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[[caption-width-right:350: The three Generals again: older, wiser and in [=HD=].]]
--> ''"[[SmartPeoplePlayChess Ever played chess]], [[NonEntityGeneral General]]? Or.. *[[EvilLaugh chuckles]]* [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Do you want to play videogames?]]"''

The [intended] sequel to the strategy game ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerGenerals'', which was developed by [[Creator/{{Bioware}} Victory Games]] and entered internal beta testing in 2013. This game was intended to start a new ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'' franchise, one that would've been Free to Play. It's client was also supposed to eventually gather all ''Command and Conquer'' series into a single client. However, its production was then cancelled in October 2013 by Electronic Arts. Below, you can only read what it was intended to look like:

[[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture Ten years after the conclusion of the original]], the China-dominated Asia-Pacific Alliance (APA) found itself challenged on all fronts, after being the world’s foremost geopolitical power for nearly a decade. The upstart European Union, a high-tech, single-state entity with an increasingly expansionist agenda continues to flex her muscles, while a series of increasingly bloody uprisings have torn key APA and EU satellite nations asunder. Rumors point to a newly reconstituted Global Liberation Army (GLA) as the instigator, but witnesses have described technology far beyond the reach of any normal terrorist organization. Concerned, the APA dispatches an elite force to infiltrate the latest, most volatile rebellion, one targeting an EU backed dictator.

Three factions are once again slugging it out:


* '''The European Union:''' Liberated by the Chinese after having been invaded by the GLA during the events of the first game, after the United States' military saw itself humbled by the [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters GLA]] and redeployed to '[[TacticalWithdrawal better defend the homeland]]', the EU has since then been fighting for independence from their asian overlords.
* '''The Asian Pacific Alliance:''' After becoming the [[ChinaTakesOverTheWorld major world power]] by the end of the first game, the APA finds themselves dealing with uprising amongst their satellite countries, with rumors pointing to a new [=GLA=] on the rise and with the EU harboring a more and more expansionist agenda, the China-led APA has realised that hubris has cost them dearly with ghosts from their past rising anew.
* '''The Global Liberation Army:''' Having been decisively routed by the end of the first game's expansion pack, the GLA laid low untill the time was right, orchestrating insurgencies and and instigating uprisings, gaining influence due to the APA harsh methods in dealing with said insurgencies.



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!! The available material provided examples of:

* ActionBomb: Remember the GLA bomb trucks from the original? Meet its new incarnation, the [[NuclearOption Nuke Truck]]. There's also the familiar Terrorist infantry. GLA General "Nitro" has access to an alternate version of the Technical called the Terror Technical. Guess what it does.
* ActionGirl: Yu Hyun Jung The Ghost Blade, the APA's commando unit who's [[ColdSniper a crackshot]]. Although they don't really fight on the field, the female generals from each faction are pretty badass judging from their portraits.
* TheAlliance: Both the EU and the APA are this.
* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: The Battle Bus makes a return. Also, the EU has one that appears to be modeled after the Stryker.
* BadassBoast: It wouldn't be a successor to VideoGame/CommandAndConquerGenerals if it didn't have LargeHam Generals.
--> '''Red Arrow''': ''"I'll be done with you in time for lunch!"''\\
'''Ghost''': ''"I scheme out plans in my sleep, you couldn't possibly keep up."''\\
'''Beast''': ''"No one stands in my way and survives. Consider yourself warned."''
* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: The GLA are masters of guerrilla warfare, so how does the APA Espionage General, Blackjack, fight them? With guerrilla warfare tactics.
* ChildSoldier: Mose "Wild Dog" Akindjide served as one during his childhood to a bunch of anarchists, which he later assumed control over when he grew older.
* ChinaTakesOverTheWorld: After almost a decade with the Chinese oppressively dealing with political matters, their hold on power is fracturing from struggles both within and without.
* ContinuityNod: Most GLA Generals still wear their original insignia alongside their newer, more [[MeaningfulName global]] one.
** A number of the generals' {{Backstory}} reference events that took place in the [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerGenerals first two games]].
* DarkAndTroubledPast: At least three GLA generals lead shitty lives before they became who they are now. In particular, Nitro was orphaned and made a living as a beggar, Kitbash was neglected and had serious self-esteem issues, and Wild Dog was kidnapped at childbirth and raised as a slave/ChildSoldier.
* {{Determinator}}: Even after going through several civil wars and having their asses handed to them by the two superpowers four times, the GLA has come back with a vengeance.
* DistaffCounterpart: The only female GLA general, Adela "Nitro" Baskova, specializes in StuffBlowingUp, much like General Rodall "Demo" Juziz in ''Zero Hour''.
** Yu Hyun Jung a.k.a The Ghost Blade is this to Jarmen Kell, being a sniper commando.
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: The GLA still make use of a tunnel network.
* EmotionlessGirl: Nitro according to her {{Backstory}}.
* {{Expy}}: The APA's Warlord Tank bears a striking resemblance to the Soviet Heavy Tank from the original ''Red Alert''. Ditto the GLA's new Nuke Truck, which can easily pass of as a Demolition Truck from the ''Red Alert'' series if it wasn't a dump truck and had a freakin' [[NitroBoost nitrous system]] built in.
** EU General Egon "Cutting Edge" Schuller looks a lot like Kane and/or Yuri, probably due to being bald and sporting a goatee.
** Mose ''Wild Dog'' Akinjide resembles Muammar Gaddafi.
** General Mahmud "Tactician" Abdul-Mushi is the spitting image of Saddam Hussein.
* FactionCalculus: The way it seems to be currently shaping up is GLA is Subversive, APA is Powerhouse and EU is Balanced.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Nitro, Kitbash and Wild Dog went from being troubled kids to being some of the most dangerous terrorists in the world.
* GatlingGood: The Gatling Tank is back and operating under APA colors. In addition to that, Park "Beast" Kang-Dae uses the classic Gatling Cannons as base defenses. His Urban Assault Teams seems to be armed with miniguns too, tucked away behind them when not in use.
* TheGenericGuy: Each side has a general that doesn't really specialize in anything and serves as the basic army general for said faction. They are: Mahmud "Tactician" Abdul-Mushi (GLA), Xiao "Taskmaster" Ri (APA), and Julian "Bulldog" Battersby (EU).
* KillItWithFire: Pham ''Inferno'' Quan, Vietnamese APA general, specializes in pyrotechnic weaponry and combat.
* LadyOfWar: Each faction has at least one in their command ranks.
* LargeHam: We'll let Dr. Thrax explain this for us.
--> '''Dr. Thrax''': ''"Welcome to the [[TechnicolorToxin green]] side of life, baby!"''
* LaughablyEvil: Dr Thrax, see immediately above for why.
* MadScientist: Dr. Thrax as usual. Cutting Edge has been referred to as such, [[StealthPun only literally]]: he works on experimental weapons and has quite the temper.
* MagneticWeapons : EU General "Cleaver" specializes in Railgun weaponry, making her pretty good in mid-to-long range crowd controlling. Her arsenal includes Railgun Soldier squads which serve as her basic infantry, Railgun Turrets (which were DummiedOut in the original ''Generals''), and an improved experimental version of the standard Railgun Tank.
* MasterPoisoner: The good doctor will see you now.
--> '''Dr. Thrax''': I've mastered the effects of chemicals on the human body. Want to see?
* MultinationalTeam: All three factions are this. EU is naturally made up of it's member states, APA is an alliance of asian countries lead by China and Reunified Korea, and the GLA is an ArmyOfThievesAndWhores whose members come from Third-World conflict zones or possibly from anywhere, a far cry from their original incarnation as a primarily [[{{Qurac}} mid-eastern]] [[RippedFromTheHeadlines terrorist group]].
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Let's see, you got Generals nicknamed ''Beast'', ''Wild Dog'', ''Cleaver'' and let's not forget good old Dr. Thrax. Then you got tanks with names like ''Marauder'', ''Warlord'' and ''Overlord''.
* NGOSuperpower: The GLA is an extremely powerful, non-state sponsored coalition of various rebel armies, terrorist groups and paramilitary bands united by hatred of anything they deem exploitative, imperialist or immoral and opposition to the superpowers interfering in the internal affairs of lesser nations.
* NitroBoost: How do you make the already awesome looking [[NukeEm Nuke Truck]] even more awesome? Give it a ''freakin' nitro boost'' ability! RiceBurner has officially gone bonkers.
* NukeEm: One of the GLA's support powers is called ''Nuclear Liberation,'' three guesses on what it does and the first two don't count. They also have a dump truck with a nitro boost system hauling special cargo into enemy bases. Meanwhile, the APA has Ma Shen, aka ''Thousand Suns'', who serves as their atomic / nuclear general, effectively making him the successor to Tsing Shi Tao and all that implies.
* PoisonedWeapons: One of the GLA's specialties is biochemical warfare. Namely, with weaponized mixes of anthrax and liquid chemicals. This goes double for Dr. Thrax's sub-faction.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: All generals are ever referred to by their nicknames or call signs. Maybe justified in the case Dr. Thrax since he never revealed his real name, [[NoNameGiven or even had one to begin with]].
* PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo: If Xiao "Taskmaster" Ri's {{Backstory}} about him leading the attack and liberation of Europe from GLA rule is to be believed, it is possible that he may have been the PlayerCharacter in ''Zero Hour'''s China campaign.
* ScaryBlackMan: Mose ''Wild Dog'' Akinjide.
* TheScrounger: Junkyard, he is officially the GLA's salvage general.
* ShadesOfConflict: Shapes up as BlackAndGreyMorality, with the EU and APA having their share of skeletons (the EU backing dictators, the APA's general heavy handedness and brutal generals) to make the gray, the GLA still being as crazy as the black.
* StealthExpert: Ghost for the EU and Blackjack for the APA.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Despite the EU being an entirely new faction, they're still very similar to the USA in the previous game being a hi-tech balanced faction.
* StuffBlowingUp: Despite WordOfGod having stated that development hasn't got graphics as its priority, the Frosbite 2 engine still makes explosions look pretty darn good.
* TankGoodness: Is to be expected from a VideoGame/CommandAndConquer game. Not content with regular old tanks, the EU has access to [[MagneticWeapons Railgun-turreted]] tanks while the APA has double barrelled sluggers (and hello again Overlord Tank!) and Dr. Thrax has access to toxin-spewing ones.
* TechnicolorToxin: Dr. Thrax is back, and brings with him yet more glowing green toxins.
--> '''Dr. Thrax''': The more toxins the better!
* TheComputerShallTauntYou: Judging by the trailer, your opponent generals will TrashTalk you generously.
* TrashTalk: Plenty!
--> '''Ghost''': Oh dear.. [[ShameIfSomethingHappened I hope they didn't have any grand plans]].. \\
'''Red Arrow''': Ever watched [[OhCrap someone's face as a rocket is approaching]]? It's wonderful!\\
'''Wild Dog''': Pitiful. Your confidence outweighs your ammunition.
* WaveMotionGun: The Heavy Assault Laser, a unique unit to Cutting Edge, is one big laser cannon mounted on a heavy tank chassis.
* WeaponizedCar: GLA Technicals and the Battle Bus.
* WeHaveReserves: The GLA recruit their troops mainly from the angry, desperate, disenfranchised and disillusioned people of the Third World that are easily indoctrinated into the GLA cause. There is literally no shortage of these recruits. It is telling that despite getting canonically defeated ''four'' separate times that they keep rebuilding, returning bigger and stronger than ever each time.
** This goes double for Muerta, the GLA Horde General.
* WhatAPieceOfJunk: GLA units are designed to this aesthetic with exposed engines, bolted on armor, graffiti on prominent pieces.
* WorkerUnit: Dozers make a return, as well as our favourite little schmuck: The GLA Worker (now with proper contractor attire and shoes!).
** EU gets Dozers while the APA gets Cranes. They're both identical in terms of purpose though.
** TookALevelInBadass: GLA Workers can now ''fight back''.