The commander received a situation update upon returning to the Kodiak and dispatched to retake Phoenix Base from Nod General Vega. Chandra personally delivered the recall order to McNeil in the field. Aboard the GDSS Philadelphia, General Solomon received the taunting message from Kane the general ordered McNeil recalled immediately for GDI's reaction. On the eve of the war, the Commander McNeil was on maneuvers at the Southwest Training Center. Storyline Second Tiberium War Battles in the United States The re-emergence of Nod in September 2030 sees McNeil assigned command over GDI's North American forces, sent to handle the newest Nod outburst. Stationed in Point Hope, Alaska, McNeil enjoys his work, but longs for something more, a purpose for his life. Michael McNeil is, essentially, GDI's cleaner, called upon to handle the worst environmental crises and pacify the most violent of Nod uprisings. And like every good marine, he wants to win.' Assignment He knows what he wants and he'll do everything to achieve it. His best friend and second in command, Lt Chandra, says that 'Mack considers life simple.

He is a prominent field commander in his thirties, characterized as an intensely loyal and fiercely competitive individual in his periodical medical report #PSY89902. McNeil reached the rank of Commander in record time.

Michael spent his formative years in GDI bases and military academies, eventually, once old enough to join the GDI military, showing outstanding skills and abilities as a commando (thanks to Nod genetic enhancements that GDI is oblivious to). However, the facility was liberated by Commander James Solomon's forces and the McNeil brothers were taken under GDI care. Nod scientists aimed to create a highly intelligent military commander with excellent strength and combat reflexes in essence, the perfect soldier. When the McNeils resisted, they were shot dead by Nod troopers, leaving only his brother Jake alive. When Kane's scientists realized that the infant child has the perfect DNA structure for human enhancement with Tiberium, they took the child from the parents. McNeil was born in a Nod medical colony, after his parents were captured by the Brotherhood during the First Tiberium War.

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