

This applies to them in gameplay as well: the rebalances the mod brings have once again made the Soviets a force to be reckoned with after Yuri's Revenge nerfed them to oblivion. If it hadn't been for infighting and the emergence of Epsilon, the Soviets would have eventually achieved their lifelong goal of communist world domination. In the mod, they have all but defeated the Allied, something not even the time travel-enhanced Soviet in Red Alert 3 can do. In canon, they haven't managed to win a single campaign, only clinging to life by mean of time travel.

After a lengthy and bloody war, the Allies were victorious, Premier Joseph Stalin was killed, and the USSR was occupied by the Allies and the United States of America to set up a European-friendly regime. The Soviet Union grew in power and began expanding aggressively into Eastern Europe, forcing Western European nations to band together and counter the growing threat of the Russian bear. Unfortunately, the erasure of Nazi Germany as a world power eliminated a check on the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. He attempted to avert the horror and bloodshed of World War II by assassinating Adolf Hitler before he seizes control in Germany. In 1946, Professor Albert Einstein created a prototype temporal displacement device called the Chronosphere that allows him to travel backwards in time. Similar to the original installment of Red Alert 2, Mental Omega dives into a chaotic alternate universe that takes place during the 1980's. Each sub-faction has its own unique units and each focuses on different aspects of warfare. And finally Wings of Coronia, The Last Bastion and Haihead are collectively the Foehn Revolt. Scorpion Cell, PsiCorps and Epsilon HQ comprise Epsilon. Russia, China, and the Latin Confederation make up the Soviets.

The USA, European Alliance, and the Pacific Front are the Allied Nations. In addition to the revamped story, the game greatly expands upon and re-balances all three of the original factions, giving them a plethora of new units in three distinct sub-factions for each, ala Kane's Wrath.
