Room 10
Interrogator: We know that Julia Argent briefed you on the intel extracted from Dr. Franco in Rio.
Carmen: Jules said that Franco was extremist, paranoid, fixated with the numbers.
Interrogator: Franco created 2.0 version of Nova-6. A Russian-developed nerve toxin that can rupture the body in the seconds.
Carmen flashes to more ruptures of Nova 6.
Carmen: Cleo's second-in-command, Maelstorm tested me in Indonesia. On them, on us, on his own. He doesn't care.
Carmen: Veaudox... Crackle told me in Veaudox.
Interrogator: What did he tell you?
Crackle: Carmen... listen to me.
Carmen: It was 9 years ago. Far from here...
Crackle: Cleo. Maelstorm. Esther. All must die.
Carmen: But he told me what they did. What kinda men they were... but they all MUST DIE...
Veaudox, New Caledonia
Crackle: I was a electrician at the Sydney Opera House in various occassions. During the major events, the lights were brightful and colorful to fill my life. Hartmann, Doyle, Christinson - and many of the skillful Australian electricians. To my countrymen and the Opera, it was the symbol of honor, dignity, and joyness. To the VILE, it was the symbol of crime, extremism, and defiance. Collaborating with them is a betrayal, a betrayal against all of Australian laws. Countess Cleo and Gunnar Maelstorm were not troubled by such matters. They looked only to advance towards their own interests and agendas...
VILE GLOBAL SPEC-OPS TASK FORCE
Objective: CAPTURE DR. JENNIFER G. ESTHER AND DISCOVER THE HIDDEN NOVA 6 BIO-LAB
Graham Crackle - Cleared for duty
Antarctica
June 10, 2019 - 07.30 AM (0730 Hrs)
VILE Base, Maud Glacier, Antarctica
Spinkick: Hey, everything's loaded they'll expecting us.
Flytrap: Hey, Aussie. It is the time.
Crackle: Yes, mates. Time to discover our "treasures" in this land.
Flytrap: (looks at Crackle and Spinkick) Then let's go. (to radio) All units, get yourselves geared up. The mission is in greenlit.
Crackle (voiceover): The mates and I had fought through the most bitter of winters on the Antarctica, but we were adapt to the cold. Even now, the blood in my veins chills when I think back to the events of that day... Far, far from home...
Crackle reaches a snow truck being used for troop transport and begins to climb aboard, but is addressed by Maelstorm.
Maelstorm: Aha... the Aussie electrician graces us with his presence! Have you never be tired for this operation, Crackle?
Crackle: As long as I live in this bloody cold terrain to kill some enemies. I never be tired and ready to looking forward in this operation.
Cleo: I appriciate your spirit to join us in this operation. Graham Crackle will do as he's told. Everybody, pay your attention to me! In this mission: Capture doctor Jennifer Gordon Esther - an American. And this woman has offered her cooperation to our cause. Remember, we need her alive and unharmed. If you refuse or disobey this order, you will be dishonorably DISCHARGE from the VILE. (looks at Crackle)
Crackle climbs into the truck with Spinkick, Flytrap and the VILE operatives. The truck starts driving. Tigress (Sheena) talks to Crackle.
Sheena: Hey, rookie. What happened in your home Australia? Between you and Cleo?
Crackle: When the VILE offered me to join them, she and her lapdog Maelstorm, forced me to work and I hopelessly unpaided. Promises for a better job with high salary were made... made, but not kept. Cleo and Maelstorm are oportunitists, fraudalents, and I personally distrusted to them for sure...
Veaudox, New Caledonia
Crackle: All of VILE operatives were called me 'partner' during that mission. I fought by their side from the ACME encounter in Congo to the steal historical stuff mission in China. Their ambitions convinced me and ensuring my graduation welcomed in VILE. But my government had little need of betrayed citizen like me...
Darwin Glacier, Antarctica
Cleo: The American must not be harmed! We need Esther alive! Now move, all of you!
Paper Star: C'mon, rookie. It is a pleasure to fight by your side once again, partner.
Crackle: Yes, of course. One important mission. Search every sites of this camp... only Esther is to be spared. GO GET HER!
The squad and the rest of the army fight through the camp for Esther.
VILE Soldier (Pvt. Ginley): More reinforcements!
Crackle: Don't get yourselves outnumbered! Keep on them!
Le Chevre: Check the launch control building!
Crackle: Good job, my friends! Clear the last area! Crush everyone who stand in our way!
Sheena: Stay with us, rookie...
They then enter a building and clear it of Russian defenders.
Madame GoldLove: Scheiße! (Shit!) She's not here.
Crackle: She must be closer to the ship. Spread out - search every building.
The squad heads back outside.
Flytrap: Use your target pointer to mark the targets with AV-8 Harrier support!
Crackle marks the targets for VILE AV-8 Harrier air support.
VILE Pilot (Lt. Seagal): This is Sharkfin 2-1, we have confirmed your tagets' coordinates. Support is on the way!
Russians on a catwalk begin firing an PKM, impeding the squad's progress.
Flytrap: Crackle, if you wanna kill more targets, mark 'em now!
Crackle calls in another air support to clear the catwalk and/or enters a nearby building to access its stairs and thus flank the machine gun post. The squad continues fighting through.
Spinkick: We must be getting close to Esther.
Crackle: She will be where all cowards reside - as far away from the battlefield as possible.
Spinkick kicks open the door.
Spinkick: After this mission, do you think we will start the party at home?
Crackle: I hope so. Let's get this shit done!
They get to the final part of the camp.
Crackle: Die! You communist rats!
They fight through to the last building.
Crackle: Ready? This way - up the stairs!
A few remaining Russian troops at the top of the stairs and on the roof are dealt with. Another Russian PMC stumbles out of a door on the other side before falling over dead. The door leads to a few more Russian lying dead in front of a seated Esther.
Crackle: Jennifer Esther.
Esther looks up, startled, as Crackle trains his weapon on her, but quickly recovers her composure.
Esther: Please, do not point that gun at me, Aussie FUCKER! (Crackle lowers his weapon while Esther grabs her smartphone.) You will take me to Cleo. But... I'll contact with my president Donald Trump first.
With that, Esther calls the US President Donald Trump through her smartphone, smiling smugly at Crackle.
Crackle: As I looked into the American's eyes, I saw all the evil of the Fascist Devil still burning strong.
The mission fades back to Veaudox.
Crackle: At that moment, every fiber in my being yearned to put an end to her wretched life. But I was a 'soldier' then. I still believed in orders.
It fades back again to the Antarctica.
Cleo: Crackle! Please bring your men!
VILE Soldier (Pvt. Albert): What is here that is so important?
Crackle: Countess Cleo wishes to make a name for herself. She believes this outpost houses something of great value to the VILE.
VILE Soldier (Pvt. St. Germain): Cleo and Esther are talking each other like old friends. I don't like this, Crackle.
Crackle: Nor I private, be on your guard.
Esther: We must hurry! There are Russians who would sooner see it destroyed than captured.
Cleo: You assured me there would be no problems.
Esther: I cannot control the actions of the Wagner mercs, Your Highness Cleo. They are sworn to defend the Kremlin till their last breath.
Cleo: Noble... but futile. Maelstorm, finish up here. Crackle, you and your men will lead the way.
Maelstorm can be seen executing Russian Wagner PMC POWs. When he comes to the last one, his pistol is out of ammo. He picks up his axe and ruthlessly decapitates the Russian's head.
Crackle: Yes ma'am! Paper Star, Fytrap, Spinkick, and all of my men! We're movin' out!
Two VILE soldiers pass weapons to Esther and Cleo. Esther gets a M1911 w/ tactical flashlight while Cleo is handed her .44 Magnum. The group proceed into the shipwreck. A VILE soldier barely dodges being hit on the head by a large piece of ice that falls loose from the wreckage. Maelstorm catches up as they prepare to enter the wreckage.
Cleo: Esther, tell me more about your involvement with the Endgame Apocalypse Project.
Esther: In March 18, 2018, the Trump administration realized the third party forces could not be held back much longer. We began to look for more "unconventional" solutions. Throughout the war, my own research was focused on chemical weapons. It was meticulous and frustrating work. However, what we finally developed was a weapon more effective than we ever dared to imagine... the weapon now housed within this vessel.
Cleo: Nova-6.
The squad enter the ship. Crackle pulls out a M416 w/ mounted flashlight and leads the way. He comes to a sealed door, but opens it easily, revealing frozen up and damaged Tomahawk cruise missiles in the cargo hold.
Cleo: However effective your Nova-6 chemical may be, you still had to find a way to unleash it...
Esther: Long range Tomahawk cruise missiles loaded with Nova-6 capsules to be launched from this outpost. The targets were command and control centers. Tehran was our first target, then Afghanistan...
Cleo: Ambitious and commendable, General Esther.
Esther: But we were too late. The ACME and other woke third-party forces were upon us, and their fucking bombers crippled this ship. Locked in the ice... we tried to salvage what we could, but it was too late. The Kremlin had orders to destroy this ship if we were attacked.
Maelstorm: Clearly, they failed... the explosives were never activated.
The group reaches a door.
Esther: This is it, bitches.
Cleo: Don't be vulgar please... Crackle, open the door.
Crackle opens the door.
Crackle (voiceover): We had found what we were looking for. Nova-6. The German-and-Russian- developed WMD now belonged to the VILE. Or so it seemed. Our victory was to be short-lived. Cleo wanted to see the effects of the poison first hand. It was also an opportunity to remove a thorn in her side. I had long known of their distrust. What kind of men they were. It was a betrayal I should have foreseen.
Crackle is kicked into a room with 2 VILE soldiers.
Crackle (voiceover): Those soldiers were the Cleo's loyalists. They deserved the promotion. Instead of giving loyalty to their leaders, they died for nothing like human test subjects. They should have AWOL-ed from the VILE. As I watched my men die, it became clear we were not the only ones seeking the weapon. (Crackle's view changes to the window with the room soldiers are in. They starts choking as Nova 6 is released into their room, and they throws up on the window, and dies.) The ACME's inner circle surrounded us like a snake. Of course, Cleo, Maelstorm, and Esther scattered like rats - leaving me to contend with the ACME and Iranian forces.
Dr. Bellum: Shit, the ACME and Iranian IRGC guys are assaulting our position!
Sheena: What about 'em behind?
Cleo: Just we are leaving! Rest of you, repel ACME and Iranian forces out of this ship, NOW!
All VILE: Yes, ma'am!
A RPG rocket hits the door to Crackle's room, blowing it open.
Crackle: Let's get outta here!
They fight through the command center.
Prisoner (Darryl): More ACME and Iranian guys inbound!
Crackle: I'll arm the C4 charge! We will plunge this vessel into the depths of Hell! We cannot let either side possess this terrible weapon.
Crackle sets the timer for the C4 explosives to set.
Crackle: Set! We gotta get outta this ship now!
Prisoner (Hernandez): Shit, the door's sealed! Shoot one of those support beams! We can bring down the gantries!
Crackle then shoots the beams.
Crackle: C'mon, up there! Let's go!
They move to the exterior of the ship, with more firefights between ACME forces, Iranian IRGC operatives, and VILE soldiers.
Crackle:Keep moving! This is not our War!
Prisoner (Hernandez):Then who do we fight?!
Crackle:EVERYONE!! We stand alone!
Prisoner (Darryl):We have to get off the ship!
They fight up the decks and get to a rope to the ground.
Prisoner (Hernandez):Down the rope! Hurry!
Crackle and the prisoners rappel down the rope to the ice.
Prisoner (Darryl):Go Crackle! GO!!!!
They manage to get a good distance away before the ship then explodes, sending debris everywhere.
Crackle (Voiceover):I had destroyed the Nova-6 shipment and prevented it from falling into the hands of the ACME and the Iranians. But I was a fool to think that the threat was over. It was only after I was captured and sent to Veaudox that I learned of Cleo's true intentions. She will die before she gives up on Nova-6. (Crackle watches as the ship settles lower, but does not sink fully.)
Veaudox, New Caledonia
Crackle: Carmen, listen to me. We're out of time, Black Sheep. Can you trust your leaders to destroy it, or do you think they will use it? The flag may be different but the methods are the same. They will use you, as they used me. You must decide, decide what you think is worth fighting for. Cleo...Maelstorm...Esther...These 'MEN' must die.