Chapter 5: Rocket Destruction

Interrogator: Executive Order, Operation Flashpoint... Rip out the heart of their Space Program. Eradicate their long range missile project.

"So basically sneaky sabotage mission," Ruby guessed.

Interrogator: Take out the Ascension Group. Nazis, scientists, corrupted by the Russians after the war.

"Nazis? Where have I heard that before?" Blake wondered.

"Oobleck did mention Nazis when talking about a war that is said to take place outside Remnant," Yang said.

Mason: Yes... He needed their knowledge. What they'd learned...!

"What war?" Ruby wondered.

Interrogator: Operation 40 had planted a double agent working with the Ascension Group.

An image of Weaver is shown.

Mason: Grigori Weaver . His mission was to sabotage the rocket.

Interrogator: But something went wrong, Mason.

"Of course," Weiss said unsurprised

Mason: I can't get these fucking numbers out of my head!

"Looks like someone gots the crazies," Ruby said.

Executive Order

Presidential Order# 8-5. Designate:ZULU

Baikonur, U.S.S.R.

Intel confirms Dragovich and Ascension group on site.

Mason, Woods and Bowman have orders to eliminate all threats by any means necessary.

0700 hrs November 17, 1963 Baikonur, U.S.S.R.

The game flashes light and shows Woods in front of Mason, holding a sub-machine gun. A helicopter flies by, but doesn't notice them.

Woods: No response of Weaver...We gotta move.

Woods moves out and Mason follows him.

Woods: Stay sharp, Mason. Let's go, pick it up.

"Finally, it's good to see a mission with guns," Yang said.

"Didn't the last mission had guns?" Ruby wondered, remembering guards holding assault rifles.

"I mean an action mission, not one where we walk."

Bowman stops Blake from going any further.

Woods: Whiskey come back.

Bowman: Go, X-Ray.

Woods: Soyuz One launch is imminent. We're on our way, over.

Bowman: Roger.

Woods: We're running out of time, Mason. Let's go.

"Why are we doing this?" Blake asked.

"To fuck up the Russian's space program," Yang guessed.

They reach a cliff with a view of the whole facility. A couple of vehicles passed by

Woods: No, no, no, something's wrong. There is way too much activity.

"Yeah, because they are preparing to launch a rocket, and they are sorta rivals to the U.S, I'm guessing, who are willing to destroy this place," Yang said.

Woods: Yankee one three-report.

Weaver does not respond.

"Well something must've gone bad," Blake said.

Woods: (more gruffly) Yankee-one-three-report!

Weaver still doesn't respond.

Woods: Weaver's gone dark...

"Of course," Weiss said unsurprised.

Woods: (hands a pair of Binoculars to Mason) Here, see what's out there.

Mason: (Observes the Soyuz Two rocket) They're at final countdown. There's Soyuz Two, scheduled to launch 10 minutes after Soyuz One. (Changes view to the communications building) Up ahead, the comm's building.

Woods: Mason, we got activity on the road. Check it out.

Mason zooms in. He finds Weaver strapped to a chair, and Kravchenko attempting to contact him and Woods.

Mason: Damn, it's Weaver...He's burnt.

Kravchenko: Your colleague is unwilling to explain his presence on this facility.

"How did he get discovered?" Ruby wondered.

"He probably tried contacting them, but got caught. Well, that's how double-agents get found anyways," Blake said.

Woods: Who the fuck is this?

Kravchenko: Surrender now... And you will be allowed to live.

"Yeah, I'm not buying that shit. We'll probably end up in Vorkuta 2.0," Yang said.

Mason: It's Kravchenko, Dragovich's second in command.

Kravchenko: This is your only warning.

Woods: Nothin' we can do Mason...Weaver's done.

Mason: I know...

"You guys didn't have the brains to bring a sniper? You can literally snipe him and he won't do whatever to Weaver," Ruby suggested.

"But then again, Russian soldiers would've execute Weaver right where he sits," Blake explained.

Kravchenko: Your choice.

Mason: This is not good.

Kravchenko rips Weaver's eye out with a knife while Mason still watches.

Weaver: RAARRAGHH!

"God, people of war are terrible," Weiss said

Mason: Ugh... you son of a bitch!

Woods: Whiskey Team, are you in position?

Bowman: Roger X-Ray, Whiskey is covering the road.

Woods: Weaver's been compromised.

"And tortured," Weiss added.

Woods: Expect the base to be in elevated alert.

"More like heavily secured," Blake said.

Woods: Hold your position. We are inbound.

Bowman: Roger.

Woods: Alright, let's go.

Blake and Woods jump down to the road and then down a cliff.

Woods: Choppers inbound, move it!

Blake ran up to the pipe and dived behind it, hiding it from plain sight.

"I actually expect a lot of ground forces, I mean there are enemies in the area," Yang said, commenting about Russian security.

Woods: Follow me and keep movin'.

They climb over the pipe and stalk to two guards.

"Just gazing out in the distance as enemies lurk behind us," Ruby said, impersonating a Russian soldier.

Woods: We're good. Pick it up. We need those uniforms. I'll take the one of the ground. You get the other.

Mason: Do it.

The two snuck up behind the guards and Blake stabbed one guard in the neck while Woods stabs the right guard.

"All that's left to do is to get rid of them so that the "alerted" Russians find them," Weiss said.

"They'll end up finding the bodies eventually, just like how they found Weaver's true identity," Blake said.

Woods: Let's get 'em out of sight.

Blake and Woods dragged the bodies out of sight.

Interrogator: Was saving Weaver more important to you than your objective to kill Dragovich?

Mason: Weaver was Russian, (smiles) but he was alright.

"it's nice to see two different people caring for each other, even though their nations are in war," Ruby admired.

"But Weaver turned his back on Russia," Yang said.

"Still, from what we saw, even though they aren't killing each other, Americans and Russians really want to kill each other."

Blake and Woods are wearing Russian uniform.

Woods: Hope your time in Vorkuta helped your Russian, Mason.

"Surprisingly, they all spoke English," Blake said.

Mason: Well fuckin' better. We gotta save Weaver.

"For friendship!" Ruby exclaimed

Soviet soldiers from far away look and sees Woods and Mason.

Woods: Hold your fire, work the disguise.

"Of course, we can't shoot them since these weapons aren't silence," Yang explained. The soviet guards and Blake and Woods meet up with each other.

Soviet Gunman: Эй, что это за шум? (Hey, what happened?)

Woods: Эээ, собаки проклятые... (Eh... Damn dogs...)

Soviet Gunman: Ладно, будьте начеку. Если чёртовы псы будут брехать - пристрелите их, и дело с концом. (Okay, be warned. If the damn dogs bark - shoot them and be done with it.)

Woods: да, да... (Yes, yes...)

"... Have no idea what they just said," Blake said confusingly. (AN: The CoD wiki had the Russian talk translated in English, but in the game, it doesn't actually translate.)The Soviet guards move off, and so did Blake and Woods.

Woods: We're good. Brooks and Bowman should be right up ahead.

Bowman: X-Ray, this is Whiskey, hostiles in sight, taking 'em out.

Woods: Hustle up.

Bowman and Brooks silently stab two guards and threw the bodies on the side.

"Don't just leave them there!" Weiss exclaimed.

"At least hide it in the trunk of that car," Blake suggested.

Bowman: What happened to Weaver?

"He got fucked up," Yang said

Woods: He was compromised.

Mason: Continued as planned, we'll make a new opportunity.

Woods: Right, let's move.

Blake, Woods, Bowman and Brooks move to the Comms Building.

Soviet Gunman 1: Что происходит? (What happened?)

Soviet Gunman 2: Повышение давления! В отсеке 12А! (Increasing the pressure! In the compartment 12A!)

Soviet Gunman 1: Может, остановить? (Should we stop it?)

Woods: Don't draw any attention.

Team RWBY decided to ignore the soviet guards, as they have no idea what they're saying. A group of soviet guards ran off.

Bowman: They may have found the bodies...

Woods: No, we're good, Just do what they do.

Mason: Comms building up ahead.

Bowman: Snipers on the roof. Couple of men out in front.

Woods: Okay, Bowman, Brooks. Get 'em out of the way.

The group continued to walk towards the comma building. Bowman and Brooks stand before the two guards in front.

Bowman: У нас проблема, за мной. (We have a problem, follow me.)

Bowman, Brooks and the guard walk off.

Woods: You ready? Clear each floor before you move out, I'll shut down the comms link.

Woods kicks the door, and Mason melees the guard inside.

Woods: Go!

Mason and Woods go in the room and are spotted.

Woods: Shit... we've been made!

"Well maybe don't kick down the door!" Blake exclaimed. Blake knocked a guy's head on a machine.

"Oh, that oughta give a guy concussion!" Yang exclaimed She aimed the AK-47 on her side and killed a guard. Behind the machine, a soviet guard is taking cover and blindly fires. Blake snuck around and knifed him. Knowing that there's going to be more guards upstairs, she threw a grenade upstairs and it detonated. It only killed the guards in the end of the room, but not the guards behind a table. Blake hid near the stairway and had her sights and the guards' heads.

"If GTA awards players for headshots, so will this game," Blake said. She fired uncontrollably at the guards behind the table and killed them with clean headshots. Blake continued up and threw one more grenade to clear out a room of enemies. It blew up three guard. Blake headed upstairs and fired at the guards.

"Wow, these guys aren't talking a lot unlike some other characters we know..." Yang noticed.

"Well, this is a military special forces game, so don't expect crazy talks from these guys," Weiss said. After cleaning the third floor, Blake climbs up the ladder and sees a guard leaning on the edge.

"Wow, he's oblivious to gunfire," Ruby said. Blake snuck up behind him and pushed him off the ledge, letting out a weird scream. He landed flat on a platform. The team let out a little chuckle. A guard nearby started shooting at Blake, and in return, she killed every guard around her.

Bowman: X-ray, Come in. Over.

Woods: Go ahead, Bowman.

Bowman: We've got a visual on Weaver... he's been taken to the bunker south of the comms building.

"Well, what're you waiting for, quickly kill those guards and get him out of there," Ruby said.

Woods: Mason! Mason. Get over here!

Woods picks up a Crossbow, and hands it to Blake.

"Where was this?" Yang asked, not remembering seeing it when Blake climbed up the ladder.

Woods: Crossbow, explosive bolts. NOW! I'll cover the ladder.

Bowman: Enemy moving to the north, We're pinned down!

Woods: We got company! They're pinned down, take out those vehicles!

Two vehicles carrying soviet soldiers drove in front of Weaver and Brooks, Blake looked through the scope and fired two explosive armors at the vehicles. The explosive bolts detonated, destroying the enemy. Brooks and Weaver moved up and took cover.

Bowman: That truck, WATCH THE TRUCK! (does not appear in subtitles)

A truck with a machine gun drove in and many soviet soldiers. Blake fired the explosive arrows at the enemies and blew them to pieces.

Woods: Gunfire's drawing attention. Those assholes are on the way back! I'll secure the line. You take a shot. Make it quick, Mason.

Blake shoots a rope and hooks up the rope. Blake slid across the rope and into the building, seeing a single guard pointing his gun at Weaver.

"Perfect timing!" Ruby exclaimed. Blake finished off the three guards protecting Weaver. Blake walks up to Weaver, seeing a white patch over his eye.

Mason: Weaver!

"Damn, they fucked him up badly," Yang commented.

Bowman: Clear right.

Woods: Clear left.

Bowman: You able to continue on mission, Weaver?

Weaver: (Getting up) Let's do it.

"Impressive to see someone willing to fight after suffering a really bad injury," Weiss said.

Woods: Did you sabotage their guiding system?

"Well he did get caught," Blake said.

Weaver: I was compromised.

Bowman: Guess we're through being subtle... Move to Plan B?

"Does Plan B mean Plan Blow up Everything?" Yang wondered.

Weaver: There may still be time to abort the launch... we need to get to the Auxilitary Control Bunker.

Interrogator: You saved his life. Now you have to find the Acension Group and kill the scientists.

Mason: No... I had to kill... Dragovich.

The screen flashes back to Baikonur

Woods: We've been made.

"Of course, I mean we did kill a lot of guards out on the open," Weiss pointed out.

Woods: Lose the balaclavas. Mason, on me!

Weaver: Grab your ass, we got a fight in our hands!

The team noticed a timer on the upper screen. It was counting down from five minutes.

"We're being timed on this shit!?" Yang exclaimed.

"The rocket is going to launch, so I guess we must hurry," Blake said. Blake fought her way through the facility,along with Woods and Weaver. They reached the bunker Weaver mentioned that had total control over the launch.

Woods: Mason, put a hole in that fuckin' wall!

Blake places a C4 explosive on the wall.

Mason: Set.

Blake activates the switch to blow up the wall, and walked into the building. They saw that everyone died in it.

"Aw man, I was hoping to see some fighting from the scientists," Yang said disappointed.

Weaver: We have to destroy the rocket, no matter what!

Weaver tries to deactivate the launching sequence, but the rocket begins to launch.

Weaver: It's too late - I can't stop it!

Woods: Plan B, Bowman - Set it up!

"I thought this was Plan B, because Y'know, everyone already knowing we're American," Weiss said.

Bowman: This'll do it!

Bowman sets up a Valkyrie Rocket. Blake picks it up. She fired the rocket, she then realizes that she can control it.

"Impressive, but I've seen better rocket functions," Ruby said.

Weaver: Blow it, Mason! NOW!

Blake controlled the rocket and chased after rocket ship. She blew the ship into pieces.

Woods: Holy shit!

"It's amazing," Yang said.

Mason: It's a Hell of a way to test a prototype!

Woods: Fucken - A!

The rocket continues to fall into pieces.

"I guess if we don't find cover, the debris will us, not the Russians!" Ruby exclaimed.

Woods: Dammit... Can't stay in the open. Get to the tunnels!

The teams makes their way to the bunkers. They saw people burning alive.

Brooks: Poor bastards.

The scientists burn to death after the rocket falls.

Woods: They're Nazi bastards... They don't deserve sympathy. We're here to hunt 'em down.

"What did they ever do to you?" Yang asked.

"What did they do that's so bad?" Blake asked.

The team enters the bunker to catch up with the scientists.

Weaver: The rest of the Ascension Group will be trying to escape the facility...

Woods: Bowman, Brooks, you flank round the north tunnel. No one sneaks out that backdoor! Mason and Weaver, you're on me.

The team split up to hunt down the remaining Ascension Group. Bowman and Brooks go to the north side while Blake and his team go around, killing anything in their path. Blake didn't mind doing what's necessary for the mission, while Yang is enjoying Blake fighting the Russians. Meanwhile, Ruby continued to complain about the weapon designs. The the team stops at the end of the hallway. Weaver vomits at the end of the hallway.

Weaver: Blueeeerrrrrgh!

Yang and Ruby started to laugh out, as Weiss and Blake tried to figure out what just happened.

Woods: Okay, Time to get the hell out of here.

"Not caring about Weaver even though he lost and eye and threw up in front of you," Weiss brought up.

Mason: Not yet... We're going after Dragovich

Glimming visions of numbers began to be seen from Mason.

Interrogator: We're losing him again.

Interrogator: Stay with me, Mason.

Visions in Baikonur with Mason and his team.

Mason: Kravchenko escaped before we could get him.

Interrogator: You were getting close. Dragovich was here, wasn't he?

Vision of Weaver and Woods fighting Spetznaz.

Mason: We searched the entire base... We couldn't find the bastard anywhere.

Interrogator: This is a waste of time. He's delusional.

Mason: But then, We ran into Dragovich's limo. I had him.

Woods: Satisfied, Mason?

Mason: NO! Not yet, Not until I see the body.

Interrogator: Dragovich. Did. You. Confirm. The kill?

Woods: Trust me... That rat bastard's a fucking charcoal briquette.

"I'm guessing no kill," Ruby said.

"Even if he's dead, there's still that Krachenko guy," Blake remembered.

Author's Note:

To be honest, I did not enjoy writing this chapter. If this felt rushed, it might be me, but I can't fin a way to make this whole mission funny. For the next chapter, the one that'll take place in Vietnam, I would like for you viewers to suggest on what might happen in the upcoming chapters. It would make my job a bit easier since I can't have my great almighty brain pop out jokes for the missions all the time.