May 29th, 2025 - 05:31:07, after eight days of waiting for the C.I.A.'s AAR on Nicaragua, which has just arrived in JSOC's archives, Harper and Salazar manage to convince Section to take a break from the Hunt for Menendez and train with them. Meanwhile, Crosby gets ready to join them, but then comes across a strange letter in his locker.

Crosby: I got your report, Fallout. *getting quiet* Disturbing. I checked, and it seems only Shade and I read it. If the LCDR. hasn't seen it, then he doesn't know this fact. C Delta is a plague that has spread all over America. Taking the shot on ROM won't stop it. It will only strengthen and widen the influence on our already demoralized countrymen. With the Master Chief and I deployed to Singapore to keep us ahead of China, you have to let my SIC see the full picture. If you can't convince him to seize instead of neutralize, then the time has come. We CANNOT create a rallying point. The outcome of this war on revolution could be on you now. Do what's necessary. Just remember what I've taught you: If you want to stop a plague, isolate it from society and let it die out. Fallout? C De— Oh... Shit, Section.

After reading the note, he puts on the same hooded setup back home, but with a pair of sandstone Crye Precision G3 Combat Pants instead. Along with his wireless earpiece, which has a camera attachment for capturing possible spies and tails in the ship on video.

Then he gets moving to burn the note into nothingness. On his way, the tech experts of JSOC CTF notify him that the C.I.A. has already delivered the intel package on Nicaragua.

In the boxing ring on the Obama's second hangar bay, Section overwhelms and beats Salazar. So Harper decides to mix things up.

Harper: What took you so long?

hit*

Harper: *chuckles* So the Boss is back in town. Now go get that fuck Menendez.

As the Lieutenant lands some hits, Section's flashbacks of the night his father died gets more visible.

Harper: He blames your dad for killing his sister.

Section: *grunts*

Harper: He also blames Woods.

Section: *grunts*

Harper: And now he's coming for you.

With the visions getting him all fired up, the Lieutenant Commander goes on the offensive. And despite the constant flashes, Harper never stood a chance once Section's focus was on.

Harper: Dude, I think Menendez is going down.

Section: I keep seeing these flashes...the night my father died when I was a kid. Why now?

Harper: Ah fuck it, I just didn't hit you hard enough.

Section: Alright look, Woods gave us all the pieces - we just gotta put 'em together.

Crosby: Looks like we can finally make sense of 'em, guys. C.I.A. came through with the Nicaragua package just recently.

While Section, Harper and Salazar change out of their sweaty clothes, Crosby keeps a eye on the entrance for anyone or anything suspicious. Back in the Team Room, with the Petty Officer sitting in a place where he can observe the doorways and windows, Trident Team starts to remember what Woods told them about Nicaragua.

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Mission Briefing:

Time and Fate

Nicaragua 1986

Objective:

Secure Raul Menendez

Name: Mason, Alex

I.D. # 5814700

Height: 5' 11"

Weight: 190 LBS

Outfit:

Mason C.I.A. Black Ops Uniform (Green, Long Sleeves)

Primary:

Galil - Fast Mags

Secondary:

Barrett M82A1 - Variable Zoom

Grenades and Equipment:

Frag Grenade

Smoke Grenade

Perks:

Access Kit

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Woods: (flashback) Menendez was in Nicaragua, got that from Kravchenko. He was being offered up on a sliver platter by old pineapple face himself, Manuel Noriega. One of the perks of being the president of Panama is that you get to use the army as your own private police force. So C.I.A., in their infinite wisdom, they sign off on the deal. The White House, they cut a check for a million bucks and everybody takes a victory lap. And off we go in the jungle. What we did in Nicaragua...was an accident. We don't target civilians.

After explaining the messy details of the operation, which involve mentioning Angola again, losing control, finding a memo about the Menendez Cartel's contacts in the C.I.A., and accidentally killing Josefina Menendez in the process, Woods sets things straight with Section.

Menendez: (flashback Spanish) I'm here, Josefina! I'm here!

Woods: (flashback) MENENDEZ!

Mason: (flashback) Woods, no!

Hudson and Menendez: *struggling*

Mason: (flashback) NOOO!

Frag Grenade bounces*

boom*

Section: (flashback) Menendez' sister Josefina died in the blast? Who threw the grenade?

Woods: (flashback) I had no idea she was there, David. I just saw Menendez and I lost my shit.

Section: (flashback) Frank, you don't lose your shit! What the fuck did Menendez do to you in Angola?!

Woods: (flashback) Menendez he... he wanted to know what the C.I.A. had on him. So, he tortured my men in front of me... thought I'd break. One, by one, I watched my team die, and then he... dumped us in a tin can and locked the door... left us in there for weeks. So yeah, the next time I saw Menendez, I lost my shit! WHAT THE FUCK WOULD YOU DO?! *sighs* You let the PDF (Panama Defense Forces) walk off with the body, and now he's back. And he's pretty pissed off too.

Section: (flashback) Well he sure can't kill my old man, 'cause somebody already beat him to it long ago. But he could have killed you. So why are you still alive, Frank?

Woods: (flashback) I'm done talking. Go find that maniac.

Career Record:

Compound thoroughly searched - learned about potential mole in C.I.A.

The Time and Fate intel (if all are collected by the player) shows Raul Menendez' family members who were killed, which led to his anti-American sentiment: Jose Luis Menendez, his father, who was assassinated by the C.I.A., and Josefina Menendez, his sister, who was civilian collateral damage in the Agency's Nicaragua assassination mission. As well as the background of Woods' team who was sent to investigate the carter's arms smuggling operation in Angola.