Tiberium as a form of money?, Can you satisfy my curiosity? Options

[KajiTetsushi]

I thought of it this way: Tiberium, as we all know it, is a form of fund-raising object in C&C. But how does it work? Sure, we all do the same thing:
Collect Tiberium with our teeny-weeny resourcers, "refine" it, turn it into cold-hard cash, build a massive army and dominate the world. (Oops!)

But what does Tiberium have to do with all that? How can Tiberium help the world's economy? I can understand how Nod uses it for Tiberium-based weapons or that GDI uses some Tiberium as materials for a cure-giving experiment and get paid by the United Nations for any major achievement, but that's not the point here. Nod doesn't always use Tiberium to make weapons. And noting the huge amounts of Tiberium GDI already gathers per day, it'd be downright unusual to store all that for research!

If Tiberium were to be converted to shiny emeralds, sapphires or rubies (Implemented by mods using red Tiberium) and then sold in public, basically, everyone would already have some of them by now (Look at me - all wrapped up in shiny jewels - made from that same malignant growth that killed my folks! ).

So... can anyone speculate how poisonous crystals turn to useful cash? (Just curious - I'm not trying to defile the story of C&C.)

P.S.: This topic can fit anywhere within the C&C game series, so it'd be unfair if I placed them in one of the three and therefore, I placed it here in General Discussion. If this topic is in the wrong place, feel free to relocate it.

This post has been edited by ChrisIchikawa: Feb 15 2007, 06:41 AM

[Nod Strike]

Yeah, I agree with Aro. It's like anyone can use it so it's no longer so valuable.

Offtopic:

Why did you change your name to Aro, Nods Viper?