Chapter 13: Breaking Point
Catra: Everything that was asked of us - we've done. Every night we lay in a filthy foxhole then praying the enemy won't slit our throats. Every day we spent crawling through the mud and the dirt while bullets whistled all around. But this is the last time we're gonna have to put our lives on the line. This is the enemy's last stand. When we take Bellamy AFB, we go home. All of us.
"Breaking Point"
February 24th, 2032 - 1230 hrs
Antoine Sullivan Bellamy AFB, 20 miles of Basra, Iraq
Pvt. Adora
1st Mardiv
Catra: The word is, main forces pulled back to the north ridge. But I want everyone ready to fight. Soon as that supply drop shows, we move.
POV of Adora is seen at the outside of Bellamy AFB and her M27 IAR is out of ammo.The Marines make their way to the supply drop.
Glimmer: Here we go! Supply drop in visual!
Catra: Move and get to it, double time. Watch the trees, watch the ruins, and watch every fucking place Putin could be waiting.
Glimmer: Our planes bombed this place senseless...
Catra: They will be back. Soon as they're refueled and rearmed. For now it's just us.
The Marines make it to the supply drop, which consists of a MK12 sniper, an M249 SAW Para LMG, a MP7 SMG, and an M4A1 SOPMOD AR, as well as a bag which replenishes ammo.
Catra: This is all we've got here. Share to the others.
While a Marine (PFC. Telle) picks up some ammo in the bag, she is killed by an Russian sniper.
Glimmer: Shit, sniper! Where that shot come from?!
Russian soldier: Я вижу врага! (Got visual on the enemy!)
Russian sniper: Огонь! (Fire!)
Catra: They're coming from the overwatch tower!
US Marine (Pvt. Smith): Fuck! They're surrounding us!
Glimmer: Heads up! Hostile reinforcement inbound! 12 o'clock!
US Marine (Lt. Bailey): I see 'em! Two enemy jeeps on visual!
Katyusha rockets begin to fall around the Marines.
Catra: ROCKET BARRAGE! Get outta predicted blast radius zones!
Glimmer: SHIT!!!
Catra: Get your asses to the silos in that hangar!
Glimmer: Those are supposed to be inaccurate!
The Marines make their way to the hangar.
Catra: Shut that gate! They zeroed our position pretty damn quick, there must be spotters holed up in the silos. We need to take 'em out. Clear 'em out!
Glimmer opens the hatch of the silos.
Glimmer: Get in there now!
Catra: Be careful down there and we'll see you on the other side.
Adora jumps in and Glimmer shuts the hatch. She can hear the spotters conversing.
Russian spotter 1: Вас понял! Американские морские вошли в наш оборонительный периметр. Мы под атакой! Отправьте любые войска на нашу позицию сейчас приём! (Roger. The American Marine has entered our defensive line of perimeter. We're getting attack! Request any troops to reinforce in our position, over!)
Russian HQ Commander: Понял! Помощь скоро придет к твоему положению приём! (Copy that! Backup is on the way to assist on your position!)
Russian spotter 2: Сер, У нас проблема! (Sir! We've got trouble here!)
Adora takes out the spotters and leaves the silo. She climbs the ladder to exit the silo.
US Marine (Lt. Núñez): C'mon! Hurry up! ¡Lanzado C4! (Throwing C4!)
The Marine throws a C4 satchel charge into the silo and detonates it.
US Marine (Ssgt. Buckland): Keep it steady and move out!
A Russian Hind attack helicopter appear and Russian troops attack the Marines
Catra: Ambush! Enemy air support incoming! Watch out for more!
Glimmer: Someone get that RPG to clip that bird's wing!
A Russian aircraft and infantry are downed.
Catra: Punch through the entrance! Spread out. We've got MG above the entrance, take it down!
All the Russian soldiers in front of the entrance gate are killed.
Catra: We got access to the entrance. Get in now!
Glimmer: C'mon guys, we gotta push through the launch station. I'm out of ammo!
Catra: Search and scavenge every ammo crates in this area if available. Otherwise use the enemy's gun.
The Marines reach the front of a building.
Catra: There, in the container! Just 3 men!
Glimmer: More of them! By the administrator's office building !
They clear out the front of the building.
Catra: Fight your way to the administrator building.
They enter the building and reach a staircase.
Glimmer: Up the stairs!
Catra: Push forward! We've gotta take out those rocket batteries!
They reach the rocket area, which has four Katyusha sites in it.
Glimmer: First rocket site up ahead!
Catra: Adora, take it down! Flank around them! Grab that crossbow with explosive bolts and fire on it!
When the first Katyusha site is destroyed.
Catra: One down, three sites to go!
Second site is destroyed.
Glimmer: Second site's down! Two more rocket sites! There's more rocket sites on the take-off area!
An BTR-81 begins firing on the Marines.
Catra: That BTR's crashing our party! Take it down!
The third site is destroyed.
Catra: Clear the last one! One more chance to call the cavalry!
Finally, the fourth pit is destroyed.
Catra: All sites clear! Time to call reinforcement.
US Marine (2nd Lt. Kaye): Roger, stand by. Oscar 2-5 this is Grayskull 1-7; all rocket batteries are down. You're clear to move in.
Oscar 2-5: 2-5's here. We've got you loud and clear. We'll send the reinforcement to secure the area, over and out.
Catra: That's good for now - let's go. Get over to that east hangar.
The Marines enter the east hangar.
Catra: Okay, we're nearly there! The launch station just below us! Gotta disable the launch before it's too late!
Glimmer: Good. They can secure this place in no time.
Catra: Stay alert. Flank round both sides! Clear every corner of this hangar. Split up and hunt 'em down!
Adora can go either left or right in the courtyard. The Marines clear out the hangar's interior area and enter the silo.
Catra: Silo, downstairs! Shhh...
Blaring alarm and a PA's warning announcement can be heard through a whole silo.
Glimmer: Sarge... The sounds.
Catra: I know. They're gonna launch those rockets soon! Adora, you take point! We've got your six!
The Marines reach a launch station's entrance.
Catra: The launch station's entrance is this way!
The Marines venture further into the entrance. There are Russian soldiers high up.
Catra: Take them out!
The Marines go further in and find some soldiers on the stairs.
Glimmer: The launch station just above us! Get upstairs!
The Marines go up the stairs and enter the station. They find the nuclear launch station that appears to be deserted.
Catra: Clear! The rest of you, check out those corners.
US Marine (Pvt. Hartman): Left side clear!
US Marine (Cpl. Burch): Right side clear!
US Marine (Pvt. Montano): All clear, ma'am!
Catra: Good. No sign of Russian here. We've got 10 minutes to launch. Adora, disable the launch. Do your honors.
Glimmer: Semper Fidelis.
Adora uploads the abort codes on the computer.
Catra: HQ, Grayskull Actual. The nuclear launch has been aborted, repeat, aborted. Mission is complete, we're heading home.
HQ: Roger. We've got the confirmation about aborted launch. Good work, team. We'll sending the helicopter for the exfil ETA five minutes. Over.
Catra: Copy that, HQ. Out.
The screen shows Russian troops and Wagner PMC outside the launch facility surrounding the hangar.
US Marine (Lt. Lawrence): Ma'am, check the security feed! It's Russian forces. They got this hangar under siege!
US Marine (B-R3): Actual, this is Bravo-Romeo 3 at the security station. Be advised, We've got some MRAP transports to get to the exfil. I'm sending you the coordinates to the vehicle depot. It's just above of your position.
Glimmer: The Elevator's here. We can use it to get outta here fast.
Catra: All right, everyone head to that elevator! We're going to get the hell outta here!
The team moves out of the room. They encounter enemy foot-mobiles in the elevator.
Catra: Shit! They're here, take them down!
All enemies are being eliminated and the team proceed to the elevator.
HQ: Actual, be advised we'll initiate the self-destruction sequence over this facility. Recommend you exfil from the area immediately. Large numbers of hostiles are converging on your position. Get outta there now.
Catra: Copy. We're outta here. Out. Good work... All of you. Now let's get the hell outta here.
Glimmer: So, what now Sarge? Are we gonna kill some Russian here?
Catra: That's the plan, Corporal. We're going to kill them all the way until the Iron Curtain is down.
3 HOURS LATER
After Grayskull Team leaves the Bellamy AFB and deactivates the nuclear missile
launch sequence.
Extraction Point, Basra Desert, Iraq
1507 hrs
Catra: No... Something's not right.
Glimmer: What?
Catra: The exfil. Goes compromised. Was occurred during the launch cancellation. Let's check it out, together.
The trio gets out of jeep. They find three unarmed Russian soldiers attempting to surrender.
Glimmer: Sarge, we've got movement!
Catra: Hold your fire...
Surrendered Russian #1: Americans, don't kill us! We're surrender!
Surrendered Russian #2: Не стреляй! Мы сдаемся! (Do not shoot us! We're surrender!)
Surrendered Russian #3: Пожалуйста... мы просим вас о пощаде... (Please... We beg for mercy...)
Adora puts her M416 away.
Catra: Glimmer, lock 'em up!
The three apprehend the soldiers.
Glimmer: ON THE GROUND, NOW!!
Catra: Don't resisting!
The Russian soldiers grab Catra and Glimmer's weapons and a struggle ensues. A beep of bomb can hear on Russian soldiers' armor vests.
Glimmer: Shit! Suicide bombers!
Catra: AAARGGHHH!!! ADORA!!!!!!
Russian suicide bombers explodes and kills Catra and Glimmer. Adora walks over to her corpses.
Lt. Strong: No... HQ this is Grayskull 1-10, we've got men down! I repeat, the Sarge and Corporal are down! We need a immediate exfil ASAP!
Russian troops soldiers begin popping smoke andmoving in.
Sgt. Baker: Lieutenant, smoke! They're charging up!
Pvt. Lowenthal: We're not gonna make it! There's no cover here!
Pvt. Cipes: Use the jeep for cover!
Cpl. Whitman: Here they come! Southwest!
Lt. Strong: Hold the line!
The Marines fight the Russian soldiers back. Eventually, the radio operator will call to say that airstrikes are available.
A10 Squadron Leader: Actual, this is Falcon 4-3 ready for CAS. Mark your targets.
Lt. Strong: Private! Mark the targets! Everyone keep covering her and maintain suppressing fire!
Adora must call in an airstrike on the southwestern and the western ridge, after which a second airstrike is needed at the western ridge.
A10 Squadron Leader: Confirmed. Mow them up, boys!
The A10 squadron flattered the first wave of Russian troops on western ridge. The second wave of Russian troops on southwestern ridge charge at the Marines and bring up the armored vehicles.
Pvt. Ramsey: They're bringing up the armor!
Sgt. Varney: Reinforcements coming from the southwest!
Pvt. Willingham: Dammit, man! We need a airstrike!
Lt. Hernandez: Fuck! I'll mark it for this! Falcon 4-3, we need you to level up the whole Russian ground troops and armored battalion on the southwestern ridge now!
A10 Squadron Leader: Roger. But be advised, this will be our last run before we're RTB. Danger close is needed!
Lt. Hernandez: Copy. Danger close approved!
The airstrike hits the southwestern ridge, demolishing them. The Russian soldiers stop attacking.
A10 Squadron Leader: This is Falcon 4-3, all enemy reinforcements being eliminated. We're RTB. Be advised, exfil will be here ETA 5 mikes. Over and out.
Lt. Strong: Copy that. It's over. it's finally goddamn over.
Adora grabs Catra and Glimmer's dog tags from her corpses and grasps them in her hands. Catra's voiceover is heard during this action.
Catra (voiceover): Everything that was asked of us - we've done. Every night we lay in a filthy foxhole then praying the enemy won't slit our throats. Every day we spent crawling through the mud and the dirt while bullets whistled all around. This is the enemy's last stand. When we take Bellamy AFB, we go home. All of us.
The level ends.