GDI views Nod as a dangerous, virulent, and inexplicably self-sustaining terrorist group obsessed with accelerating the worst ecological catastrophe in history, led by a charismatic and brilliant sociopath named Kane. The Brotherhood sees itself quite differently. Nod believes that it is the agent of change for a world in the throes of transition to a new order, the representative of the poor and the oppressed, and a foil to the previously unchecked power of GDI.

Nod has the people, resources, organization, and raw military power necessary to stand against GDI and wage war on a global scale. Yet the Brotherhood of Nod isn't a country; it's a strange new hybrid organization that has the combined characteristics of a religious movement, a multinational corporation, and a nation-state. Given the awesome demands of modern warfare, with its terrible cost and vast scale, Nod's ability to go toe-to-toe with GDI is astonishing.

Nod is able to recruit thousands of new members every month from the desperate populations of the borderlands. Their political, military, and logistical operations are decentralized and buried deep inside crumbling cities, towns, and outposts in the decaying Yellow Zones. A vast and sophisticated infrastructure is disguised from GDI, and Nod has perfected the art of moving military assets and forces quickly over long distances without detection, even by satellite or drone aircraft with the latest generation sensors.

Nod's core organization is very sophisticated and high-tech but they also have a large guerilla force composed of hastily trained and minimally equipped recruits from the Yellow Zones.? Nod's field forces are an interesting mix of low tech "militia" troops and smaller numbers of highly trained, elite soldiers equipped with state of the art communications gear and the most advanced weapon systems available.

Nod's military assets are experimental and exotic in both appearance and function, but the durability of their units is suspect. Nod engineers are not afraid to risk human life and will often sacrifice safety and protection for increased abilities and speed. Their high-end military hardware runs on Tiberium and tends to be fast but vulnerable, lethal but unstable. Nod offensive weapons deployed on vehicles range from rockets, machine guns, and flame throwers to toxins, lasers, and nuclear weapons. They also have a number of Tiberium-based weapons.

GDI認(rèn)為Nod是一個危險，惡毒，難以理解如何獨立存在的恐怖組織。他們癡迷于促進(jìn)歷史上最嚴(yán)重的生態(tài)災(zāi)難，由一位極具號召力（charismatic的意思為有號召力的，但同時也有“蒙受神恩的”等意思，在此不做歧義分析），才華橫溢的反社會人士凱恩領(lǐng)導(dǎo)。兄弟會對自己的看法則截然不同，Nod相信他們是在世界向新秩序過渡的痛苦時變革的推動者，是窮人和受壓迫者的代表，是對從前GDI膨脹權(quán)力的制約。

Nod擁有反抗GDI和在全球發(fā)動戰(zhàn)爭所需的人員，資源，組織和未經(jīng)訓(xùn)練的軍事力量。然而，Nod兄弟會并不是一個國家；它是一個奇怪的新型混合組織，擁有宗教運動，跨國公司與民族國家的共同特征。鑒于現(xiàn)代戰(zhàn)爭所需的可怕成本與龐大規(guī)模，Nod具有的與GDI正面交鋒的能力令人吃驚。

Nod每月能夠從邊境絕望的人中招募無數(shù)新成員，他們的政治，軍事和后勤運作分散，深藏于衰敗黃區(qū)的破碎城市，鄉(xiāng)鎮(zhèn)和前哨站中。龐大而復(fù)雜的基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施在未被GDI發(fā)現(xiàn)的情況下建立，并且Nod已經(jīng)完善了隱秘快速且長距離轉(zhuǎn)移軍事資產(chǎn)與部隊的方法，即使是通過衛(wèi)星或配備最新一代傳感器的無人機(jī)也無法發(fā)現(xiàn)。

Nod的核心組織非常復(fù)雜且高科技，但他們也有他們有一支龐大的游擊隊，由從黃區(qū)倉促訓(xùn)練而裝備簡陋的新兵組成。Nod的作戰(zhàn)部隊是一種有趣的低科技“民兵”部隊與少數(shù)訓(xùn)練有素士兵的混合，他們之中的精銳步兵裝備著能獲得的最先進(jìn)的通訊設(shè)施和武器系統(tǒng)。

Nod的軍事資產(chǎn)從外觀和功能上都是實驗性且奇特的，但是其耐用性令人懷疑。Nod工程師不懼怕拿生命冒險，往往會犧牲安全性和防護(hù)性來提升能力和速度。他們的高端軍事裝備基于泰伯利亞，快速但脆弱，致命卻不穩(wěn)定。Nod在載具上部署的攻擊性武器范圍從火箭彈，機(jī)槍，火焰噴射器到毒素，激光和核武器。他們也有大量的泰基武器。