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

[vOi!king ship]

First of all, Nods Viper, RA1 is a prequel to TD, not an expansion pack

And Tiberium makes better sence than gold and gems getting dumped on the ground, doesn't it? It's an aliend substance, giving you easilly accesible minerals, which can be used for agriculture, hydroponics etc. and metals for a war and peace time ecomony.

[Aro]

First of all, Nods Viper, RA1 is a prequel to TD, not an expansion pack

Yes sir admiral Smartass.

And i think its Sequal. lol

And creagor, chill out lol.
Disturbed said it was a quote from Louis Castle, so blame him for getting it all wrong.
And nah i don't like it, it don't make sense to me, but thats all IMO of course.

And confactor, just cause somethin' glows, don't make it special.

This post has been edited by Aro: Feb 15 2007, 06:43 PM

[Creagor]

Yes sir admiral Smartass.

And i think its Sequal. lol

And creagor, chill out lol.
Disturbed said it was a quote from Louis Castle, so blame him for getting it all wrong.
And nah i don't like it, it don't make sense to me, but thats all IMO of course.

And confactor, just cause somethin' glows, don't make it special.

Yeah, I meant what the hell towards Louis Castle, supposed tiberium know-all. And RA1 is a prequel, not a sequel, its known fact.