Allied characters of Command & Conquer
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This page lists characters of the Allies in the Command & Conquer: Red Alert series
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Gunther von Esling is the German
Commander-in-Chief
of Europe
an Allied forces, and leader of the military junta governing Europe. Esling is portrayed as pragmatic and reserved, though he congratulates the commander after difficult missions. He is played by Arthur Roberts.
Nikos Stavros is the Greek
Second-in-Command to General von Esling. Stavros is more emotional than Esling, as his home in Greece is under attack early on in Red Alert. Also, Stavros originally objects to Tanya's employment in the Allied war effort. Despite this, he remains in the upper echelons of the Allied army throughout the campaign.
At the end of the Allied Campaign, Stavros orders Allied Soldiers who had discovered the trapped Josef Stalin that they "saw nothing", and then kills Stalin himself, apparently in revenge for the rampant destruction across Greece. He is played by Barry Kramer.
Stavros doesn't appear in-game during Red Alert, however, several missions in the expansion packs feature him. In one Allied mission, Stavros surveys the damage done to his hometown near Athens
; Tanya must act as a bodyguard against the numerically superior Soviet forces. A Soviet Mission tasks the commander with killing Stavros in a base that is filled with chronospheres. Finally, the last of the secret bonus missions features Stavros; he is part of a taskforce (clad in khaki uniforms reminiscent of the Tiberium Series' GDI) that eliminates a hostile colony of Giant Ants. During these missions, Stavros is equipped with a silenced handgun that is as powerful but lacks the range of Tanya's dual colts.
Carville is the player's commanding officer in the Retaliation expansion pack. He was played by Barry Corbin
, who reprised the role in Red Alert 2. His role has not been reprised in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3.
Tanya Adams is a special ops commando. She is played by Tanya Brassie in Red Alert.
Tanya Adams was a civilian who volunteered for service in the Allied forces. She proved to be an extremely capable field operative, eventually becoming one of the Allies' most important assets, receiving orders directly from Gunther von Esling, the Allied commander. She appears on a significant number of Allied forces' missions, especially during their assault on Moscow.
During the game Tanya appears on the battlefield as a female commando capable of taking down entire groups of enemy infantry and instantly destroying any building at point blank range. However, she only attacks when ordered to and does not defend herself from enemy troops unless fired upon first. In multiplayer games, both the Allies and Soviets can train an unlimited number of Tanya units. Her appearance on the map is marked by a loud maniacal laugh heard by all players.
During a soviet mission on one of the expansion packs, the soviet commander will command Volkov in the battlefield, and Tanya is present in the mission too. If Volkov kills her, a video will be shown in the end of the mission. In the video a cemetery with the name "Tanya Adams" in one of the graves is shown.
Professor Albert Einstein is a German physicist, based on the real life Albert Einstein
. He is played by John Milford.
Albert Einstein developed the chronosphere time machine, which he uses to travel from New Mexico
in 1946 to Landsberg
, Germany
, in 1924. There he meets Adolf Hitler
being released from jail after his failed Munich Putsch. Einstein removes Hitler from our dimension in an attempt to prevent World War II
and returns to 1946. As intended, the War never breaks out and Germany and Europe remain peaceful.
Einstein's scheme, however, backfires. The Soviet Union
under Joseph Stalin
has grown increasingly powerful. Had Hitler risen to power, Germany would have emerged as the balancing power standing in the way of Stalin's ambitions. Instead, left unchecked, the Soviet Union seizes lands from China
and then invades Eastern Europe
in order to achieve Stalin's dream of a Soviet Union stretching across the entire Eurasia
n landmass.
Unlike his real life counterpart, Einstein managed to live until the 1970s, during which Red Alert 2 and Yuri's Revenge takes place.
Michael Dugan is the current President of the US. He is played by Ray Wise
. During the introductions to both Red Alert 2 and Yuri's Revenge, he is portrayed as somewhat conniving; he attempts to negotiate a truce with the enemy leaders (Romanov in RA2, and Yuri in YR), but when that fails, he assumes a stern demeanor. Throughout the game, he appears in several Allied briefings, as well as a mission where he must be rescued from a mind-controlled Washington DC after which he is evacuated to Canada
. In the Soviet Campaign of Red Alert 2, he is mostly absent except for a mission where the player is told the President has "resurfaced" in San Antonio, Texas and is instructed to use Psychics to bring him under Soviet control.
Carville is a Major General
of the US Army
from Texas
. He is a veteran of the earlier war with the Soviets (He briefs the player in Red Alert: Retaliation). He trains and commands new commanders in the military. He was killed in a suicide bombing, then had his death prevented in Yuri's Revenge as the player goes back in time to before Carville was killed. Played by Barry Corbin
.
Lieutenant Eva Lee is the American intelligence adviser. She guides the player through the entire campaign and regularly provides first-hand mission briefings. She is played by Athena Massey
.
Her role in the original game rarely surpasses that of an intelligence adviser, but nonetheless a competent one. During Yuri's Revenge, however, Yuri manages to briefly mind-control her and make her reveal the secret location of Allies-Soviet treaty meeting in London, forcing the Commander (the Player) to defend the location. She, in turns, retaliates by tracing the Satellite communication and triangulating Yuri's location. Also, at the end of Yuri's Revenge, Allies Ending, she is shown in a white party dress, startling Agent Tanya.
Jerry Boyd is the USAF lieutenant
in the opening cutscene who is mind-controlled by Yuri. His last name comes from his nametag and his first name from what his friend calls him. He is Mind controlled by Yuri himself, in order to sabotage
American
nuclear retaliation. Both Boyd and his friend are killed from the nuclear silo's explosion.
Special Agent Tanya is an American commando. She is played by Kari Wührer
in Red Alert 2 and is the daughter of the original Tanya from the first Red Alert game. Like the first game, Tanya appears on a number of Allied missions, especially once again on the final mission during the assault on Moscow
.
As in the first game, Tanya is shown to have a somewhat disrespectful attitude towards authority, especially toward General Carville, the Commander (the player) and other world leaders. However, as the game progresses, she gradually changes attitude towards the Commander and even shows some affection for the player, going as far as to challenge the president and combined leaders of Europe so that only the player would be her commander. In the final cut scene of the Allied campaign, she takes off her thick fur coat to reveal a provocative black dress
while asking the Commander for a helicopter ride to the White House. The same situation also occurs in Yuri's Revenge, however, she is startled to see Eva Lee in a white party dress making a similar offer to the Commander.
Tanya is extremely effective against infantry and buildings. She can also swim and destroy ships with C4 charges
. Tanya's weapons in the original game were not effective against vehicles and tanks. In Yuri's Revenge however, Tanya gained immunity to mind control
and the ability to instantly destroy vehicles with C4 charges. Unlike in Red Alert and Red Alert 2, the death of Tanya in a "Yuri's Revenge" mission no longer results in mission failure, unless specified that Tanya must be kept alive. In Yuri's Revenge if Tanya is "killed" during the mission, it is shown that she was only injured and can no longer fight.
Professor Albert Einstein was the German physicist who was responsible for the removal of Adolf Hitler through time using the Chronosphere in the first Red Alert. He developed offensive prism technology, the mirage tank, and the weather control device to aid the Allies during the war. He is played by Larry Gelman
.
During the events of Red Alert 3 the Soviet Union used an experimental time device to go back and remove Einstein so that he couldn't create the weaponized prism, among other things, thus preventing an Allied victory. Note that Spectrum Technology replaces Prism Technology, as being developed by another scientist.
Thus it can be assumed that the Allies will not be able to use prism technology.
The Spectrum Towers works much the same way as Prism Towers, in the way that they can charge each other up. However, the beam also spreads out like the Prism Tank, making them arguably stronger than Prism Towers. Additionally, Mirage Tanks seem to have gained a lesser Spectrum cannon as their primary weapon. The Chronosphere may have been created by another scientist in the alternate timeline, since it was not erased with Einstein's death in Red Alert 3.
Lyon is the commander of the French
Allied forces. He is only seen in one FMV
, during which the player is in a meeting with other Allied leaders. He bears a resemblance to Charles de Gaulle
, right down to his kepi
. Lyon is strongly in favor of a joint Allied effort to help the U.S. In another cutscene (in the Soviet campaign), France is stated to be calling for "an enormous Allied commitment" to fighting the Soviets. Lyon is played by Frank Bruynbroek.
and Republic of Korea Army
to invade Vladivostok.
The American President Ackerman is the political leader of the Allies. He is staunchly anti-Communist, believing the Soviets stand opposed to everything he holds dear including freedom, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, apple pie and freedom. He is vehemently supportive of the Allied coalition effort, at least when it comes to fighting back against Soviet incursions. He was allegedly born and raised on a farm in Idaho, which President Ackerman uses to energize his nation with grass-roots, roll-up-his-sleeves style leadership.
In the Allied campaign, when the Allies decide to form an alliance with the Soviets to fight against the Empire, he angrily disagrees with their decision, believing the Soviets will betray them when given a chance. To that effect, Ackerman tries to use his Secret Super Weapon (which appears to be a large laser cannon emerging from the head of Theodore Roosevelt's sculpture at Mount Rushmore) in order to obliterate Moscow. This prompts the player to stop him and then kill him as he tries to flee in a helicopter. His claims later prove true when the Soviets abandoned the Allies during their Invasion of Tokyo and launch a surprise attack on the US from Cuba.
In the Soviet campaign, he defends New York in the final mission, by raising the Defcon security level as the game progress and devoting a majority of the mainland units to resist the player, but is eventually defeated.
In the Empire of the Rising Sun campaign, he is revealed to be a robot spy created by the Empire to encourage the Allies to attack the Soviets, and seems to malfunction when Yoshiro damages some equipment in a laboratory in a fit of rage. It is unknown if a real Ackerman ever existed, or if he was simply a manchurian candidate
manufactured by the Empire.
His campaign slogan consisted of "Vote for me, if you want to live."
President Ackerman is portrayed by J.K. Simmons.
During the Allied campaign Bingham, recruits the player fresh from military school to command the defense of Brighton, as the previous senior commanders were captured in the European campaign. When Ackerman is killed by his orders, he expresses grief over the President's death, but resolving that it was the right thing to do. Later on in the campaign, he allows Zelinsky to defect when the scientist tells him of the Russian invasion force in Cuba and of the time machine. After the Allied victory in Cuba, Bingham tells the player to attack Leningrad to capture the Soviet leadership.
In the Soviet campaign, he is presumed killed by the player, after being tricked into peaceful negotiations by Premier Cherdenko on Easter Island.
In the Imperial campaign, he is only seen as Zelinsky reveals that Soviets changed the past, and presumed killed when the player destroys the V.I.P Bunker in the Allied base at Amsterdam.
Field Marshal Bingham is played by Jonathan Pryce
.
Lieutenant Eva McKenna is portrayed by Gemma Atkinson
and speaks with a strong Manchester accent.
She returns in Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Uprising. In the default game, Eve has dirty blonde hair and shows off the most cleavage, however in Uprising she is a full brunette and now has the least cleavage, no explanation is given and the new appearance remains highly unpopular with fans of both the character and the game.
It is worth mentioning that in most Command & Conquer games, the adviser character of the protagonist faction of the game is either a woman named Eva or otherwise an AI called EVA (Electronic Video Assistant) which speaks with a female human voice.
As in Red Alert and Red Alert 2, she is the commando unit of the Allied forces. Tanya is a veteran of previous Soviet-Allied wars, and her commanding officers trust her implicitly with top priority missions. Ackerman admits that she can kill a man 15 ways with her barehands, and she has express permission to speak freely at all times, a privilege she relishes. In contrast to her portrayal as a brunette in the first and second Red Alert games, Tanya has blonde permed hair in Red Alert 3. It is unclear therefore if she is the same Tanya from Red Alert 2, or another daughter of the original Tanya. Presumably the change is due to shifts in the timeline, or was a conscious design choice by the game's creators to differentiate her from Natasha.
Tanya is deadly against infantry in close quarters and as she can swim, she is also a threat to enemy ships. As in Yuri's Revenge, Tanya can destroy vehicles and buildings with her C-4 charges. Tanya has a new tool in Red Alert 3, the Chrono Belt, which allows her to jump a few seconds backwards in time to help her get out of tough situations. Tanya's greatest weaknesses are her vulnerability to air strikes, and her range. All of Tanya's attacks require her be on top of or at least within a short distance of her target, meaning she is at a disadvantage when up against units with better distance.
In the Allied campaign, despite not showing any open attraction to the player Commander at the beginning, Tanya quickly grows to like the player and scolds Eva for attempting to flirt with him. In the end of the Allied Campaign, she asks the Commander out (unaware that Eva had just done the same).
In the Soviet campaign, she appears in the final mission, where she destroys several dreadnoughts, in a similar manner to the first Allied mission in Red Alert 2 (ironically she says that the soviets never change as she does so). She can later be killed during the final assault on the Statue of Liberty. She also appears in the Imperial Assault on Amsterdam.
Tanya is portrayed by Jenny McCarthy
.
Commander Fuller is an AI co-commander of the Allied forces. As a US Marine, Fuller is man of few words - his actions speak for themselves. A born leader and natural fighter, he is a powerful force on the battlefield. During the Allied Campaign, he helps the commander in stopping President Ackerman from destroying Moscow with his superweapon, as well as in the invasion of Leningrad. During the Soviet Campaign, he makes a stand against the Soviets in Mykonos (which eventually fails). In the Imperial Campaign, he and his army invades Pearl Harbor (now a Japanese colony), but is pushed back by Japanese reinforcements.
Commander Fuller is played by former UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture
.
Commander Hanley, often called Lissette, is another AI co-commander of the Allied forces. She is a navy commander with a background in the French Intelligence Service and a gift for seeing through enemy tactics. As such, her tactics are unorthodox but very effective. In battle, Lissette is a jack-of-all-trades, excelling equally well at land or sea but not specializing in either one. On land she mostly uses the versatile Multigunner IFVs and on sea she uses Dolphins and Hydrofoils. She often flirts lightly with the commander. Her personality reflects a childish nature which cause many commanders to underestimate her. She helps the commander in liberating Heidelberg from Russian dominance and destroying the Imperial military infrastructure in Tokyo Harbor. In the Soviet Campaign, she fights the Soviets in Geneva. After the arrival of General Krukov, Lissette's forces are overrun by three Soviet armies. Ironically, in the Imperial Campaign, she and Krukov attack Yokohama (as the Allies and Soviets are willing to pair up with each other to fight the Japanese). They would be eventually pushed back by the Japanese defenders. She appears in the skirmish as well.
Commander Hanley is played by Autumn Reeser
.
He returns in Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Uprising.
Commander Giles is portrayed by Greg Ellis
.
The Vice-President of the United States, who becomes the new President after Ackerman. He only appears in the epilogue of the Allied Campaign, at the White House news conference, where he refrains to blame his predecessor's actions that almost endangered the world. He also thanks the Commander for winning the war and hopes their former enemies (the Soviets and the Empire of the Rising Sun) will happily embrace Capitalism
and Consumerism
and share the American Dream
together as its benefits will make them realize that "for if they are shopping for cars and plasma TV's, they won't wanna build up massive armies or invent new weapons of war". After this he humbly accepts his new role as the new President.
Played by David Hasselhoff
, who also advertises the game.
Dr. Einstein appears once again in RA3, albeit in a cameo in the introductory cinematic. His portrayer is Smokey Miles. He is credited by the Soviets as the driving force behind the Allies' technological edge over the Soviet Union...and so the Soviets decide to remove him from the picture.
In 1927, Einstein is attending the International Physics Convention
in Brussels
, Belgium
. Soviet officers Anatoly Cherdenko and Nikolai Krukov and temporal scientist Gregor Zelinsky, in an attempt to reverse the Allied victory against the Soviets in Red Alert 2, journey back in time to this point; much as Einstein did with Hitler, Cherdenko shakes Einstein's hand, which erases him from history. With no Einstein, there would be no nuclear weapons...or, for that matter, no victory for the Allies. But the consequences would make themselves clear soon enough...
He is the current President of the European Union
, and a keen sponsor of the Futuretech corporation, in many ways another spokesman for them. He is revealed to be a man of ill intentions much like the FutureTech corporation as he plans on taking over the Soviet territory and transforming it into his personal paradise by using a new FutureTech machine called the Sigma Harmonizer, which can be used to freeze objects in time.
In the end he goes into hiding as a small Soviet resistance force revealed his true nature to the world and he was shunned by the EU.
She is both the chief public relation officer and spokeswoman of FTC (FutureTech Corp), who orders the player to fight around the world to pick up the technology of every faction. In this way, the company can conquer the world.
She tries to calm the public of their isolated experiments and make the company seem innocent but it appears its getting harder and harder to hide.
Commander Hill is an old school war veteran with years of experience under his belt.
He leads his men in a traditional way and his no nonsense attitude to war while making him popular with the men makes him somewhat unpopular with the latest commanders and CO's.
It has been mentioned he has a huge distrust in Futuretech Corporation and its technologies.
Commander Hill gloats often and is proven defeated at countless times in the Commander's Challenge despite the fact that he truly is a war veteran. This marine officer is overwhelmed by his pride and this usually ends in his defeat.
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of computer and video games
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Grand Marshal Gunter von Esling
Gunther von Esling is the GermanGermany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
Commander-in-Chief
Commander-in-Chief
A commander-in-chief is the commander of a nation's military forces or significant element of those forces. In the latter case, the force element may be defined as those forces within a particular region or those forces which are associated by function. As a practical term it refers to the military...
of Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an Allied forces, and leader of the military junta governing Europe. Esling is portrayed as pragmatic and reserved, though he congratulates the commander after difficult missions. He is played by Arthur Roberts.
General Nikos Stavros
Nikos Stavros is the GreekGreece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
Second-in-Command to General von Esling. Stavros is more emotional than Esling, as his home in Greece is under attack early on in Red Alert. Also, Stavros originally objects to Tanya's employment in the Allied war effort. Despite this, he remains in the upper echelons of the Allied army throughout the campaign.
At the end of the Allied Campaign, Stavros orders Allied Soldiers who had discovered the trapped Josef Stalin that they "saw nothing", and then kills Stalin himself, apparently in revenge for the rampant destruction across Greece. He is played by Barry Kramer.
Stavros doesn't appear in-game during Red Alert, however, several missions in the expansion packs feature him. In one Allied mission, Stavros surveys the damage done to his hometown near Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
; Tanya must act as a bodyguard against the numerically superior Soviet forces. A Soviet Mission tasks the commander with killing Stavros in a base that is filled with chronospheres. Finally, the last of the secret bonus missions features Stavros; he is part of a taskforce (clad in khaki uniforms reminiscent of the Tiberium Series' GDI) that eliminates a hostile colony of Giant Ants. During these missions, Stavros is equipped with a silenced handgun that is as powerful but lacks the range of Tanya's dual colts.
General Ben Carville
Carville is the player's commanding officer in the Retaliation expansion pack. He was played by Barry CorbinBarry Corbin
Leonard Barrie Corbin, known as Barry Corbin , is an American actor with more than one hundred film, television and video game credits.-Early life:...
, who reprised the role in Red Alert 2. His role has not been reprised in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3.
Tanya Adams
Tanya Adams is a special ops commando. She is played by Tanya Brassie in Red Alert.Tanya Adams was a civilian who volunteered for service in the Allied forces. She proved to be an extremely capable field operative, eventually becoming one of the Allies' most important assets, receiving orders directly from Gunther von Esling, the Allied commander. She appears on a significant number of Allied forces' missions, especially during their assault on Moscow.
During the game Tanya appears on the battlefield as a female commando capable of taking down entire groups of enemy infantry and instantly destroying any building at point blank range. However, she only attacks when ordered to and does not defend herself from enemy troops unless fired upon first. In multiplayer games, both the Allies and Soviets can train an unlimited number of Tanya units. Her appearance on the map is marked by a loud maniacal laugh heard by all players.
During a soviet mission on one of the expansion packs, the soviet commander will command Volkov in the battlefield, and Tanya is present in the mission too. If Volkov kills her, a video will be shown in the end of the mission. In the video a cemetery with the name "Tanya Adams" in one of the graves is shown.
Professor Albert Einstein
Professor Albert Einstein is a German physicist, based on the real life Albert EinsteinAlbert Einstein
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the most prolific intellects in human history...
. He is played by John Milford.
Albert Einstein developed the chronosphere time machine, which he uses to travel from New Mexico
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
in 1946 to Landsberg
Landsberg Prison
Landsberg Prison is a penal facility located in the town of Landsberg am Lech in the southwest of the German state of Bavaria, about west of Munich and south of Augsburg....
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, in 1924. There he meets Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
being released from jail after his failed Munich Putsch. Einstein removes Hitler from our dimension in an attempt to prevent World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
and returns to 1946. As intended, the War never breaks out and Germany and Europe remain peaceful.
Einstein's scheme, however, backfires. The Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
under Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
has grown increasingly powerful. Had Hitler risen to power, Germany would have emerged as the balancing power standing in the way of Stalin's ambitions. Instead, left unchecked, the Soviet Union seizes lands from China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
and then invades Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...
in order to achieve Stalin's dream of a Soviet Union stretching across the entire Eurasia
Eurasia
Eurasia is a continent or supercontinent comprising the traditional continents of Europe and Asia ; covering about 52,990,000 km2 or about 10.6% of the Earth's surface located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres...
n landmass.
Unlike his real life counterpart, Einstein managed to live until the 1970s, during which Red Alert 2 and Yuri's Revenge takes place.
President Michael Dugan
Michael Dugan is the current President of the US. He is played by Ray WiseRay Wise
Raymond Nicolas "Ray" Wise is an American actor, known for his roles as Leland Palmer in Twin Peaks, as Leon C. Nash, right-hand henchman to villain Clarence Boddicker in the science fiction classic RoboCop, and recently as the Devil in the CW television series Reaper.-Life and career:Wise was...
. During the introductions to both Red Alert 2 and Yuri's Revenge, he is portrayed as somewhat conniving; he attempts to negotiate a truce with the enemy leaders (Romanov in RA2, and Yuri in YR), but when that fails, he assumes a stern demeanor. Throughout the game, he appears in several Allied briefings, as well as a mission where he must be rescued from a mind-controlled Washington DC after which he is evacuated to Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. In the Soviet Campaign of Red Alert 2, he is mostly absent except for a mission where the player is told the President has "resurfaced" in San Antonio, Texas and is instructed to use Psychics to bring him under Soviet control.
Major General Ben Carville
Carville is a Major GeneralMajor General
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of the US Army
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
from Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
. He is a veteran of the earlier war with the Soviets (He briefs the player in Red Alert: Retaliation). He trains and commands new commanders in the military. He was killed in a suicide bombing, then had his death prevented in Yuri's Revenge as the player goes back in time to before Carville was killed. Played by Barry Corbin
Barry Corbin
Leonard Barrie Corbin, known as Barry Corbin , is an American actor with more than one hundred film, television and video game credits.-Early life:...
.
Lieutenant Eva Lee
Lieutenant Eva Lee is the American intelligence adviser. She guides the player through the entire campaign and regularly provides first-hand mission briefings. She is played by Athena MasseyAthena Massey
Athena Massey is an American actress. She made her screen debut as a murder victim in Steven Seagal's 1991 action film Out for Justice....
.
Her role in the original game rarely surpasses that of an intelligence adviser, but nonetheless a competent one. During Yuri's Revenge, however, Yuri manages to briefly mind-control her and make her reveal the secret location of Allies-Soviet treaty meeting in London, forcing the Commander (the Player) to defend the location. She, in turns, retaliates by tracing the Satellite communication and triangulating Yuri's location. Also, at the end of Yuri's Revenge, Allies Ending, she is shown in a white party dress, startling Agent Tanya.
Lieutenant Jerry Boyd
Jerry Boyd is the USAF lieutenantLieutenant
A lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...
in the opening cutscene who is mind-controlled by Yuri. His last name comes from his nametag and his first name from what his friend calls him. He is Mind controlled by Yuri himself, in order to sabotage
Sabotage
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American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
nuclear retaliation. Both Boyd and his friend are killed from the nuclear silo's explosion.
Special Agent Tanya (RA2)
Special Agent Tanya is an American commando. She is played by Kari WührerKari Wührer
Kari Samantha Wührer is an American actress and singer, mostly credited as Kari Wuhrer, sometimes as Kari Salin.-Early life:...
in Red Alert 2 and is the daughter of the original Tanya from the first Red Alert game. Like the first game, Tanya appears on a number of Allied missions, especially once again on the final mission during the assault on Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
.
As in the first game, Tanya is shown to have a somewhat disrespectful attitude towards authority, especially toward General Carville, the Commander (the player) and other world leaders. However, as the game progresses, she gradually changes attitude towards the Commander and even shows some affection for the player, going as far as to challenge the president and combined leaders of Europe so that only the player would be her commander. In the final cut scene of the Allied campaign, she takes off her thick fur coat to reveal a provocative black dress
Little black dress
A little black dress is an evening or cocktail dress, cut simply and often quite short. Fashion historians ascribe the origins of the little black dress to the 1920s designs of Coco Chanel, intended to be long-lasting, versatile, affordable, accessible to the widest market possible and in a neutral...
while asking the Commander for a helicopter ride to the White House. The same situation also occurs in Yuri's Revenge, however, she is startled to see Eva Lee in a white party dress making a similar offer to the Commander.
Tanya is extremely effective against infantry and buildings. She can also swim and destroy ships with C4 charges
C-4 (explosive)
C4 or Composition C4 is a common variety of the plastic explosive known as Composition C.-Composition and manufacture:C4 is made up of explosives, plastic binder, plasticizer and usually marker or odorizing taggant chemicals such as 2,3-dimethyl-2,3-dinitrobutane to help detect the explosive and...
. Tanya's weapons in the original game were not effective against vehicles and tanks. In Yuri's Revenge however, Tanya gained immunity to mind control
Mind control
Mind control refers to a process in which a group or individual "systematically uses unethically manipulative methods to persuade others to conform to the wishes of the manipulator, often to the detriment of the person being manipulated"...
and the ability to instantly destroy vehicles with C4 charges. Unlike in Red Alert and Red Alert 2, the death of Tanya in a "Yuri's Revenge" mission no longer results in mission failure, unless specified that Tanya must be kept alive. In Yuri's Revenge if Tanya is "killed" during the mission, it is shown that she was only injured and can no longer fight.
Professor Albert Einstein
Professor Albert Einstein was the German physicist who was responsible for the removal of Adolf Hitler through time using the Chronosphere in the first Red Alert. He developed offensive prism technology, the mirage tank, and the weather control device to aid the Allies during the war. He is played by Larry GelmanLarry Gelman
Larry Gelman is an American film and television character actor. He is best known for playing Dr. Bernie Tupperman on the US TV series The Bob Newhart Show and Vinnie, the poker playing friend of Oscar and Felix, in The Odd Couple.He also played Professor Albert Einstein in the real-time...
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During the events of Red Alert 3 the Soviet Union used an experimental time device to go back and remove Einstein so that he couldn't create the weaponized prism, among other things, thus preventing an Allied victory. Note that Spectrum Technology replaces Prism Technology, as being developed by another scientist.
Thus it can be assumed that the Allies will not be able to use prism technology.
The Spectrum Towers works much the same way as Prism Towers, in the way that they can charge each other up. However, the beam also spreads out like the Prism Tank, making them arguably stronger than Prism Towers. Additionally, Mirage Tanks seem to have gained a lesser Spectrum cannon as their primary weapon. The Chronosphere may have been created by another scientist in the alternate timeline, since it was not erased with Einstein's death in Red Alert 3.
General Réne Lyon
Lyon is the commander of the FrenchFrance
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
Allied forces. He is only seen in one FMV
Full motion video
Full motion video based games are video games that rely upon pre-recorded TV-quality movie or animation rather than sprites, vectors, or 3D models to display action in the game. In the early 1990s a diverse set of games utilized this format...
, during which the player is in a meeting with other Allied leaders. He bears a resemblance to Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II. He later founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first President from 1959 to 1969....
, right down to his kepi
Kepi
The kepi is a cap with a flat circular top and a visor or peak . Etymologically, the word is a borrowing of the French képi, itself a respelling of the Alemannic Käppi: a diminutive form of Kappe, meaning "cap"....
. Lyon is strongly in favor of a joint Allied effort to help the U.S. In another cutscene (in the Soviet campaign), France is stated to be calling for "an enormous Allied commitment" to fighting the Soviets. Lyon is played by Frank Bruynbroek.
Unknown Korean naval officer
He led the Republic of Korea NavyRepublic of Korea Navy
The Republic of Korea Navy or the ROK Navy is the branch of the South Korean armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations and amphibious landing operations. The ROK Navy includes the Republic of Korea Marine Corps, which is a quasi-autonomous organization...
and Republic of Korea Army
Republic of Korea Army
The Republic of Korea Army is the largest of the military branches of the South Korean armed forces with 520,000 members as of 2010...
to invade Vladivostok.
President Howard T. Ackerman
The American President Ackerman is the political leader of the Allies. He is staunchly anti-Communist, believing the Soviets stand opposed to everything he holds dear including freedom, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, apple pie and freedom. He is vehemently supportive of the Allied coalition effort, at least when it comes to fighting back against Soviet incursions. He was allegedly born and raised on a farm in Idaho, which President Ackerman uses to energize his nation with grass-roots, roll-up-his-sleeves style leadership.In the Allied campaign, when the Allies decide to form an alliance with the Soviets to fight against the Empire, he angrily disagrees with their decision, believing the Soviets will betray them when given a chance. To that effect, Ackerman tries to use his Secret Super Weapon (which appears to be a large laser cannon emerging from the head of Theodore Roosevelt's sculpture at Mount Rushmore) in order to obliterate Moscow. This prompts the player to stop him and then kill him as he tries to flee in a helicopter. His claims later prove true when the Soviets abandoned the Allies during their Invasion of Tokyo and launch a surprise attack on the US from Cuba.
In the Soviet campaign, he defends New York in the final mission, by raising the Defcon security level as the game progress and devoting a majority of the mainland units to resist the player, but is eventually defeated.
In the Empire of the Rising Sun campaign, he is revealed to be a robot spy created by the Empire to encourage the Allies to attack the Soviets, and seems to malfunction when Yoshiro damages some equipment in a laboratory in a fit of rage. It is unknown if a real Ackerman ever existed, or if he was simply a manchurian candidate
The Manchurian Candidate
The Manchurian Candidate , by Richard Condon, is a political thriller novel about the son of a prominent US political family who is brainwashed into being an unwitting assassin for the Communist Party....
manufactured by the Empire.
His campaign slogan consisted of "Vote for me, if you want to live."
President Ackerman is portrayed by J.K. Simmons.
Field Marshal Robert Bingham
Field Marshal Bingham is the Supreme Commander of all Allied forces. He clashes with newly inaugurated U.S. President Howard Ackerman in several instances, primarily when the President oversteps his boundaries. Though Bingham technically outranks the President, he is not one to get on the man's bad side. Being English, he has the stereotypical stoic and calm mannerisms. He believes it is the duty of the Allies to defend the free world from tyranny.During the Allied campaign Bingham, recruits the player fresh from military school to command the defense of Brighton, as the previous senior commanders were captured in the European campaign. When Ackerman is killed by his orders, he expresses grief over the President's death, but resolving that it was the right thing to do. Later on in the campaign, he allows Zelinsky to defect when the scientist tells him of the Russian invasion force in Cuba and of the time machine. After the Allied victory in Cuba, Bingham tells the player to attack Leningrad to capture the Soviet leadership.
In the Soviet campaign, he is presumed killed by the player, after being tricked into peaceful negotiations by Premier Cherdenko on Easter Island.
In the Imperial campaign, he is only seen as Zelinsky reveals that Soviets changed the past, and presumed killed when the player destroys the V.I.P Bunker in the Allied base at Amsterdam.
Field Marshal Bingham is played by Jonathan Pryce
Jonathan Pryce
Jonathan Pryce, CBE is a Welsh stage and film actor and singer. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and meeting his longtime partner English actress Kate Fahy in 1974, he began his career as a stage actor in the 1970s...
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Lieutenant Eva McKenna
Lt. Eva is a communications officer for the Allied coalition. She was one of the top students at the military academy and wears the stripes of an RAF sergeant on her uniform. Throughout the Allied campaign, she has a crush on the commander, seeing as she speaks to him in an increasingly flirtatious fashion and later asks him out to dinner at the end of the campaign. She is also the model for the Allied Victory Banner (which is unique, as the Soviet and Empire Banners depicted their lowest infantryman triumphing rather than one of their characters).Lieutenant Eva McKenna is portrayed by Gemma Atkinson
Gemma Atkinson
Gemma Louise Atkinson is an English actress, television personality and glamour and lingerie model.-Personal life:...
and speaks with a strong Manchester accent.
She returns in Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Uprising. In the default game, Eve has dirty blonde hair and shows off the most cleavage, however in Uprising she is a full brunette and now has the least cleavage, no explanation is given and the new appearance remains highly unpopular with fans of both the character and the game.
It is worth mentioning that in most Command & Conquer games, the adviser character of the protagonist faction of the game is either a woman named Eva or otherwise an AI called EVA (Electronic Video Assistant) which speaks with a female human voice.
Special Agent Tanya
As in Red Alert and Red Alert 2, she is the commando unit of the Allied forces. Tanya is a veteran of previous Soviet-Allied wars, and her commanding officers trust her implicitly with top priority missions. Ackerman admits that she can kill a man 15 ways with her barehands, and she has express permission to speak freely at all times, a privilege she relishes. In contrast to her portrayal as a brunette in the first and second Red Alert games, Tanya has blonde permed hair in Red Alert 3. It is unclear therefore if she is the same Tanya from Red Alert 2, or another daughter of the original Tanya. Presumably the change is due to shifts in the timeline, or was a conscious design choice by the game's creators to differentiate her from Natasha.Tanya is deadly against infantry in close quarters and as she can swim, she is also a threat to enemy ships. As in Yuri's Revenge, Tanya can destroy vehicles and buildings with her C-4 charges. Tanya has a new tool in Red Alert 3, the Chrono Belt, which allows her to jump a few seconds backwards in time to help her get out of tough situations. Tanya's greatest weaknesses are her vulnerability to air strikes, and her range. All of Tanya's attacks require her be on top of or at least within a short distance of her target, meaning she is at a disadvantage when up against units with better distance.
In the Allied campaign, despite not showing any open attraction to the player Commander at the beginning, Tanya quickly grows to like the player and scolds Eva for attempting to flirt with him. In the end of the Allied Campaign, she asks the Commander out (unaware that Eva had just done the same).
In the Soviet campaign, she appears in the final mission, where she destroys several dreadnoughts, in a similar manner to the first Allied mission in Red Alert 2 (ironically she says that the soviets never change as she does so). She can later be killed during the final assault on the Statue of Liberty. She also appears in the Imperial Assault on Amsterdam.
Tanya is portrayed by Jenny McCarthy
Jenny McCarthy
Jennifer Ann "Jenny" McCarthy is an American model, comedian, actress, author, activist, and game show host. She began her career in 1993 as a nude model for Playboy magazine and was later named their Playmate of the Year. McCarthy then parlayed her Playboy fame into a successful television and...
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Commander Warren Fuller
Commander Fuller is an AI co-commander of the Allied forces. As a US Marine, Fuller is man of few words - his actions speak for themselves. A born leader and natural fighter, he is a powerful force on the battlefield. During the Allied Campaign, he helps the commander in stopping President Ackerman from destroying Moscow with his superweapon, as well as in the invasion of Leningrad. During the Soviet Campaign, he makes a stand against the Soviets in Mykonos (which eventually fails). In the Imperial Campaign, he and his army invades Pearl Harbor (now a Japanese colony), but is pushed back by Japanese reinforcements.Commander Fuller is played by former UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture
Randy Couture
Randy Duane Couture is a retired American mixed martial artist, Greco-Roman wrestler, actor, a three-time former heavyweight champion, two-time former light-heavyweight champion, former interim light heavyweight champion and UFC 13 tournament winner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship...
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Commander Lissette Hanley
Commander Hanley, often called Lissette, is another AI co-commander of the Allied forces. She is a navy commander with a background in the French Intelligence Service and a gift for seeing through enemy tactics. As such, her tactics are unorthodox but very effective. In battle, Lissette is a jack-of-all-trades, excelling equally well at land or sea but not specializing in either one. On land she mostly uses the versatile Multigunner IFVs and on sea she uses Dolphins and Hydrofoils. She often flirts lightly with the commander. Her personality reflects a childish nature which cause many commanders to underestimate her. She helps the commander in liberating Heidelberg from Russian dominance and destroying the Imperial military infrastructure in Tokyo Harbor. In the Soviet Campaign, she fights the Soviets in Geneva. After the arrival of General Krukov, Lissette's forces are overrun by three Soviet armies. Ironically, in the Imperial Campaign, she and Krukov attack Yokohama (as the Allies and Soviets are willing to pair up with each other to fight the Japanese). They would be eventually pushed back by the Japanese defenders. She appears in the skirmish as well.Commander Hanley is played by Autumn Reeser
Autumn Reeser
Autumn Alicia Reeser is an American actress and blogger. She has portrayed Taylor Townsend on the Fox series The O.C., Lizzie Grant on HBO's Entourage and most recently appeared as Katie Andrews on ABC's No Ordinary Family....
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Commander Giles Price
Commander Price is yet another AI co-commander of the Allied forces. He was a top RAF fighter pilot that may initially give a low impression of himself to the Allied Commander, but this top-gun is in fact a shrewd tactician with acute perception for trouble and equally quick to deal with it. Due to his military background, he tends to use Air Units to attack his opponents. He aids the commander in the defense of Brighton Beach against the Soviets, as well as the destruction of Kirov launch fields on Cuba. In the Soviet Campaign, he arrives in Mykonos when he is assigned to take back the science facility (which has been taken by the Soviets). He also reappears in the Von Esling airbase when it is under attack by Soviet forces. In both battles, he is defeated. During the Imperial Campaign, he attacks the Black Tortoise floating fortress, but is forced to retreat when his bases are destroyed by the Imperial fleet.He returns in Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Uprising.
Commander Giles is portrayed by Greg Ellis
Greg Ellis (actor)
Greg Ellis is an English actor known for his TV, movie, and video game voice over work. He has appeared in films such as the Pirates of the Caribbean series, the 2009 Star Trek film , Titanic, Beowulf, To End All Wars, and Mr. and Mrs. Smith...
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Vice-President
The Vice-President of the United States, who becomes the new President after Ackerman. He only appears in the epilogue of the Allied Campaign, at the White House news conference, where he refrains to blame his predecessor's actions that almost endangered the world. He also thanks the Commander for winning the war and hopes their former enemies (the Soviets and the Empire of the Rising Sun) will happily embrace CapitalismCapitalism
Capitalism is an economic system that became dominant in the Western world following the demise of feudalism. There is no consensus on the precise definition nor on how the term should be used as a historical category...
and Consumerism
Consumerism
Consumerism is a social and economic order that is based on the systematic creation and fostering of a desire to purchase goods and services in ever greater amounts. The term is often associated with criticisms of consumption starting with Thorstein Veblen...
and share the American Dream
American Dream
The American Dream is a national ethos of the United States in which freedom includes a promise of the possibility of prosperity and success. In the definition of the American Dream by James Truslow Adams in 1931, "life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each...
together as its benefits will make them realize that "for if they are shopping for cars and plasma TV's, they won't wanna build up massive armies or invent new weapons of war". After this he humbly accepts his new role as the new President.
Played by David Hasselhoff
David Hasselhoff
David Michael Hasselhoff is an American actor, singer, producer and businessman. He is best known for his lead roles as Michael Knight in the popular 1980s US series Knight Rider and as L.A. County Lifeguard Mitch Buchannon in the series Baywatch...
, who also advertises the game.
Professor Albert Einstein
Dr. Einstein appears once again in RA3, albeit in a cameo in the introductory cinematic. His portrayer is Smokey Miles. He is credited by the Soviets as the driving force behind the Allies' technological edge over the Soviet Union...and so the Soviets decide to remove him from the picture.In 1927, Einstein is attending the International Physics Convention
Solvay Conference
The International Solvay Institutes for Physics and Chemistry, located in Brussels, were founded by the Belgian industrialist Ernest Solvay in 1912, following the historic invitation-only 1911 Conseil Solvay, the turning point in world physics...
in Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
. Soviet officers Anatoly Cherdenko and Nikolai Krukov and temporal scientist Gregor Zelinsky, in an attempt to reverse the Allied victory against the Soviets in Red Alert 2, journey back in time to this point; much as Einstein did with Hitler, Cherdenko shakes Einstein's hand, which erases him from history. With no Einstein, there would be no nuclear weapons...or, for that matter, no victory for the Allies. But the consequences would make themselves clear soon enough...
EU President Rupert Thornley
- Played by Malcolm McDowellMalcolm McDowellMalcolm McDowell is an English actor with a career spanning over forty years.McDowell is principally known for his roles in the controversial films If...., O Lucky Man!, A Clockwork Orange and Caligula...
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He is the current President of the European Union
President of the European Union
President of the European Union could be a reference to any of:* President of the European Council * President of the European Commission...
, and a keen sponsor of the Futuretech corporation, in many ways another spokesman for them. He is revealed to be a man of ill intentions much like the FutureTech corporation as he plans on taking over the Soviet territory and transforming it into his personal paradise by using a new FutureTech machine called the Sigma Harmonizer, which can be used to freeze objects in time.
In the end he goes into hiding as a small Soviet resistance force revealed his true nature to the world and he was shunned by the EU.
FTC CPO Kelly Weaver
- Played by Jodi Lyn O'KeefeJodi Lyn O'KeefeJodi Lyn O'Keefe is an American actress and model, who at age 17 portrayed Cassidy Bridges on Nash Bridges. She is also known for her role on Prison Break as Gretchen Morgan, a.k.a. "Susan B. Anthony".-Early life:...
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She is both the chief public relation officer and spokeswoman of FTC (FutureTech Corp), who orders the player to fight around the world to pick up the technology of every faction. In this way, the company can conquer the world.
She tries to calm the public of their isolated experiments and make the company seem innocent but it appears its getting harder and harder to hide.
Commander Douglas Hill
- Played by Ric FlairRic FlairRichard Morgan Fliehr is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Ric Flair. Also known as "The Nature Boy", Flair is one of the most well-known professional wrestlers in the world....
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Commander Hill is an old school war veteran with years of experience under his belt.
He leads his men in a traditional way and his no nonsense attitude to war while making him popular with the men makes him somewhat unpopular with the latest commanders and CO's.
It has been mentioned he has a huge distrust in Futuretech Corporation and its technologies.
Commander Hill gloats often and is proven defeated at countless times in the Commander's Challenge despite the fact that he truly is a war veteran. This marine officer is overwhelmed by his pride and this usually ends in his defeat.
Characters of other factions
- Soviet UnionSoviet characters of Command & ConquerThis page lists characters of the Soviet Union in the Command & Conquer: Red Alert series of computer and video games.-Premier Joseph Stalin:Played by: Gene Dynarski...
- Empire of the Rising SunImperial characters of Command & ConquerThis is a list of characters of the Empire of the Rising Sun in the Command & Conquer: Red Alert series of video games.-Overview:The Empire of the Rising Sun is the new faction in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3...