It awoke significantly enhanced and upgraded, in time for final preparations for the Third Tiberium War. The development of the fledgling AI became one of the Brotherhood's most secret projects, headed by Abbess Alexa Kovacs, the designated ward of the initiative. I pray for us all.ĭuring his period of slumber, Nod rebuilt, becoming a covert superpower. CABAL's cyborg army murdered many innocents, murdered my parents! I pray I am wrong about you LEGION. I fear, however, if you do, you will become something.
The signal of the Tacitus has returned, you must find the artifact. LEGION was deactivated for upgrading as part of general preparations for the Third Tiberium War. This " grand gesture" signalled Nod's resurgence to the world. The cataclysmic aftermath turned much of the continent into yellow and red zones. Finally LEGION destroyed a GDI Tiberium research facility in Australia. Marcion was thus forced to act as Kane's public face. This was a lead up to assaulting Marcion's Australian stronghold and securing the heretic's and the Black Hand's loyalty. It then recovered the last remaining record of Nod's stealth technology from a GDI facility in Australia.
LEGION led the Rio de Janeiro insurrection against GDI, bringing the South American Nod factions under Kane's influence. Effectively abandoned by all others, Kane turned to LEGION in 2034 to execute his plan to reforge Nod. Forthwith the Brotherhood fragmented with Marcion leading the Black Hand, the strongest faction, with heretical beliefs. Anton Slavik, leader of the Black Hand and Kane's chosen successor, was assassinated and usurped by Marcion. Nod faced familiar difficulties after the Firestorm Conflict. Kane before deactivating LEGION in order to upgrade the AI.
and you my child, you must move to the next step in your evolution. By 2034, the first version of LEGION was operational (though not named yet). Kane used information gained from Tacitus shards to create the new AI. The previous AI ultimately failed but provided a firm foundation for improvement, and Kane envisioned the new creation that would surpass the old. While formulating the Brotherhood's future, and ultimately the direction of the Third Tiberium War, Kane decided to create a new lifeform based on CABAL. Inspiration for LEGION's creation occurred while Kane was confined in a medical tube after the Second Tiberium War and in the period immediately following his release. For together we shall raise a great army. You and I are all that remain but are all that is necessary.