Melody Jones, Part 1: Conspiracy
Mission 3: Kazakhstan
Act 1: Rhoemer's Base
INCOMING FROM MARKINSON
"I know that this type of military operation is usually carried out by our agents within the Army Rangers, but for obvious reasons, I'm assigning it to you. Find and infiltrate the base's missile arsenal, plant C4 charges at key locations and eliminate Gabrek, the base CO."
"You will also need to disable the base's anti-aircraft radar dish before Sheva can initiate EVAC. Once the explosives are set, you have a limited amount of time before pick up."
"I discovered why every mission in this investigation has been compromised. The agency had a leak... at the top."
"Benton, of course," Said Markinson.
"Wait, you knew?"
"You are valuable to me, Jones, but you are not briefed on all of the agency's activities. I've known for some time Benton was playing both sides."
"How many missions did you send us on knowing that Benton could've had us killed?"
"We do what it takes, Jones. All of us."
Sheva was watching Aramov being interrogated.
"What else did you find out?"
"We've downloaded several data files from Phagan's computers. It'll take a while before intelligence can crack PHARCOM's encryption codes. Phagan must have a lab somewhere that's manufacturing this virus," Sheva explained.
"Phagan has disappeared," said Melody. "Interpol hasn't been able to turn up a trace of him yet and there's still no sign of Rhoemer."
"Rhoemer is operating out of the old Soviet base in northern Kazakhstan. Our spy satellites have pinpointed the exact location of his compound. The State Department must be able to tell the Kazakhstan government that the United States had nothing to do with this operation. Your chopper will put you down one mile outside the base just beyond the range of their long-range radar. Hopefully the blizzard will mask your approach. You will need to infiltrate on foot and disable their short range anti-aircraft guidance radar before EVAC."
"Those look like SS-23 missiles," Sheva noticed the missiles.
"Yes. They are the reason I'm sending you. Before you set the timer, you need to find their missile stockpiles and retrieve their launch codes. We want to find out where he is getting them. You'll be carrying several C4 charges which you will plant under these tanks. That should be enough explosives to take out whatever arms he is stockpiling. This is Vladoslav Gabrek, Rhoemer's base commander. He is personally in charge of security."
"Contingency plan?," asked Sheva.
"If you fail, we'll have another chopper standing by 2 clicks South."
"If I find Rhoemer?' asked Melody.
"Eliminate him."
Kazakhstan
4:50 PM
A chopper landed just outside the base. Melody was hitching a ride underneath a truck entering the base.
"I'm on my way in." Melody is wearing a white heavy coat, goggles, gloves and snow boots. She has her suppressed Beretta 92FS and a suppressed Heckler & Koch PSG-1. She also has the C4 charges for this mission.
Melody took out two guards at the entrance and used the PSG-1 to snipe the guard on the catwalk, then took out the spotlight. She proceeded and found the first tank. She made sure no one sees her. She plants the first C4 under the tank. Moving on, Melody took out two guards and eventually found a switch.
"Melody, intelligence briefings show that the bunker is guarded by motion sensors. You have to cut their power to get in."
"Where's the substation?"
"A half click Southeast from your current location. Check your SAT map."
Melody accessed her HW armband. She looked into the nap and a red cone shoes the location of the substation.. "Got it."
Moving on, she finds Gabrek, accompanied by security. She took cover. She realized that getting Gabrek alone would be difficult. Luckily, she has a couple of CS gas grenades. She unpinned the grenades and tossed in their direction. The gas surrounded them and knocked them out. Melody remembered that Gabrek has a key card necessary to access the bunker. As the gas cleared, Melody took the key card. He wasn't armed with anything. She proceeded, planting explosives on the remaining tanks and headed for the substation. She shut the power off, thus granting access to the bunker. She took out two guards before entering the station. She then backtracked to the catwalk where she took out the guard and the searchlight. After spending ten minutes taking out the guards and searchlights, Melody finally found the bunker. She uses the key card and entered. Soon after entering, the alarm sounded.
"Great."