Command & Conquer: Red Alert - The Aftermath

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Command & Conquer Red Alert: The Aftermath
Developer	Westwood Studios Intelligent Games
Publisher	Virgin Interactive (1997-1998) Electronic Arts (1998-present)
Composer(s)	Frank Klepacki
Latest version	2.00 (retail) 3.03 (1999 beta patch)
Release date	NA24 September 1997 BRNovember 1997
Genre	Real-time strategy
Modes	Singleplayer, multiplayer
Ratings	ESRB: T ELSPA: 15+ PEGI: 12
Platforms	DOS, Windows
Requirements	DOS or Windows 95/98 266 MHz Processor 8 MB RAM 350 MB HDD space 2x CD-ROM Drive Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Input	Keyboard, mouse

Command & Conquer: Red Alert - The Aftermath is the second of two expansion packs for Command & Conquer: Red Alert, and was released in 1997. Unlike the previous expansion packs, The Aftermath introduced some new units to both sides in skirmish and multiplayer , as well as some new missions and soundtrack additions.

The majority of multiplayer maps were designed by Intelligent Games.

On 14 November 2018, it was announced that Command & Conquer: Red Alert would be remastered by Petroglyph Games and Lemon Sky Studios under supervision of Electronic Arts, along with the Counterstrike and The Aftermath expansion packs.

New units

Allies

• Field mechanic - This mechanic can repair allied units instead of having them having to go to the service depot. The field mechanic is slow, unarmed and vulnerable, but his ability to repair vehicles is very useful.
• Chrono Tank - The Chrono Tank (when fully charged) can chronoshift itself. It is armed with precise missile launchers.
• Phase transport (available in Soviet missions) - This campaign-only unit is a stealth troop transport armed with a missile launcher.

Soviets

• MAD tank - M.A.D. stands for Mutually Assured Destruction. When activated, the M.A.D. tank charges and builds up a shockwave. When detonated, it damages or destroys any vehicle or building in the area, along with itself. Infantry are not affected by this weapon.
• Missile submarine - This submarine is capable of attacking targets on land as well as sea. It is almost as powerful as an Allied Cruiser. It has an advantage that the Cruiser does not; it can submerge before the enemy knows what hit them.
• Tesla Tank - The Tesla tank has long range when it shoots its electricity blasts similar to a Tesla Coil. When a Tesla Tank shoots its electricity jolts it jams the enemy radar.
• Shock Trooper - These troopers shoot Tesla bolts, and can not be run over by any vehicles.
• Super tank (unplayable) - An advanced Mammoth Tank version equipped with Iron Curtain armor and autopilot computer. Created by doctor Demitri, but eventually rampaged out of Soviet control.

Mutual

• Demolition truck - A redesigned supply truck that holds a nuclear warhead. When the Demolition truck rams its target, the explosion causes massive damage in a large radius.

Multiplayer balancing changes

• Turrets cost $800 (from $600), use 55 power (from 40), deal 60 damage per shot (from 40), have a rate of fire of 35 (from 50), projectile speed of 50 (from 40).
• The gap generator uses 90 power (from 60), has HP reduced to 700 (from 1000) and regenerates shroud slower
• Tesla coil has HP increased to 600 (from 400)
• Iron Curtain recharge time lowered to 5 (from 11)
• Concrete wall cost lowered to $50 from $100
• Engineers now can capture buildings at 66% HP or lower

New missions

Allied

• Harbor Reclamation
• In the Nick of Time
• Caught in the Act
• Production Disruption
• Negotiations
• Monster Tank Madness
• Time Flies
• Absolute M.A.D.ness
• PAWN

Soviet

• Testing Grounds
• Shock Therapy
• Let's Make a Steal
• Test Drive
• Don't Drink the Water
• Situation Critical
• Brothers in Arms
• Deus Ex Machina
• Grunyev Revolution

Trivia

Names in different markets

• France: Command & Conquer: Alerte Rouge - Missions M.A.D.
• Germany: Command & Conquer: Mission CD 2 - Vergeltungsschlag

Videos

• Red Alert cutscenes

External links

• Official website (archived)
• Red Alert folder on Westwood FTP (occasionally down)
  • Bachsau.com mirror of the former
• Freeware Classic Command & Conquer games at CNCNZ.com
• FunkyFr3sh's patched release
• Red Alert Archive
• Red Alert portal on CNCNZ.com
• Aftermath portal on the C&C Communications Center
• Red Alert on CnCNet

References

Red Alert, Counterstrike and The Aftermath missions

Red Alert Allied In the Thick of It • Five to One • Dead End • Ten to One • Tanya's Tale • Iron Curtain Infiltration • Sunken Treasure • Protect the Chronosphere • Evacuate Kosygin • Suspicion • Evidence • Naval Supremacy • Takedown • Focused Blast • No Remorse Soviet Lesson in Blood • Guard Duty • Covert Cleanup • Behind the Lines • Distant Thunder • Bridge over the River Grotzny or Bridge over the River Vizchgoi • Core of the Matter • Elba Island • Liability Elimination • Overseer • Sunk Costs • Capture the Tech Centers • Capture the Chronosphere • Soviet Supremacy Cut On the Prowl   Counterstrike Allied Crackdown • Down Under • Controlled Burn • Evacuation • Fresh Tracks • Trapped • Wasteland • Personal War Soviet Mousetrap • Paradox Equation • Nuclear Escalation • Legacy of Tesla • Proving Grounds • Besieged • Soviet Soldier Volkov & Chitzkoi • Top O' The World Ant missions Discovery • Rescue! • Hunt! • Exterminate!   The Aftermath Allied Harbor Reclamation • In the Nick of Time • Caught in the Act • Production Disruption • Monster Tank Madness • Time Flies • PAWN • Negotiations • Absolute M.A.D.ness Soviet Testing Grounds • Let's Make a Steal • Test Drive • Don't Drink the Water • Grunyev Revolution • Brothers in Arms • Shock Therapy • Situation Critical • Deus Ex Machina