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Soon, you will know the glory of my nuclear arsenal.
- Tsing Shi Tao, the Chinese Nuclear Technology General

General Tsing Shi Tao is a Chinese Class AAA General serving in the People's Liberation Army during the GLA Conflict.

Background[]

The 50 year old[1] General Tsing gets what he wants, at any cost. Impatient to a fault, General Tsing relies heavily on nuclear technology on the battlefield. Unfortunately, there have been several terrible accidents. While General Tsing was the responsible officer during the Mudanjiang Disaster of 2007, his considerable talents saved his career. General Tsing believes such trials and errors are part of the development process.[2]

His divisions are beginning to see the results of his convictions, as a prototype of an advanced nuclear power plant has produced better results. Programs to develop tactical nukes and to promote stability in radioactive isotopes are producing better safety records, which will be well-received by his troops.[2]

General Tsing Shi Tao is stationed at Base Ox, Chengdu, and his Combat Number is 0000-000000-1.[2]

Arsenal[]

Overview[]

While the Chinese military saw no hindrances in their rapid resource acquisition, Tsing Shi Tao leans back from combat-focused battle plans that the other generals of the People's Liberation Army pride on, rather setting his eyes on the technological side of warfare with his unrestricted access to nuclear-based enhancements and his total command of the standard Chinese arsenal, available for production without needing any special procurement. Additionally, his arsenal even welcomes his own assortments of ever advancing nuclear technology and special tactical weapons to outfit his troops with. In general, his forces are summarized as a progressive armed division that contends in modern warfare where he encounters no difficulty if it comes at a higher monetary expense.

Units[]

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General's Powers[]

General's Challenge[]

Quotes[]

Time to put on your lead underwear!
At least it's a dry heat, General. *chuckles*
Ah! What? I am out of power? How can I be out of power? Someone get me more power, NOW!
- Tao when his base runs out of power
All forces, prepare for the next assault!
And now for my final attack. Hold on General, you're going to like this. Oh wait, no you won't! *laughs*
Is the heat getting to you, General?
Why are you destroying my barracks, general? It is not my men you should fear...
- Tao when the player destroys his barracks.
AH! My War Factory! What have you done?! My precious tanks, gone!
- Tao when the player destroys his War Factory
Oh, leave me alone! What have I ever done to you?!
- Tao when the player destroys his Propaganda Center.
Ah! My Command Center! No! I won't lose command, I won't!
- Tao when the player destroys his Command Center.
Oh... You are lucky to have survived this battle intact. Challenge me again, if you dare.
- Tao when the player is defeated.
Oh, look! I have a Nuke all ready for you!
- Tao when his first Nuclear Missile Silo is activated
Woah, two Nukes! Oh, I am pleased!
- Tao when his second Nuclear Missile Silo is activated
Three Nukes? Oh that is three times the fun!
- Tao when his third Nuclear Missile Silo is activated.
Four Nukes! Incredible!
- Tao when his fourth Nuclear Missile Silo is activated
Five Nukes! Maybe you want me to send you a clean pair of shorts now, huh? *chuckles*
- Tao when his fifth and last Nuclear Missile Silo is activated.
That ambulance will not save your men from the radiation.
- Tao when the USA player builds an Ambulance.
How many nukes, you think, will it take to destroy that new weapon, General?
- Tao when the player builds a Particle Cannon, a Nuclear Missile, or a Scud Storm
Cold Fusion is no way to make power, General.
- Tao when the USA player builds a Cold Fusion Reactor.
A Strategy Center? What "strategy" could you possibly devise to fight me?
- Tao when the USA player builds a Strategy Center
Your propaganda will not turn anyone against my Nuclear power, general!
- Tao when the China player builds a Propaganda Center.
The Black Market won't sell you anything powerful enough to stop me, general!
- Tao when the GLA player builds a Black Market
Your defenses crack like so many eggshell, general...
- Tao when he destroys the player's base defense.
It appears you have only trained your men to die, general...
- Tao when the player's barracks is destroyed.
Now your War Factory is a glow crater!
- Tao when the player's War Factory is destroyed.
Ay huh?!... You were not inside that Command Center, were you general?
- Tao when the player's Command Center is destroyed.
You call that a "Superweapon", General? It breaks like a toy!
- Tao when the player's Particle Cannon, Nuclear Missile, or Scud Storm is destroyed.
It pains me to destroy your reactors, General.
- Tao when the player's reactor is destroyed.
Oh so many soldiers, general... Do they all have their radiation suits on?
- Tao when the player trains too many infantry.
Ya, please! Build more tanks, general. Even they will melt in time...
- Tao when the player builds too many vehicles.
Keep those planes away from my silos!
- Tao when the player builds too many aircraft.
We have found some supplies! Soon we will control all of the resources...
More supplies for us! How are you funding your troops General?
It appears we control all the supplies in the area.
You better bring a lot of sunblock with you, General.
This is only the beginning general, The beginning of the end.
Surrender! Or do you want the bombing to continue?
You are losing this war General. A few more bombs and your base will fall...
Now the battle begin in earnest, prepare yourself general!
It looks like a nuclear winter this year, General.
Melt! Everything must melt!

Trivia[]

  • His name is a bad spelling of the Chinese term "Qing Shi Tou" (青石头), meaning "green stones". Uranium is usually depicted in fiction as green, rocky formations.
  • Tsing Tao also shares his first and last names with Tsingtao beer, a popular Chinese beer that is also widely exported around the world.
  • When you face him in the General's Challenge, he CAN NOT rebuild any destroyed structures, and all of his nuclear missiles will fire on PREDETERMINED areas; his first will hit to the left, near the supply dock (not the furthest down-left).
  • If you try to capture the Missile Silos before their launch, they will explode as if they were Booby Trapped, use this to your advantage when playing China
  • In his dialogues, he seems to be the only General with only a few but very unique and very specific quotes with regards to the player's activity or status.
  • General Tao carries an IMI Uzi in his victory portrait, a slightly odd choice for a Chinese General as it is an Israeli-made weapon not used by the Chinese military.
  • General Tao is wearing an outfit meant for a Marshall of The Peoples' Republic of China because of the blue millitary uniform. He is likely of that rank. If that's true he would outrank every Chinese general except General Leang. Tao and Leang would be of the same rank.
  • Despite already having access to much nuclear technology and weaponry, Tao was meant to have access to even more nuclear-based arsenal including Nuclear Hackers (capable of setting up nuclear suitcase bombs), Nuclear Red Guard (with Radiation Rockets), Nuclear Tank Hunters, a Tactical Nuclear Strike (airdropped nuclear bomb) General's Power and further upgrades for Uranium Shells (Weapons Grade Uranium Shells) and Nuclear Tanks (Fusion Reactors) but there were never implemented or cut. Mods restore most of these units.
  • Unlike other generals, he has no limitations, save for the loss of Firestorm from MiGs.
  • He had been spotted in the leaked storyboard videos of the Generals 2 campaign.

Gallery[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. Generals - Zero Hour, generals.csf, GUI:BioDOBEntry_Pos2
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour manual. Los Angeles, California: Electronic Arts Los Angeles, 2003.
Characters of the Generals Universe
China People's Republic of China First GLA War Arsenal China
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