Excerpt from "Eyes Only" Inner Circle Intelligence Report

The Inner Circle has long feared GDI's dominance of space. GDI's orbital weapons platforms, command & control stations, and spy satellites are protected by a powerful anti-missile system that seemed invulnerable and invincible. This orbital necklace of death is based on a network of space-based kinetic kill weapons, lasers, and even the Ion Cannons themselves - used to intercept and destroy incoming missiles. GDI space assets have been out of reach of the Brotherhood for years, leading to a sense that the balance of power in a decades-long struggle would eventually tip decisively against the Brotherhood.

But our operatives discovered a flaw in the GDI system: For some unfathomable reason, GDI put the crews and control centers for their Ion Cannons and their A-SAT system on the ground.? Even better, the critical personnel and equipment are concentrated in a single facility in the northeastern Blue Zone. A well-planned surprise strike on Goddard Space Center could take all of GDI's Ion Cannons and their entire A-SAT system offline, giving the Brotherhood days and possibly weeks to conduct combat operations across the planet unhindered by space-based weapons and prying eyes.

As a bonus, the primary GDI world command hub is based on board the space station Philadelphia. A missile strike on the Philadelphia immediately after the destruction of the A-SAT control systems could render the entire GDI command and control structure headless and reeling.

摘自“絕密”核心集團情報報告

核心集團長期以來一直擔心GDI在太空方面的支配地位。GDI的軌道武器平臺，指揮控制站，并且間諜衛(wèi)星收到強大反導(dǎo)系統(tǒng)的保護，似乎無懈可擊，無法動搖。這個軌道上的死亡項鏈是基于天基動能殺傷武器，激光，甚至包括離子炮本身的防御網(wǎng)絡(luò)—用于攔截和摧毀來襲的導(dǎo)彈。GDI的太空資產(chǎn)在多年來都無法被Nod所觸及，這導(dǎo)致了一種感覺，在長達幾十年的斗爭中，力量的天平終會倒向?qū)π值軙焕囊幻妗?/span>

但我們的特工發(fā)現(xiàn)了GDI系統(tǒng)的一個漏洞：因為一些無法理解的原因，GDI把他們離子炮和A-SAT系統(tǒng)的工作人員和控制中心都放在了地面。更妙的是，關(guān)鍵人員和設(shè)備都集中在藍區(qū)北部一個單獨的設(shè)施里。對戈達德（Goddard）航空中心的一次精心策劃的突襲可以讓所有的GDI離子炮和整個A-SAT系統(tǒng)下線，給兄弟會幾天甚至幾周的時間在全球展開軍事行動而不會受到天基武器和窺視之眼的阻礙。

作為額外收獲，首要的GDI世界指揮中心位于費城空間站。一發(fā)導(dǎo)彈將在破壞A-SAT控制系統(tǒng)后撞向費城空間站，這會讓整個GDI指揮和控制結(jié)構(gòu)群龍無首，暈頭轉(zhuǎn)向。

譯注：推測A-SAT的全稱是Anti-Satellite Weapon