In my last report, LuckyNewbie:P gave me some tips that I will implement in this report. Before I start going into my battle report I will explain parts of Generals that will be relevant to my battle report. If you have or know anything about generals skip this next section and go on to the report itself.

Command & Conquer: Generals is the first C&C RTS title to be presented to in full 3D. Generals is all-new Command & Conquer, with a modern conflict inspired by events relevant to today. Set 20 years in the future, the game involves the United States and China versus a rogue terrorist-like state, the Global Liberation Army.

As for the economy, there are no vespian gases or minerals to collect. There is only one resource in this game and it is cold hard cash (or credits), which can be collected in a lot of different ways. The main way to collect it is from the supply dump, which looks like a bunch of boxes, crates and barrels stacked on a stretch of pavement. Each side has different ways of collecting money (USA- Chinook Helicopter, China- Truck, GLA- worker). Hopefully, you have gotten a general idea of how the economic system works: Something goes out to collect the money from the supply dump, brings it back to the supply gathering building, and Walla, you got money.

Now we go onto another feature. The General's promotion system is a sort of way of going up the tech tree. You can acquire a general's promotion by fighting in battles, or in an easier way of putting it, fighting against the enemy. Once you get a promotion you can pick a new unit, a new upgrade, a special attack, or, if you get enough promotions, a super weapon.

Finally, we end up with the military issue. This game has "the most balanced system of units", which means every single unit has a counter. Infantry can be countered by humvees, tanks by RPG troopers, Bombers by AAA trucks (not traffic safety or battery trucks), etc.

If you want more information you can check out my previous battle reports on Generals:

Operation Dustbowl
Jungle Warfare: A C&C: Generals BR
The Frozen Throne Terrorists

During the early months of 2003 there was a conflict raging in the Middle East, first with words, then with action. The Second Gulf War, or Operation Iraqi Freedom, toppled the oppressive regime that Saddam Hussein implemented. This brought change to the people of Iraq that was desperately needed. After the war though, people criticized the Bush administration because no one found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. In this Battle Report, I will experiment with a new style of writing that hopefully you will enjoy. I will mix the battle report, which has almost no story to it, and give it one. The "fanfic" will be in italics, while the battle report will be written in normal text.

2027- a year marked by devastating change in the Middle East. Iraq, formerly considered a "western country", has been toppled by the ideals of Iran, its next-door neighbor. This poses a real threat to the countries of the Middle East, as Iraq has weapons that the U.S. military gave them as a gift. President Al Sharpton was notified of this and he gave responsibility to General Tommy Franks Jr. to destroy all the U.S. weapons that Iraq had. CENTCOM put the 3rd Infantry Division, which was near a riverbank near Basra, Iraq, on alert status as Iraqi forces mobilized on the opposite side of Basra. Sharpton said, "General, your boys better win this one because your ass is on the line." Tommy replied, "Sir, my boys are going to put more lead in them than on the George Washington Bridge."

Limpo and I were going to do battle on a map called Sand Serpent: A map for 2 players. This map has 4 zones separated by rivers. Two were the starting positions (northwest and southeast), one was a town that separated the players, and one was an expansion that had 2 supply dumps inside another village. Limpo went northwest as the U.S. and I west southwest, also with U.S.

Baghdad, Iraq- The Shah of Iran has made Iraq a puppet state. The people of Iraq are all chanting "Death To America" and burning American flags. The Iraqi Generals, which have had a lot of training under U.S. advisors, have formulated a strategy to destroy the American forces in and around the region of Basra. "Generals, I hope you have found a way to dispose of the western bastards" the shah spoke. "Yes sir, we are 80% mobilized on the southern front," said the generals. Iraq was going to be engulfed in a new war by the end of the day…

We both had similar builds: Power Planet (powers your base), Barracks (builds infantry), Supply Depot (manages the collected resource), Patriot Missile Defense (anti-air and anti-ground defense), War Factory (builds tanks and vehicles), and an Air Field (builds air units like planes and helicopters). Both of us researched Capture Building and captured the oil derricks (gives additional funds) that were in our bases.

In the opening act, Limpo takes the middle town and its oil derricks and sends 3 crusader tanks (all purpose tank) to attack my base. Luckily for me, I have built up a sizeable force of infantry units and another patriot missile defense. The enemy tanks manage to crush a couple of my infantry units but nothing serious. Limpo then sends a couple of his infantry units to garrison in some buildings in the village as extra defense in case I attack.

An Iraqi general's status report- we are currently advancing head-on into the Americans. We have taken Basra and are occupying buildings just in case the American dogs attack. The villagers are "happy" now with the westerners out of our holy land. We have sent some patrols into the American base and we have seen much. We also intercepted the Americans' radio signals. They think those patrols were attacks. Wait till they see what is in store for them.

Limpo wanting a quick victory takes 4 humvees, loads them with infantry, and tries to outflank my base and attack from the back. It doesn't work so he just attacks head-on. It was no challenge for my defense but it took a while to kill them. Wanting to save his units, Limpo sends a F-22 Raptor to take out one of my humvees. Thanks to my patriot missiles the raptor didn't go far. Noticing his air units, I quickly built my own raptor and put it on patrol in front of my base. Also, I took the general's promotion, which you get one at the start of every game, and took the Paladin Tank (heavily armored U.S. tank).

Limpo, still hoping to take me down sends 3 crusader tanks to attack me. This attack fails miserably but Limpo still supports it. He sends a Comanche helicopter and another two raptors. All would never see their home base again. After those battles I was thinking towards the future so I built a Strategy Center (It allows the player to choose between one of three "Battle Plans" that affect all of the American player's soldiers) and a supply drop (The Supply Drop is the US secondary method of gaining additional resources. Every two minutes, the Supply Drop calls in a transport loaded with goodies).

Gen. Tommy Fanks Jr. Status Report- Mr. President we have a serious situation going down here in Basra. The Iraqis are throwing everything they have at us and then some. We are trying to hold out but we will need more time…

Now I was ready to go on the offensive. I trained Colonel Burton (Colonel Burton is the ass-kicking commando hero unit of the US forces. He sports a nice complement of remote/timed C4 that he can plant on any structure. Once placed, the C4 can be detonated via remote or it can be left there and a timer will eventually detonate it. He is also cloaked when not shooting or planting his C4) and infiltrated the village that Limpo had taken over. Seeing that it would take long for my troops to hack away at the garrisoned forces, I tell Burton to plant his C4 on the garrisoned building near his oil derricks. The garrisoned soldiers can't see him until its too late and only 1 garrisoned soldier survives the blast.

At that time I though to myself, "hmmm, this is a good time to attack." I had a lot to back that claim up: a good economy, a good military, and a good strategy (My strategy was to kick his ass). I mobilized my military and initiated the [Battle Plan] Bombardment at the Strategy Center, which gives all units a 20% damage boost.

I sent in my tanks first and then humvees and infantry to back the tanks up. I saw something unexpected: a couple of more buildings garrisoned by Limpo's troops. Not only this but there we a lot of RPG troopers shooting my invading forces. I was going to micro my units around but most of my army was a tank/humvee combo and I was fighting in an urban setting so this was almost a cakewalk for Limpo's infantry. Also he had help from above: Comanche choppers we firing rockets at my tanks while his F-22s were bombarding my humvees. I still was getting resistance from an occupied building so I sent over Colonel Burton and "took care of it" the same way he took care of the other occupied building. Again, there was only one enemy soldier that survived. During this action I took some of my infantry and raided the oil derricks that Limpo had captured. I recaptured it but Limpo saw this and attacked the derricks until it was destroyed.

My army was getting ground to a pulp so I had no choice but to pull back. Limpo knew this and he was not going to let me off his leash so easily. While my troops we slowly retreating, Limpo raided them constantly with his choppers and jet fighters. My army escaped but badly beaten. Limpo's army was twice the size of my army so I came up with a really simple solution. During the conflicts I had racked up enough generals points to get a generals promotion. Out of everything I picked an A-10 strike (This upgrade calls in air to ground support from the US A10 Warthog aircraft). I still had a couple of soldiers left in the city but I didn't know where Limpo's army was, so the soldiers became scouts. I found his army and sent in my A10s and in 3 seconds half of his tanks were destroyed along with some infantry units.

Direct Communication By Satellite-
Pres. Al Sharpton- "General I have your report that states you are in desperate need of aircraft from the Carrier U.S.S. New York. They are loading their A-10s but I need to know why your troops are retreating…"

Gen. Tommy Franks Jr.- "Mr. President, we are not retreating… we are advancing backwards…"

Now with my army at my base I needed to patch up. I built another power plant at the northern edge of my base and built more units to fill up my army, which was small compared to Limpo's. Sadly, my scout units had all been killed so I didn't know where Limpo's army was. This would prove to be a major blunder on my part.

Limpo knew well that his army was bigger than mine and that I was all banged up from the last battle. He had a clear battle plan laid out for him. He had air superiority over most of the map, he had a big army, and he had beaten the crap out of me, so he knew all he had to do was attack me.

Limpo sent in tanks to attack my right flank first. He had Tomahawk Missile Launchers (This long-range missile platform is best utilized for taking out enemy installations from afar) bombarding the top of my base just before his tanks came into the picture. He destroyed the Power Plant, which I built one minute ago, first and then he went onto my base defenses. They, though, proved to be a difficult match as 2 Patriot Missile launchers and 5 veteran tanks are not so easily beaten. After a couple of firefights his tanks were gone but I took 2 tank casualties.

A Paladin Tank's Radio Signals- This is Green Leader, Everything is quiet over here… wait. What's that? **Boom** Holy Shit! THIS IS GREEN LEADER I'M UNDER ATTACK I NEED BACKUP. I NEED BACKUP NOW, DAMMIT NOW! **Boom**

Next Limpo sent in his humvees, infantry, and tanks to attack my base head on. The first humvees were quickly destroyed but then came his tanks and RPG troopers. This was going to be a little difficult to take down but nothing serious until Limpo did something that nobody expected (nobody being me). Limpo used an EMP pulse (takes out all electronic equipment including tanks) on my tank army and this was devastating as only my infantry units were fighting the battle. Seconds later, though, my tanks had come back online but 3 were destroyed while they were off. After my tanks came back online, they had a little trouble in destroying the 2nd wave of attackers.

A U.S. soldier's poem:
"With my GI boots and my GI socks
My GI hair, my GL locks
GI rifle that I bear
GI wish that you were here"

Finally, Limpo's infantry attacked on my left flank. They didn't do much damage and they were put to sleep. This attack would have been 5 times stronger if he attacked from one place, but he didn't. Was there a reason for him doing so or is he just a stupid n00b? Yes there was a reason. During the fighting Limpo had run out of resources at his main so he expanded to the southwestern village that had 2 supply dumps.

After the battle I sent out a drone to see if Limpo had any army left and I saw that he had a few units packed together. I also saw that I had another A10 strike available to me so I used it. The A10s came in swiftly and annihilated them all. Then I sent in my army, which was now all healed up, to rip apart his base. Building by building, I slowly destroyed his main. A few minutes later all I had left to do was to destroy his expansion. I had one general's promotion left and I took the Fuel-Air Bomb (Brings in the devastating Fuel Air Bomb that engulfs everything in a fireball of explosive goodness). The explosion was so devastating and so beautiful that it couldn't be put into words so here is a picture:

After I used the bomb, I sent in paratroopers to occupy some buildings. Sadly, they occupied a building that was to close to another building occupied by Limpo's troops. Limpo had researched flash bangs (can clear out buildings) and it was a quickly over. Limpo's GIs threw the grenades and 5 of my GIs were killed. I used another A10 strike that I had and destroyed a supply depot that Limpo had and then I came in with my army to kill off anything that was left. GG.

50 years later… The History Channel- The conflict that started at Basra ended an entire generation… The atrocities committed by both sides will haunt the human race forever. This conflict known as Middle East War would engulf the region in flames, hatred, and nuclear winter… I'm Roger Mudd, thanks for watching…

I hope you guys liked my new style and please make some comments… they would really help. If you guys liked my style writing style, I might make more reports using it.