Athens, Greece 1st of November 2021

Above the constant struggle for the city raged, but above was no different, dozens of fighter wings of all sorts we're dog fighting. Proudly blazing the symbol of GDI, we're squadrons of F-302B's, the common fighter for most Earth based squadrons, as well as F-35's, against them were Greek's outdated F-16's, F-22's as well as the occasional Nod Banshee. The rebel Greek forces we're losing fighters left and right, cut down by missiles of all sort, or long range railgun fire, but the banshee's were different. They utilized their cloaking device to the fullest, any form of weapons lock, they merely cloaked. It forced the GDI and Greek Loyalist fighters to move in, into the range the weaker fighters of the rebels.

Ever since the fall of Athens, the Greek government has constantly been forced back, the last truly free city was Patrai, and it seemed not even it would stay free for long, the Rebels and their Nod backers have attacked from the very core of the Greek people, and now that Nod was openly supporting rebel groups, it made GDI's objective of holding onto its member states, that much harder.

Despite no official support from the government, many Greeks we're not willing to throw away their lives to the to the fanatical cause, some openly resisted, and the districts were full of riots because of it.

Pakistan/Indian Border, Same time

Thousands of men and woman charged from both sides, the mountainous terrains, groups of Indians, Chinese, even Russian soldiers changed up the mountain side, Pakistani troops loyal to the brotherhood fired relentlessly, they took full advantage of their height, gun emplacements, automatic rifles, grenades, even old RPG's we're thrown at the advancing army, the forward lines we're utterly slaughtered, but the resolve of the thousands behind them did not give.

The defenders held the advantage, or so it seemed. The waves of troops willing to sacrifice themselves against the onslaught kept on coming, every second they gained ground despite the losses, for just beyond the forward lines, 4 recently bought front line armour units moved in. Titans crushed against the jagged rocks, leaving massive footprints in their wake, this is what truly separated the Battle Walkers from battle tanks, while the newer Abrahams are still in use, as well as mass production, the Titans can trek into territory that the tanks can't. The attacking troops now used the massive forms as cover, the defenders, never even thinking of a heavy armoured assault in the mountains, only had heavy machine guns and RPG's to fire at the behemoths.

Several rockets streaked in to the walker's position, hitting into the heavy armour with force that would have, one hitting the compartment and blowing it right off. The now giant useless hunk of metal lost its support to the ground, slowly falling backwards, and crushing those unfortunate to be standing in its path. That wasn't to say the other 3 Titans did not find their mark. Tracking the targets, the gigantic cannon on each mech's right hand side fired.

Bucharest, Romania

Like with Greece the previous month, Romania was finding itself in Nods warpath, while appealing to rebel groups, and indeed creating chaos within the country, Nod was directly attacking these nations. Tick Tanks rolled through streets, Banshees flew at hypersonic speeds overhead, and Stealth Tanks appeared behind allied lines, within weeks the nation fell, and the Capital City was finding itself making one last stand.

Day after day, the defenders of the Free Romanian people fell back, block by block, street by street, Nod pushed them closer and closer to the Central Business District. The surrounding nations, not willing to help in the liberation, were already under attack by Nod, Hungary was putting up fierce resistance, making Nod pay for every bit of land, GDI reinforcements we're coming in from Germany and making their way to meet Nod in the war torn nations.

Some considered it amazing that this war has only being raging for 3 months, in such a short time, the true extent of Nods power was made aware. Dozens of nations immediately declared allegiance, others soon followed, either through fear, or a suspicious new government overthrew the current, most the middle east was brought into their fold, Turkey was in dispute, and there was no doubt that North Africa was in their hands also. Now the expansion through Europe, through Africa, and the constant rebellions, cults, and riots taking place across earth, the only true front against Nod that was going even moderately successful, was in the East, the Chinese and Indian forces were pushing back the Pakistani, but even then, that was not a GDI front, and moral was hard to find these days.

Norfolk Shipyards, New York System, Sirius Sector

The frame works we're under way, already dozens of satellites we're being deployed in orbit, Type I Ion Cannons made a network around the colony like earth, but noticeably more sparse in numbers.

But what was most important, was the construction beginning today, dozens of construction ships, shipments of materials came through the Jumpgate, Newark Station was under construction, and would be the first Colonial Starbase, and the 5th to begin construction.

Captain Fitzpatrick watched the scene from her quarters on the heavily damaged Unity in dry-docks, she knew this station would make the defense of the colonies a lot easier, but these things took on average 5 years to build, the Moscow and London are barely pass the half way mark, and they've been under construction for nearly 3 years, thankfully they're still somewhat operational, they both mounted heavy defensive cannons, long range missiles, and literally thousands of Point Defense cannons, but they were still nothing compared to the fully completed thing.

She remembered reading the specifications on the Philadelphia, over 60 ion cannons, 8 of which were the Type II's, Heavy railguns by the dozen, PPC's spread across the main hull, and apparently some sort of super-railgun running from one end of the station to the other. Of course that was just a rumor, it was obviously some form of weapon, but its details we're classified to the highest letter, most people relied on the rumors here and there, and when patched up together, something came up, most of the time wrong.

Smiling slightly at the sight of the ship in dry-docks next to her own, another Freedom Class was being built to replace the Unity as the flagship of the 2nd fleet, and it would soon be hers. The Unity-A, as many we're calling it, would be the first 2nd Generation Battleship, much of the newly acquired technology from Earth's allies would be brought into her systems. Because the Freedom Class had no hanger bay, it relied on other carriers and the small Prometheus class to deliver fighter support, the Unity would be different, the weapons we're reduced somewhat for the new hanger bay, as well as redesigning the chassis to incorporate the carrier feature, mainly the weapons designed for planetary bombardment, its not as like they we're used that of….

The signal for General Quarters sound, but because of the Unity's damaged state, it was somewhat useless signaling it. None the less, the captain moved quickly towards the bridge, duty calls, whether you do anything about it or not.

Philadelphia Station

"Strike Force Omega-14 is in position."

"Cannon 37 is charged and ready."

"The 403rd are engaging the enemy air force, we're all set."

"Launch the assault, Fire the cannon as planned to allow our forces easy access to the city."

"Roger that, all forces are preparing as ordered, cannon firing in 30 seconds…mark."

Low Orbit above Greece

With the constant threat of ground attack, several of earths Orbital Cannons found themselves aimed at the very thing they were designed to protect. The Type I Ion Cannon Satellites we're concerned a very powerful artillery cannon when it came down to it, no actual defenses, limited around, as well as slow movement and maneuverability, but for all this, it had a monstrous power out put. In a 6 second long beam, 7.4 gigatons of force are blasted on a target, completely slicing through goa'uld shields, armour and hull, its use as a planetary bombardment weapon are equally as devastating, while the blast radius is unexpectedly small, the devastating is absolutely astonishing, the ground is melted away in a energized beam of ions, the surface was left little more then a charred, and even sometimes, molten crater.

From above the almost insignificant spec of grey and white, the cannon moved into position, taking precise aim with the added sensor power of the Philadelphia, the bulky 50 metre long satellite unleashed its beam.

At the Athens coastline.

Athens, Harbor District

Corporal Harems, dropped his rifle to his side, the new standard infantry armour for Nod, while effective in the line of fire, we're turning out to be itchy as hell, some of the veterans told him that he'd get used to it, but after 12 hours a day use for the past 3 weeks, sure didn't seem that way. Hell, he couldn't even feel the nice cool breeze coming from the ocean with the full body suit, guess that the designers wanted it to be fully secure for any hostile areas, but hell, they at least could have put comfort in one of the design plans.

"Corporal, why aren't you at your post?" demanded his superior, Sergeant Connors, once a member of one of the many fundamentalist cults in the north American rocky mountains, now drawn into the greater brotherhood that was once their lone sponsor. Now that Nod was in the public view, the sub-groups gradually joined into the brotherhood, providing a rich collection of infantry, drivers, pilots, and most importantly
Fundamentalists. Connor was just one of the bunch, but Harems…he just wanted the money.

As the Corporal faced the Sergeant, he could pretty much see the sneer hidden by the dark red, reflective visor. "I was re-setting my vest sir, I don't think I got the right size." The small grin on Harems face quickly vanished, forgetting his place. stressing the word, "it has taken you nearly a month to realise that, then you truly are dumber then I thought….and I didn't think that was possible!" malice filled his voice, in fact it pretty much dripped of it," Now get off your lazy arse, and do the job your god has given you!"

The young corporal rolled his eyes, he was waiting for the religious talk, no doubt going to lead to a full speech of the 'oh Kane will lead us to a divine path', or 'the holy tiberium spread will purge the weak' or some other related crap, hell the speech was going on, and he really couldn't be bothered anymore, "Yes sir I get the point, may I return, in Kane's divine command, to my station?"

Taken back somewhat, the sergeant stopped his rant, "Yes Corporal, return to your duty…" he ordered through gritted teeth, the words we're drawn out, but precise.

Giving a salute, with a smirk on his face, he turned away, but not 3 seconds after, he saw a majestic sight in the distance, amongst the distant clouds, the white whisks gradually moved, clearing the sky, revealing a brilliant blue pillar of light strike the ocean on the horizon, it lasted for mere seconds, but it was beautiful in its display. He starred in awe for a few seconds, barely noticing the constant increase in shaking, but what he did see, was the waves quickly rising from the former light show. Shock quickly took a place on his concealed features, blue waters rose and rose, the white wash built up at the tips, slowly curling as they drew near the land, and all he could do was watch.

ESS Unity, New York System

Captain Fitzpatrick took the big chair once more, not thinking she would ever use it again after today, she made the most of it," What are we dealing with?"

The XO, moving into his own chair read the reports on his console. "15 Ha'taks, and half a dozen of those new Shal'kra class."

The captains eyebrows raised in surprise, she was wondering whenever those things would come into play, "and what have we got?"

"The fleet is split right now, but we've got 6 prommies and a dozen Swiftsure, not including us and the Unity-A, the Pukov is in-system, but its Battlegroup is in orbit of the new Russian colony."

She sighed at the news, at least a heavily armoured, over gunned strike carrier will be of some help, but a fleet would have been better," And us in particular?"

"The Ion Cannon is out, don't get me started on the PPC's, we've got 50 missile load out, but our railguns are at 86 capacity."

"Joy...shields?"

Grinning slightly "one of the few things that are combat ready."

"We'll then lets give it our best, Norfolk this is the Unity, we're heading out, keep that ship nice and safe, I don't want to lose it unless I do it myself."

"Roger that unity, docking clamps are disengaged, your free to launch." Came the reply on the comm. Channels, the Unity not willing to go through normal procedures when the system is under attack…again, practically jump-started the engines, cruising out of the docks, and towards the formation of GDI ships surrounding the monstrous Russian ship.

Aegean Sea, 54 kilometres from Athens

Hovering safely above the still gigantic tidal waves, GDI's newest all-terrain tanks waited patiently for the order. They could see the waters spread into the low land districts that nod occupied, most of the civilian population was moved into the highlands, those that we're caught in the wave…as many would hate to think of it, were considered causalities of war. It was a horrible thought, but those that died in the attack, will be remembered, for the attack cleared the way for the liberation for the people of Athens.

"Strike force Omega-12, you are clear to begin your assault, clear the way, additional reinforcements will arrive from orbit and the sea."

"Roger that Philadelphia." Acknowledge the commander, before sending the message through to his squadron, "Okay people, we are a go, remember, this is a test run of these new things, but this is still a liberation, so I want no civilian causalities, or you'll have to answer to me, before you'll even think about going before the JAG. Is that clear?"

A chorus of 'aye sirs' and 'roger that lead' filled the comm. Channel, that's all he needed "Alright boys and girls, lets test out these things!"

The 36 Hover Multi-Launch Rocket System's or MLRS as they we're called, pushed their anti-grav engines to the full, gliding across the ocean surface at near sonic speeds, today GDI will go on the offensive.