Background on the GDI ZOCOM Tiberium eradication division

With a post-Nod GDI shifting its focus to the reduction and eventual elimination of Tiberium, it was natural for the council to establish a branch of the military tasked with the enforcement and execution of that goal - Zone Operations Command, or ZOCOM. Their peacetime mission was threefold; to improve GDI's military capabilities within areas of high Tiberium infestation, to establish 'beachheads' within such areas allowing reclamation to commence, and to protect existing reclamation operations from any attacks, be they terrorist or mutant in origin.

Command was given to the eminently qualified C. Elena Renteria, a decorated war hero and one of the first women to rise to the rank of General within GDI. Beyond her reputation as a smart, no-nonsense battlefield commander, Renteria's unique upbringing provided insight into the task at hand. The daughter of Mexican nationals, the General spent her childhood in the Tiberium wastelands of central Africa, while her parents, both GDI scientists, attempted to understand and contain the deadly crystal. After witnessing firsthand the devastating effect of Tiberium on the human population of those areas, Renteria dedicated the rest of her life to its elimination; first focusing on the systematic and ruthless dismantling of the Brotherhood of Nod, and then later through ZOCOM's Tiberium control and reclamation operations.

Few would deny that Red Zone service is perhaps the most demanding of any GDI assignment. Most soldiers cannot endure significant Tiberium exposure for more than a few weeks at a time without risking serious physical and psychological damage. There are exceptions, however - men and women who find the experience of living and fighting in a near alien environment to be an energizing, engaging experience. These individuals quickly find themselves assigned to ZOCOM - and few, if any, would be happy anywhere else.

Excerpt from 'C. Elena Renteria: My Life' by C. Elena Renteria

GDI ZOCOM泰礦根除部門的背景

Nod內(nèi)亂后的GDI將其重點(diǎn)轉(zhuǎn)移到減少和最終根除泰伯利亞上，委員會(huì)自然就建立了一個(gè)軍事分支來執(zhí)行和完成這一目標(biāo)——區(qū)域作戰(zhàn)指揮部，簡稱ZOCOM。他們?cè)诤推綍r(shí)期的使命有三部分;提高GDI在高泰礦感染地區(qū)的軍事能力，在這些地區(qū)建立“灘頭陣地”，以讓收復(fù)工作開始，并保護(hù)現(xiàn)有的收復(fù)行動(dòng)免受任何攻擊，無論他們是恐怖分子還是變種人。

指揮官被授予給了才華橫溢的C. Elena Renteria，一位戰(zhàn)功卓著的戰(zhàn)爭英雄，也是GDI中第一批晉升為將軍的女性之一。除了作為一位聰明，嚴(yán)肅的戰(zhàn)場指揮官的名聲外，Renteria獨(dú)特的成長經(jīng)歷讓她對(duì)眼前的任務(wù)有深刻的認(rèn)識(shí)。這位將軍是墨西哥僑民的女兒，她的童年是在中非的泰伯利亞荒地上度過的，而她的父母都是GDI的科學(xué)家，試圖了解并遏制這種致命的水晶蔓延。在親眼目睹了泰伯利亞對(duì)這些地區(qū)的人類造成的毀滅性影響之后，Renteria將她的余生獻(xiàn)身于根除泰伯利亞；首先專注于系統(tǒng)而無情地瓦解Nod兄弟會(huì)，然后是ZOCOM的泰伯利亞控制和收復(fù)行動(dòng)。

很少有人否認(rèn)紅區(qū)作業(yè)可能是GDI所有任務(wù)里要求最高的。大多數(shù)士兵不能忍受大量的泰礦接觸超過幾個(gè)星期的時(shí)間，和因此有可能造成的嚴(yán)重的身體和心理傷害。然而，也有例外——有些人發(fā)現(xiàn)在一個(gè)近乎外星的環(huán)境中生活和戰(zhàn)斗的經(jīng)歷是一種充滿激情和迷人的體驗(yàn)。這些人很快發(fā)現(xiàn)自己被分配到ZOCOM——很少有人會(huì)想離開那，如果有的話。

摘自《C. Elena Renteria：我的生活》，C. Elena Renteria著