Another possibility is that in the last mission he briefs you on, he mentioned that his gunboat will take out the enemys power supply.

Carter is never seen again after the GDI offensive into Hungary as he was either killed-in-action or succumbed to tiberium poisoning. As it turns out, the skin affliction is one of the signs of mild tiberium poisoning.

Killed Offscreen: In the later missions, Carter begins to look worse for wear, coming down with an apparent skin affliction and displaying some tiredness and confusion which could be attributed to combat stress and fatigue.

One of GDI's field commanders during the First Tiberium War, Carter assists and gives briefing to the Commander for a number of missions.

Precision F-Strike: To show how high the stakes are in the last mission, Sheppard uses about the harshest language allowed in a 90's computer game.

Obligatory War Crime Scene: In the briefing for the final GDI mission, he specifically orders the player to give no quarter to 'Kane and his zealots.' This is a direct violation of the Hague Conventions, and serves to drive home just how high-stakes the final mission is.

He's also visibly tired for this one briefing. However, the stakes are so high in the final mission that he calmly-yet-angrily tells the player to 'destroy the Bastard' (see also Precision F-Strike below).

OOC Is Serious Business: Normally, Sheppard is a calm and patient individual.

Mission Control: One of many characters in the GDI campaign who gives you sit-reps on missions.

Military Brat: He has a son, Logan Sheppard, who is also in GDI, as a commando.

It turns out that it was all a hustle by Sheppard to fool Kane and lure Nod into a false sense of security.

Guile Hero: Halfway during the campaign, Sheppard seems to be under intense scrutiny for alleged war crimes (actually Blatant Lies from Nod's propaganda machine).

He's really making it seem like that so Nod will become overconfident.

Frameup: Seems to take the fall when Nod propaganda makes it seem GDI is needlessly killing civilians.

The Brigadier: Supposedly his rank in spite of his uniform bearing three stars.

Big Good: The leading man for the GDI forces.

It turned out to be a plan to lull Nod into a false sense of security, which allowed a newly-reinvigorated GDI to pursue them to their temple and defeat them.

He was poised to take the fall when GDI was accused of committing war crimes and vanished from public view for a time. Sheppard lead the campaign against Nod, personally giving briefings to his field commander, as well as dealing with politicians at the UN.

The first supreme commander of the multinational Global Defense Initiative task force during the First Tiberium War, Sheppard was a United States general before being tapped to run the newly formed GDI.

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