GDI Infantry - Command and Conquer - Tiberium Lore

[@SwordFangedWolf]

I always found Tiberium War's grenadiers to be the funniest unit in the game: We utilize rocket-propelled, AI assisted, high explosive grenades and an EMP variant for special situations. Awesome! That's the delivery mechanism? YEET!

[@the_algo_rhythm]

Yeetus deleetus.

[@dogbackwards7658]

I love the early designs of GDI infantry, they have this post-apocalyptic aesthetic that reminds me of fallout. I mean they pretty much are suited to fight in very hostile environments not much different from an irradiated wasteland.

[@BucketBoatable]

Tiberian Sun has a very dark post apocalyptic vibe, IMO the style looks best in the series, but it's the worst for gameplay (hard to see units, contrast etc.)

[@ReviveHF]

Perhaps the craziest thing ever to exist in the Tiberium universe is the M1 Helmet served as the main combat helmet for the Allied soldiers. After that, 60 years later even some GDI soldiers still use it until after the end of the 1st Tiberium War. While the olive green combat uniform, used by the Allied soldiers remain in usage by GDI forces in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Tiberium Wars!

[@dgurevich1]

​@BucketBoatable I missed the early c&c games, also because backwards compatibility isn't very good. We already got the remaster but I really wish they would make these games in c&c 3 engine.

[@SapphirosCZ]

This is why i considered C&C 3 bit of an dissapointment. After the heavy post-apo, scifi feel, the Tiberium Dawns return to tanks and relatively normal weapon system felt like huge step back.

[@sniperplays6616]

*Tiberium exposure detected*

[@frostburn3736]

You say "GDI Infantry", I hear "Rifle Squad, ready!" 😎 I just love TWIII GDI armor designs, especially composite armors and tiberium field suits. They just so sick. But in my opinion, ALL GDI military branches should utilize Combat Engineers as armed counter to NOD saboteurs who booby-trap neutral building and other high value stractures. But once again, thank you Jethild! You keep this community and C&C series alive. 😇

[@koolguy751]

I think lore wise, the GDI thought it'd be better to have engineers focus on one trade well rather than have 2 different skill sets, but I agree, all utility units should have personal defense weapons for self defense but I guess balance wise that'd screw things a bit

[@kungfuskull]

​@@koolguy751well, could make it so that one engineer with a PDW is fairly useless: only able to run n gum to flee; but if you take the time to get a dozen engineers, with their money and time costs both; then they can work as a psuedo squad and can deal with NOD bottom-tier fodder, but specialists are still a pronlem; that'd be interesting to see! Then again; could just... kinda flood the field with one backup squad of riflemen and perhaps an anti-vehicle group each. I've done that vs AI in skirmish mode and it has broadly worked; a weird combo of wide utility makinv them both vulnerable to stuff like confessors and light vehicles, but also have a decentfy strong.backup to such events....

[@ArchCone]

Always glad to see more Command and Conquer lore keeping it alive.

[@Soufyes]

same here!!

[@marijnvanbennekom3652]

Though if you look at it the GDI is somewhat of a eco fascist state in how it absorbs everything and keeps out lesser people. Though a game pointing that out would fall pretty badly cause American exceptionalism is still strong.

[@SpaceMarine113]

@@Soufyes c&c community in 2023 are boomers and autistic people. Most people do 40k now or star wars. I'm amazed how there are still channels like Jethild pumping out content.

[@Kylesico912x]

If EA isn’t, someone has too

[@darykeng]

39:54 Can we appreciate a small dunce performed by Combat Engineer after taking down that Saboteur?

[@Ashsucksateverything]

"YES i knew i'll kill someone with this"

[@patrik9328]

37:04 Look how relaxed that missile trooper is. Despite they are in a middle of Tiberium infected wasteland, God knows where it is

[@roboticrebel4092]

You would too if you were tired enough and an opportunity presented itself

[@patrik9328]

@@roboticrebel4092 true there's something alien but beautiful about Tiberium fields

[@fenrirsrage4609]

Honestly I do love the idle animations for most of the units in CnC 3

[@leeboy26]

GDI recruiter: 'Welcome to the infantry! We'll soon have you kitted out' Recruit: 'Awesome! Do I get my minigun?' GDI recruiter: 'LOL no.' Recruit: *Sigh* 'So I get an M16 then...' GDI recruiter: 'I have further bad news'

[@canon07]

Imagine being trained as a soldier but you facing a hype hoodle man with just a rifle with the sheer numbers.

[@josephahner3031]

The GD-2 looks like a SCAR-H had a baby with an M249 and they just put really bulky handguards on it for no apparent reason.

[@louievelayo4100]

I get the grenades, do I?... Oh, fantastique...

[@NeroVingian40]

Uh, yeah, so here's your toolbag..

[@krillian23]

Makes brown pants an easy, obvious choice

[@vexingrabbit1824]

As someone that leans towards being GDI's commander. This video makes me so happy to see how badass the GDI infantry are. They look both cool and practical while being better trained, better equipped compare to NOD's counterparts. While NOD is better at fast hit and run tactics and stealth, GDI is all about the direct combat frontline. In the 2nd Tiberium war both NOD's and GDI' infantry looks so awesome but I still lean towards GDI infantry. In the 3rd Tiberium war the infantry lost their badass gear but still effective and powerful even against late game units. Rifleman/missile squads together makes dreams come true.

[@nicholaswallen8147]

I'm all about NOD but honestly, I love the Steel Talons. The combat engineer is the icing on that Mech faction lol "hard hat with a handgun" lmfao

[@LINJ638]

GDI Infantryman being the most premier military fighting force on the entire planet, had a variety of advanced models of pulse rifles available at their disposal as opposed to the Brotherhood of NOD.

[@Sunnysideanyway]

If we ever see a new proper C&C title, you know what I want to see more of? Intelligence. It really made it feel like you were an actual high ranking commander in C&C3 and not just like you were absolutely left in the dark like in Tib Dawn.

[@mattor300]

Tiberium dawn? What is it? I believe you may have drank to much friend Kains wrath was the last C&C

[@Sunnysideanyway]

@@mattor300 Tiberian Dawn is the first C&C game. Tiberium "Twilight" is the "last" game that we never speak of. Just thought I'd clarify

[@normtrooper4392]

Always thought it would be horrific to be an infantryman fighting in a tiberium wasteland.

[@TheNapster153]

It's World War 1 but worse. You'll be crossing hostile terrain that can ruin you with a single scratch. That's not including the hazordous wildlife that's downright near immune to infantry tech. Nod also loves hiding it's defenses and using stealth tech to ambush you. Or, if you're really unlucky, you'd be fighting a Nod Experimental Warfare unit and be used as guinea pigs. Even civillians may be hostile. Not even aligned with Nod, just straight up hating you because they're that desperate.

[@matsuhikotakagawa8060]

Huh 😢 You did not do those Combat Engineers enough justice, by *NOT* including my favourite quote in my ever-loved _'Steel Talon'_ division: _"They give me a gun ?!"_

[@youmukonpaku3168]

combat engineers are also important for enabling the Spectrum of Video Game Engineers: regular C&C: "Remember, I'm unarmed!" Steel Talons Combat Engineer: "hardhat with a handgun!" Battlefront 2 (2005): *pumps shotgun with heavy metal intent*

[@royasturias1784]

@@youmukonpaku3168 Engineer Isaac Clarke:

[@MediumRareOpinions]

And if that one gun doesn't solve your practical problem, use more gun - Team fortress 2

[@lucianfrostbane]

​@MediumRareOpinions hey buddy im an engineer. Which means i solve problems. Not like what is beauty; for that would fall under your perview of philosophy. I solve practical problems. For instance how would i stop some mean mother hubbard from making me a structurally superfluous new behind? The answer: use a gun. And if that dont work; use more gun. Like this nifty little tripod number designed by me, built by me, and you best hope not pointed at you

[@lekhaclam87]

​@@youmukonpaku3168Soviet Engineer: "I am like cowboy!"

[@GrimmKnightReaper]

"Troopers, ready for action!"

[@arandomguardsmen]

Damnit beat me to it u deserve the W

[@vespenegas261]

Down with -GDI- GDF! PSA: Apparently there's a spiritual successor in development called "Tempest Rising"

[@krononaut1]

You should have said it 20 more times in a row though.

[@arsenymenshov9310]

And at their head they will have the main lover and the ringleader of all the parties - commando.

[@MrDibara]

"Zone Raiders here."

[@Pochi361]

47:02 small correktion there is actually a visble change on the zone Trooper and Zone Raider. On the back, left and right of the Jetpack, small cylinders will appear. It is just very inconspicous.

[@Jacobstx]

Nicely spotted.

[@louievelayo4100]

We're talking about with the Power Packs upgrade right?...

[@Pochi361]

@@louievelayo4100 Yes

[@garygood6804]

Correction*

[@ReviveHF]

It is a miracle that GDI in Tiberian Sun were able to outfit all of it's soldiers with latest gear 10 years after the First Tiberium Wars. Also, Westwood back in 1999 did predicted how soldiers in the future would equipped themselves before the battle begins as evidenced at 16:54 (The Second and Third Tiberium War era GDI combat helmet resembles the FAST and Integrated Head Protection System worn by modern day soldiers, while the M16MK2 and GD2 rifles resembles the modern era AR-15 variants).

[@josephahner3031]

That's because the US Army's requirements for what would become modern soldier kit had already been issued to industry. Westwood just looked at the Army's request for proposals and imagined what they'd look like.

[@ReviveHF]

@@josephahner3031 It's the Land Warrior program, it took 14 years to fully materialize the wearable computer and wearable HUD.

[@josephahner3031]

@@ReviveHF which is still not in regular service btw, but thank you, I couldn't remember the name of the program to save my life.

[@ReviveHF]

@@josephahner3031 At least the most particular thing is the anti shrapnel facial mask was in limited service as well(The ones found in Ready or Not game)

[@Groza_Dallocort]

It's about 30 years between the first and second tiberium war. The first war took place from 1997 - 2000. The second war started by 2030

[@krononaut1]

A 55 min Jethild video just dropped? I better watch this entire thing immediately!

[@ice111110]

I’ve always liked the GDI infantry designs, I’ve thought about trying to cosplay a GDI riflemen from 3

[@TheJarric]

suns uniform is neat too

[@jadenmcdaniel3908]

It's ether that or a black hand flame trooper Or rinnosuke from touhou

[@KrimsonStorm]

Do it! cosplaying is a lot of fun! Also, I love me some FDE colored armor and weapons. Most of my irl guns have that GDI tan to them.

[@jadenmcdaniel3908]

@@KrimsonStorm america ya

[@kungfuskull]

Okay this is the 5th time you've uploaded a video within 24 hours of me going into surgery. It's uncanny! But appreciated!

[@Mobysimo]

I am so happy that in C&C3 GDI went back giving their Grenadiers regular grenades instead of weird exploding disks they had in Tiberan Sun. They looked so goofy and having that ridiculously oversized backpack full of more of those disks made me wonder how they didn't constantly blow themselves up

[@josephahner3031]

The same way modern soldiers don't explode when a grenade pouch takes a hit. Insensitive explosives. They don't explode when shot, only when the detonator is engaged.

[@solarwrath1313]

well they did blow up when killed (only after firestorm is installed iirc.)

[@Nagrachlp]

they had blowout panels :P

[@dr.brackman5990]

You know, I’ve heard of command and conquer before I encountered your channel a few months ago now. However, it was this channel that got me to play the games. So I thank you. Thank you for giving hours upon hours of entertainment.

[@TheJarric]

act of war is good too

[@vespenegas261]

Thank you for keeping videos coming, my hat is off to you. You are a gentleman and a scholar.

[@Luke90500]

We truly are blessed by an hour long Jethild video

[@rodan9773]

Always good to see you upload another awesome Command & Conquer Video Hell ya let's go. Respect and keep up the epic work.

[@NavnikBHSilver]

Suggestion to keep your content going: Fanfic and player head canon content, then include Tib 4 as like the nth video, being all like "Some fanfics add a really cool take on the franchise, this however, is not like that."

[@GreenBlueWalkthrough]

18:51 Look at it closely... The gun goes bang and the laser is on before it and after and is emiting from the handle... So it's more likely it's a laser sight or even a fancy range finder like what the M1 abrams has.

[@vertigovonvek3473]

That'd exactly what I was thinking

[@dezzywikins]

Dude you are so fucking cool for making these. I am subbed and don't watch your videos often enough, but seriously man SO COOL that you are still putting out this content.

[@jamesabernethy7896]

I've said this before but your videos are great. You bring so much depth to every aspect C&C. I love some of the cutscenes you've put in there, again they bring the units to life. I know Renegade had it's critics but, as basic as it was on the surface, I loved playing an FPS in the C&C universe. Thank you.

[@user-xu2pi6vx7o]

*CoughCoughRenegadeXCoughCough*

[@chrispierceall3627]

The TIb Sun aesthetic was always my favorite of all of them, but man those Tib Wars infantry units pulled off some heroic feats. Tough sons of bitches.

[@mikeez4013]

Another stellar video! Thank you for keeping the series alive

[@MrDibara]

Just when I thought you had run out of C&C topics to talk about, you come and remind me wrong. GG, Jethild! Live your content, as usual! 👍

[@cropathfinder]

Space above and beyond is awesome and probably inspired SF design in things like BSG and halo, can recommend really good dark war SF. Also the GDI dropship in tib sun resemble the human modular transport in that series to a degree, you can definitely see some similarity. Sadly its yet another popular SF show cancelled by fox. If you have to see one episode to convince you to watch it i highly recommend "Sugar dirt".

[@hannibalb8070]

A great title theme as well

[@daverobinson3499]

The hammerhead fighters where awesome

[@tonnehead777]

@@hannibalb8070 Still stands up to this day. I hope they don't screw up the reboot.

[@WolfusLP]

God damm, I love those lore videos - Great quality work!

[@Viper1Zero]

Another banger video, my friend!! Keep em coming!

[@heinzlilio4612]

Ah yes Zone Raiders and Hammerheads my favorite combo whenever I use ZOCOM

[@felixleong61]

If you have a problem in brutal AI skirmish: x50 RIFLE SQUAD READY X100 MISSILE SQUAD READY FOR COMBAT

[@pyrosauria7444]

They really should give the Grenadiers a grenade launcher or something cause having your designated grenadier just throw the damn things is a WW1 thing that was made outdated with the existence of grenade rifles. And this is meant to be modern to post modern era. Though the weirdest CNC units are always the Engineers and how the roll of Combat Engineer is a thing not only IRL but in most military fictions.

[@spiritualmango]

Incredible, 1 hour lore video. What a madlad

[@derkatwork33]

The CnC3 rifleman weapon has to be one of the most awkward and poorly designed weapons I’ve ever seen. The massive size combined with a tiny grip makes it look hard to use and harder to look at without laughing at it.

[@AndrewRoche-j9z]

I love how you made this video. I love all my West Wood Command & Conquer worlds these games really are Gems and advanced for its time.

[@kobra6660]

Engineer - they gave me a gun ?

[@squishymusic9723]

I love all of GDI's infantry (Pulls beloved 2nd Tiberium War Infantry close) Its you, by a lot

[@jinderbreadman]

Seeing all that C&C Renegade footage made me nostalgic. It had an 'interesting' single-player campaign, but that multiplayer experience was straight-magical.

[@kungfuskull]

Hey! Been loving and sharing your stuff for a long while now! I have a request, though: can you do a video about the actual ideology/beliefs/religion/etc of NOD? Because even after playing ALL the games (except 4, obviously) like a dozen times each... I don't really get it beyond "tiberium is good" but why? And "we hate GDI" i mean... kinda understandable, but, you also talk about faith a lot, and temples, etc: so... it seems more like a newage unifying religion. So... what does it preach? What do they believe? Why? (Beyond the charisma of Kane and the desperation of people in the wasteland areas). So, I'd really really love for you to do such a video! Both for all our enjoyment, and so when my friends witn whom I share your videos then ask me "so what does NOD actually want?" I dont get... stuck, haha. Thanks! I hope you take my suggestion into consideration! Keep dping great work!

[@mrvex6695]

Brotherhood believes in ancension of mankind to higher place of existence, untied together as one family, through Tiberium, cybernetics and advanced tech (And Scrin tech by the end of the last war), how this anscension might happen is debatable, it could be Jones Town 2.0, or Havens Gate 2.0, where its just a mass suicide. We never get to see the aftermath but i dont expect Kane to actually expect others, which he just uses as steps of ladders to actually get to the "promised" lands. Speaking of mass death ... Which is what would happen if GDI couldnt stop the World Alternating Missile in the second war, if that thing would go boom and "ascend" the mankind by transforming them to tiberium based beings, what would happen in reality is that mankind would be eradicated on the spot, because not everyone is capable of becoming a tiberium mutants and the handful of survivors that could become something more would get boned when Scrin would inspect what was that planet wide tiberium energy flash. Just as any real life cults, they can get members and hold on by blaming the problems they caused/problems that are completely out of control on others. If Brotherhood didnt fight with GDI, there would be no yellow zones, no planet wide exctinction, all the things they blame GDI for when its their doing. Speaking of anscending, even at the end of the third war on Brotherhood side, we dont get to see how the promised land looks like - it wouldnt be pretty for sure, because nobody would survive on another planet without spacesuits lol unless its Earth-like, esp if its some air-less, -60 C rock in space or tragically even worse, where do the treshold towers lead to ? well certain death, because Scrin just used them to escape and they wont like some rando humans following them. And if it leads to their homeworld, then death would be even quicker..

[@raphaelj.w]

Ghoststalker was in side Missions too, like secure his friends from a NOD Research Base or destroying Power Plants to let NOD has in a primary Mission a little Time no Power.

[@frederickhugo5650]

Ever since Dr. White's video every time I see a new Jethild vid I whisper under my breath "the real good shit."

[@jeremyalgood7230]

You should do large style videos that cover each war in their entirety.

[@LINJ638]

He should

[@kinagrill]

I LOVE the Tiberian Sun asthetics look for... everything. Eerie sci fi look with a dystopian tone to it.

[@cursedhawkins1305]

Can I just say that I hated how in Red Alert 3 and Tiberium 3 have that cosmetic "guard" with their barracks buildings in my book if you're going to spend the time developing something like that for a structure then you better actually DO something with that such as having them actually DEFEND instead of just watching your enemies burn the place down like that meme with the dog and the house "this is fine"

[@racer927]

Same reason the MBTs don't have coaxial machine guns or functional smoke grenades; gameplay balance.

[@cursedhawkins1305]

@@racer927 I REALLY doubt it would take that much difficulty to balance such a thing, especially since these two are rather specific to specific factions within their respective games, heck just a minor five points of damage that can't be affected by upgrades would have been fine to me, keeps the idea from being too powerful (especially in the case of RE3 since Peacekeepers lost damage at ranged combat compared to CQC)

[@dracmeister]

​​@@cursedhawkins1305CnC not the type of game a realistically armed Tank works in. Since, the games are focused in unit diversity you'd want the different units perform as different functions as possible with very little (or at best none) overlap. If you gave Tanks in this franchise a coaxial mg like irl, you're kinda defeating the purpose of rifle infantry because at the end of the day, a tank with a coaxial gun is just a beefier rifleman with a tank cannon effective against armor. You can't just say "5 damage unaffected by upgrades" because it doesn't fully grasp the idea that you may have a lot of these units. Numbers can easily snowball that damage value. On top this with C&C3 as the context, you know that the Railgun upgrade exists not just for the Mammoth Tank, but for all cannon-based units and structures? Except the Rig. The Railgun upgrade boosts damage significantly EVEN to armortypes that resist cannon damage (yes, Railgun is also cannon as a damage type but the value is much, much higher) that adding a coaxial machinegun is kinda overkill. Let's look into the modding scene, shall we? From personal experience? I've never seen a mod of any CnC game that gave a Tank a coaxial machinegun that is a Tier 1 unit, they're usually Tier 3 or more units. Mods that DO have a Tank with a coaxial machinegun fall into two categories: A.) Realism mods that drastically change the gameplay of the base game a bit. B.) Half-Realism mods that just like but the latest military hardware on a non-realistic setting are often just put in there because it was cool and not because it's balanced. Just take a look at Starcraft. There's a reason why different units have their role. Heck RA3, has some deep mechanics with unit special abilities that bring a layer of depth to learning it. Side Tangent: I mod C&C Generals/Zero Hour. One of the inquiries we get in our modding discord are people who like to make tanks the killing machines they are in irl. We can help you make that unit, but you'll need to learn the concessions and compromises you'll face with something say, targetting; you'd have to be keen on what weapons you put on your unit since the game still needs to decide what weapons the unit uses, and sometimes, the game wants to try and shoot all of the weapons, which may conflict with each other in terms of range, area of effect or heck, what you set the weapon to be used as. And if you're hoping to balance it THAT way, then you've have to do the same to EVERYTHING else. Everything would need a counterplay. Unless you're not really gunning for balance, we're not gonna stop you.

[@cursedhawkins1305]

@@dracmeister Bruh, you literally made a text document about a BUILDING, not a UNIT, a BUILDING that has in my eyes a cosmetic guard that serves no purpose.

[@lekhaclam87]

Funnily enough, in the game Battle for Middle-Earth 2, which uses the same engine as RA3 and TibWar, the "cosmetic" guards actually fight back when the building is attacked.

[@damiencrossley7497]

Thank you for once again not mentioning that what should not be mentioned via timeline!

[@edwingibson7]

@Jethild. Would you be interesting in doing videos like this. But for the 2 games called: Dune 2000, And Emperor: Battle for Dune. Both those games remind me heavily of Tiberian Sun in Style. And I Really Loved Playing Dune 2000 and Tiberian Sun. :)

[@GaryDeeks]

Glad to see another great video! I do have a question, if you happen to see my comment. Have you played the Tempest Rising demo yet? And if so, what are your thoughts on it?

[@MediumRareOpinions]

Liking the long format videos, I don't have a lot more to add but I'm aware comments are beneficial to content creators when it comes to the youtube algorithm.

[@ixiahj]

Weapons contractor for GDI were also contractors for NOD? That's realistic.

[@alexgeorge501]

Wonder if you'll do infantry and vehicle profiles on the Allies and Soviet from Red Alert in future videos?

[@LINJ638]

He is not there yet, but he will in the near future.

[@alexgeorge501]

@@LINJ638 you got it fellow commander

[@LINJ638]

@@alexgeorge501 Red Alert lore is much simplified and not as futuristic as the C&C lore, so it should even more self-explanatory IMHO. But thanks though.

[@alexgeorge501]

@@LINJ638 you're welcome commander

[@LINJ638]

@@alexgeorge501 Anytime anywhere.

[@keuroe]

GDI의 보병체계는 기갑체계보다 덜 들쭉날쭉하지만 실제로 일선에서 빠진 경우가 많다.보병 체계는 그냥 병과로 나뉘어지는데 소총병,척탄병,저격병,대전차병 등 이렇게 나오는데 시리즈로 가면 갈수록 병과가 바뀌거나 일부 해체된 병과가 꽤나 많다.GDI는 군비 축소 때문에 병과가 짤려 나가는 경우가 많다가 전쟁이 발발하면 다시 재등장하는 경우가 많다. 병영은 모든 GDI의 보병들을 훈련시켜서 투입시키는 건물로 겉보기엔 초소 처럼 보인다.스타크래프트에서는 병영이 있으며 물론 이쪽은 SF이니 건물을 띄워서 날릴수 있다.물론 해병을 비롯한 불곰이나 화염 방사병 등 여러 보병들을 투입시키지만 스타크래프트 설정상 해병을 비롯한 사신이나 화염방사병들은 전부 재사회화 시킨 범죄자들이다.발레리안 정권이 들어서면서 많이 개선된 부분이 많아졌다.사신은 예측할 수 없는 기질을 가진 사람 위주로만 자원 시키는걸로 개선이 되었다.GDI는 대부분이 모병된 군인들이니 GDI쪽이 더 천국에 가까울지도... 소총병은 GDI의 가장 기본적인 보병으로 스타크래프트로 치면 해병에 가깝다.주 무장은 캘리코 960 기관단총으로 무장하고 있지만 타이베리안 던 설정상 GAU-3 “제거자” 5.56mm 기관총으로 적혀있다.레니게이드에서는 자동 소총이라는 제대로 된 돌격 소총으로 무장하고 있는데 NOD와 차별화 되는데 왜냐하면 NOD 보병들은 M16A2를 무장하고 있지만 말이 M16이지 그냥 GDI 자동 소총을 무장하고 있다.개인 방어구는 그냥 우리가 흔히 입고있는 방탄복 과 헬멧을 착용하며 전투복은 다르다.GDI는 사막 위장색 전투복을 입는다면 NOD는 어반 위장색 전투복을 착용한다. 수류탄 투척병은 말 그대로 수류탄을 무장해서 수류탄을 던져서 공격하는 보병으로 원래는 척탄병이라 불린다.근데 척탄병은 원래 소련군 유닛인데 여기서는 GDI 병과로 나온다.레니게이드에서는 나오긴 하지만 수류탄만 안쓰고 유탄 발사기를 무장했다.하지만 주의할 점은 수류탄을 무장했기 때문에 사망시 그대로 수류탄을 터지면서 오폭이 발생한다.이는 NOD의 화염방사병과 유사하다.허나 수류탄 투척병은 제 3차 타이베리움 전쟁에서 재등장한다. 대전차 병은 로켓런처를 무장한 보병으로 전차를 비롯한 경 차량 및 비행기 나 헬기까지 격추 시킬수 있는 유일한 지대공 병과로 구작에서는 M72 LAW로 무장했지만 리마스터에서는 AT-4로 교체되었는데 이 두 대전차 화기의 공통점은 둘다 단발식이다. 코만도는 GDI 와 NOD의 공용 유닛으로 베레모 와 방탄복 그리고 산탄총을 무장했지만 리마스터에서는 랩터 저격총으로 작화 변경되었다.당연히 보병 청소용으로 쓰이지만 차량에게는 별 효과가 없다레니게이드에서는 네임드 코만도인 닉 사뮤얼 파커가 등장한다.하복 대위는 원래 GDI 특수부대 데드 6 소속 대원이지만 데드 6에 나온 이후로는 코만도로 활동중이다.보병에게는 효과가 있고 구조물도 한방에 작살낼수 있는 C4를 가지고 있다. 엔지니어는 GDI 와 NOD의 공용 유닛으로 이 두 유닛의 특징은 건물 점령 및 수리가 되는것으로 무장은 아예 없으며 대신 수리키트를 보유하고 있다.적 구조물을 점령하면 영구히 자기 것이 되며 그걸로 건물 되팔이 나 그대로 역으로 써먹을수 있다. 제 2차 타이베리움 전쟁이 안톤 슬라빅의 블랙핸드의 NOD 재건으로 발생하면서 GDI는 타이베리움 연구를 통해 그 환경에 작전 수행할수 있게 새 전투복 과 무기를 지급해주는데 NOD 역시 새 전투복 과 무기를 지급하는데 NOD의 경보병들의 장비들은 M16 소총은 여전히 그대로 무장하며 슈탈헬름 헬멧 과 Y자 바이저 방독면을 착용하며 GDI는 반투명 바이저 헬멧을 착용한다. GDI 경보병은 소총병을 대신하기 위해 구성된 보병으로 어느정도 장비 보강이 되었기 때문에 화력은 준수하다.주 무장은 M16 Mk II 펄스 라이플로 무장하지만 NOD의 M16과는 완전히 다르다.헌데 파이어스톰 시네마틱 영상에서는 에일리언 2에 나온 M41A 펄스 라이플을 무장하고 있다.당연히 타이베리움 덩굴에는 영향이 아예 없지만 타이베리움 지대로 가면 서서히 피해를 입으면서 비세로이드로 변이될수 있으니 절대로 타이베리움 지대를 보내면 안된다.하지만 화학 미사일에 발생된 타이베리움 가스에도 비세로이드로 변이하니 주의하자 점프 젯 보병은 말 그대로 점프 제트를 착용하여 날아다니면서 공격하는 보병으로 주 무장은 발칸포로 무장하여 보이지만 생산 아이콘에는 경보병과 같은 M16 Mk-II 소총이 점프젯에 장착되어 있다.근데 타이베리움 라이벌에서는 유탄 발사기를 무장하고 있다.하지만 이온 폭풍이 발생하면 그대로 추락해버린다. 디스크 투척병은 수류탄 투척병을 계승하기위해 나온 보병으로 특이하게 생긴 디스크 수류탄을 투척해서 공격하지만 적이 없으면 디스크 수류탄이 두번 튕겨 폭발하는 경우가 많다.적이나 건물에 그대로 던지면 그대로 폭발한다. 낙하기는 업그레이드 센터에 낙하기 조종실을 설치하면 사용할수 있으며 낙하기를 투하하면 무려 엘리트 경보병 과 디스크 투척병을 제공해준다. 야전 의무관은 경보병을 비롯한 점프 젯 보병 이나 디스크 투척병을 치료해주는 의무관으로 특이하게 하얀색 헬멧 과 구급 상자를 들고 다닌다.단지 그뿐...근데 웃기게도 NOD는 의무병이 없다. 엔지니어는 전작에 나온 엔지니어와 동일하다.하지만 새로운 수리 기능은 부서진 다리를 수리를 해줄수 있다. 제 3차 타이베리움 전쟁이 발발하면서 보병체계도 대거 바뀌었는데 대부분 보병을 훈련 시키면 1명만 나왔지만 타이베리움 워에서는 무려 6명 동시에 나오는것으로 바뀌지만 병과 마다 병력수도 다르다. 소총수 분대는 GD2 돌격소총을 무장한 분대로 잘 훈련되어 있어서 NOD의 민병대들을 쓸어버릴수 있다.전투복은 올리브 색 전투복을 착용하고 있다.소총수 분대의 특수능력은 참호 구축으로 신속하게 땅을 파서 벙커를 구축한다.이걸로 다른 분대들을 벙커안에 들일수 있다 수류탄 투척병은 전작의 그 수류탄 투척병이 맞으며 이번엔 새로운 수류탄인 로켓 추진 수류탄으로 무장하여 주로 구조물에 쳐박혀 있는 NOD 민병대 나 로켓 보병들을 한방에 조져버릴때 쓰인다.하지만 상황에 따라서 EMP 전자기 수류탄을 쓸때도 있다. 미사일 분대는 FGM-90 미사일 발사기로 무장한 대전차 및 지대공 보병으로 이거 쓰는 필자는 소총수를 안뽑고 재일 먼저 뽑아댄다.화력이 좋은 유닛이라면 무조건 뽑아대는 성향이 있다.당연히 대전차 보병답게 스콜피온 전차 나 빔캐논 이나 버티고 및 베놈 같은 비행기를 격추 시킬수있지만 생체 유닛이라서 기관포에 그대로 작살나는 경우가 많다.그렇게 되면 장갑차에 탑승시켜서 보낼수밖에 없다. 저격병은 개량된 레일건을 무장했으며 주로 원거리 적들을 처치할때 쓰이며 특히 블랙핸드 화염방사병을 조질때 엄청나게 많이도 쓰이고 있다.장갑차에 탑승시키거나 마브에 탑승 시키면 그대로 보병들이 죽어나가는걸 볼수있다.은폐한 적도 탐지 할수 있기 때문에 가장 필수적인 유닛이다. 존 트루퍼는 특수 강화 장갑으로 만든 슈트를 착용한 중보병으로 스타크래프트 2의 해병과 비슷해보이며 제트팩을 기본 탑제되어 있어서 신속하게 강습할수 있다.주 무장은 당연히 레일건으로 대전차 철거에는 효과가 있으며 건물 철거에도 특화 되어 있다.스캐너 팩 업그레이드를 하면 저격병처럼 탐지 능력이 생겨 스텔스 감지할수 있다.파워 팩 업그레이드를 하면 존 트루퍼의 체력이 늘어나며 비 전투시 치료가 된다. 코만도는 다른 보병들과 달리 혹독하고 고도의 훈련을 받은 엘리트 대원으로 주 무장은 연사형 듀얼 레일 카빈 과 C4 폭탄을 무장하였으며 게다가 존 트루퍼 처럼 점프젯을 착용하고 있다.NOD 역시 코만도가 있지만 이쪽은 여성이다. GDI는 타이베리움 연구를 통해서 병사들에게 타이베리움 환경 방호복을 착용할수 있으며 타이베리움 피해를 영구히 안받게 할수 있게 한다. 전투 엔지니어는 다른 엔지니어 처럼 비무장이 아니라 권총을 무장하였으며 NOD의 사보투어 나 스크린의 어시밀레이터를 대응할때 쓰이지만 여전히 호위 병력은 반드시 필요하다. 엔지니어는 당연히 테크 건물 점령이나 적군 기지를 몰래 슬쩍할떄 쓰이지만 전투 엔지니어 처럼 무장이 아니라 완전 비무장이다.그래서 호위 병력 혹은 장갑차 나 수송선 같은 운송수단에 태워서 갈수밖에 없다.저거너트 수리할때도 쓰이지만 물론 NOD의 아바타 나 어나이얼레이터 트라이포드를 노휙할때 쓰인다. 결국 제 3차 타이베리움 전쟁은 GDI의 승리로 끝났다.

[@dualinline7867]

To be a GDI medic, one must be a choir member.

[@Marine_Dynamite]

I love that you give an explanation on why Ghostalker shoots at the building when placing a bomb

[@Vic2859]

Oh hell yeah! Seeing this pop up just made a good day even better.

[@fellsans8795]

"missile squad ready for combat"

[@jadenmcdaniel3908]

''Preserving freedom''

[@idle_sniper]

your channel brings me such joy

[@alexshank1414]

Love how you use C&C and Tiberium Sun music in the video.

[@LINJ638]

Does GDI Space Command have multiple backup space stations besides the Philadelphia by any chance? If so, how can they use the drop pod upgrade plug when communications were cut off??? And when it was shot down in TWIII, did they also maintain their dominance in space by keeping other stations up in earth's geosynchronous orbit????

[@Groza_Dallocort]

Yes GDI did have multiple stations in orbit while Philadelphia was the biggest they where smart enough to not have all eggs in the same basket. The ground control was a big misstake though

[@LINJ638]

@@Groza_Dallocort It is a big stupid ass mistake. Why did they even bother doing that???? Can't they consolidate all the ground control ASAT facility onto the Philadelphia instead???? And how many multiple stations in orbit does GDI have???

[@Groza_Dallocort]

@@LINJ638 they where cheap like modern politicans

[@LINJ638]

@@Groza_Dallocort Cost cutting morons as opposed to thinking long term.

[@youraveragescotsman7119]

​@@LINJ638 Well, yeah. It WAS stupid. They even mention how stupid it was. Why did they have it on the ground? That's easy: Penny pinching politicians that knew how expensive the whole thing would be and wanted to save money. After all, to their eyes at least, NOD was gone.

[@FluffySylveonBoi]

6:34 Yes! Makes me proud. While this badass commando was operating in my country like a G, our Slovakian neighbors were slowly dying of tiberium poisoning and Mobius had to set a hospital for them. That sounds way less cool than what happened here, though I commend Mobius for helping :)

[@matthewexline6589]

@23:11 It's way too bad that the GDI Engineer's heavy toolbag couldn't fit inside of a drop-pod.

[@Megalotron]

Always happy to see a vid from you, their quality is amazing

[@89BlackGatomon]

That brings me back to the good old times. Thanks =3

[@LezzyMania_02]

Fun fact the Zone Troopers took a lot of inspiration from the novel Starship Trooper's Marauder Suit in fact they are pretty much similar and yet very different to one another, the Mobile Infantry in the Novel are equipped with a Power Suit that gives them strength to crush through tanks or smash through concrete walls, they are equipped with high explosive weapons like Tactical Nuclear Missiles and Grenades, a Hand Held Gun, a Flamer that can be set on 'Knife Mode' which was used to slice opponents. They are also equppied with Jump Jets to traverse the terrain faster similar to an attack helicopter Zone Troopers are the the less firepowered version of the Mobile Infantry in the Novel in fact the in game design steal some design concept from the Scout Suit 2nd Class in the Game Starship Troopers Terran Ascendancy.

[@ZaiKerizm]

I thought they are inspired from StarCraft Terran marines armour that’s new I always called them hey it’s laser marine when I was a child not suring it was a Railgun

[@frag2k12]

In relation to you mentioning the weapons getting altered for the Zocom field suits, the suit itself would certainly be bulky and not be very dexterious as it would have to trade such for protection, so an alternative idea is that the weapons are enlarged to make it easier to handle, larger triggers, larger grips, easier safety switch ect to be better handled.

[@andreaspavlides7560]

Jethild are you going to start a Red Alert chronicles videos? I'd love to see lore behind battleships, chrono legionnaires, futuretank X1s, Tania, Natasha, Boris, Yuri, shinobi, apocalypse tanks... All the awesome Red Alert stuff!😁

[@memesofdestruction5601]

holy hell thats a long one ! good work keep it up !!

[@54032Zepol]

Very cool video! 😎 keep up the great content! Have you thought of trying to cover other content? Maybe IRL lore.

[@joshuablade6974]

1 of the best infantry in gaming history in all aspects IMO! And ZOCOM’s infantry are seriously the best with how versatile and flexible they can be with the Tib Suits and general upgrades! Mix in some Mutant Mercs, and they are unstoppable! LONG LIVE GDI!

[@Wyrd14]

Good video, like always! You should get Masterleaf's 4k addon for this type of videos, mate. It's a complete 4k retexture with a lot of fixes, like different skin on airborne infantry, missing railguns on RIG, missing spotlights on HH and etc. And ofc game game looks way better in general.

[@sonofeyeabovealleffoff5462]

The Aliens Colonial Marines pulse rifle and the Space Above and Beyond M-590 pulse rifle the GDI infantry had during Tiberian Sun were awesome. I love Aliens and I love Space: 2063. Chigs were an awesome and underrated sci-fi alien race.

[@LINJ638]

I just caught that up now.

[@icefire1729]

Every time I see a new video from you I go "oooo" lol, love the work

[@thepandosaurie1280]

Thanks for a new vid❤

[@LINJ638]

Does anyone know where the particle beam weapon is on the pulse rifle? What exactly is it? Is it primarily use for anti-armor such as cyborgs? Is it positioned together in the same position as the grenade launcher on the M16?

[@josephahner3031]

I'm just spitballing based on historical context, but my theory is that the cutscene team and the gameplay team just went with different visions of what the pulse rifle was. Cutscene thought "laser gun" while gameplay was thinking about the HK G11s 2100 rpm burst firing.

[@LINJ638]

@@josephahner3031 Really????? Never thought about that before.

[@alexbarradas8965]

Yeah, I was hoping for you to explore gdi infantry too

[@drzooland8902]

Haha love you you left out CNC4. Nobody talks about that thing

[@GenjiPrime]

30:22 wtf, of all the years i played the game, i never knew you can heal troop with the armoury 🤦😂

[@joedigioseffo7203]

I know you said your running out of C&C lore just wondering if you will cover the alternative universe where tiberian is a red plant and the GDI on a coinflip called them self the GDF?

[@popattara]

Combat Engineer say "They gave me a gun?" -Combat Engineer think "Why? just let the fighters do the fighting. "

[@KriticalKoitus]

Nice, been waiting for this one

[@matchadelatte3746]

Wait, armory can heal infantry!? This is the first time I hear about this and I played the game for so many years too.

[@BlackshotTialdo]

Utterly love that no content creator makes any reference to tib 4 and the absolute shit blender it was as part of the lore.

[@VR-db2fo]

Wenn c&c was Released I was 6 and my father bought me this game. Your channel means a lot to me. Thanks a lot for your work!

[@LINJ638]

After the First Tiberium War the technology of grenades and various handheld explosive went through a long and productive evolutionary process. By the Second Tiberium War grenades had changed from the standard hand thrown "pineapples" of yore and had become disc shaped impact explosives that, if the soldier was properly equipped, were thrown from a special motorized wrist launcher. The efficient disc shaped grenades were at the same time more powerful and longer ranged than older hand grenades, with a 40% higher kill ratio. The aerodynamic shape increased range and allowed the discs to skip along the ground. However, the cumbersome back mounted storage and launching system for the grenades also made it difficult for a Disc Thrower to hit his target sometimes. The grenade is equipped with smart detonation system that will explode on impact with enemy or later, removing fear of unexploded ordnance. The explosive packed inside is potent enough to effect infantry and vehicle with blast and premium damage. Aircraft cannot be targeted, bearing the nature of the weapon. The armour worn by the disc throwers is a slightly upgraded version of that used by regular light infantry units, modified to protect the wearer from shrapnel with a back-mounted disc storage system. Did Jethild mention anything about a specialized motorized wrist launcher in the form of a bionic arm on a Disk Thrower in the video???

[@thedarkknightdeltakx-4756]

GDI's most Advanced Units like Zone Trooper/Raiders and Commandos were armed with the most dangerous weapon no one could have is "Attitude😎"

[@TekkaSage]

Thank you for the video.

[@blagojpejov4155]

Nice work on gdi troops

[@Ottersanity]

In C&C 3 the rocket troops were able to knock out base defenses while slightly out of the defense range

[@etabiansosin]

I hope you make a video rewriting Tiberium Twilight in the future.

[@danilonakazone386]

I wish EA would make a Remake of all C&C's... I miss this franchise so much! I spent countless hours in my PS1 playing read alert and later all the other C&C specailly tiberium wars.

[@NegiTaiMetal011]

I may utilize various GDI infantry for the right tasks, but the Zone Trooper is my most favorite of the GDI infantry squads after the commando. Zone Raiders are still good too.

[@LINJ638]

Zone Troopers and Female Raiders are just like Robocop with Jetpacks on their pack.

[@L0rdp3achtr33]

I've been looking forward to this.

[@imroisan100]

Hey Jethild, can you guys also do analysis with red alert universe? gotta love to see red alert units lore and review

[@aceofhearts573]

In 2008 you had EA making an FPS called Tiberium in which you play a GDF infantry guy. It looked amazing and you had character designs by the Japanese artist that made characters for Silent Hill 1. Of course EA cancelled the game. I had the game informer magazine with the front cover of Tiberium.

[@waltermarine3248]

sounds cool

[@nobodyimportant5417]

Renegade was released in, what, 2002? Hybrid 1st/3rd person shooter. That game was great. Calling in an ion cannon strike essentially directly on your own head to blow up NOD building was awesome.

[@aceofhearts573]

@@nobodyimportant5417 I played that game like crazy. The 2008 Tiberium game was going to be an FPS with some squad command or light rts elements. So depressed when it was cancelled

[@louievelayo4100]

One, it's GDI. Two, you're playing as a character from the novelization, who is also the nephew of a certain drug lord and Nod general who got nuked because he f(E-Error) up!

[@TheMrSeagull]

Many of GDI's more elite infantry were clones of Steve Blum. :)

[@vee-bee-a]

And, apparently, Nod also cloned him for the sole purpose of piloting those Avatar.

[@louievelayo4100]

How many characters has Steve Blum voiced!? Aside from (MKX/11)Sub-Zero, (MK11/1)Baraka, (MKX)Reptile, Sergeant Cyrus, Techmarine Martellus, Lord Eliphas the Inheritor, the Harbinger Gunship aka the Allies' *FU🐬 YOU!* unit in Uprising, (MvC3)Wolverine... Should I keep going!? There's a lot here!

[@DickPenisecki]

​@@vee-bee-ano, those are Col. Burtons

[@tirirana]

awesome work, again

[@Soufyes]

i really love watching this

[@Mike-42069]

1:19 No, I don't think I will.... I've been looking forward to this..