OMNICIDE – Total Overhaul Mod
Traditional nationalism cannot survive the fissioning of the atom. One world or none.
-Stuart Chase
What is Omnicide? Omnicide takes its name from a word:
Omnicide (Noun)
om·ni·cide | ˈäm-ni-ˌsīd
The total extinction of the human species as a result of human action.
And that word is what this mod is all about.
Someday, not too distant, there can come streaking out of somewhere – we won’t be able to hear it, it will come so fast – some kind of gadget with an explosive so powerful that one projectile will be able to wipe out completely this city of Washington.
-Hap Arnold
OMNICIDE features 5 generations of progressively more destructive nuclear weapons taking powerful and deadly forms, from massive 16 warhead MIRVs to nuclear torpedoes, but that’s not all. OMNICIDE also features chemical weapons, new delivery methods and other surprises to ensure you can unleash carnage on your enemies. Traditional defences have also recieved a boost to counteract these new threats, but there is no such thing as safety in a nuclear war. Your only hope is to outkill your enemy.
Blackmail the universe with the greatest of calamities! Awaken those sleeping giants, in the dust of the ground!
-Megadeth, Blackmail the Universe
OMNICIDE is designed for games of all lengths. You can play the long game and invest in technologies to boost your production and research capabilities, or you can rush in early and try to catch your opponent off-guard with a flurry of early nuclear and chemical weapons backed up with conventional forces. Be warned, although more advanced technologies have the potential to be absolutely devestating, they also take much more effort to obtain than a more rounded and lower-tech approach. You’ll have to decide if these powerful tools will be worth the wait, or if you’ll even be alive long enough to see them pay off!
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
-Albert Einstein
OMNICIDE has expanded every branch of the original ICBM. You’ll have an even firmer grasp of command at sea, in the air, on the ground and in space. Send army divisions to invade and occupy enemy cities, and even raze them to the ground if it suits your needs. Deploy special forces to sneak in behind enemy lines and discreetly destroy enemy equipment, while countering the enemy’s own covert units. Space warfare takes a more prominent role as well, with the introduction of early warning and attack satellites, and a new set of tools to destroy them with. Submarines are deadlier than ever before with the addition of new strategic weapons and SSGNs. Surface fleets shouldn’t be ignored either, as they have upgrades of their own, including new carrier-based nukes capable of flattening cities. Every tool at your disposal has been expanded, but can you keep your nation safe?
Honestly? Probably not.
Imagine a room awash in gasoline, and there are two implacable enemies in that room. One of them has nine thousand matches. The other has seven thousand matches. Each of them is concerned about who’s ahead, who’s stronger. Well that’s the kind of situation we are actually in.
-Carl Sagan
OMNICIDE is not about surviving. It’s about destruction. Although you may be able to take your enemy by surprise and deny them a powerful retaliation strike, success is not final, and failure is not fatal. OMNICIDE is designed so that players will have some last-ditch second strike options at their disposal to buy themselves some time and potentially make a comeback, even when it seems as though all is lost. Everything is expendable and you should expect to lose it. Aircraft, warships, launchers, satellites, cities… All are more easily destroyed than protected in OMNICIDE. Of course it’s possible to take the upper hand and win, but don’t expect to do it without getting hurt!
Total nuclear war is probably the most horrible thing that humankind could do to itself in the modern era. Do you have the stomach for it? Are you ready to use the most powerful weapons ever wielded to annihilate your enemies, no matter what the cost? Are you ready to end civilization as we know it? Are you ready to desecrate the legacy of humankind? Are you ready, to commit OMNICIDE?
Special thanks to TAR5US and Tolis for teaching me the ropes of modding and inspiring me to make something of this scale.
A big thanks to Gorthan for taking the time to provide the Italian translation. Greatly appreciated!
A HUGE thanks to Ufnv, the developer, for being incredibly responsive and providing the insight and support that made this mod possible. Like, actual support. There are things about this mod that only work because he deliberately added them. Truly an outstanding developer.
