Forgotten

Forgotten
General
Type	Mutant Confederation
Leader(s)	Tratos (2030) Athos (Post-2037)
Affiliation	Independent GDI/Nod (occasionally)
Military	Irregular militia
Historical
Date established	Undetermined
Date fragmented	2038
Conflicts	Second Tiberium War Firestorm Crisis Third Tiberium War Fourth Tiberium War
Status
Fragmented

“

Never say "Trust us" to a mutant... - Kane

”

The Forgotten are a loose confederation of humans that exhibit a rare genetic mutation which enables them to survive Tiberium Toxemia, rendering them into bizarre Tiberium and carbon-based hybrid forms of life. They are shunned or despised by the majority of humans, and are often horrifying in appearance though not always. The Forgotten are commonly referred to as 'Shiners', due to the disturbing ability of parts of their skin to absorb Tiberium radiation.

Background

With the arrival and proliferation of Tiberium, civilian populations without access to shielding equipment of any sort were subject to contamination and irradiation by the element. Those who weren't killed developed physical and mental changes, becoming mutants. Those unaffected distrusted the mutants, making them outsiders and, as often happens in this situation, the outcasts banded together, and so, the Forgotten movement was born.

A human who survives Tiberium contamination shouldn't be considered lucky - Tiberium crystals merge with their flesh, growing over time. Concentrations of crystallized tissue can develop to the point where they burst and excrete a thick, viscous liquid, which quickly hardens on the victim's skin, creating an exoskeleton of sorts. While it devours the mutant's exterior, Tiberium toxins continue to ravage the inside, changing large amounts of bone marrow and muscle tissue into crystal formations. Eventually, the victim turns into a distorted mass of crystal and flesh.

Of course, the process is not instantaneous and can often take months or even years to complete. Before crippling disabilities (as seen above) set in, a Tiberian human will only become stronger with each passing day. They tend to be faster, stronger and more agile than pure humans, and the presence of Tiberium is not harmful to them. On the contrary, it actually accelerates their healing.

Overview

The Forgotten organization is dedicated to the protection and support of fellow Mutants. As the Tiberium infestation became more and more widespread, only the Forgotten - and Nod - remained in the infested zones, those tropical places close to the equator where Tiberium could flourish. As time went on, they would no longer resemble humans. The mutants would do anything to survive, and often raided Nod and GDI bases alike for food and supplies. They suffered a great deal of discrimination from "normal" humans as deformed outcasts. GDI and Nod personnel alike often treat mutants as inferior and with contempt, or worse. Many were imprisoned in Nod medical colonies, where they were studied for the effects Tiberium mutation had on humans. However, by the 2030s mutants seemed to be slowly being accepted by regular humans.

During the Second Tiberium War, they were known to operate in North America and Europe, bringing them into conflict with GDI and Nod forces there. Both sides realized that the expertise of the members of the Forgotten was crucial to their war effort. On one occasion, Nod forces dressed up as GDI soldiers and attacked Forgotten outposts in an attempt to turn the mutants against GDI. Ultimately, however, the Forgotten allied with the GDI to rescue their leader, Tratos, and helping GDI track down Kane's World Altering Missile.

In the early days of the Firestorm Crisis, the Forgotten suffered a severe blow when Tratos was assassinated by Nod (on CABAL's orders, angering Slavik for acting without his knowing). As a result, the mutants revolted. At one point, it seemed a war between human and mutant was inevitable, but GDI timely rectified the situation and the two sides were brought to relative peace with each other. Unfortunately for the Forgotten, their trouble was not yet over. Soon after Tratos' death, Nod forces under CABAL assaulted their main headquarters in order to retrieve a piece of the Tacitus. It soon became clear that CABAL's ultimate objective was the total extermination of all mutants. The loss of their headquarters and of so many of their people was a severe blow to the Forgotten, from which they did not recover even after the fall of CABAL.

Following the Firestorm Crisis, unable to unite under a single leader, the mutants went into self-imposed exile by 2034, with little known about the reasons behind their decision. They hid in yellow zones and some even ventured into dangerous red zones. In an act of good faith, GDI has deployed several G-330X habitat modules for them, and intel reported that the Forgotten claimed these structures as shelters, creating mutant hovels. During the Third Tiberium War, these hovels were to be shelters for Mutant Marauders, strong mutant warriors who hire out their services as mercenaries.

Following the Mutant Exodus of 2037, Athos, a charismatic mutant, became the leader of the Forgotten. The Forgotten built a large Fortress deep in their territory, and surrounded by shield hubs. Their outposts were overrun by Nod and GDI alliances, and it was rumored the Tacitus was held in the Fortress. Some time later, satellites carrying codes for the shield hubs crashed into Forgotten territory, and they were claimed by alliances to hack the shield hubs and allow the Fortress to be attacked.

Later, during the Fourth Tiberium War, the Forgotten remained within their Tiberium contaminated territories which were dangerous to intruders and included locations such as Tin City. At this point, they had developed their own equipment such as the Ironback and used modified buses as assault vehicles, aptly codenamed "Scrapbus". During this time, a Global Stratospheric Transport - GST Tzadik - crashed in Tin City which prompted GDI Commander Parker to recover the large vessel. His adviser Sgt Nash informed him to capture several Mutant Hovels in order to strike a deal with the native Forgotten, effectively making the Forgotten, once more, valuable allies of the GDI.

Organization

During the Second Tiberium War, the Forgotten as an organization was highly decentralized, with local mutant warlords commanding their forces. Tratos was the nominal leader of the mutants, but he could not consolidate the various factions of the Forgotten into one major faction.

Tratos' forces were divided into loose combat groups commanded by a Mutant Sergeant who led Mutant Soldiers and regular mutants.

Following his assassination (by Nod forces on CABAL's order), no leader rose to replace Tratos and the Forgotten became even more fragmented. It may have contributed to the eventual mutant exodus.

During the time of Athos' leadership, the Forgotten built camps, outposts and bases to protect their Fortress, where it was rumored the Tacitus was held.

Military

The Forgotten use equipment which consists almost entirely of scavenged, hijacked or otherwise stolen weaponry and vehicles, which has been known to include anything from modified civilian vehicles outfitted with armor plating and weapons to equipment hijacked from both GDI and Nod depots, to disposed and obsolete Mammoth tanks to stolen experimental high-tech weaponry such as a portable railgun.

The bases they operate from tend to be composed of old and abandoned military buildings and/or converted civilian ones (for instance, observation towers converted into sentry turrets), and are typically set either in deserted Tiberium-infested wastelands or former ghost towns (and cities) which The Forgotten settled in.

Following the Exodus, they built organized camps with defenses.

Interestingly, the Forgotten have managed to tame Tiberian fiends and use them for combat.

Second Tiberium War

Vehicles

Old but deadly Mammoth Tanks deployed by the Forgotten in 2030s

The Forgotten use a variety of scavenged military hardware and civilian vehicles, often mixing them, which results in unconventional weapons such as vulcan cannons mounted on armoured sedans or siege cannons housed in school buses. In addition to converted civilian cars, the Forgotten also are known to field old, decommissioned combat vehicles used during the First Tiberium War, the most powerful being old X-66 Mammoth tanks supported from air by helicopters.

Their bases also are composed of both civilian and military buildings, with them utilizing observation towers with mounted cannons as makeshift gun emplacements and solar arrays as power plants. Also, several old, prototype models of the Obelisk of Light are known to be in possession of the Forgotten.

Infantry

A Mutant Marauder in 2047

The infantry corps of the Forgotten are composed solely of volunteers, mutants who wish to fight to protect themselves, their loved ones, the organization, to extract revenge or just to survive.

Prominent members

• Tratos
• Umagon
• Ghost Stalker

Known Forgotten Infantry Units

• Mutant (has 2 one-handed weapons, what these weapons are is unclear)
• Mutant Soldier
• Mutant Rocket Soldier (uses the same sprite model as Nod rocket infantry)
• Mutant Sergeant (similar to Mutants, only they use more powerful handweapons. The weapons have blue muzzle flames)
• Mutant Hijacker (also available to Nod)
• Mutant Sniper
• Mutant Commando (otherwise known as Ghoststalker, which is available to GDI)

Mutant soldiers are exceptionally strong and resistant. Most of them are ambidextrous and use dual pistols or small submachineguns as their preferred weapon, with some mutants (usually women) preferring long range battle rifles. They fight in small bands as well as in even smaller commando raids and are often lead by minor leaders known as Sergeants. Unfortunately, the armor possessed by mutants is not comparable to the weaponry that they wield, and they can be easily torn apart by anti-infantry weapons. This lack of armor prevents them from being a match for cyborgs.

The Forgotten Commando is known as a "Ghostalker". He uses a powerful prototypical railgun, carries the ubiquitous C4 explosive charges, and is usually allied with GDI.

Some Mutants choose to specialize as skilled vehicle hijackers and building infiltrators. These individuals could be the primary reason(and means) for accruing some of the Forgottens more exotic weapons(ex. Mammoth tanks and the fabled Rail Gun). These Mutants are associated with the Brotherhood of Nod, as often their military ideology of stealth and infiltration coincides with that of Nod, but on at least 3 occasions, GDI has been fortunate enough to employ Mutant Hijackers.

When the proliferation of Tiberium takes even further and uncontrolled mutations, the mutants become more savage and powerful, being able to wield powerful gatling guns with ease. An example of these mutants is the Mutant Marauder of the Third Tiberium War. They would hire their services out to anyone willing to pay for them and in a few cases the Scrin invaders used mutants.

Third Tiberium War

• Mutant Marauder

Post-Mutant Exodus

• Forgotten infantry units
• Missile squads
• Rocket fist
• Bowler
• Scooper
• Scrapbus
• Forgotten Mammoth
• Harvester
• Demolisher artillery
• Reaper artillery
• Forgotten machine-gun nest
• Flak cannon
• Construction yard
• Defense HQ
• Forgotten trade center

Ascension Conflict

• Ironback
• Scrapbus
• Visceroid

Cut content

In Westwood's cancelled Command & Conquer: Tiberian Incursion, the Forgotten were to play a major part in retaliating against the invading Scrin, as they could control Tiberium and the environment it has reshapen in ways the aliens could not, making them an extreme threat to the invaders and an extremely valuable ally. Some of their powers included the ability to negate Scrin abilities, control over Tiberian fauna and flora as well as the ability to call in ion storms. These plans were shifted out but the Forgotten still made an appearance in CnC 3, as controllable units that could be enlisted from Mutant Hovels that GDI created for them.

Gallery

Concept art

Mutant Sergeant

Mutant Soldier

Mutant animation

Mutant Soldier animation

Mutant Sergeant animation

References

Factions of the Command & Conquer Universes

Tiberium Universe Major factions Global Defense Initiative • Brotherhood of Nod • Scrin • Forgotten • CABAL Subfactions Zone Operations Command • Steel Talons • Black Hand • Marked of Kane • Reaper-17 • Traveler-59 Minor factions Nod Separatists • Cultists Cancelled Scavengers Mentioned only Sword of Chagall • Sons of Umagon   Red Alert Universe Major factions Allies (America • Great Britain • Germany • France • South Korea • Greece • Turkey • Spain) • World Socialist Alliance (USSR (Russia • Ukraine) • Iraq • Cuba • Libya • Mexico) • Yuri's Army • Empire of the Rising Sun Minor factions Grunyev Revolutionists • Giant Ants • Soviet Underground • FutureTech Cancelled Scavengers • Romanov's Rebels   Generals Universe Generals USA General Townes • General Malcolm Granger • General Alexis Alexander • General Ironside China General Shin Fai • General Tsing Shi Tao • General Ta Hun Kwai • General Leang GLA General Rodall Juhziz • Prince Kassad • Dr. Thrax • General Mohmar • Junkyard* • Muerta* • Nitro* • Kitbash* • Wild Dog* • Tactician* EU* Daedalus • Ghost • Mercury Red • Cleaver • Cutting Edge • Lupa • Salvo • Bulldog APA* Blackjack • Red Arrow • Inferno • 1000 Suns • Beast • Taskmaster For companies, see the companies template Names with an asterisk (*) belong to the cancelled Generals 2 and are not officially canon. The EU and APA factions have asterisks as well, meaning all of their respective content is treated the same way.

Forgotten Second Tiberium War Arsenal

Units Infantry Mutant Mutant Soldier Mutant Sergeant Rocket Infantry Mutant Sniper Mutant Hijacker Ghost Stalker Tiberian Fiend Vehicles Harvester Attack Buggy Attack Cycle Wolverine Mobile Artillery Flame Tank Mammoth Tank Armoured Automobile Armoured truck Armoured bus Recreational Vehicle Aircraft Harpy   Structures Production & tech Construction Yard Power Plant Tiberium Refinery Barracks War Factory Advanced Power Plant Helipad Defenses & support Tiberium Silo Component Tower Laser Turret Surface-to-Air Missile Site Obelisk of Light Observation tower Upgrades Surface-to-Air Missile Battery Items in italics are only used in Firestorm

Forgotten Ascension Conflict Arsenal
Units Infantry Ironback • Visceroid Vehicles Scrapbus   Structures Buildings Forgotten Hovel

Forgotten Tiberium Alliances Arsenal

Offense Rocket fist • Forgotten • Missile squad • Sniper team • Commando • Scooper • Bowler • Scrapbus • Mammoth • Thumper • Wasp • Locust • Smoker • Dreadnought Defense Wall • Forgotten • Machine-gun nest • Flak cannon • Demolisher artillery • Reaper artillery • SAM site • Rocket fist • Missile squad • Sniper team • Scooper • Bowler • Scrapbus • Mammoth • Barbed wire • Anti-tank barrier Structures Construction yard • Harvester • Power plant • Refinery • Tiberium silo • Command post • Factory • Trade center Fortress Colossus • Particle Cannon • Predatory Rocket Fist Cut content Bombard • Grinder