Warning: Failure to keep DeFalco alive will result in the loss of a key Strike Force Mission. Which will lead to the discontinuation of the Complete Ending walkthrough.
June 12th, 2025 - 07:19:03, USS Barack Obama Team Room, Indian Ocean, after six days of investigating Menendez as usual, Section, Harper and Salazar discover a new lead from the footage in Pakistan. With King and Shade in Afghanistan shadowing the Afghan and Russian peace delegations to keep them safe, the Lieutenant Commander has full control of what happens in JSOC Counter Terrorist Force, and what happens with it.
Menendez: (Spanish) Ensure that all intelligence relating to the drone is available ahead of our discussion.
Harper: China would pay billions to get their hands on this drone.
DeFalco: I will handle it personally.
Salazar: Good thing we destroyed it.
Menendez: (Spanish) Good fortune, DeFalco.
Section: Good Karma.
Harper: The cyber weapon.
Section: Wait, there. *points* Right there. You see that? Cross reference image with active U.S. corporate logos.
Computer: No matches.
Section: Cross reference worldwide.
Harper: Wait a minute, wait a minute... it's Colossus. Karma weapon's on a floating city.
Section: That's how they got so close to the mainland. Salazar. Prep a covert response team, ready to go in 60 minutes. Inform Admiral Briggs. And keep Crosby in the dark and out of this op. I'm counting on you.
Salazar: Yes, sir.
Section: We're getting really close to Menendez. To get the upper hand, I've gotta get some answers from the horse's mouth. I'm going to see Woods at The Vault. First things first. Karma.
After reporting the investigation's progress and getting Briggs' approval for the op, Salazar goes through the hallways as quietly as possible to keep Crosby from noticing him. As the Petty Officer finishes up in the Locker Room and heads out to train with JSOC Strike Force.
Now back in the Team Room, Briggs informs Section that Farid can help with the operation since DeFalco is there for the same reason. 14:45:06, George Town, Cayman Islands, Section, Harper and Salazar receive their undercover uniforms, tech and transport to Colossus.
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KARMA
COLOSSUS, CAYMAN ISLANDS
LCDR. DAVID 'SECTION' MASON
JSOC COUNTER TERRORIST FORCE
JUNE 12TH, 2025 - 15:15:03
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Colossus Control Tower: Icarus 9, you are cleared for landing on Deck 7. Maintain current heading. All looks good.
Icarus 9 Captain: Copy that. Icarus 9 beginning descent.
As the Colossus commercial plane Trident Team is on completes its final approach, Section connects with Farid, who will be the tech support.
Section: Comms are open, Farid. We're all listening.
Farid: Okay. The Biometric ID Bands identify you as Cayman Islands Union Inspectors. You'll have access to most areas... uh... except the one you actually want. The Central Records Computer Room is subject to increased security. Access is only permitted via retina scan. That's... where Ziggy comes in.
Section: In short, the CRC's our best shot on locating Karma before DeFalco's people. Farid, did you manage to access the personnel files?
Farid: Uh... not yet. The encryption is very complicated.
Section: You're smart. I have faith in ya. Section, out.
Smart Glasses: (visually) Syncing. Welcome, David Mason.
Salazar: So this is how the 1% live.
Harper: You know if this wasn't an op, I believe I could get myself a little hot chick action here.
Section and Salazar: *chuckles*
Harper: A.G.R.s... you think they're expecting trouble?
Salazar: It's the richest city in the world.
Section: Which makes it a likely target for Raul Menendez.
Now at the entrance to the AO, the first step is to pass Colossus' security and identify themselves as members of the Cayman Islands Union. Thanks to the C.I.A.'s Stealth Tech Shielding Spray coated all over the DEVGRU operators' clothes, bags and cases, the x-ray and thermal scanners could not see their concealed gear.
After sauntering through the Reception's main lobby and encountering three electronic advertisement screens, which greet them and display their faces on the ads the moment they detect their Biometric IDs, Section, Harper and Salazar take an elevator. While heading down to the Atrium and CRC Room Floor, they get amazed by the vast richness and luxury of Colossus, while also seeing how Menendez was able to fuel the general population's disdain for the elite.
Section then splits the already small team up by sending Harper to sweep the Atrium for DeFalco and/or his men. While he and Salazar breach and clear the CRC Room Floor.
Section: Harper, sweep the Atrium. Salazar and I will proceed to the insertion point.
Harper: Copy that! *bump* Whoa! How you doing, beautiful?
American Female 1: Excuse you, creep!
After smirking at Harper for accidentally walking into an American lady with a nice blonde hairdo, Section and Salazar scan their IDs on the elevator's scanner to go down to the insertion point. Two hostile guards quietly killed later, Farid checks in as the duo prepares the Ziggy Spider Bot and opens the vent leading to the CRC Room itself.
Farid: Okay... Section, I'm in.
Section: Go ahead.
Farid: Colossus recently employed Worldwide Civil Order Private Military Contractors to uh... augment its regular security team. Half ex-Cuban Militia. Half former and retired South African Military and Authorities.
Section: No shit. We just ran into some of 'em. Alright, Ziggy. Time to go to work.
With that, Section advises Harper to keep a closer eye on the WCO PMC.
Section: Harper, the security team's been beefed up by WCO PMCs. They're hostile. Watch for anything suspicious. We need to know their objective.
Harper: Understood.
After Ziggy climbs up the vent and jumps over its small gap, its video feed then shows mercenaries planting C4 bombs on Colossus' fuel lines. Which makes Section move the robot faster through a disabled air filtering energy field and the rest of the ventilation system.
Salazar: Wait. What are they doing?
Section: Planting explosives.
Salazar: They're going to blow the city?
Section: Not before they've secured Karma. Harper, heads up. The mercs are priming explosives on board.
Harper: I'm tailing some of these guys right now. They're headed you way.
Section: Dammit. We'd better get moving. Is that an air filtering energy field?
Salazar: Yeah. Careful, Section. Contact will fry the robot.
Section: Looks like part of the ventilation system. The CRC Room must be a clean environment.
Salazar: Should be a control box nearby. There, tase it.
zap*
Salazar: Okay.
Two and a half minutes of crawling and jumping through the vents all the way to the CRC Room's main air conditioner, Ziggy drops on top of a Colossus technician and tases him. Once he is down, the bot scans and pictures his retina, and sends it to Section's smart glasses.
Then a mercenary notices the unconscious technician and Ziggy, thus stomping the spider bot. Now having what they need to go through the CRC Room's retina scanner, Section and Salazar breach and clear the area.
Once clear, Section spots the CRC's server components, sticks his hacking module onto it and tells Farid to highlight the mercs in the team's HUDs to ID hostiles easier. After retrieving the device once the WCO PMCs started showing up on the smart glasses and contacts, even through obstacles, the Lieutenant Commander moves on to recover Ziggy before accessing the Central Records Computer itself.
Salazar: Clear.
Section: Farid, we need to be able to ID the enemy. Live link the PMCs listed in the personnel files with their Biometric IDs. Upload the data to our HUDs.
Farid: You got it.
Section: Let's go, Ziggy. We're not leaving you here. Placing the uplink. You sure this will work, Farid?
Farid: Heh, I thought you had faith in me. Okay... we're in.
Section: The Karma weapon may have been smuggled on board alongside regular supplies. Search: Supply Manifest. Keyword: Karma.
CRC: (visually) No match found.
Section: Nothing. Search: Automated Security Systems. Keyword: Karma.
CRC: (visually) No match found.
Section: We're missing something. Search: Security Camera Image Database. Text Recognition: Karma.
CRC: (visually) Karma identified.
Section: There.
And things get more complicated from here.
Section: Karma isn't a weapon. It's a woman.
Farid: Chloe Lynch. Former employee of The Tacitus Corporation. Recently resigned.
Section: Now we know her name. We can track her location on the city.
Salazar: Upstairs. Club Solar.
Now on the way there, Section and Salazar hear more mercenaries forming up outside the CRC Room and shutting its secondary elevator (the one they used) down. So they have to use its primary elevators by the room's reception area.
Section kicks it off by ordering Farid to open the CRC Room's door, pinning the first entering merc to the wall, disarming him of his rifle and killing him with his conceal carry knife. With Salazar covering him and killing the Cuban's buddies simultaneously.
After the takedown, Section gives Harper the new development.
Section: Harper, Karma is NOT a weapon. She's a girl. I'm sending you her picture now.
Harper: Got it... Hey! Hey, hey, hey! That's the chick I saw in the elevator!
Section: She's in Club Solar, but you'd better make it there fast! The PMCs are moving on her right now!
Harper: I'm on it.
Two minutes of neutralizing all threats in the entire CRC Room later, Section and Salazar conceal their weapons, assemble in an elevator, and get organized en route to Club Solar.
Section: Alright. Once we get in, split up and get to high ground overlooking the club.
Salazar: Understood.
Section: I'll regroup with Harper.
Harper: (HUD feed) Chloe!
Chloe: (HUD feed) You?!
Harper: (HUD feed) Chloe, you need to come with me now!
Chloe: (HUD feed) Who the hell are you?! How do you know my—
Harper: (HUD feed) I'm Lieutenant Mike Harper, a U.S. Navy SEAL!
Chloe: (HUD feed) Get the fuck away from me!
Harper: (HUD feed) Listen! You hear me?! Your life is in danger! Terrorists are coming for you NOW!
Chloe: (HUD feed) Terrorists?! What are you talking about?!
Harper: (HUD feed) Chloe, they've been sent by Cordis Die! By Raul Menendez!
Section: Secure her, Harper. We're on our way.
American Female 2: Hey, how come he doesn't have to wait in line?
Club Solar Guard 1: Their IDs say their Union Inspectors. VIPs.
American Male 1: Come on, man. The chicks are all inside.
Club Solar Guard 1: Sorry, sir. Very busy tonight.
Club Solar Guard 2: Have a nice evening, sir.
Section: Thank you. Harper, where are you?
Harper: We're on the dance floor!
Section: On my way.
Salazar: Section, I'm in position on the club balcony.
Section arrives at the heart of Club Solar, where the atmosphere is filled with neon lights and Skrillex's "Imma Try It Out Remix". But with no time to smell the roses, he pushes through the crowd and convinces Chloe to leave with him and Harper.
Section: We have to leave now, Chloe!
Salazar: SECTION, HARPER! At least ten mercs taking hostages!
bang*
music stops*
All of a sudden, DeFalco and a squad of WCO PMCs hold the entire party at gunpoint and are attempting to flush Chloe out.
DeFalco: Chloe Lynch!
Section: He's got hostages. Hold fire.
DeFalco: CHLOE!
bang*
screaming crying*
After DeFalco kills a female civilian and takes another one, Section orders Salazar to kill the British terrorist.
American Female 3: NOOO! *crying* STOOOP!
Section: Salazar, take the shot.
Salazar: No shot. Too many hostages.
DeFalco: Five seconds, Chloe!
Salazar: Too many.
DeFalco: Four!
Salazar: Running into.
DeFalco: Three!
Salazar: My line of fire.
DeFalco: Two!
Section: Come on, Salazar. Take it.
DeFalco: One... NO!
American Female 3: PLEASE DON'T!
Chloe: NOO! *punches*
Harper: Oof!
DeFalco: Open fire!
shotgun fire*
music starts*
Chloe could not let the second hostage die, so he punches Harper away and shows herself to DeFalco. But even after securing her, he and his mercenaries still proceed to shoot up the club and its guests.
Section and Harper narrowly dodge DeFalco's aim as they run for cover in the bar by the dance floor. As they pull their guns out, the DEVGRU partners make their move.
Harper: Let's kill that sick fuck!
Skrillex: Imma try it out!
bang bang*
One merc tried to peak behind the bar, only to be met by Harper, who redirects his shotgun and bangs his head against the counter. And Section, with his backup KAP-40 with a Reflex Sight, headshots the stunned shotgunner and starts killing five of his friends.
With the first batch dead, Section and Harper reload and relocate to the left as reinforcements arrive.
Harper: Peel left! Peel left!
Section: Moving!
Skrillex: Imma try it out! Okay!
Three more kills later, the officers refill and move further left.
Harper: Let's go! The main door's our out!
Section: Last man!
After getting four more kills, the Lieutenant Commander and Lieutenant transition mags and set up by the DJ's (Disk Jockey) table.
Section: Set!
Skrillex: Imma try it out!
Once the last tango falls and a grenade is launched to confirm the kills, Section gives the SITREP.
Section: DeFalco has Karma! We're in pursuit! We need you to track their movements, Farid! We can't let them get off the city!
With Farid's help, Section, while leaving Club Solar with Harper and Salazar, taps into Colossus' security camera feeds, where he sees WCO PMC UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters dropping off insurgents. As well as DeFalco going through security and jamming the surveillance systems while having Chloe dragged by two WCO PMC support gunners.
Then the tracking phase ends as the mercs' C4s explode, causing the entire city to shake and disrupt all of its cameras.
boom*
Section: He's setting off the explosives. We move now. Cut him off at the Atrium.
American Male 2: Help me! *yelps*
Head Security Guard: What's happening? *coughs*
Harper: We're U.S. Navy SEALs. Yeah. Listen, you need to open the armory, get your guys armed and ready to fight. Hey, hey, hey! Look at me. Focus. Alright? You need to get this done.
Head Security Guard: Okay... okay... the Security Armory.
Harper: Go do it.
Farid: What happened?
Harper: DeFalco detonated a fucking bomb outside the nightclub and down beyond that. He's compromised the city's structural integrity.
Section: Try to restore the security cameras for this deck.
17:59:55, Section, Harper and Salazar identify themselves to Colossus Security and gain their support in the chase.
In the Security Armory, the Lieutenant Commander passes around some Combatant Suppression Knuckles, electric steel melee weapons that can be set to stun with 50,000 volts, and kill with 100,000 volts. And the Chief Petty Officer holsters his M4V9 and grabs a QBB LSW with a Target Finder.
With JSOC Counter Terrorist Force and Colossus Security fully stocked and their CSKs set to kill, they move out and push through the crowded Atrium. After spending four minutes clearing the area and saving the civilian survivors, Farid gets eyes on DeFalco.
And the British terrorist knows he's still being chased.
boom*
Farid: I have him! Exiting the Atrium!
boom crash*
Harper: This bastard's really starting to piss me off!!
Section: Farid, you have to jam DeFalco's detonator!
Farid: I'm working on it!
Trident Team then finds a door under construction, which leads to the Sundeck, the next location after the Atrium's exit. But before he helps Salazar open it, Section encounters Security Remote Station 55 with an A.G.R. named Buster in it.
Section: Farid, can you also hack an A.G.R. unit at Security Remote Station 55?
Farid: Station 55... 55... got it! Buster, set parameters, ID monitor and protect.
Section: Get it open.
Opening the door led to more civilians pouring in, trying to escape the WCO PMC. Once Colossus Security has handled them, JSOC Counter Terrorist Force enters the Sundeck.
Harper: Let's go people! Get outta here! Let's move!
Farid: Colossus' defenses are now armed to respond to a terrorist attack. Automated security except Buster will target armed personnel as hostile.
Harper: That includes the enemy?
Farid: ANY armed personnel.
Harper: At least it's not all bad news.
Salazar: Hurry, Section! HURRY!
Three minutes of killing all mercs and hostile A.G.R.s in the first half of the Sundeck later, DeFalco starts blowing shit up again. Farid immediately takes notice and tries to stop him.
boom boom*
Farid: It's the cellphone!
Section: Block the signal.
Farid: Okay, working on it.
Harper: Briggs ain't gonna be happy if DeFalco gets Chloe off the city!
Despite having the unwavering support of Buster, Trident Team's advance is slowed to a crawl as WCO PMC still keeps pouring more troops in. And Colossus Security remains unpredictable as civilians keep running toward it for help and all armed personnel are still marked as hostiles by its A.G.R.s.
After three and a half minutes spent on going after DeFalco and Chloe, Farid gives some unsettling news.
Farid: You guys need to pick up the pace! He's nearly at the evac deck! DeFalco has gone through a lot of trouble to get this woman. He will not hesitate to send Colossus to the bottom of the ocean just to cover his tracks.
Now getting closer, Section, Harper and Salazar encounter and take out DeFalco's two support gunners. Then they arrive at the evac deck, only to find out that they are too late.
DeFalco has hijacked a Colossus evacuation VTOL and left Trident Team's effective range with Chloe.
Objective Failed.
Section: We need to get back to the Obama. Find out why the girl is so important to Menendez.
Career Record:
Karma kidnapped, DeFalco still alive.
The Karma intel (if all are collected by the player) shows the background of Colossus, and the specifications of the C.I.A.'s Stealth Tech Shielding Spray, Ziggy Spider Bot and the Combatant Suppression Knuckles. As well as WCO PMC's connection with Colossus Security, which helped DeFalco enter the floating city freely in the first place.
And The Tacitus Corporation file of Chloe Lynch herself.
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Name: Lynch, Chloe
Alias: 'Karma'
Position: Assistant Celerium Researcher
Affiliation: The Tacitus Corporation
Age: 31
Height: 5' 2"
Weight: 95 LBS
Bio:
Being the only child of struggling I.T. (Information Technology) instructors in Harvard University, Chloe has always dreamed of mastering all aspects of technology in order to give her parents a luxurious retirement. As well as to make the world a better place through technological innovations and make a name for herself. Which led to her surpassing her mom and dad's knowledge, graduating Harvard summa cum laude, becoming a major helping hand in America's technological advancements going into the 2020s, and getting recruited into the thriving Tacitus Corporation. Her prowess made her the assistant researcher in Celerium technology, under the leadership of Head Celerium Researcher Erik Breighner. Together, they set out to create a Celerium worm that will make access to all forms of technology as fast and simple as possible for all walks of life. After perfecting Celerium technology and creating a second worm for Tacitus in the midst of learning about her partner's murder, she resigned and disappeared from the world of technology. As she knows how powerful, helpful and, most importantly, dangerous Celerium and an expert in it can be, if fallen into the wrong hands.