Interstate 290 Illinois
Tanya, Natasha and four Attack dogs bailed out of their IFV just as the Lasher Tanks opened fire.
The light armored IFV couldn't not sustain many hits and was quickly destroyed by the four Lashers, however this was their undoing; the Lasher tank crews had sought to destroy whatever cover their enemy had and then crush them beneath their treads, so they had targeted the IFV instead of Tanya and Natasha, this gave Natasha just enough time to place a well aimed shot through the closest Lasher Tank's crew.
Tanya on the other hand did not lack any anti vehicle capabilities either, she had many, many explosive charges. When the Lasher Tanks proceeded with their plan of running her over, Tanya surprised them by running straight towards them, quickly planting charges on each remaining tank, destroying all of them.
"Well that was easy enough" Natasha said, after loading another AP round into her rifle, she then walked over to the undamaged Lasher Tank and began removing the dead crew's corpses. "How nice of them to provide us with transportation."
Tanya looked back at their destroyed IFV and decided that the Lasher Tank would be their best mode of transportation, after all this mind controlling army wouldn't suspect them to be driving one of their own vehicles.
"Can you drive this thing?" asked Tanya as she entered the Lasher Tank after Natasha.
"Nope"
Natasha was observing the controls of the Yuri army Lasher Tank.
"Luckily this tank seems to be of Soviet origin, so I can assume it is not too different from a Hammer Tank."
This made Tanya wonder, "Come to think of it, all those guys I fought earlier were speaking Russian, could the Soviets be behind this?"
"If they are, then they would have rescued me and the Premier" replied Natasha
"There could just be a new premier, one that doesn't want the older generation to mess with him."
"If that is true then I am willing to head back to Leningrad and kill him myself."
"I won't stop you then, but first we gotta get to Alcatraz."
"Yes ma'am" Natasha said sarcastically
"Comrade leader, construction of the Cloning Vat is now complete" the man who spoke was known to Yuri as Anton, like Yuri, Anton did not use his last name, and masked his face with the same mask all Initiates wear, what distinguished him from the rest was that his mask and uniform bore Yuri's symbol, something that Yuri grant him when he became the first Initiate to reach heroic veterenacy.
In addition to his top initiate Anton, there was also a blonde woman holding two pistols in the transmission.
"You see comrade leader, we can even make clones of commandos thanks to the DNA we found at Futuretech."
This did not impress Yuri
"Do not make any more of these 'commandos' they are inferior to myself"
This shocked Anton, who believed that making a huge army of Tanyas, Natashas, and Yuriko's, could let them easily beat the remains of the Empire, however Yuri had a reason for this.
"I will grant you a sample of my DNA, use it to create perfect clones of me" Yuri said to Anton "They must have the same will, same thoughts, and same ideals as I do, I will also be sending the Allied commander's DNA soon."
"Understood, what should I do with the clones we have already created?"
"Let them serve us, but remove anything pointless"
Imperial base, Moscow
An officer addressed both Admiral Naomi Shirada, and the Supreme Shogun.
"Our recon teams are having a very rough time, we lost the majority of recon teams two and nine, recon team one has lost all their transports, however recon team three managed to find an old Soviet base and has transferred over some plans for a vehicle known as a War Miner* an Ore Collector that can harvest Ore directly from the ground without the aid of refineries, recon team seven has also returned to base with a Pacifier FAV, while recon team eight has provided us with locations of Soviet Underground bunkers and other hiding spots."
"Alright, start producing War Miners, our engineers tell us that we should be able to use Gems as a more efficient alternative to Ore."
An alert from the Battlefield control terminal drew the Supreme Shogun's attention back to the war outside. "A unit is under attack!"
"Sir we have been discovered again!" The pilot of a severely damaged Jet Tengu cried out.
A huge wave of Yuri tanks and mind controlled Soviet tanks were approaching, no way the Imperial army could survive an attack like that.
"All forces prepare to retreat! Damn it has hardly been a week and we have already lost our base twice."
The Supreme Shogun then turned his attention back to the officer.
"Major, tell all the recon teams to regroup at the main Soviet Underground base/bunker, hopefully we can stay hidden there."
The Imperial army quickly began packing up, leaving only walls and defenses behind, as they began another retreat.
"All recon teams, you are to head to the Soviet Underground base near Leningrad, the coordinates will be sent to you shortly, do not lead the enemy to us."
Soviet Underground bunker
"Roger wilco" replied Kira
Since Kyoichi was busy monitoring the enemies topside Kira, as the highest ranked officer available, had taken command of recon team eight.
"Everyone pack up, we are moving out!"
The members of recon team eight quickly began loading their ammo, rations, and weapons back into their two Sudden Transports.
"Hey what about the Bullfrog? It works so shouldn't we use it?" asked Hojo
Ken agreed "I was thinking the same thing, it would make room for extra supplies."
"No way, we not to lure the enemy to the rest of our army, so we need to only use disguised vehicles." replied Kira "We are heading to the Soviet Underground's main base near Leningrad, the one we found marked on some documents, i'll go get Kyoichi."
"Make sure he checks for enemies first, cause i'm not driving into a horde of Brutes."
Allied airbase, Illinois
Tanya and Natasha's Lasher Tank barreled through the gates, just like before the alarm sounded, yet nobody responded, as if the entire base was now a ghost town.
Tanya directed Natasha to the largest aircraft hangar, due to the size of Harbinger Gunships, this is the place where they would most likely find one.
Tanya used her identification to get inside the hangar, with Natasha and the Attack Dogs following, inside were several Century Bombers, and Harbinger Gunships, any one would do, but Tanya prefered the Harbinger, as it could fight for longer due to carrying much more ammo than the Centuries, which were designed to carpet bomb the enemy and fly back.
The planes all had numbers painted on them, for good luck Tanya decided to use the Harbinger with the number 777 painted on it.
Unfortunately since all these plane were in storage, none of them were fueled, which meant that Tanya and Natasha had to bring in an oil tanker to fuel the plane, this caught the attention of a few of Yuri's initiates, one of them had the perfect idea of what to do upon seeing Tanya.
"Okay what now?" asked Natasha, after she had attached a hose from the Tanker to the Harbinger.
"Just turn the valve and the jet will begin fueling, duh."
"Hey! I have never been an engineer before, I do not know how this works."
Suddenly both Commandos stopped, the Attack dogs were growling and barking, that meant something was coming. Tanya pressed her ear against the hangar wall, aircraft hangars did not have very thick walls, and no matter how quiet one was, walking with boots always made some noise.
Tanya decided to set a charge and blow open the door as soon as whoever it was reached it, however the person outside had the same idea.
Boom! The door was blasted to pieces, making both Tanya and Natasha flinch.
Why did the person outside have the same idea as Tanya? Well thats because the person outside was also Tanya, a mindless and obedient clone Tanya.
The clone Tanya made sure no Attack Dog could use its Sonic Bark by quickly dispatching all of them with her pistols, the real Tanya had no time to grab her own pistols and lunged at the clone of herself.
"This is really weird." Tanya said to herself as she wrestled with herself
The clone may be obedient, but she was as clever as the real thing, as soon as both Tanyas began hand to hand combat she noticed that Natasha did not see who was the real one.
"Help me out will ya!" the clone said to Natasha
"Hey that's my line!" the real Tanya cried out
"Nah, I think i'll enjoy watching you kill yourself" Natasha replied to both of them
Now both Tanyas lost their guns so they drew their combat knives, they were evenly matched since they had the same skills and tactics however Tanya had two things clone Tanya didnt, pain and exhaustion. The real Tanya began to tire out, and the hits she had taken hurt, on the other hand clone Tanya did not tire at all, and the wounds Tanya had inflicted on her did not seem to bother her at all.
"Sometimes I wish I wasn't so talented" Tanya said as the cloned Tanya gained the upper hand, forcing her back against a wall, Tanya used the wall to keep herself up and kick her opponent with both legs, however her opponent knew this and knew exactly how to avoid it. Since she had kicked with both legs there was nothing keeping Tanya up, now she was in an even worse position than before, the cloned Tanya lunged on top of her.
"Alright I have had enough." Natasha's voice was heard just before the shot.
Tanya saw the head of her clone disappear in an instant, followed by Natasha who offered her a hand. However Tanya stood up on her own, curiously she asked Natasha "How did you know I was the real one?"
"I didn't, I just assumed you would be weaker than any other commando, and I was right."
Tanya wanted to retort, but realized that Natasha would probably shoot her if she did anything that would make her seem like the cloned Tanya, so instead she walked over and retrieved the cloned Tanya's equipment, she thought of offering the extra Time Belt to Natasha but then decided that it would be better to keep Allied tech out of Soviet hands.
"Interesting, so there is more than one commando now" Anton watched Tanya and Natasha through a pair of binoculars.
"We should attack now, before they escape" one Initiate suggested
"No, we cannot win with force alone, we will focus on moving the experimental Cloning Vat."
"Are we just going to let them leave?"
"Maybe, that will depend on how they act when faced with their own troops."
Anton then telepathically gave orders to a team of Allied soldiers.
"Tanya served under the Allied commander, so I think she will be hesitant to kill his men."
Soviet Underground bunker
"I don't hear footsteps anymore, and the sound of engines is getting further and further away" Sergeant Major Kyoichi told his subordinates of recon team eight, "it should be safe to move out in a moment"
"Alright then get back down here pops." came Ken's reply
Recon team eight was now ready to move out, Kyoichi and the other Tank buster returned back to the bunker through the hole they had dug, and boarded the Sudden Transports. Now that the Bunker was powered up again the entrance could open by itself, Ken and Mika drove the two transports outside…..
….Where they were greeted by a strange looking tank.
"What the hell?" Mika exclaimed
"didn't you say it was all clear!" Ken asked Kyoichi
But Kyoichi was busy aiming his Plasma cutter at Ken
"Everyone out!" he ordered
Kyoichi wasn't the only one, the other Tankbuster who had been close to the surface was also under Yuri's control.
The odd tank approached, taking control of another soldier, that one immediately pointed his weapon at Yuriko. Knowing Yuriko's importance to the team's survival Ken compiled and opened the Sudden Transport's door, he seemed to have forgotten about the Genetic Mutator they saw earlier, luckily Yuriko didn't, she used her own mind controlling ability; Psionic Domination, to take control of all three mind controlled Imperials.
Realizing that it no longer had control over the the imperials, the odd tank panicked and took control of Mika's transport and everyone inside, since she couldn't use Psionic Domination quickly in succession, Yuriko resolved to destroy that tank, however it was not alone, rushing to its rescue was three Gatling tanks.
"Yuriko, destroy that tank quickly!" Kira ordered, she was the only rocket angel ready to fight as the moment, so she used her paralysis whip to stun the strange tank, which had begun to break down by itself for some odd reason.
Yuriko used another ability; Psionic Lift, to pick up the strange tank, and slam it into the five approaching Gatling tanks.
This returned the mind controlled soldiers back to their senses, as well as destroying the odd tank, a large brain was exposed in the wreckage.
"Eww"
"Mika! Ken! Full throttle!" ordered Kyoichi
The two drivers wasted no time and sped away quickly, disguising themselves as soon as they were out of sight.
"Comrade leader, we tested the Mastermind* on a small group of Imperial soldiers, it appears that the tank cannot take control of more than three units at a time, otherwise it will begin to break down."
"So it failed its mission then."
"Not exactly, the powers that were used to counter it was the exact powers of the real Yuriko Omega, I have alerted all other troops hiding in the city, we will assassinate her the moment she steps out of her transport."
In other words, the initiate was claiming that the destruction of the first Mastermind tank a prototype constructed from Futuretech technology, was not due to failure.
"While we wait for news from our sniper teams, see to it that we obtain a sample of the Allied Commander's DNA."
"Just relax, you will fall asleep eventually."
"How can I relax when I barely have room to breathe?"
"I know it's cramped in here but you still gotta try and get some rest." Ken, Imperial warrior and driver of a Sudden Transport was arguing with Hojo, the latter could not get any rest due to having eight people inside a transport built for five people plus a driver.
"Look if you don't rest now then don't complain later, and don't expect be to let you drive if you can barely stay awake."
"Fine whatever."
"Quit squabbling you two!" Kyoichi snapped shutting up both Imperial Warriors.
In order to keep his men rested and ready for combat Kyoichi had half his team try and sleep while the other half stayed on alert, after all even soldiers take time to wake up, if everyone but the driver fell asleep then they would be easily caught off guard.
"Sorry." someone said, one of the Archer Maiden had smacked another Archer, in a cramped area this was not uncommon.
"Can't we find a place to set up camp?" asked Hojo
"No way, did you forget that somewhere out there is a long range weapon that transforms you into a Brute?" Yuriko, who was also trying to rest, replied.
"If they don't find us then we should have nothing to worry about."
"If we stop then they could easily find us, don't forget that we would be the only people in the world camping out."
Hojo stopped talking again, but knowing him it wouldn't be long before he started again.
Boris on the other hand was supposed to remain awake, along with Ken, and Mika, however both were busy driving and did not provide any good company. Since there was nothing to but wait Boris took out one of the Walnuts he had found in the bunker.
"Walnuts in the shell go bad in six months to one year, judging by the fact that this one had not gone bad, meant that the Soviet Underground had been there recently, if only they had not fallen to mind control as well." Boris thought to himself as he raised his Carbine, getting ready to crack open the shell using the stock of his weapon.
"SMASH"
If anyone in the transport was close to falling asleep that sound woke them right up.
"What was that?" a panicked Hojo said
"Nothing dangerous, don't worry." Ken replied
Luckily no one saw Boris crack open the Walnut, otherwise he would probably be in big trouble.
Boris noticed that Yuriko shot him a look that said "I know what you did, don't do it again",
That made Boris think "Can she read minds, she seems to be able to control them, so that probably wouldn't be impossible. Wait but if she can control minds then could she also prevent other people from controlling one's mind?" Boris did not know why someone like Yuriko was even accompanying them in the first place, after all Yuriko did not wear anything that even remotely resembles a military uniform. All Boris knew was that apparently she was important, and since Yuriko's psionic attacks could not been easily seen Boris had no idea of Yuriko's importance, nor why nobody ever tried to talk to her, kinda like how at first nobody spoke to him because he was Soviet.
Yuriko was also wondering about something, that was how her Psionic Domination had worked in removing Kyoichi and the others from being mind controlled by the brain tank thing. "Does that mean that I can free other people?" Yuriko decided that she should try testing her Psionic Domination ability on an already mind controlled person as soon as she got the chance.
"..."
Yuriko felt like someone was watching them.
"..."
Now they are gone, they must have been on foot since they were left behind.
"..."
Yuriko felt it again, every once in a while she would sense someone watching them from a building. She decided to investigate "Ken, Mika can you stop for a moment?"
The two transports stopped, Yuriko could still feel someone's presence, there was definitely someone watching.
"Nobody else leave, ill be back quickly."
Yuriko put up a Psionic Shield, this was invisible to the human eye, and could send attacks back at enemies, meaning Yuriko would be safe for a few seconds, she left the Transport and looked around, a moment passed, and suddenly the presence she felt was gone.
"Ran off huh" Yuriko muttered as she returned to the Sudden Transport, she had not seen the shot that someone had taken, she also did not see that attacker evaporate into a cloud of toxic fumes.
Allied air base, Illinois
"We are all set for take-off" Natasha notified her former archenemy who had just returned.
Tanya had left the airbase to bury the dead Attack dogs, they had accompanied her ever since Yuri took control of almost the entire world, so losing them was a hard felt loss.
However Natasha didn't care
"Are we going or not? Do you allies really mourn so much for every animal that dies during a war?"
Tanya ignored her and was about to board Harbinger 777 when a shotgun was fired at her, she turned to see several Peacekeepers and Javelin Soldiers approaching.
"Sweet dreams!" BANG
Natasha picked off the Peacekeeper who fired at Tanya.
Before she could fire again, Tanya pushed down the barrel of Natasha's sniper rifle
"What are you doing?!" she yelled
"Im killing enemies, what does it look like?"
"They are not enemies!"
"They are too me."
"Just get on board, and don't shoot again."
"Why are you protecting them?"
"I know these guys!"
Natasha would have argued, but if they two of them fought now neither of them would have made it out alive, and she wouldn't be able to shoot properly with Tanya pulling on the barrel of her gun, so she got on board, it was the most logical decision after all. Tanya also got on board quickly, both commandos went straight to the cockpit and took off as quickly as possible, unfortunately a few mind controlled Allied soldiers had managed to get on board before they closed the door.
"You keep flying, i'll deal with the stowaways" Tanya said
"Aww, you leaving me out of the fun?"
"I am NOT killing these guys."
She was right, after all how could one kill somebody who was not only a friend, but had done nothing wrong, Tanya resolved to simply knock them out, she waited in a corner holding her pistol, which was not loaded.
The first soldier to face Tanya was a peacekeeper, he went out cold as soon as Tanya hit him in the back of the head with her pistol, another peacekeeper saw this, but before he could fire his shotgun Tanya grabbed ahold of it and shoved the butt of the gun into his chest, she then knocked him out with her pistol as well. The next Allied soldier on board would prove to be a problem, it was a Javelin Soldier, Javelin Soldiers carried anti armor missile launchers, so if one went off inside a flying aircraft who knows what damage it would cause, Tanya made sure to hide, and got the jump on him when he and one more Peacekeeper went to check on the two she had already knocked out, Tanya pulled the Javelin's missile launcher backwards so that he would not accidently pull the trigger, a pistol butt across his face was enough to knock him out, however this meant that her last opponent now had a clear shot.
Tanya had already been in this situation many times before, if her opponent welded an automatic weapon then she would be in trouble, however Peacekeepers only carried pump shotguns and riot shields. It is not possible to dodge a bullet, as bullets travel way too fast, but with enough experience you know exactly when someone is about to fire, and you can quickly jump away from his or her crosshairs while they pull the trigger to avoid being hit.
Tanya leapt sideways the moment the Peacekeeper decided to pull his trigger, what may look like dodging a bullet was actually just getting out of the way at the last possible millisecond, while the Peacekeeper pumped his gun Tanya lunged at him as well, however this Peacekeeper was much more experienced than the rest, this Peacekeeper was Sergeant Darryl Briggs, the man who led several infantry squads into battle under command of the famous Allied Commander, he had fought alongside Tanya several times before, and the two were good friends, hence the reason why Tanya couldn't bring herself to kill him.
Darryl had and advantage and a disadvantage: he was armored, meaning that while he was protected, he could not make swift movements like Tanya could, at times like this he would have strategically retreated and used his shotgun at range, but he was no longer himself so instead he grabbed his shield and bashed Tanya with it.
Tanya fell back a few steps as Darryl switched to his shotgun again, he fired, and Tanya used the same trick she used earlier to avoid it, Tanya spun around and kicked, only for Darryl to block with his shield, Tanya continued to fight without weapons, and Darryl used his shield to block her blows, he bashed again, this time he held his shield with one hand and his gun with the other, he fired, Tanya was still recovering from Darryl's shield bash that she couldn't get out of the way fast enough, and several shotgun pellets struck her, luckily it was no more then three.
Meanwhile silently approaching from behind Darryl was the cold blooded killer Natasha, Tanya couldn't decide what to do, she could warn Darryl, but that might make Natasha shoot him, and if she didn't warn him she would probably snap his neck.
To Tanya's surprise Natasha did neither of those things, she spun and hit Darryl with a powerful kick, and wasted no time in pivoting around to launch a follow up kick, which connected with Darryl's head knocking him out.
"I don't know how you survived without me." Natasha said to Tanya who was still surprised at Natasha's decision to spare Darryl.
"By the Tanya, are you sure you want to go Alcatraz, if such as place is so important it will likely have many defenses, we would be shot down very quickly."
"We won't know until we get there."
Natasha's assumptions would prove true however, as the Alcatraz base had already fended of an entire flight of well built Allied aircraft, dozens and dozens of Gatling Cannons covered the island, making it look like a fortress.
"Good evening commander, I have good news and bad news for you."
Yuri's annoying voice taunted the imprisoned Allied commander
"Good news is that you are relieved of duty"
The Allied commander shuddered upon hearing this since Yuri had threatened to toss Eva and the others into a grinder if he did not obey, if he was relieved of duty then that meant that Yuri did not need him anymore, and therefore he had no reason to keep Eva, Lissette, and Fuller alive.
"Bad news is that more insurgents are on their way to Alcatraz"
This gave the Allied commander hope, even if it was just a small speck of it, if someone was out there fighting for the free world, they would rescue him soon.
"Don't worry, I have already destroyed entire Allied air force squadrons, this single gunship will be easy, especially with the help of your replacement, he is just as capable as you are, but much more obedient."
The newly made Allied Commander clone appeared outside the real Allied commander's cell.
"What the hell!" was all the Allied Commander could make of this.
"He is here to wish you goodbye, in a few moments you will be under my will again."
The cloned Allied Commander saluted the Allied Commander, before walking off.
He had lost all chance of getting out now, all he could do was warn the people still out there approaching Alcatraz, the Allied Commander quickly sent a transmission to the incoming Harbinger Gunship.
"Harbinger Pilot, report!"
Receiving the transmission was none other than Tanya.
"Hang tight commander, we are coming to get you."
The Allied Commander was surprised to see Tanya alive and well, however he had worked with Tanya before, so he could guess how she survived.
"That Time Belt really comes in handy doesn't it, I would love to be rescued, but you can't come here."
"What? why not?"
"Just listen I don't have much time, this guy Yuri, he has built several Psychic Dominators around the world, one is here surrounded by turrets, no way you can make it here without being shot down."
"Guess he doesn't know what we are capable of" Natasha spoke with an accent as she put herself in the transmission as well.
"Wait is that Natasha? I thought I put you on ice."
"And I thank you for that, I have never felt more well rested before, a shame that agent Tanya had to wake me up in order to try and save you."
"Okay I understand, given the situation I need to trust you both, there are four Psychic Dominators that I know of, one here, one in egypt, one in antarctica, and one under construction in Russia. Yuri is building one in Russia because that is where a large group of Imperial troops are hiding, apparently they managed to resist being mind controlled."
The sound of Yuri's Psychic Dominator powering up can be heard echoing through the Allied commander's cell.
"I won't be in control of myself anymore once that tower activates, Tanya go to Russia, gather everyone you can and destroy those towers. Natasha, you too, help her out and after this is over, i'll see to getting you a presidential pardon."
"Wait seriously." Tanya said, just then all three of them could feel the Psychic Dominator attacking their minds. To Tanya and Natasha they would resist, and the Psychic Dominator would only cause a painful headache, but for the Allied Commander this was the end for him, there would be no reason for Yuri to let him go free again, the last thing he could think about was how he didn't have time to warn Tanya about his clone.
Tanya saw that the Allied commander was no longer responding to her transmission and knew that unless she destroyed those towers, he and everyone else on earth would be lost.
"Alcatraz, Antarctica, Egypt, and Russia, I say we head to Russia first, get some backup, what do you say?"
Natasha nodded
Harbinger Gunship 777 turned away from Alcatraz just as it came into view, several Gatling Cannons turned to fire at it but it had quickly moved out of range, changing its destination.
Mastermind: Yuri's advanced tank, a large brain capable of controlling groups of people at a time, however when controlling more than three units, it goings into overdrive, destroying itself.
Characters from chapters 6-10
Empire of the Rising Sun:
Supreme Shogun: the player character and the empire's star commander, led several victories during the war of three powers and the uprising, he is one of the last free commanders in the world. He is determined to pull the empire out of this dark hour, however Yuri's army outnumbers his own, and he is forced to find a hiding place for the surviving imperials.
(Also known as Imperial Commander)
Naomi Shirada: The retired Admiral of the empire, she was pulled out of retirement to once again lead the empire's great navy into battle, however Yuri's Boomers outnumbered outranged, and outgunned her forces. Naomi and the Imperial Navy retreated inland, regrouping with the Imperial commander.
Emperor Tatsu: son of the great emperor Yoshiro, Tatsu's well being is a priority to the Imperial troops, he is currently with rest of the Imperial survivors as they retreat to a Soviet Underground base.
Recon team eight:
Sergeant Major Kyoichi: The commanding officer of recon team eight, 48 year old Kyoichi has been a soldier for many years, he is both a Tankbuster and a Sea-wing pilot. He puts the well being of his men before him and tries to make sure nobody dies, despite such a thing being nearly impossible in war.
Kira Noshimuri: A highly experienced Rocket Angel, Kira serves as the second in command of recon team eight, she takes her duty as a soldier very seriously, and does not joke around.
Hojo: a young Imperial Warrior, unlike the battle hardened Kira and Kyoichi, Hojo is easy going, he is the most talkative of the team, and tries to enjoy his life despite being a soldier at war.
Ken: One of countless Imperial Warriors, Ken also operates one of the team's Sudden Transports, he often bickers with Hojo, mostly cause he said or did something stupid.
Mika: An Archer Maiden and driver of one of the team's Sudden transports, she can understand machinery pretty well, which is why Hojo looked for her and Ken for help with hotwiring a Bullfrog.
Yuriko Matsui: A young girl with psionic powers, she saved a large portion of the Empire of the Rising Sun when Yuri's Psychic Dominators took control of the world, my her own will, she joined recon team eight, as she believed it to be the most competent of the ten recon teams. Due to being kept in a laboratory for most of her life, Yuriko is not very social and only talks when it concerns battle.
Soviet Union:
Boris Ivanov: A young Soviet conscript who defected to the empire due to fear of Giga Fortresses. Like all conscripts Boris was forced into the military and lacks proper training, and feels uneasy around the well trained Imperial troops, however Boris has begun getting used to the members of recon team eight, and will now speak to them more often.
Natasha Volkova: The Soviet Union's commando, a deadly sniper capable of eliminating entire vehicle crews with a single shot, she was captured after the war of three powers, and put in cryo prison, until Tanya released her in order to get her help. Like all commandos Natasha is immune to mind control.
Allied Nations:
Allied Commander: the famous commander known for his actions during the war of three powers, He was mind controlled by Yuri when the Psychic Dominators activated. Yuri temporarily gave him free will when survivors in America and Russia proved to be more than he could handle, the Allied Commander co-operated in exchange for Yuri sparing his friends from a one way trip to the grinder. After Yuri creates a clone of him, the Allied commander is once again mind controlled by Yuri, but not before revealing everything he knew to Tanya and Natasha.
Tanya Adams: A highly skilled Allied commando, capable of mowing down infantry with her dual pistols and obliterating vehicles and structures with explosives. She was able to resist Yuri's control and began a one woman campaign against him. Unfortunately Yuri brought the Allied Commander against her, leading her to seek out her rival Natasha Volkova for help in reaching Alcatraz.
Darryl Briggs: A sergeant under the Allied commander, he was first seen leading an infantry squad searching Warren Fuller's base when he was mind controlled by Yuri. Under Anton's orders, he and several other Allied soldiers attacked Tanya aboard Harbinger triple seven (777), his fellow soldiers were quickly incapacitated by Tanya, but Darryl held his own against her, until Natasha knocked him out from behind.
Yuri's faction
Yuri: the man behind the Psychic Dominator disaster, Yuri is a master of the human brain, and knows how to manipulate it to serve his will.
Anton: The first Initiate to reach Heroic veterenacy, he leads important Yuri operations.