Oh, hello again. Have a movie.

No news is good news.

It really has only been a week since the last update, I swear. Unfortunately I have a habit of making promises that end up being challenging to keep up with, but there is good reason for our two months of media blackout. The mod has been progressing at an increasingly rapid pace and we have almost hit the milestone of having the AWSC faction completely playable in its entirety, along with its related economy. That's an impressive bit of work for our small team.
To make a short story even shorter, our hope for a demo release is gaining steam. Once again, no promises, but I would prefer that we don't horde our mod like we did with Halogen. In the meantime, we continue on with the exploration of the AWSC arsenal.

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Far from the tradition of 21st century rotors, the Predator is a strange sight on the field. Using several turbofans to propel itself through the air, it has the maneuverability to provide close air support to ground units operating on the front lines.



The Predator is armed with two 30mm rotary cannons and eight anti-tank rockets, making it an early counter to enemy armor and an excellent mobile fire support platform for infantry and vehicle operations. It remains an affordable solution for escorting vulnerable aircraft such as Marine Condor dropships throughout extended campaigns.





The Cobra bridges the gap between main battle tanks and massive dedicated artillery pieces such as the Sledgehammer. Acting primarily as a self-propelled medium-range artillery system, the Cobra excels at supporting armor advances and suppressing entrenched enemy positions.



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What's this? Bonus preview of new construction animations?



That's all we have time for. Colonial Administration will be in touch.

When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the mod community, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Godwin and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

Despite outward appearances, the last few months have been extremely hard on Asylum. Command & Conquer 3 has been a less than cooperative platform for our mod. With no way to go forward or backwards, we have come to a decision that I think will be the absolute best thing in the long run. Asylum will no longer be a real-time strategy mod.
We are porting to the upcoming FPS game, Tiberium.
As such, the mod will no longer be known as Asylum. We will be changing our name to Signal to better reflect the storyline.
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You are the leader of a Marine Fire Team on the border world of Tau1 Gruis, besieged on all sides by an unstoppable alien force bent on total genocide. You have no way to escape, no way to call for help, and no way to win. Your only choice is to buy the colony enough time to come up with a way to stop the invasion and warn the rest of humanity.

While still in the very early stages of development, we have many features planned:

Co-Op Play
Up to 4 players can take control of different members of the Fire Team in hybrid Commader/Squad gameplay. The Commander is in control of reinforcing and resource management, while the other squad members can command NPC reinforcements and use special powers and abilities to turn the tide against the alien forces.

Command and Control
Call in reinforcements dynamically to increase your. Heavy battle tanks, light scout vehicles, artillery pieces, and mighty jet fighters are all available to bolster your squads and bring the fight to the enemy

Total War
Wage war across a whole planet, through burnt-out suburbs, a sprawling military base, and a massive city.
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Of course, we need some things to show off. And we just happen to have them.

An environmental concept to show the style that Signal hopes to achieve.


The M1A7 Crusader MBT. A call-in pilotable vehicle.


Untextured render of the Marine's M12B Assault Rifle.


I hope we can count on the support of fans to ease the transition. Signal will realize the the ambitions we set out with in 2003.
Coming 2012.