Shout Out / Tiberium Wars

• Lots of shout-outs to Warhammer 40,000; for example, the Commander of the Nod forces is named Rawne, one of the female GDI troopers is named Penlan, GDI uses heavily armored infantry squads referred to as "Armored Fist" platoons. The Avatar pilots being wired into their machines is quite evocative of Dreadnoughts, and on that matter, "Avatar of Kane." The members of the GDI 4th Recon Battalion are vague expies of the Ghosts as well.
• A subtle shout-out occurs when Corporal Colt spots approaching Black Hand troops: "Target the Black Hand. Target the Black Hand! Target EVERYONE! SOMEBODY FIRE!"
  • Sergeant Bendis seems to be another play to Firefly, as he shares a name with an unfortunate private in the series' pilot. Like said private, Bendis is killed when his position is overrun.
  • But then, it shouldn't really be any surprise that the author uses a lot of Firefly references, as he is a fan of the series, and has a recommended fanfic in that fandom here too.
• GDI Commander Karrde, who shares a name with a certain smuggler in Star Wars Legends.
• Skull and Talon Squadrons.
• In one chapter, there is a brief scene involving a quartet of GDI troops riding a Pitbull, where the fireteam acts much like the Marines in Generation Kill; one of the troopers is even eating coffee crystals right out of the bag, just like in the book.
• There's a reference to Mass Effect in the form of a reporter named Emily Wong, as well as her cameraman Tim, whose description resembles that of the "gargoyles" from Snow Crash.
• There's a shout out to the Gears of War commercials at the beginning of Chapter 14, with the poem "Rendezvous With Death" by Alan Seeger quoted at the beginning of the chapter.
• "Simo" Havers's nickname is a reference to Simo Häyhä, who is generally considered the greatest sniper in history.
• Chapter Sixteen has a very, very brief glimpse at the Scrin, with what is presumably the AI controlling their mothership. The AI is referred to as a "Mind".
  • There's also one near the end of chapter 3.
• Chapter Sixteen also includes references to the early Metal Gear series, including the Zanzibar Land hamsters.
• Chapter Seventeen has a group of recon troopers with the callsign of Caprica, and also has "Jericho" cluster missiles. There's also a Master Sergeant Lyons, which may be a reference to Fallout 3.
• The Mammoth Tank nicknamed "Plaited Daisies" is a reference to a ship in Schlock Mercenary.
  • Several of the tank names appear to be references. For example, there's also a tank named Goldeneye, and another named Demon Hand.
• The Nod commando's name, Cristos, might be a reference to Oxanna Kristos from Tiberian Sun.
• In Chapter Fifteen, while Sergent Bendis is being treated by a medic, he yells, "Where the fuck did you learn field medicine? Butcher school?"
• In Chapter 18, LEGION'S preferred voice of choice is Tim Curry. Rawne even comments that if LEGION starts singing Sweet Transvestite, he's shooting his way out.
• In Chapter Twenty, Captain Wallace removes the weapons from dead bodies, just in case they decide to "go all Black Knight on us."
• In the more recent chapters, several of the posters on Spacebattles have started making cameos as background soldiers.
• The fourth chapter is titled "The Wrath of Kane," and manages to be both a reference to Kane's Wrath and the Star Trek movie at the same time.
• A Brotherhood doctor named Anders.
• "I am assuming direct control of this facility."
• Brigadier General Axel Higgs. There's also a Colonel Jack Harper ^note  which is the real name of the Illusive Man.
• Chapter 5's name is "Hell March", after the iconic song from the Red Alert series; Chapter 13 later follows suit by being titled "Act on Instinct", a similarly-iconic song from Tiberian Dawn.

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