Action Fic Quiet Drama Scene: Despite the brutal action and depiction of war, some of the best scenes are quiet moments where soldiers or officers talk about their experiences and personal pain.The series is also very quotable, as the sheer number of excerpts that have been quoted on This Very Wiki prove. As the fic is based on the military and warfare, expect to see lots of Military and Warfare Tropes. Other inspirations include nonfiction works like Generation Kill and House To House: A Soldier's Memoir. The author himself has stated that he was heavily inspired by Dan Abnett's Gaunt's Ghosts series, as well as Warhammer 40,000 in general. The author admits that he places more emphasis on GDI, having hinted that he considers them to be the series' true "good guys." At the same time, though, neither GDI nor Nod are depicted as monsters, and a number of both sympathetic and despicable characters are portrayed. Combat is meticulously described, and the war itself is savage, violent, and often senseless. The fic is notable for its brutal, stark, and explicit vision of the endless war being waged between GDI and Nod, with heavy emphasis on realistic military operations and the chaotic and merciless nature of war. Established characters are used (with some of them even getting their own extra subplots) as well as original characters filling in the roles of infantrymen, tankers, pilots, and the faceless commanders. As would be expected, it follows the actual game's plot fairly closely, though it takes a highly in-depth look at the Tiberium universe, and creates numerous characters to populate the otherwise faceless armies of the Global Defense Initiative and the Brotherhood of Nod, as well as exploring the respective factions' technology, history, and mindset. The fanfic was written in direct response to the official novelization. Colonel Nick "Havoc" Parker, Chapter XVIIIĪs its name indicates, Tiberium Wars is a Novelization of Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars by Peptuck, the same author behind Forward and Renegade.
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