...You guys literally wrote-in quite possibly the only option that I've already decided I wouldn't allow before I even started the quest. BUT, you if really want to play NOD, you can create your own NOD Commander character and I'll allow that.
[x] whichever Tanya had better acting skills and was the more believable badass commando. (I actually don't remember much about RA3, although I seem to recall a lot of their units seemed to be heavy on the comedic factor. So RA2 has a slight edge due to nostalgia.)
EDIT: and let's be SNEAKY mind-controllers. Announcing ourselves to the world is a great way to get a sniper bullet to the brain. Which we want to avoid.