Earth Glowing Green: A Tiberium Wars - XCOM Crossover

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2. Propoganda. There is a massive market for media in this day and age. With the global information network constructed by ADVENT, even the poorest human on the fringes of society has access shows, movies, music, podcasts and more. And with the 10th Anniversary of the formation of ADVENT and the beginning of human-alien cooperation, opportunities abound! (This option would focus on a short elevator pitch or proposal for a piece of audio-visual media detailing everything ADVENT has accomplished over the decade or how it came to be. Can be as honest or as deceitful in coverage as is desired. For either side.)

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This isn't quite what you asked for but it's related.

If anyone could point out any mistakes I've made or improvements that could be done I would be rather thankful.

[Private Chat Group [Neutral Zone] June 3rd​ 2029 23:10]

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[S\/\/0pingE4gle (23:10)] Alright Scholar I'm here what's so important?

[NODdist_Scholar (23:11)] I need the help of Scanner, Flash and Nos.

[S\/\/0pingE4gle (23:13)] Why?

[NODdist_Scholar(23:14)] Well since it's coming up to the 10th​ anniversary I and the netrunners decided to use our backdoor into the local PubIn office to see what they're going to do this year.

[S\/\/0pingE4gle(23:16)] Wait since when do you have any backdoors into Public Information?

[NODdist_Scholar(23:17)] My secret 😉

[NODdist_Scholar(23:17)] But that's not the important part the important part is this lovely "educational game" that their going to release for the anniversary.

[NODdist_Scholar(23:18)] We went over it with a fine-tooth comb and well… it's what you would expect from PubIns finest propaganda pieces focusing, of course, on the Western European front.

[S\/\/0pingE4gle (23:19)] And you want to wreck it?

[S\/\/0pingE4gle (23:19)] How is that going to require the help of my best news hounds?

[NODdist_Scholar(23:21)] Because the plan isn't to wreck it, it's to subvert it!

[S\/\/0pingE4gle (23:22)] I think I see where you're going with this, give me 15 BRB.

[NODdist_Scholar(23:23)] I'll call in Net and Bandit.

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[Private Chat Group [Neutral Zone] June 3rd​ 2029 23:39]

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[S\/\/0pingE4gle (23:39)] Alright we're here what's the plan?

[NODdist_Scholar(23:40)] Well first I'm going to need some of your best footage for the Spanish/Portugal theatre stuff like the gas bombing of Porto, the Madrid terror attacks, the last stand at Valladolid, the flattening of Gibraltar, the slaughter of the Lisbon evacuation, etc.

[News-Flash(23:41)] Hmmm got some archived news footage from Madrid and Valladolid but as far as I know the Porto gasing was so early it got covered up, Nos you have anything from there?

[InTheNos(23:41)] Sorry I've only got some shaky phone cam vids from that but I think I've got some fog pod footage from bit further south a few months later, let me check.

[ScannerMannnn(23:41)] I've got hours of audio and guncam footage from recovered blackboxes from all over that theatre I'll send you some of the choicer ones.

[ScannerMannnn(23:42)] Oh and I've got coverage of all six hours of Valladolid.

[N37R][der(23:43)] Wait you can't be serious? I thought nothing got out of that shitshow

[ScannerMannnn(23:44)] Yep there was a news crew embedded with some troops who got cut off from the retreat and managed to make their way over there before the encirclement was closed where they filmed the whole thing then hid their camera in a basement that some scavengers found and traded to me last year.

[ScannerMannnn(23:45)] The camera was a write off but the footage was amazingly enough completely fine.

[The_Smiling_Bandit (Strikes Again! Ha ha ha!)] Whoa

[NODdist_Scholar(23:46)] huh

[N37R][der(23:46)] nice

[S\/\/0pingE4gle (23:47)] I think that's enough for now and if you need more Scholar you can shoot me a message later.

[S\/\/0pingE4gle (23:48)] But if you replace this game with your new improved version ADVENTs spiders will spot it in a heartbeat, how are you going to avoid that?

[NODdist_Scholar(23:49)] Through a trio of diversions and something Net cooked up, if you would please Net.

[N37R][der(23:50)] I planted a resident virus in the PubIn servers which contain the game and when we update it with our new version it'll active and create a shell program to make it look like it's still the same game.

[N37R][der(23:50)] Spiders won't notice a thing until it's too late.

[The_Smiling_Bandit (Strikes Again! Ha ha ha!)] Meanwhile we'll be causing some chaos in three different places to keep them looking elsewhere

[NODdist_Scholar(23:53)] For the first attack we will be using the personal server of this nice little quisling family to replace some of the days "live" news footage with some actual real uncensored footage, anyone want to offer up some for the cause?

[InTheNos(23:54)] I've got some nice footage of Isabella Lopez getting interrupted mid-sentence by some troopers executing unarmed civilians then her going off on them for doing so on camera.

[NODdist_Scholar(23:55)] Nice I'm always up for embarrassing miss "Voice of Truth" when I can.

[S\/\/0pingE4gle (23:55)] Bit cold to throw a family under the bus like this isn't it?

[NODdist_Scholar(23:56)] They've fingered three GDI agents, a NOD saboteur team, a Forgotten scout and two families with resistance sympathies.

[S\/\/0pingE4gle (23:57)] Ah well fuck em then.

[N37R][der(23:58)] meanwhile while our unknowing newest recruits are making the news a botnet will be making a DDOS attack on the local security centres servers, nothing to sophisticated but it will require an effort to stop.

[The_Smiling_Bandit (Strikes Again! Ha ha ha!)] And for the final move we're going to make a run at the Bright Smiles gene clinic with something a bit more serious then the other two to make it look like our primary target.

[NODdist_Scholar(24:00)] Which it actually is, but all together it still makes for a nice cover for this.

[InTheNos(00:02)] Are you going after Bright Smiles because it's seems to be linked to about a dozen disappearances in the last half-decade or because it's such a hard target?

[The_Smiling_Bandit (Strikes Again! Ha ha ha!)] A little from column A, a little from column B people have been entering clinics around the world and then leaving for parts unknown and I can't find a pattern to it.

[NODdist_Scholar(00:04)] We don't expect the whole story but we may get a lead or at least something useful.

[S\/\/0pingE4gle (00:5)] Alright I think we're set now let's go to bed don't you lot realise how late it is?

[N37R][der(00:06)] Sleep is for the weak!

[NODdist_Scholar(00:07)] And the tired and those who have a lot of work ahead of them like us.

[The_Smiling_Bandit (Strikes Again! Ha ha ha!)] Night all.

[ScannerMannnn(00:7)] See ya

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[InTheNos(00:09)] You can expect that Isabella footage in the next hour Scholar but the fog stuff will take a bit longer.

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[N37R][der(00:10)] Talk later when you wake up old man.

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[NODdist_Scholar(00:11)] And yet I can still out do you with one hand tied behind my back.

[News-Flash(00:13)] I'll trawl my archives and see if I find any useful footage for you Scholar.

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[S\/\/0pingE4gle (00:14)] Gene clinics have some nasty IC are you lot sure you can do this?

[NODdist_Scholar(00:15)] Their up to something in those things and we're not going to find out by sitting around with our thumbs up our collective rears.

[S\/\/0pingE4gle (00:16)] Alright as long as you're sure.

[NODdist_Scholar(00:17)] I'm still around aren't I.

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[InTheNos(00:02)] Are you going after Bright Smiles because of the dozen people who have vanished from there in the last half-decade?

[The_Smiling_Bandit (Strikes Again! Ha ha ha!)] There and gene clinics around the world and I can't find a pattern to it.

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[InTheNos(00:02)] Are you going after Bright Smiles because it's seems to be linked to about a dozen disappearances in the last half-decade or because it's such a hard target?

[The_Smiling_Bandit (Strikes Again! Ha ha ha!)] A little from column A, a little from column B people have been entering clinics around the world and then leaving for parts unknown and I can't find a pattern to it.

 

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1. Collaboration. You are one of the lucky few who lives in the core of an ADVENT city. Far from Tiberium, poverty, or the violence outside the city. You work for ADVENT in some small capacity, nothing major, but it puts food on the table for you and your family. You have time for leisure, and money to spend frivolously. You live a happy, stable life. (The intended focus of this prompt is to detail why at least one person on the planet would earnestly collaborate and work for ADVENT.)

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Apathy Incorporated​

Tom looked at the file on his desk. Materials shipment, steel, high carbon. To be used on some project, someplace. Where didn't matter, all he cared about was whether the right parts were filled out. Time and Date, non-expired request, wanted two weeks from now, check. Location, over in Asia, big construction firm, check. Amount needed, some 15-ish tons, check. Payment, already paid for by credit, check. All clear. Signed and Stamped. Next.

Materials shipment, concrete this time, industrial grade. Time and Date, non-expired request, wanted tomorrow afternoon, check. Location, next city over, family run construction company, check. Amount needed, enough to pave a foundation, check. Payment, payment to be made on delivery, check. All clear. Signed and Stamped. Next.

Food shipment, grain, wheat specifically. Time and Date, non-expired request, wanted before next week, check. Location, local cereal maker, check. Amount needed, a lot, check. Payment, payment sent, pending confirmation, check. All clear. Signed and Stamped. Next.

Materials shipment, wood, oak timbers. Time and Date, request expired, invalid. Denied. Shredded and Scrapped. Next.

Electronics shipment, computer parts. Time and Date, non-expired request, wanted in a month or two, check. Location, factory, check. Amount needed, 1000 units, check. Payment, will be made closer to delivery, check. All clear. Signed and Stamped. Next.

Goods shipment, toys, stuffed animals. Time and Date, non-expired request, to be sent tomorrow, check. Location, various storefronts, check. Amount needed, 4,000 units, check. Payment, paid for by the company, check. All clear. Signed and Stamped. Next.

Food shipment, chips, barbeque flavour. Time and Date, non-expired request, wanted soon, check. Location, vending machine company, check. Amount needed, 20,000 units, check. Payment, paid for by the company, check. All clear. Signed and Stamped. Next.

Electronics shipment, drone parts. Time and Date, non-expired request, wanted in a month or two, check. Location, ink smudged, invalid. Denied. Shredded and Scrapped. Next.

Food shipment, corn syrup. Time and Date, non-expired request, wanted by the end of the month, check. Location, candy manufacturer, check. Amount needed, 500 units, check. Payment, made in advance, check. All clear. Signed and Stamped. Next.

Materials shipment, plastic. Time and Date, non-expired request, wanted as soon as possible, check. Location, factory, check. Amount needed, 1,630 units, check. Payment, made in advance, check. All clear. Signed and Stamped. Next.

Materials shipment, rock. Time and Date, non-expired request, wanted later, check. Location, construction site, check. Amount needed, 28 units, check. Payment, bounced, invalid. Denied. Shredded and Scrapped. Next.

Goods shipment, furniture. Time and Date, non-expired request, wanted soon, check. Location, wholesaler, check. Amount needed, 100 units, check. Payment, on delivery, check. All clear. Signed and Stamped. Next.

Goods shipment. Time and Date, non-expired request, wanted soon, check. Location, store, check. Amount needed, 75 units, check. Payment, on delivery, check. All clear. Signed and Stamped. Next.

Electronics shipment. Time and Date, non-expired request, wanted later, check. Location, check. Amount needed, 920 units, check. Payment, on delivery, check. All clear. Signed and Stamped. Next.

Electronics shipment. Time and Date, non-expired request, wanted later, check. Location, check. Amount needed, negative number, invalid. Denied. Shredded and Scrapped. Next.

Food shipment. Time and Date, non-expired request, wanted soon, check. Location, check. Amount needed, check. Payment, made in advance, check. All clear. Signed and Stamped. Next.

Food shipment. Time and Date, non-expired, wanted soon, check. Location, check. Amount needed, check. Payment, check. All clear. Signed and Stamped. Next.

Materials shipment. Time and Date, non-expired, check. Location, check. Amount needed, check. Payment, check. All clear. Signed and Stamped. Next.

Goods shipment. Time and Date, non-expired, check. Location, check. Amount needed, check. Payment, check. All clear. Signed and Stamped. Next.

Goods shipment. Time and Date, non-expired, check. Location, invalid. Denied. Shredded and Scrapped. Next.

Electronics shipment. Time and Date, check. Location, check. Amount needed, check. Payment, check. All clear. Signed and Stamped. Next.

'God I'm bored'

Shipment. Time and Date, check. Location, check. Amount needed, check. Payment, check. All clear. Signed and Stamped. Next.

'At least I'm better off than some of the suckers out there.'

Time and Date, check. Location, check. Amount needed, check. Payment, check. All clear. Signed and Stamped. Next.

'Warm food, nice home, a stable 9 to 5 job'

Check. Check. Check. Check. All clear. Signed and Stamped. Next.

'There is nothing more in the world that I want'

Check, Check, Check, Check. All clear. Signed and Stamped. Next.

'Except maybe a less boring job'

Four checks. All clear. Signed and Stamped. Next.

'Though that might involve the cancer rocks'

Checks. All clear. Signed and Stamped. Next.

'So on second thought, nah, I'm fine here thanks.'

All clear. Signed and Stamped. Next.

'The girl over in HR looks cute though'

Clear. Signed, Stamped. Next.

'If I ask her out, I wonder if she would accept?'

Signed, Stamped. Next.

'Might as well practice pick up lines while I'm stuck here though.'

Signed, Stamped. Next.

'It's not like anything important happens here anyway.'

Signed, Stamped. Next.

Signed, Stamped. Next.