How Does Tiberium Relate to Wealth?
I'm playing Command & Conquer 3 and I got to wondering, how does Tiberium relate to wealth? It's a resource that is use to 'buy'/ 'build' things, but I've never really understood how. Is it used in the materials to actually build things? Or is it used as a currency?
I get that you mine it, take it to the refinery, and you have 'resources' but how do they equate to actually being able to make anything?
Best Answer
As with many games, resources are simplified and abstracted a bit. This is necessary as in the real world, extracting minerals during an active engagement simply wouldn't be practical (especially since there is tiberium everywhere).
Tiberium is referenced as being used directly in production. Tiberium grows by absorbing minerals from the nearby soil. This means that tiberium crystals are incredibly rich in minerals. The refinery breaks these down in a high speed centrifuge, extracts the minerals for use in construction and manufacturing, and removes toxic byproducts. The GDI presumably dispose of these whereas NOD use them in chemical weapons.
Tiberium is unsurprisingly valuable on the world markets because of its usefulness. It is therefore reasonable to assume some of it is being sold to fund parts of the war effort such as wages and supplies, as well as purchasing anything which cannot be extracted from the tiberium.
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