Cell and elements of the Russian military still loyal to the PsiCorps, proceeds to wreak havoc on the Soviet Russian defenders, all while the Epsilon attempted to capture the Topol-M platforms by mind-controlling their drivers and relocate them to Epsilon-determined extraction points. Although some platforms nearly escaped, nonetheless all of them was successfully captured.
Not long afterwards, an Epsilon assassination squad moves into Kremlin to deal the final blow by killing Premier Romanov; the squad makes short work of Romanov's elite Black Guard and finally guns down the Premier. With Romanov dead, Yuri shows up in the Kremlin and brings the city under his control with a Psychic Beacon. The Epsilon also starts to work on some sort of a "doomsday device" after this point.
1984, September 5: Now stuck on the British Isles, the Allies wondered if they were able to reclaim the lands lost to the Soviets during the previous war, despite the Paradox Project proceeding smoothly over the years. Suddenly, they receive word that something dire is happening in the Soviet dominion, evident by the hectic and chaotic situation on their chain-of-command.
Upon learning the situation, the Allies realized that they now have a great opportunity to retrieve Special Agent Tanya, who was captured in a botched operation during the Third Great War and is now being imprisoned in Warsaw; Siegfried volunteered himself to the rescue, setting himself off to Warsaw with his brand new "Chrono backpack" to rescue Tanya while the Soviets are distracted.
By using a Chrono weapon to "erase" the Soviet sentries, Siegfried successfully reached Tanya and the duo to fight their way out of the camp to the extraction point, clearing any obstacles and hostiles in their way without causing too much attention. After retrieving her equipment, the Soviets eventually caught onto the breakout and sent reinforcements to stop them.
The escape was rough, but Tanya made it to the transport and was Chrono shifted out of Warsaw while Siegfried used his Chrono backpack to return to the British Isles.
1984, September 8: Although Russia had been put out of the picture by the battle of Moscow, the Latin Confederation decided to fill out the power vacuum in Europe by taking command of Soviet troops to organize a counter-attack, especially with the support of four last Cloning Vats under Soviet control in Zaragoza, Spain. Knowing that this will jeopardize his plan, Yuri chooses to cause havoc in the Confederation from within by the "Terranova" gene-virus.
Epsilon Infiltrators made their way past the city's tight patrols through their disguises, along with occasional support from ravens and invisibility cloaks, and reached the Cloning Vats, where they injected the Terranova virus into them. The effect causes the Vats to continuously create hulking, mutated humans and a superhuman soldier who proceed to cause chaos on the Confederation base. With the mutants' endless and relentless attacks, they quickly overwhelmed the Confederation defenders before proceeding to swarm into the city. Civilians panicked as they saw the monstrosities, only to be turned into more of these abominations by Rahn's beam weapon.
The Confederation forces continue to make a desperate struggle against the onslaught, but the sheer number of the Brutes was too much for them and, by the time aerial support arrived, the Confederation HQ was utterly destroyed and the Brutes continued their merciless assault on any Soviet stragglers as Rahn is evacuated from the city via a Stallion transport.
1984, September 9: The Soviet General recovers from Yuri's psychic attack to realize that things have gone wrong - terribly wrong. Mysterious soldiers and rogue Soviet soldiers are seen patrolling a compound where he is being held captive just as Reznov and Krukov suddenly appears and rescues him, determined to escort the General out of Stalington.
On their way to a Soviet airbase, Reznov and Krukov fill the General in about the situation; the traitor Yuri had finally shown up and led his own army to not only capture Stalington through the mind-controlled Soviet reinforcements but also launched simultaneous attacks all around the Union. Reaching the airbase, the General boards a command airship.
Reznov and Krukov, meanwhile, led the loyalist Russian forces as they made their way through the city to suppress and/or destroy hostile air defences, rescuing more Soviet troops in the process. The fight is quite difficult for the loyalists, but in the end, the way is clear for the General to escape. More hostile forces, including heavy anti-air weapons, show up as the General's airship takes off in a final attempt to stop him, but the colonels and the loyalists managed to intercept them.
After the General leaves Stalington, Reznov and Krukov chose to stay in the S.S.A. so they can organize the Soviet resistance in the country. The General was later rescued by a friendly Soviet naval patrol who brought him to safety, where he learned that the situation is much worse than he had imagined; Moscow is lost, Premier Romanov is dead and the Confederation HQ in Spain is no more.
Reznov and Krukov later went to investigate, and they destroyed the contaminated Cloning Vats, preventing the virus from spreading further. Epsilon also protected the Mastermind research and development facility in Romania from the Soviet counterattack.
1984, September 16: According to Allied intel, Yuri had resumed the Psychic Amplifier project and taken control of Rome, Italy, by building one in the middle of St. Peter's Square. Realizing that this would be a threat to not just the British Islands, but to the whole of Europe as well, the Allies used their Chronosphere to send a task force straight to the Italian capital, as it would take too much time to get there via the sea or air.
Thanks to some valuable info about the one in New York, the Allied task force reconfigured a Psychic Beacon enslaving a local Italian garrison. As long as it was online, it acted as a shield against the power of the Psychic Amplifier present there; if the beacon fails, the whole task force present there would end up being enslaved by the Amplifier after a specific amount of time.
Before the Allies could seize the Beacon controlling the local Russian garrison to get them on their side without having to fight them, something, or someone, destroyed the Psychic Beacon and freed the Russian from Yuri's control, who started attacking both Allied and Epsilon forces present nearby. This does not last long, however; after some time had passed, true to the Allies' guess, the Psychic Amplifier enslaves the Russians once again.
Despite the overwhelming odds, the Allies successfully destroyed the Psychic Amplifier, liberating Rome and allowing the Allies to re-establish a foothold in the European mainland, as well as allowing the Paradox Project to proceed unhindered.
1984, September 24: With the Soviet High Command annihilated in the fall of Moscow, it is now up to the Soviet General to gather and reorganize all that's left of the Soviet forces and make sure that Yuri pays for what he did to the Union. Meanwhile, he received word that Morales is in danger; he was surrounded by PsiCorps forces in Rio de Janeiro while tracking their movement across Latin America. Knowing that he cannot afford to lose another hero to Yuri's nefarious schemes, the General mounts an all-or-nothing rescue operation on Morales.
The Soviet rescue force managed to reach Morales and fought valiantly to ensure his survival while waiting for the X-MiGs to pick him up. Although the PsiCorps employed toxin snipers and invisible tanks in hopes to eliminate the legendary sniper, the Soviet forces managed to counter them with the Confederation's trademark harassment tactics involving Vulture helicopters and sneaky Fury Drones.
During a lull in the fight the Soviet forces receive word that the PsiCorps have constructed a large cloning facility inside the city, which is believed to be a site of human experimentation by the Epsilon, but they were quite surprised to see some sort of a bio-tank in the facility gets destroyed by a nuclear explosion. The Soviet forces focus back on holding the line until the X-MiGs finally arrive and evacuated Morales out of Rio.
With Morales evacuated, the Soviet forces converge on the cloning facility to destroy it so the Epsilon won't be able to give the Soviets another nasty surprise. Using a tactical nuclear strike to clear the path, the facility is subsequently razed to the ground.
1984, November 3: Sometime after the operation in Rome, the Allied command received news that the Epsilon had captured a research facility in Norway developing a stealth bomber jet, which was seized by the Soviets during the Third World War. If the Epsilon managed to complete the jet and enhance it with their technology, they will be able to strike right at Britain, slipping past the Gladius Systems and Allied defences on the English Channel. A task force is sent to prevent the Epsilon from getting their hands on the prototype.
Despite initial reconnaissance problems, the task force managed to locate ten Kamaz trucks carrying the jet's technology. The Epsilon forces fight the best they can to ensure the trucks leave the area safely, even utilizing counter-intelligence measures to keep some of the trucks hidden, but the Allies managed to intercept and destroy them all with help from Hummingbird support jets.
The operation was a success, and the Allies managed to recover the jet's technology, then known as the Barracuda, before it was lost, giving them an upper hand in their campaign against Yuri.
1984, November 6: The Allies believe that nothing remains from the destruction of SteinsTech's Black Forest laboratory. However, it turns out that they are wrong.
Before Yuri returned the MIDAS ICBMs, he kept away for safekeeping, he made steps to ensure that the warheads are weakened, so the destruction is not as severe as widely believed - indeed, the old Chronosphere remains intact in the laboratory's ruins. The Soviets were the first to have noticed this and recovered the device. Yuri, who needs it for the next step of his plans, sent two of his best operatives to assist in the recovery mission.
Although the operatives were blocked by Soviet forces utilizing Allied equipment, both of them easily bypass the defences by sheer force alone; Rahn converted any enemy soldier that dares to confront him into more Brutes whilst Malver strategically destroyed several key choke points that lead the way to the Epsilon Base. Slowly but surely, the duo finally linked with a nearby Epsilon outpost.
Despite several counter-attacks by the Soviets, the Epsilon built up their strike force and moves in to attack the Confederation base, seizing some of their armaments in the process, before continuing their assault to what's left of the Russian forces in the area, and successfully recovers the old Chronosphere.
Not long afterwards, Rashidi sent a team of Drillers to dismantle the old Chronosphere and transported it to safety. Although the remaining Soviet forces managed to regroup and interrupt the dismantling operation, they were ultimately crushed by the Epsilon as the old Chronosphere is successfully taken apart and brought away.
1984, November 14: Sometime after the successful operation in Rome, the Epsilon attacked the city of Cannes at a very unfortunate time; KI scientists involved in the Paradox Project were in the city by the time it was under siege, prompting the Allies to mount a covert operation on the city right after it fell to the Epsilon.
With help from Special Agent Tanya and elements of the American Expeditionary Force, the Allied forces managed to rescue the KI scientists after fighting through Epsilon defenders in the city. Seeking to know more about Yuri's movements, the Allied command has the scientists infiltrate the research facilities under Epsilon control, taking advantage of a battle on the city to sneak in the scientists into the facility's perimeter. To prevent any further information breaches, the facilities are destroyed not long after the scientists finished extracting information from them.
As the scientists completed their mission, the Allies just need to finish their job by liberating Cannes from the Epsilon occupation. Despite the presence of mind-controlled Battleships bombarding the city, Tanya managed to sink them, allowing the Allied forces to move into the Epsilon base and crushed their forces.
1984, November 27: From the information recovered in Cannes, the Allies learned the existence of another Psychic Amplifier in Boured, Morocco. Should the device be activated, the Epsilon will surround the British Isles and take over London with ease. Since a full-scale assault is impossible due to the circumstances, the Allies decided to deploy a small task force to capture a local mind-controlled American garrison from which they strike to destroy the Amplifier.
More information indicates that a nearby Psychic Beacon is mind-controlling the American forces; naturally, destroying it should bring them back to the Allied cause. When the Allied forces did destroy it, however, the Beacon turns out to be a ruse; the mind-controlled Americans are, in fact, Scorpion Cell fighters using American equipment and vehicles, who soon launches an onslaught on the Allied forces.
After having a hard time repelling the Scorpion Cell onslaught, the Allied forces decided to take no more risks and strike on the Amplifier. The Allies successfully pushed their troops towards the Scorpion Cell lines and destroyed the Amplifier. After fending off several waves of invisible tanks, they suddenly received an urgent message.
1984, November 28: Now having the old Chronosphere under their control, the Epsilon can finally do what the Soviets couldn't in the Third Great War; the conquest of London, but this time from the most unexpected of all places - from within.
An Aerial Fortress Irkalla along with an elite Epsilon task force is Chrono shifted right into the city, catching the Allied defenders by surprise as they moved through the city, destroying the Shield Commands protecting London's vital infrastructures one by one, along with nearby military installations to cripple their combat effectiveness. Although the Epsilon forces noticed that something was amiss; the Allies seem to not offer any further retaliation. As a result, they continued their relentless onslaught as more Allied defenders fell before the Irkalla's wrath.
This viciousness lasts until the Epsilon forces reached their grand prize; the SteinsTech Hangar, as they converge to deal the final blow by destroying it. However, just as the Epsilon forces managed to destroy the last Shield Command protecting the hangar, a gargantuan, mysterious airship arose from it and suddenly, time stands still before the Epsilon forces, who were then inexplicably met their demise.
It turns out that the Allies knew the Epsilon was coming since they seized the old Chronosphere and chose to buy enough time so the mysterious airship, then known as the Paradox Engine, can escape.
1984, December 5: The Moroccan Psychic Amplifier was a diversion that successfully drove the Allied troops away from the British Isles, allowing an elite Epsilon task force to storm London from within, forcing the Paradox Engine to be launched earlier than intended. The Allies forces rush to the Isles of Scilly to ensure a safe passage for the Engine with the help of the newly debuting "Chrono Legion".
Moments after clearing the Isles of hostile Gehenna's, the Paradox Engine arrives, being escorted by a third of the Allied Navy. Although they arrived in groups after groups, the initial Allied fleet made quick work of enemy naval ambushers while the rest of the navy escorted the Engine from a closer range.
After the Paradox Engine made its way away from the Isles of Scilly, it initiated a time freeze, which helped her escorts in clearing the Isles from the rest of the Epsilon forces as the rest of the Allied forces were able to catch up with the Paradox Engine.
However, this was just the beginning of more hardships for the Allies to come.
Using the Paradox Engine's Time Freeze, the Allies attacked several Epsilon bases in Africa. To ensure the development of new weapons, the Scorpion Cell successfully transferred some prototypes to the facilities maintenance tunnels amidst the Allies' attack. After the multiple uses of the Time Freeze ability, the Paradox Engine's energy was running low.
1984, December 17: After successfully thwarting off the ambush in the Isles of Scilly, the Paradox Engine's power began to drop. Siegfried noted that by using the Time Freeze twice, along with its premature deployment, it was wearing the battery down and it needed to recharge before they could press on. Their priority was to locate a good source of power to help the Engine to recover.
Eventually, reconnaissance located a suitable power-charging station: The Epsilon base in Tenerife, located in the Canary Islands just off the coast of Africa. Allied intelligence noted that the said base had a Psychic Beacon there that was enslaving the local populace as well as surviving Chinese forces, which had occupied the island previously. If they could get a foothold, locate the Bio Reactors and, with the help of the locals, get them to work at full power, they might be able to continue their efforts against Yuri. This will take quite some effort, however, as the Allied command estimated that it would take a huge amount of power to recharge the Paradox Engine.
Once the Bio Reactors are captured and enough power reached by placing spare troops into them, the Paradox Engine's battery is Chrono shifted the island to begin the charging sequence. Despite a desperate attack launched by the Epsilon, the battery is successfully recharged, allowing the Allies to purge the Canary Islands from the Epsilon taint.
1984, December 20: Following the rescue of Morales, the Soviets realized that the destruction of Chicago which supposedly left the city utterly uninhabitable is wrong, as it turns out that Yuri had secretly built a Psychic Amplifier on the city's ruins which threatens the Soviets' control in America. Without much time to spare the Soviets moves in to seize the Amplifier before it is activated.
Establishing a foothold in the former Confederation base in the city, the Soviets encountered American rebels, who intended to capture the Psychic Amplifier for their own, fighting the Epsilon forces, essentially making the battle a three-way fight. The Soviets take advantage of this by waiting until the Americans and the Epsilon weakens each other down before moving in to finish the stragglers, although on occasion the Soviets are attacked by both sides.
Knowing that they can't afford to waste any more time, the Soviets eventually choose to leave the Americans alone and focuses on pushing the line towards the Epsilon base through the combined ground and aerial attacks, and successfully "reconfigured" the Amplifier for the Soviet cause, allowing them to re-establish their hold in the country.
The US rebels also captured a Psychic Beacon, and the Epsilon forces went to destroy it to protect the Psychic Dominator, which was under development, from the attack of US remnants and Allied expedition forces.
1984, December 25: Although the Soviets managed to recover from the chaos brought by Yuri and his Epsilon Army, for the time being, the overall situation remains grim, leaving the Soviets with no choice but to once again join forces with China (who are not as much affected by Yuri's actions), even if it is only temporary, so they could stand a chance against the Epsilon.
Initial diplomatic efforts went smoothly, despite China's demands for technological cooperation and POW exchange as the conditions to gain their support once again, and both sides decided to formalize the alliance through a conference in Singapore, but the Epsilon had sent a massive force to keep the Bear and the Dragon from restoring their friendship once again. The Battle of Singapore is just about to begin.
Fortunately, the joint Sino-Russian forces defending Singapore had enough time to prepare for the inevitable invasion, and by the time the Epsilon forces show up, their combined efforts managed to held the attackers until the Epsilon presses the attack with overwhelming numbers, pushing back the Chinese forces. In the end, only the perimeter around the Congress remained under Sino-Russian control.
Reinforcements for the Soviets in form of their Confederation allies and Russia's heroes Volkov and Chitzkoi arrived to relieve the siege, and with their help, the Sino-Russian defenders managed to repel the Epsilon attacks with such zeal that in the end, the invaders are forced to withdraw, knowing that they have failed.
The World Socialist Alliance is once again established, and the Soviets now have everything they need to turn the tide in their war against Yuri.
1984, December 26: Although the Soviets are relieved China in their side once again, there is no rest for the wicked, however. Knowing that they must uphold their promise of POW exchange with the Chinese, the Russians, under the Soviet General, escorts the Chinese POWs back to their homeland.
Unfortunately to the Soviets, the escort won't be easy, since the area on the Sino-Russian border is under Epsilon control. Russia's heroes Volkov and Chitzkoi are at the General's disposal, however, and with their help, the Soviets managed to thwart the mind-controlled Russian forces' ambush and allowed the convoy to proceed with relative safety.
Although having to find an alternate route and facing more ambushes in the way, the Chinese POWs managed to reach the Chinese base on the other side of the border. However, more information soon came in that the Epsilon has deployed a Psychic Beacon which would render the Russians' effort meaningless if it manages to take over the Sino-Russian forces.
The General wasted no time and moved his forces towards the Beacon. After a tough fight, they destroyed it, freeing the mind-controlled Russians in the process. The Russians' part of the deal with the Chinese has been completed.
Unfortunately for the Chinese, things would begin to go sour very quickly.
1984, December 29: At the same time, Rahn's forces also attacked a Sino-Russian naval base in Leyte Gulf, Philippines, to explore the intelligence of the new alliance between them. The information obtained shows the destination of the departing Pacific fleet, which aims to prevent the landing of an airborne module which Yuri decided to dispatch the "Ace Card" early to cope with the unfavourable situation, and new technologies being developed in China. Yuri decided to strike the development of the former and sent troops to Kashmir to investigate the whereabouts of these technologies.
1985, January 1: It would appear that the Sino-Russian alliance didn't go smoothly as the latter planned; recently Soviet agents found out about a secret technology research facility developing new weapons meant specifically to be used against Yuri ever since the battle at Primorsky Krai two years ago. Wary of China's true intentions, especially fears that they may attempt to usurp Russia once more after Epsilon is defeated, the Soviets sent a strike force to destroy the Chinese research facility in Xinjiang along with the prototypes.
Led by Colonels Reznov and Krukov, the strike force first moves in to destroy a nanotechnology facility located close to their initial location. A Saboteur team was sent shortly after to infiltrate the Chinese base and find out where the remainder of such critical facilities were. The task force clears the way for the Saboteurs from Attack Dogs and Terror Drones, allowing them to infiltrate the facility and acquired the location of the remaining nanotechnology centres, then known as Nano-centrifuges.
A storm brews in over the skies, prompting the Soviet strike force to make haste to destroy the remaining priority targets. During the fight, the Soviets witnessed the extent of China's secret technologies, including exoskeleton-clad soldiers and literal cyborg troopers. With swift and focused assaults, the Nano-centrifuge fell one by one until the Soviets must stop a different cyborg from escaping before finishing their job by destroying the last Nano-centrifuge. This ensures that China won't have any technological superiority over the Russians for the time being.
1985, January 4: Losses from the recent Allied offensives proved to be too much for Yuri, who has been working on a global mind-control device in the Epsilon's lunar base, as well as complications with China, and as the result, Yuri was forced to bring forth his "trump card" into the fray, hoping that it would be able to turn the tide of the battle. Unfortunately, the Chinese learned about this and sent their fleet to intercept the shuttle departing from the lunar base set to land on Totoya Island.
The Epsilon's island base is ill-suited to withstand an invasion, which results in the defenders being overwhelmed early on by the Chinese assault, but the central Epsilon forces reorganized themselves and set up a strong defensive perimeter to keep the Chinese attackers from all sides from reaching the base with help from land-based interceptor carriers and amphibious assault tanks. After setting up a foothold on the island, the Chinese launched aggressive attacks on the Epsilon base, but the defenders held out long enough for the shuttle to arrive.
Upon arrival, the shuttle reveals Yuri's trump card - an overwhelmingly powerful, but extremely unstable, female psychic as the skies turn red. The psychic, then known as Libra, proceeds to single-handedly annihilate the Chinese forces, who by then had realized that she is too strong and ceased their aggression towards the Epsilon forces. Powerless to fight against such inhumanly strength, the Chinese make a run from the island.
Libra's arrival was a major turning point for the Epsilon - her strength will allow them to regain the ground they lost to the Allies and the Soviets and ensure their ultimate victory.
1985, January 7: After denying China of their advanced weapons technology, the Russians are instead desiring to take China's EMP and cybernetics technology for themselves, believing that these were rightfully theirs. Using the opportunity where the Chinese fleet heads down to Fiji for unknown reasons, Russia and the Confederation prepared an invasion of Shanghai with a twist - all of their forces will pretend to be thralls of Epsilon's mind control to divert China's suspicion away from them.
Morales was sent in to clear the way for the Russo-Latino invasion by destroying Nuclear Reactors and EMP Control Stations. Avoiding the attention of the locals and Chinese patrols, Morales successfully carried out his mission and evacuated just as the invasion starts. Using Akula Missile Subs and supported by Seawolves, the Russian fleet cleared the shores of Chinese defences, allowing ground forces to make a landing in the city. The Chinese defenders responded by sending a counterattack, but the Russo-Latino forces make a short work of them with help of Apocalypse Tanks.
With the Chinese defenders pushed back, the Russo-Latino forces converged together and secured the city. They then proceeded towards the Chinese Military HQ, where every bit of information regarding China's secret weapons technology is stored. The Russo-Latino forces overwhelm the Chinese defenders through constant combined assaults and eventually succeeded in capturing the Military HQ as the information on it were analysed by the Soviets.
1985 January 10: From the information recovered in the invasion of Shanghai, the Soviets realize that China had put a lot of effort to realize their ambitions. Under the leadership of Yunru, China's young prodigy, an independent army using advanced technologies separate from the Soviet standards such as EMP, cybernetics, nanotechnology and weather manipulation is being made in Kashmir. Realizing that the Sino-Russian alliance was simply a ruse all along, a Confederation army march into Kashmir to claim China's technologies for their own.
When the Confederation arrives, however, it would appear that they have underestimated Yunru's ingenuity, as she managed to hide the fact that they have to get through two bases worth of Epsilon forces who are busy engaging two local Chinese garrisons, as well as Yunru having four tactical nuclear missiles of her own. Unfazed, the Confederation resort to using overwhelming numbers and brute force to get through the Chinese and Epsilon forces and claim their prize by eliminating Yunru and destroying the Centurion Siege Crawler.
As they advanced through all opposition to hunting down Yunru and her toy, the Confederation ultimately failed to find her and choose to lay siege on the research facility itself. Despite the heavy defence on the facility, the Confederation managed to crush the defenders with a lot of effort and captured the facility's Mainframe building to get all they need.
The Confederation's success is short-lived, however; just after they captured the Mainframe, a transmission from Yunru claims that the Soviets will never take her "home" and a MIDAS warhead (supposedly stolen by the Chinese during the Sino-Russian conflict two years ago) kept hidden inside the Mainframe suddenly detonates, vaporizing the Confederation, Chinese and Epsilon forces in the area, Morales being one of the casualties.
In the end, the Russians' arrogance through the so-called "Chinese campaign" spectacularly backfired on them, which may be the beginning of the end for the Soviet Union itself.
1985, January 11: A mind is a terrible thing to waste. The Epsilon learned the hard way that the saying is true when the Russians attacked one of their research facilities that are deploying a mobile mind control device in Bran, Romania. While the prototypes of those vehicles, then known as Masterminds, are destroyed, only one managed to escape, and the Epsilon must recapture the facility with the only Mastermind prototype left.
Having to get through Russian forces lurking in the forest by mind-controlling susceptible ones while avoiding Terror Drones and EMP Mines, the Mastermind prototype pushed into the base with its thralls and eliminated its defenders one by one before mind-controlling an enemy Engineer to capture the facility's Construction Yard, bringing the base back under the Epsilon control.
Knowing that the Russians' attack cannot be left unanswered, the Epsilon organized a counterattack to repel the attackers. The Epsilon later found suicidal creatures which would then be put to good use, despite the Russians deploying a Stalin's Fist to overwhelm the Epsilon defenders.
Under the cover of more Masterminds, the Epsilon forces pushed through the Russian positions and crushed the attackers, along with destroying the sabotaged Psychic Beacon, which was the reason why the attack happened and repelling the Russians' final charge to the facility. The victory over the Russians allows the Masterminds to be mass-produced, which would prove to be advantageous for the Epsilon later.
1985, January 14: Despite Libra's arrival, the Epsilon still have a hard time dealing with the Chinese. Thanks to a successful operation in the Philippines, the Epsilon found out about advanced weapons being developed in Kashmir under Yunru's leadership that could give China a major advantage in the conflict. An Epsilon task force is deployed to destroy the facility, but unexpectedly, a MIDAS warhead is detonated just as the research facility falls to a Russo-Latino army under the Soviet General, annihilating all three sides' forces. Concluding that Yunru would be a threat to Yuri's vision, the Proselyte is sent to pursue and neutralize Yunru once and for all.
Using a relatively small task force to carry out his mission, the Proselyte's first action is to find Yunru's creation, the Centurion Siege Crawler, and destroy it. Yunru herself put up a display of her intelligence by personally hacking the Epsilon battle network which causes the Proselyte to lose track of the Centurion, but he managed to overcome these hurdles by clearing the path to a Chinese airbase and assembled numerous Foxtrots to snipe the Centurion.
However, the Proselyte underestimated Yunru's manoeuvres; his attempt to bring down the Centurion fails when an Iron Curtain Device was used to shield it. Frustrated, Yuri himself ordered Libra to be deployed into the field to complete the task. After destroying the said Iron Curtain Device, it seems that Yunru has outplayed the Epsilon; the Centurion has its own Iron Curtain generator which makes it permanently invulnerable, thus the Proselyte has no other choice but to destroy it with Libra's anti-gravity field.
This worked, and the Centurion was finally destroyed. Seeing Yunru on the run, Libra quickly moves to intercept her, but just as she is about to move in for the kill, Yunru used a device to tamper with Libra's Cerebral Amplifier/Suppressor, which causes the psychic to go into a violent rage and allows Yunru to escape relatively unscathed.
She used the technologies that were supposedly developed to fulfil China's ambitions, including a tactical artificial intelligence, and also managed to gain support from some elements in the Chinese and Pacific Front militaries, including Rashidi who had given her the MIDAS warhead that destroyed the Kashmir facility - where her "home" used to be.
1985, January 17: Thanks to Yunru's tampering of Libra's Cerebral Amplifier/Suppressor, the psychic was now running amok in the ruins of a Kashmir city, single-handedly beating back any attacks by the Chinese troops and Yunru's loyalists, and not even Yuri's Proselyte could bring Libra back to her senses. Due to this, and the fact that the Proselyte was exhausted by the pursuit of Yunru, another proselyte was sent to the area to pacify and recover Libra.
To pacify Libra, a special tranquillizer must be prepared. The Epsilon proceeds to capture a Chinese Field Bureau to prepare it and has to defend it from a counterattack by the Chinese forces. Once the tranquillizers are ready, it was loaded into a Virus' sniper rifle. The Epsilon forces then captured a Drakuv Prison Vehicle to safely transport Libra once she is sedated. After getting past the Chinese forces and Yunru's loyalists, the tranquillizer-laden Virus takes the shot at Libra, causing her rage to settle down and allows the captured Drakuv to safely capture her.
With Libra successfully recovered, the Epsilon forces move in to clear a safe path for their forces to withdraw and noticed that Yunru's loyalists have mysteriously disappeared. The path was eventually cleared for the Epsilon forces with Libra in tow, and she was successfully brought into safety to recover.
1985, January 20: It turns out that the botched Kashmir operation was a blessing in disguise for the Epsilon; while her CAS was disabled, Libra managed to read the minds of Yunru's companions, which revealed that the Chinese prodigy had made a deal with Rashidi who offered the MIDAS warhead, which was silently recovered from the disastrous escort at Kemerovo Oblast two years ago, as a fail-safe measure against Yuri, in exchange for her protection and technology. As expected, Yuri did not take this lightly and thus sent the Proselyte and Libra to put an end to Rashidi's treason along with his Scorpion Cell.
Upon the Epsilon loyalists' arrival in Bissau, the Scorpion Cell's stronghold, just as the Cell destroyed a local Psychic Amplifier meant to subjugate them, Rashidi explains to the Proselyte that he had doubted the Epsilon's cause ever since the Paradox Engine was unleashed, only to be made worse by Libra's arrival, and resolves to stop the Epsilon loyalists.
During the fight, Rashidi had deployed both a Topol-M and a Tactical Nuke Silo, as well as some Chinese equipment, possibly given by Yunru, and Dybbuk-Evolvers to bolster his forces. The Epsilon loyalists responded by deploying their new toys: the completed Basilisks and the Psychic Dominator to give them an edge over the Scorpion Cell.
After using mind-controlled Tyrants to destroy the Tactical Nuke Silo, the Epsilon loyalists pushed into the Scorpion Cell rebels' bases with overwhelming force and discovered some sort of chemical storage buildings filled with unidentified toxins, and promptly destroys them. Eventually, the loyalists managed to bring down Rashidi's Palace, taking the treacherous Scorpion Cell leader with it (or not, since some Epsilon forces reported a mysterious vehicle had slipped from the sewers after the Palace is destroyed).
Left leaderless, the Scorpion Cell rebels were promptly crushed by the Epsilon loyalists, and a new Psychic Amplifier is built on where Rashidi's palace once stood to bring the Cell back to Yuri's cause.
1985, January 21: Unfortunately for Yuri, the Scorpion was a harder nut to crack than first anticipated. Anytime Epsilon forces tried to build another Psychic Amplifier in the African region, they would be sabotaged by Cell operatives. Worse still, the Amplifier in Bissau was destroyed by Allied forces from the Paradox Engine shortly after it was rebuilt. The only device remaining in Africa was in the Zaire region, where it was caught in the middle of a Scorpion Cell/Allied warzone. Not having much time or choice, Rahn's task force made their way to the region to reactivate the Amplifier before it was too late.
While the Scorpion rebels were distracted by Epsilon main forces with mind-controlled Americans, and after dealing with several Scorpion Cell blockades along the way, Rahn made it to the outpost in time, right at the same time as the Allied main force began their assault, however. While an Engineer was being called out to repair the bridge, Epsilon forces had to halt relenting Allied air-power attacks on their Psychic Beacons, losing several troops there.
After the bridge was reconstructed, Rahn entered the outpost and waited until enough force was assembled before making their way towards the Amplifier and dealt with several renewed Allied attacks. Soon, Epsilon forces cleared the way and started reactivating the Psychic Amplifier. It did, however, required at least three out of five Beacons to fully amplify its effects, because it was not being tested before the conflict.
Allied attacks soon renewed themselves again and large amounts of Epsilon troops were lost in their assault. After 15 minutes passed, all the hostile forces in the area were controlled when the Psychic Amplifier reactivated, pacifying the Zaire region and with the help of three remaining Psychic Beacons.
However, Epsilon received news that the Paradox Engine was heading to Cape Town, South Africa. Rahn was immediately ordered to take a Driller and he left the battlefield, preparing to return to Epsilon Headquarters.
1985, January 24: While Epsilon was busy subduing Cell outposts with their Amplifier in the southern part of Africa, the Scorpion was still kicking despite the heavy loss of personnel. After the destruction of the Bissau palace, Malver leads a task force into hiding, losing contact with Rashidi. Unable to get his help, for the time being, to survive and to recreate more neurotoxin in the future, they had to turn their eyes to some neurotoxin production bases captured by PsiCorps, who was studying and analysing the neurotoxin they grabbed. One in Libya had become their target.
Tragically, while Malver's forces were on their way to retake the neurotoxin facility to keep enough supply in their pockets, several Allied task forces were en route to the region to destroy the facility. He used the advantage that the local Mind Readers will not detect stealth units to make his way across the facility, wiping out the Readers with conveniently placed Barrels. A Mine Shaft was also captured to allow more Scorpion operatives to enter the area. Once the Mind Readers in the southwest were destroyed, several Engineers made their way to the mind-controlled Scorpion base and captured it.
Scorpion Cell held back Yuri's troops, that were alerted and ordered to terminate them, and several Allied assaults until all their toxin was transferred to the Drillers. During this, the main Allied force arrived with Barracuda support, forcing Malver's forces to hurry and finish the neurotoxin transfer.
Once they finished building up a sufficient amount of Tyrants and several Drillers filled with Engineers, Malver's forces cleared out the defences in the northeast base and captured all production buildings in the area, setting up a sufficient defence while their Engineers captured the vats and held out against para drop attacks from Epsilon forces. With the required neurotoxin now secured, Malver and the remaining non-mind-controlled Scorpion Cell forces pulled out of the region and let Epsilon and the Allies duke it out with one another.
During their escape from the region, Malver received a message from an unknown source (most likely from Rashidi), telling them that he was fine and heard about the situation in Libya. He also said that the neurotoxin could be improved with the help of their new allies. While it remains lethal in the long run, they'll need a lot more of it before this is over. Malver was then informed to move it to where they've previously decided.
1985, January 26: With the Paradox Engine unleashed, the Allied forces started to mount aggressive attacks on Epsilon positions in North Africa, sending the Epsilon and their Scorpion Cell allies into disarray as they are unable to retaliate effectively, thanks to the Chrono technology which allows the Allied forces to strike one position to another nearly instantaneously. One of the attacks involves an alleged Scorpion Cell weapons research site.
The Allied attack proves to be devastating for the Epsilon defenders; much of the Epsilon outposts are left in ruins, and not even their army of hulking mutants can stop the Allies. Eventually, the Allies managed to destroy a Psychic Beacon which frees the local American garrison as they reinforce the Allied forces and press on to completely crush the Epsilon.
The gruelling battle eventually pays off as the Epsilon forces in the area are destroyed. However, unconfirmed reports by the Allied troops suggests that some of the previously unknown Epsilon weaponry, possibly prototypes of new ones, managed to escape in the ensuing chaos.
1985, July 27: After fleeing the Soviets' siege, Yunru was again pursued by the Epsilon Army. Libra used the anti-gravity field to destroy the Centurion Siege Crawler and was ordered to chase Yunru, but the latter used EMP to interfere with the CAS device of Libra, causing her to go berserk. The Epsilon Army had to recover Libra in the violent state in the scuffle between the Chinese army and the Yunru's guards. Sometime after the Kashmir Home base's destruction, the AI known as VOLKNET went online and noticed that its creator, Yunru is in danger after the Centurion Siege Crawler's destruction. After assessing that her survival is necessary so the Revolt will remain to exist to oppose Yuri and his Epsilon Army, the AI moves in to extract Yunru from Kashmir.
With spare forces of Chinese troops loyal to the Revolt, VOLKNET proceeds to cautiously move through the Epsilon pursuers and the Chinese defenders - who are now hostile to the Revolt thanks to Yunru's actions. With Yunru's support, the Revolt manages to push through the opposition inch by inch until they are about to reach the Mangla Dam Lake where a mode of transport is waiting for Yunru.
Wasting no time, VOLKNET quickly decides between two paths leading to the Mangla Dam Lake and clears the area of enemy presence as Yunru reaches the shore. However, the transport takes time to arrive and pick Yunru up, so VOLKNET had the Revolt troops placed on the defensive anticipating any attack.
Sure enough, the Epsilon and Chinese forces arrived in large numbers and duke it out against each other and the Revolt, but the Revolt's determination and VOLKNET's tactical mastery allows them to stand their ground long enough until the transport, a prototype amphibious vehicle made by Kanagawa Industries, arrives and takes Yunru to safety.
1985, February 2: Some good news came for the Allies in their seemingly hopeless situation; one of the surviving Pacific Front research complexes in the US Virgin Islands is working on the Weather Control Device, which was continued after the unexplained loss of SteinsTech Weather Crystals, are being besieged by the Epsilon and their Russian mind-controlled slaves. Although most of the Allied expedition was pre-occupied in Africa, a small task force under Siegfried himself is nonetheless sent to protect the Weather Control Device.
Upon arrival, the task force quickly coordinated themselves with the local Pacific Front garrison in organizing the defence from the imminent Epsilon attack. While this is proceeding, Norio appears to aid in the defence after briefly helping the Russians during the attack on Okawa Falls, along with more PF troops. When the attack comes, the Allied defenders managed to withstand their aggression until the Epsilon launched a Tactical Nuke that destroys the Allied base, forcing the Allied task force to relocate to a nearby island.
From this island the Allied task force can mount an attack to dislodge the Epsilon forces, starting with the mind-controlled Russians. Under the cover of artificial thunderstorms generated by the Weather Control Device, the task force pushed their attack towards the Russian garrison, with the battle raging for extended periods and suffering heavy losses. Nonetheless, the Allies managed to gain the upper hand.
Right as the Russians are on the verge of defeat, however, Yuri himself shows up and scuttled the Psychic Beacon that was mind-controlling the Russians, who choose to fight to the end rather than giving up after they were freed. With the Russians out of the picture, the Allied task force focuses on the main Epsilon force and successfully destroyed them.
With the Weather Control Device fully established and operational, the Allies might have a chance of turning the tides in their fight against the Epsilon. The US Virgin Islands base also allows the Allies to reorganize their scattered and exhausted forces.
1985, February 6: After that, the US troops in San Juan called for help from the Allied forces, and the Pacific Front went to cover the withdrawal of the US troops. Yuri discovered Rashidi's betrayal, and it seemed that he reached an agreement with Yunru. Yuri wanted to use the Psychic Amplifier to control the Scorpion Cell, but failed, so he quickly sent Libra and Rahn to annihilate Rashidi (or they believed) and his traitors. At the same time, Epsilon also traced the neurotoxins developed by Scorpion Cell and sent troops to destroy its research facilities. With the fall of the Scorpion Cell's stronghold in Bissau, the Epsilon was preparing to build a new Psychic Amplifier to control the remaining Scorpion Cell rebels.
1985, February 10: Moving on from the disastrous so-called "Chinese Campaign" with at least some of China's advanced technologies they can salvage, the Soviets can restore their satellite network and learned that the Epsilon had established a cosmodrome on Sweden with space launch vehicles seemingly derived from the Russian rockets stolen during the sacking of Leninsk Cosmodrome. Curious on why the Epsilon would need to transport materiel and personnel from and to space, the Russians moves in to take the cosmodrome.
Although only having a minimal force, the Russian strike force was assisted by Cyborg Vanguards "scavenged" from China, which allows them to overcome the opposition as they escort Chitzkoi into an inactive Aerial Fortress Irkalla so that he can turn it towards its own creator. This works successfully, and the captured Irkalla, dubbed the "Chitzkalla", managed to destroy the Psychic Dominator after previously disabling an Epsilon Iron Curtain Device that shields it.
With little to no opposition left, the Russians proceed to strike the Epsilon cosmodrome and cleared the area, allowing them to safely capture the Rocket Launchpads and find out what the Epsilon are up to in space.
1985, February 17: Even though the Allies managed to protect the Weather Controller from the Epsilon onslaught, they haven't given up yet and were planning something else by establishing a Psychic Amplifier in the Amazonian rain forest to take over the US Virgin Islands base. To make things worse enough, they also deployed two Tactical Nuke Silos as a deadly fail-safe should the Amplifier or either of them is destroyed. Since the Allies cannot risk sending their Chrono Legionnaires, due to wanting to keep the secrets behind their Chrono technology safe, Tanya and Norio were sent instead to take care of this newfound threat.
Arriving via Chrono shift on a Humvee, both Allied heroes realized that everything in the jungle is about to greet them; there are numerous amounts of opposition standing in their way, and time was of the essence. The presence of units that could be dangerous to the heroes, such as Viruses, Shadow Tanks and Gehenna Platforms also made things harder than they should be. Both heroes managed to get rid of the Epsilon forces by using careful and calculating methods, and once the way was clear, Norio destroyed one Tactical Nuke Silo and Tanya destroyed the other immediately before it could fire.
Without the tactical nukes, the heroes move in to finally destroy the Psychic Amplifier, now with the assistance of a CIA agent. Although the defences near the Amplifier's perimeter were quite formidable, the heroes managed to break through them and destroy them, before they are evacuated via Chrono shift.
1985, February 18: After the Amazonas operation, the US forces from San Juan and another Allied expedition force lifted the second nuclear threat to Paradox Engine from São Luís. As the reconstruction of the Psychic Amplifier in Bissau was constantly harassed by Paradox Engine, Rahn was sent to reactivate the last Amplifier in Zaire, where he along with the local Epsilon forces successfully controlled the Scorpion Cell rebels in Africa. At this point, the Scorpion Cell had been defeated, but Malver managed to secretly recover the Neurotoxin Vats from the Epsilon in Libya.
1985, February 20: While Norio and Tanya were busy dealing with the Amplifier and Silos in the Amazonian rain forest, Allied Command noticed that were dangerously short on resources to sustain their pilgrimage to find Yuri's headquarters. They would need to amass a huge amount before the operation could continue south.
Fortunately for them, reconnaissance reported that the African state of Angola was filled with oil refineries and vast oil reserves. Acquiring these would allow the Allies to extract enough oil to bolster their economic situation. While most of Africa was under Epsilon control, there were reports of a Scorpion Cell insurgency in Yuri's ranks. While Allied Command wasn't sure what caused this, they knew they couldn't waste a golden opportunity.
Allied Command soon sent a task force to Angola to, either, acquire the necessary oil or wipe out the Epsilon and rebelling Scorpion Cell bases. After clearing the base out, the Allied forces constructed their base and built their task force. Using a combination of hard-hitting Abrams and the long-range firepower of Prism Tanks, along with air support of Harriers, Stormchilden and Warhawks, they cleared out each area an oil refinery was and sent engineers to capture the buildings.
After acquiring the necessary resources, Allied forces regrouped with the Paradox Engine and continued their way south. Stocked up on resources, the Allies could now afford to take more losses than previously expected.
1985, February 22: Tanya and Norio had destroyed the Amplifier, along with the Nuke Missile Silos, preventing an immediate nuclear attack on the Paradox Engine. However, Yuri had become desperate at destroying the flying fortress and has converted one of his rockets into a makeshift nuclear missile. Allied Command soon got intel from their ops about a small rocket launching facility in São Luís, Brazil where the weapon was being prepared.
What it was being used for, originally, remains a mystery for the Allies. Nonetheless, it had to be stopped, lest the Engine is shot down. Using the recovered American forces from San Juan, Puerto Rico, Allied forces began a full-scale attack on the facility. After clearing the way and destroying two Epsilon bases, they sent their MCV's and established two bases to strike Yuri's forces with.
The Allies got much-needed help from Tanya and Siegfried after they had completed their missions in the Amazon and the US Virgin Islands. Using them and a highly mobile strike force, they quickly sniped off the Heavy Kamaz trucks carrying nuclear fuel to the rocket and cleared out the Epsilon bases. During this, a nearby Latin Confederation war factory was discovered with Soviet prisoners inside. According to them, the rocket had a very different purpose. Until now, it used to launch and return on a semi-regular basis with some mysterious cargo. Sadly, for Allied Command, they couldn't learn where the rocket went.
Regardless, after destroying the Iron Curtain devices and capturing the Rocket Controllers, the rocket was disabled, and the Allies could sigh with relief. The Paradox Engine, now free of danger, began its push further south.
1985, February 23: The Allies could begin the long-awaited attack against a major Epsilon junction in the Southern Hemisphere - a major comm relay deep within Cape Town to dispatch commands all around the world, to locate Yuri's headquarters. Utilizing the combined expedition force of the Euro Alliance and the Pacific Front, they would make a grandiose landing operation on the west side of Cape Town, intent on, first, retaking the old Pacific Front base, mind-controlled by Epsilon's Psychic Beacon.
After a few mins of fighting, the mind-controlled Allied units in the base became free with the beacon dismantled and joined the action of holding the area until the Weather Control Device is constructed in the middle of the Pacific Front outpost, while the "Southern Cross" regiment had begun construction of a base on the east of Cape Town.
Allied Command soon got word that Yuri had sent his submarines to hunt down the Paradox Engine, forcing them to strike early and suffering losses. During the attack, some bad news came in for the Allies: Epsilon forces had managed to destroy the Paradox Engine's spare battery on Ascension Island, forcing the Allied navy to pull back and defend the flying fortress. After more vicious fighting, including several groups of mind-controlled Scorpion Cell reinforcements, the Weather Control Device was established and used to destroy an Epsilon outpost just outside Cape Town, allowing the Allies could to Chrono shift an MCV in along with several groups of units.
Once their base had been established, the "Southern Cross" regiment began their move south to destroy the Epsilon base, while the south-western Allied forces were not only holding their line but also freed a local Allied garrison from another Psychic Beacon controlling them. They then cleared up the left side of Epsilon presence and began to shore their forces over to Cape Town.
The Allies suffered major casualties from aggressive Epsilon attacks including their newly created superweapon that could concentrate destructive psychic energy on their positions. The Allied task force countered this, however, and soon eliminated these structures, as well as the Epsilon bases.
After the Battle of Cape Town was over, the Allies captured the Radar Spires just as the Paradox Engine soon made its way into the city. Allied Command sifted through the information collected, finding out about some sort of massive unidentified structure that was being constructed. They had to destroy it, lest it is used.
The Allies concentrated all the remaining troops and launched a massive offensive against them. In the end, the Epsilon was defeated, and the Radar Spires carrying a large amount of intelligence was also occupied by the Allies. Through this information, the Allies discovered Yuri's final base in Antarctica. At this time, the Allies had not much left, and the PsiCorps destroyed the spared Supercharged Paradox Battery of the Paradox Engine. The Allies decided to make a desperate attempt to get the whole army and the Paradox Engine to the South Pole.
1985, February 26: With the power of the Paradox Engine, the Allies successfully broke through the first line of defence in Antarctica. But the prospects were not optimistic: Yuri's ultimate weapon was interfering with their communications, and the Paradox Engine couldn't support it for a long time.
1985, November 3: The Allies chose the initial landing site as the Weddell Sea. Through the first wave of time freeze, the pioneers led by Siegfried destroyed the coast guards of the Epsilon Headquarters and established their base. Tanya and more soldiers were then transported and Chrono shifted into the battlefield.
After a large-scale confrontation, the Allies established another outpost in a more internal area and discovered a strange cave called a Dybbuk Hive that constantly spawned enemy aircraft at them. After a few minutes of intense fighting, the Paradox Engine finally arrived, escorted by Norio and many Thor Gunships to help fight against Epsilon troops.
The Paradox Engine then activated the second time freeze, quickly demolishing a lot of buildings and units on the way. When the time freeze wore off, Epsilon sent an Aerial Fortress Irkalla to deal with this threat. With the rapid response of the Allies, it was quickly shot down. The Allies also managed to destroy the Psychic Dominators that threatened the Paradox Engine during the time freeze and disintegrated all the Radar Spires and Mind Readers associated with Dybbuk Hives.
As all of Epsilon's main defences were disintegrated, the Allies did not take long to wipe out all the remaining Epsilon forces in the Weddell Sea, only to receive some bad news: Yuri had recalled all his forces from the southern hemisphere to assist in the defence of Antarctica. Norio led the Pacific Front to block the various reinforcements sent by the Epsilon Army from the back, while the European Alliance led by the Paradox Engine and Siegfried continued to move forward to reach the Epsilon Headquarters in the South Pole.
1985, February 29: The Allied forces had to advance to the Epsilon's main base in the South Pole as soon as possible. With the destruction of the Weddell Sea defence line, Yuri realized that time was running out. He decided to complete an unfinished hybrid technology immediately and Chrono shifts himself to Moscow, through the Old Chronosphere stored at the Pensacola Mountains base, so he can bait the Soviets, who were currently on the moon. Meanwhile, the Epsilon Headquarters was going to defend their second line of defence.
The Allies once again activated their time freeze capability, easily destroyed the outermost defence of Epsilon HQ and established their own base. Not long after, the PsiCorps defence on the other side collapsed immediately, forcing the PsiCorps forces to withdraw their internal organization defences, and the Epsilon HQ, which formed the majority of the defence, actively launched the counterattack against numerous Allied tanks, aircraft and ships. Epsilon Elites and Colossi hidden beneath Chimera Cores played a big role.
After several minutes of intense fighting, the Paradox Engine broke into the Pensacola Mountains under the cover of a large air armada and navy. Epsilon HQ desperately took out all their anti-air forces, trying to shoot down the Paradox Engine they feared. It was in vain, however, as all Epsilon forces were killed in another wave of time freeze activated by the Paradox Engine.
The Epsilon Headquarters had suffered a horrific loss of life at the Pensacola Mountains, but they took Libra back, who was previously fighting in the Weddell Sea and planned to take her to a Driller, evacuate to the South Pole and let her enter Yuri's Tower, as the Paradox Engine was getting closer and closer to the South Pole. Along the way, Libra severely damaged the Allied forces, cleared a path, and escaped the pursuit of the Allied Charon Tanks - they can still easily neutralize the mighty Libra. Meeting up with Rahn, he and Libra joined forces, entered the long-awaited Driller and headed towards the main base.
1985, March 1: Even though Yunru had escaped from Kashmir, she still must reach the rest of the Revolt, but the numerous Chinese forces and growing Epsilon activities mean that she cannot risk taking naval routes. Yunru are already aware that Yuri will carry out his ultimate plan sooner or later, and to save time, directed VOLKNET and the Revolt to hijack the Ironwing supersonic jet in Kazakhstan.
The Revolt raided a Chinese outpost near the Fort Shevchenko airbase and established its base in its ruins. As VOLKNET prepares the Revolt to siege the airbase while devising a way to not cause too many casualties on the Chinese forces, however, the Epsilon arrived and quickly assembled a Psychic Beacon which brings the Chinese forces in the area under their control. VOLKNET could have freed the mind-controlled Chinese, who are directed by the Epsilon to crush the Revolt, but it chooses not to, so the Revolt won't be overwhelmed by two enemies at once.
With the lack of resources in the area and the constant pressure by the Epsilon and their Chinese thralls, VOLKNET decided to have the Revolt steamroll their way through the overwhelming opposition while slowly withering down their production capacity through guerrilla raids. Eventually, this worked as the Revolt succeeded in destroying the Iron Curtain Device shielding the airbase and captured it. With the Ironwing under the Revolt's control, Yunru arrives shortly afterwards and managed to board it after being escorted by the Revolt.
1985, March 6: After Yunru reached the rest of the Revolt, things began to take turn worse for them. Now convinced that there is an insurgency movement within them, China starts to fortify their holdings, including the Kanagawa Industries facility in Hidaka Mountains, Japan, which assists Yunru in the development of particle collision technology. Learning of an imminent Epsilon attack to the region, the Revolt sets to re-establish contact with the Hidaka Mountains facility.
The Revolt made an amphibious assault that crushes the Chinese shore defenders and allows Yunru to join the fight. Knowing they can't just waltz into the facility's front entrance; the Revolt chooses to take the further but safer way. The Revolt succeeded in reaching the facility, which prompts the Chinese forces to launch a counterattack as Yunru acquires everything she needs, but the Revolt managed to repel them.
Before leaving the facility through the Ironwing, Yunru directed VOLKNET and the Revolt to capture the local Epsilon Radar Spires to learn about their recent activities. VOLKNET also noticed that the Epsilon is moving in to destroy the Chinese-held Hokkaido Seismic Stabilizer; it subsequently directed the Revolt to cease their hostilities with the Chinese and liberate the local Pacific Front outposts before capturing the Radar Spires.
With the help of pro-Revolt Pacific Front forces and Future Tank prototypes, the Revolt liberated the Pacific Front outposts one by one while avoiding engagement with the Chinese, sometimes indirectly helping them holding back the Epsilon. Meanwhile, VOLKNET managed to regain control of four larger Future Tank prototypes and used them to support the Revolt's push to the Epsilon base.
After a weary fight, the Revolt succeeded in seizing the Radar Spires, forcing the Epsilon troops to withdraw, but the information from the Spires showed that the Revolt is running out of time.
1985, March 12: From seizing the Epsilon cosmodrome in Sweden, the Soviets learned that the Epsilon had built a large base on the Moon for a yet unknown purpose, possibly acting as their main headquarters from which Yuri is to rule over the world after carrying out whatever his ultimate plan. To hopefully end the traitor or at least learn where he is, if Yuri is not there, the Soviets launched their first-ever space warfare on the Epsilon lunar base.
Due to the nature of the operation, the Russian force will have to make do with limited technology consisting of most Soviet armoured force but with only specialized, space-adapted infantry including Cosmonauts, although they also managed to procure a working, reverse-engineered Centurion Siege Crawler. Furthermore, the Soviets also must keep at least one Rocket Launchpad at their hands, since it is the only way for them to travel back and forth into the Moon.
The battle over the Moon initially went in the Epsilon's favour since they employed a wide variety of aircraft, unlike the Soviets who wasn't even able to use any, as well as modified Gehenna Platforms with thermal cannons instead of a Dybbuk-Interceptor, and a tougher version of Brutes. However, the Soviets countered them with sheer force and by employing Cyborg Vanguards who are capable of surviving in the vacuum of space.
During a lull in the fight, the Soviets intercepted transmissions from an unknown soldier whose voice matches with that of someone in the Soviets' database. The said soldier then showed up as the Soviets push into the main Epsilon compound, who promptly attacked them with absurdly overpowered weaponry that allows him to beat back the Soviets single-handedly until Chitzkoi managed to sneak up on him and takes him down. Wanting to know the soldier's identity, the Soviets decided to recover the body for further investigation. They also noted the presence of a strange site consisting of numerous "bio-tanks" like the one in Rio with a larger version of it at the centre.
Ultimately the Soviets succeeded in crushing the Epsilon resistance and claimed the lunar base for their own, from which they learned that Yuri is in Moscow. Now with the capability to attack anywhere on the Earth, the Soviets prepared themselves to complete their vengeance in the final battle against Yuri.
1985, March 18: The Proselyte protected the Chronosphere at all costs, but still lost from the Paradox Engine. Yuri was eventually sent back to Moscow to attract the attention of the Soviets, while the burden of protecting the Antarctic headquarters was handed over to the Proselyte, and Libra went to the South Pole under the escort of Rahn. The Soviets got the news that Yuri was in Moscow and most of them that stayed on the Moon. They then launched several attacks on Epsilon's bases in Russia, recovered the Apocalypse Tank technology and destroyed the Epsilon backup base in Stalingrad while the lunar forces prepared to use the global strike capability to launch the final attack on Yuri.
1985, March 20: When the Soviet Union located Yuri's position, a plan to restore the Russian territory was established, and the Soviets began to assemble all the troops they could dispatch, sending them back to Russia to launch the final counterattack against PsiCorps. One of the troops went to the Apocalypse Tank production facility in the Ural Mountains, where they decided to take back the production base from Yuri and then head west to Moscow and support other Soviets there.
There were still some Soviet troops in the Ural Mountains that had not yet been controlled by PsiCorps, including the production base troops, but they lost contact with the main force. After the main force arrived here, with the help of Cyborg Vanguards, the road to Psychic Beacon which, the biggest threat in front of them, was cleared. After destroying said beacon, they completed the joint with a small outpost. As more Soviet troops joined the action, they began to move toward the research base, destroying the newly built base by PsiCorps at the bridgehead, repairing the bridges destroyed by the personnel of the research base, and then their Palace.
While the outpost forces continued to defend against the PsiCorps attack, the main force in the research base was busy defending PsiCorps' larger offensive at all costs, such as shooting down numerous Kirov Airships. Once the outpost troops were idle, they went to destroy the nearby Epsilon base to allow more Soviet troops to come there, and then went to the PsiCorps-controlled Soviet outpost, destroying the Tactical Nuke Silo that they were built there. It was after a few minutes that the blueprint of the Apocalypse Tank in the palace was finished.
When the defensive mission was completed, the Soviets began mass production of more Apocalypse Tanks, launching a full-scale attack on the Epsilon main base, including the navy deployed in the river. The Soviet army's offensive was very strong so that it didn't take long for the Epsilon main base to fall, and the remaining troops fled.
1985, March 22: After tapping into Epsilon's communications, the Revolt realized that everything is spiralling out of control quickly - the united Allies invaded Epsilon's headquarters in Antarctica, forcing Yuri to speed up the activation of his "tower". The Soviet forces under the Soviet General also have mysteriously disappeared, and China had been convinced that the Revolt is a threat to them, possibly due to an information leak by Yuri. However, not all is bad for them - Rashidi, the Scorpion Cell's leader, had managed to contact the Revolt after he narrowly escaped just as the Epsilon destroyed his palace during the battle of Bissau. For now, the Revolt have to think of a way of escaping the imminent global mind control, but they have to face the Epsilon navy and their Russian slaves at the Bering Sea first.
The Foehn has established a base in the Bering Sea, where Yunru and Rashidi, who had just arrived, takes shelter in a Nano-centrifuge, leaving the fight to VOLKNET and one of its subroutines. After deciding which force, it should command with, between the Pacific Front and the Chinese, VOLKNET quickly assists its subroutine to clear a nearby island so it can establish a forward base. With the help of various prototype vehicles, such as next-generation Hunter-Seeker drones, Chinese mobile ECM platforms, heavy amphibious armoured personnel carriers and hovering artillery platforms, VOLKNET and its subroutine cleared one of the three outlying islands and quickly set up its forward base there.
VOLKNET noted the presence of an Epsilon Rocket Launchpad on the Epsilon navy's base and directed the Revolt to seize it as an escape plan should things go out of hand. The push towards the Epsilon naval base was so gruelling, not to mention the Epsilon's Russian thralls and holes from which seemingly limitless Dybbuk jets emerge making things harder for the Revolt. Unexpectedly, amidst the battle, the Epsilon dismantled the Rocket Launchpad - VOLKNET believed that the Epsilon either can't let the Revolt take it or no longer need it or perhaps Yuri had anticipated the Revolt's attempt. VOLKNET and its subroutine then decided to destroy the Epsilon forces instead to ensure their safety.
After figuring out the way to silence the Dybbuk hives and reinforced by more Sino-Japanese forces, VOLKNET received the authority to call in heavy gunship prototypes at the Epsilon base. Under the cover of the gunships' cannons, the Revolt managed to reduce the base into rubble and sink much of their fleet.
Without any other alternative to escape the imminent activation of Yuri's ultimate plan, the Revolt heads down further through the Arctic, hopefully, able to find a place far away from the Epsilon's Antarctic headquarters to survive should all is lost.
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