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Welcome friends and countrymen! We had a request for this interview, and, surprisingly enough, the man jumped at the chance to be interviewed! Well...I had to travel through time, get through a few thousand bodyguards and cross a few Tiberium fields to get to him, but he responded well to my insistence! Here he is, the man at the top of the prestigious Brotherhood of Nod, Mr. Kane!
[Scattered Applause]
Me: Welcome, Mr. Kane!
Kane: Not Mr., please...just Kane.
M: Certainly, Kane, welcome. What an honor it is to have you here.
K: Thank you, thank you.
M: Well, let's get a little background. You have the entire world reading this (sort of), so you now have the entire world at your feet, just like you've always wanted. Who are you, what do you want, and how do you aim to get there?
K: I am Kane, the one true messiah of mankind. My ultimate goal is to save humanity from itself through the divination brought by Tiberium. This will be realized with the Technology of Peace...Peace...through Power.
M: What do you have to say about all of those who would call you a villain, murderer, and psychotic?
K: Change has never come easy to humans. By nature, they fear and reject sudden change, often violently. They see the Divination and their brains automatically see "crazy" or "dangerous". I only want to help them, to save them from certain destruction that our new, radically-changing world will bring to them unless they accept Tiberium as their saving grace...and me as their savior. Some of them, like the various Global Defense Initiative commanders and generals, have violently opposed me and my Technology of Peace. What could I do? Lay back and let them destroy me and my Brotherhood? If I allow them to win, humanity is doomed...so I pushed back. The Brotherhood's army is a necessary evil. Humanity will eventually realize how necessary it was, and forget how evil it may have been.
M: What do you think of your subordinates?
K: I've had many loyal commanders that have led my campaign throughout the world, often to great success...such was General Anton Slavik. A more loyal and cunning general, there is none.
M: What happened to him?
K: Assassinated...by one who claimed I told him to do so. The biggest drawback to being regarded as a Holy figure is that there will always be some moron who claims I told him to do something utterly stupid, like murder my most loyal follower. I have nothing but love for my Brotherhood...but every so often, ruling it is like babysitting millions of whiny toddlers.
M: So, I'm sure the question has arisen in the minds of many people who have followed your work. Honestly now...what's up with CABAL?
K: What about him?
M: What is he? What are his goals? Why did he try to annihilate the entire Brotherhood, including your pet, Slavik?
K: CABAL, Computer Assisted Biologically Augmented Lifeform, is a masterstroke of genius. Imagine a computer so sophisticated, it can plot out a winning strategy to any battle before a single shot is even fired. Imagine a thinking machine so advanced, it can command an entire army with greater efficiency than a hundred commanders. Now wrap all of that around my core ideals of Peace Through Power utilizing The Technology of Peace, and you have CABAL.
M: ....and?
K: And what?
M: Why'd he go nuts?
K: What you call "going nuts", I call weeding out the weak, and testing the mettle of the strong. Slavik defeated CABAL's cyborg army. He proved himself worthy. Those who served under him and came out on top proved worthy to be called Soldiers of Nod. Those that died were no longer worthy. Crises like these are necessary every once in a while to culling infighting and gutting out those whiny toddlers I spoke of earlier.
M: So you ordered CABAL's insurrection?
K: No. CABAL ordered it himself. I merely allowed it.
M: Well, this has all been very fascinating. We're going to do something new in this section, since Kane has been so generous with his time. We're going to open up the floor to questions. Please, post your questions, and, if Kane deems them worth answering, he will answer them!
[Swings microphone toward the audience]
[Scattered Applause]
Me: Welcome, Mr. Kane!
Kane: Not Mr., please...just Kane.
M: Certainly, Kane, welcome. What an honor it is to have you here.
K: Thank you, thank you.
M: Well, let's get a little background. You have the entire world reading this (sort of), so you now have the entire world at your feet, just like you've always wanted. Who are you, what do you want, and how do you aim to get there?
K: I am Kane, the one true messiah of mankind. My ultimate goal is to save humanity from itself through the divination brought by Tiberium. This will be realized with the Technology of Peace...Peace...through Power.
M: What do you have to say about all of those who would call you a villain, murderer, and psychotic?
K: Change has never come easy to humans. By nature, they fear and reject sudden change, often violently. They see the Divination and their brains automatically see "crazy" or "dangerous". I only want to help them, to save them from certain destruction that our new, radically-changing world will bring to them unless they accept Tiberium as their saving grace...and me as their savior. Some of them, like the various Global Defense Initiative commanders and generals, have violently opposed me and my Technology of Peace. What could I do? Lay back and let them destroy me and my Brotherhood? If I allow them to win, humanity is doomed...so I pushed back. The Brotherhood's army is a necessary evil. Humanity will eventually realize how necessary it was, and forget how evil it may have been.
M: What do you think of your subordinates?
K: I've had many loyal commanders that have led my campaign throughout the world, often to great success...such was General Anton Slavik. A more loyal and cunning general, there is none.
M: What happened to him?
K: Assassinated...by one who claimed I told him to do so. The biggest drawback to being regarded as a Holy figure is that there will always be some moron who claims I told him to do something utterly stupid, like murder my most loyal follower. I have nothing but love for my Brotherhood...but every so often, ruling it is like babysitting millions of whiny toddlers.
M: So, I'm sure the question has arisen in the minds of many people who have followed your work. Honestly now...what's up with CABAL?
K: What about him?
M: What is he? What are his goals? Why did he try to annihilate the entire Brotherhood, including your pet, Slavik?
K: CABAL, Computer Assisted Biologically Augmented Lifeform, is a masterstroke of genius. Imagine a computer so sophisticated, it can plot out a winning strategy to any battle before a single shot is even fired. Imagine a thinking machine so advanced, it can command an entire army with greater efficiency than a hundred commanders. Now wrap all of that around my core ideals of Peace Through Power utilizing The Technology of Peace, and you have CABAL.
M: ....and?
K: And what?
M: Why'd he go nuts?
K: What you call "going nuts", I call weeding out the weak, and testing the mettle of the strong. Slavik defeated CABAL's cyborg army. He proved himself worthy. Those who served under him and came out on top proved worthy to be called Soldiers of Nod. Those that died were no longer worthy. Crises like these are necessary every once in a while to culling infighting and gutting out those whiny toddlers I spoke of earlier.
M: So you ordered CABAL's insurrection?
K: No. CABAL ordered it himself. I merely allowed it.
M: Well, this has all been very fascinating. We're going to do something new in this section, since Kane has been so generous with his time. We're going to open up the floor to questions. Please, post your questions, and, if Kane deems them worth answering, he will answer them!
[Swings microphone toward the audience]