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The Global Defense Initiative (GDI) is a fictional ''. Their official animal emblem is the Eagle . NAMING Officially the group is known as the United Nations Global Defense Intiative, but this is often shortened by dropping the "United Nations" from the introduction, leaving Global Defense Initiative. Most people shorten this name even more by referring to the organization by the first five letters of its official name (UNGDI) or by simply calling the group GDI. Any one of the four combinations referes to the same group, but out of these four options the term GDI is most frequently applied to the group. OFFICIAL FACT SHEET
See also: Shepherd, M.J (deceased).; United Nations, 1995 to present; United Nations Global Defense Act, 1995; Mobius, Dr. R.H. (deceased) HISTORY Origins The "GDI", as it is usually referred to, was originally a UN (in an attempt to stop the Persian Gulf War ) failed miserably and the existence of a " Black " UN military organization was revealed. In a face-saving exercise, the UN therefore used the rising threat of the Brotherhood Of Nod to "create" a new Anti-terrorist and Peacekeeping force, the GDI, out of Echo. Leadership At the start of Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn, General Mark Shepherd is the Commander in Chief of GDI. Operating from GDI CENTCOM, he is generally the one to give the player a briefing of the upcoming mission, except in rare circumstances where a field commander or pilot will fill you in due to "unexplained abscences", "meetings to attend", or even "civvy time at the UN". He shows strong courage, but remorse when he discovers that Kane was not killed at the end of Mission 13. From that point, he becomes disheveled, and during the briefing of the final assault on Kane's Temple , he shows extreme anger and frustration at the Nod Leader, telling the player to "Destroy the Bastard." During the Second Tiberium War, General James Solomon is the leader of GDI. He mostly operates from GDI's orbital command station, The Philadelphia. He is not easily intimidated by threats as he shows in the first cutscene of the game (Tiberian Sun). He leads fearlessly, is devoted to his soldiers, and shows no character flaws (except possibly a short temper). As well as his Racism towards Shiners (the Forgotten). The First Tiberium War (Tiberian Dawn) During the First Tiberium War (the story of the first game, ''Command & Conquer'' or Tiberian Dawn), the GDI fought Nod forces on a multitude of fronts. Eventually, Nod propaganda efforts that painted the GDI as being responsible for atrocities such as the slaughter of the entire population of Bialystok (spelled as Byelistok in the game), in a news program by Greg Burdette, which forced GDI to pull back from many territories, which were quickly taken over by Nod supporters. This culminated in the UN shutting down the GDI due to fear of public rebuke. Nod began assaulting GDI strongholds everywhere, believing that the organization had been severely weakened. As it turned out, the UN had faked the entire scandal in an attempt to outwit Nod's leader Kane, a certified genius. The plan was successful, and Nod forces were greatly surprised to find the bases they were attacking heavily fortified. Most attacks were complete victories for GDI. Two more years of fighting continued, however, until GDI operatives finally located Nod's headquarters, the so-called " Temple Of Nod ", outside Sarajevo . A three day battle began between GDI and Nod's most elite troops. Kane's defenses were at last crippled, and the GDI's newest weapon - the orbital Ion Cannon was activated. The Temple was destroyed, Kane was pronounced dead, and Nod was crippled. The Second Tiberium War (Tiberian Sun) With the destruction of the Brotherhood's Sarajevo Temple came a period of peace, and time for GDI forces to renew research into Tiberium and to study various Nod technologies, but GDI forces never recovered Kane's body, which is considered by the GDI to be the biggest oversight in the history of the war. During these years tabloid headlines and rumors of the existence of the Brotherhood were commonplace, prompting GDI to conduct investigations into the sighting before sealing each case. The world remained at peace until September 2, 2030, when GDI bases around the world found themselves under heavy fire from Nod units. Aboard the Philadelphia, GDI's top brass could not make sense of it: the Brotherhood was supposed to be almost completely eliminated. And then the unthinkable happened. GDI's communication equipment was hacked, and in a broadcast to the Philadelphia, Kane revealed himself to be alive, thereby declaring his return to the global political scene. Alarmed with this development, General Solomon charged Commander Michael "Mack" McNeil with the job of eliminating the Brotherhood, thus starting the Second Tiberium War. The war ended when GDI forces attacked Nod at Cairo, where Kane's rebuilt Temple and Pyramid were located. McNeil and Kane went one-on-one, and in the end Kane was impaled with a steel beam. GDI secured his tiberium missile and the Tacitus, a data orb that is believed to contain the secrets of Tiberium. The alternate ending shows Kane's ICBM launchers eliminating the Philadelphia, then his Tiberium missile launch, which transforms the planet into a sea of Tiberium. Shortly after Kane's "death," it turned out that the cure that Tratos provided for Umagon didn't work, and time is running out for GDI as the Tiberium-based lifeforms continue to threaten the human race. GDI was focused on unlocking the secrets of the Tacitus while defending themselves against the Brotherhood Of Nod . Unfortunately, their defenses were not adequate enough as Tratos got assassinated by forces led by the NOD player commander during the NOD campaign. What it resulted in was GDI's resort to capture CABAL . CABAL's capture happened while Slavik and whatever was left of NOD's personnel were working on getting an EVA unit in order to regain their military strength. As GDI recovers one of the final pieces to the Tacitus, CABAL turns on GDI. CABAL's threat led to an unholy alliance between GDI and NOD, both destroying two fronts of CABAL 's cyborg production facilities. Their missions succeeded, with GDI and NOD mounting a final assault on CABAL . Upon CABAL 's termination, GDI managed to find a cure for the Tiberium infestation, but whether or not they succeeded is yet to be determined in Tiberian Twilight . This game was the first to introduce The Forgotten. Also known as Mutants or Shiners, these people represent the next level of human evolution in the Tiberium eco-system. In their self-proclaimed exile they have become formidable fighters, able to resist Nod's attacks and GDI's peace overtures. The Forgotten are headed by Tratos, who has knowledge of the Tiberium -based Aliens , the Scrin , and is one of the few people able to translate the Tacitus. NOTES |
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