January 21st, 2052 - 14:46:08, The Elysium Checkpoint/Noi Bai International Airport, Hanoi, Vietnam, back in the present, now that the city's entire underground network is up in flames, the spec ops units of the Winslow Accord immediately start their search and rescue mission. While SCAR Team and Viking Team 6 handle the west side of the capital with the 707th Special Mission Group and the 2nd Infantry Division, Task Force Mako and Sentinel Team will take care of the south side with the Australian S.A.S.R. and the 1st Bn., Royal Australian Regiment.
[distant explosions]
Evelyn: That should do it, Delta Force has wiped Vietnam's guerrilla forces off the map.
Cavanaugh: Now it's time to evac the non-lethal civvies and take Hanoi.
Abrams: A long time coming. Vietnam's underdog story is about to come to a screeching end, as reality sets in.
Axel: I had relatives who served and died in the First Vietnam War, Fallout had a grandfather who served and died in the First Vietnam War, all of us had family who served and died in the First Vietnam War. And now, we've had enough. Time to show Vietnam the real power of The American People.
Morález: Hooyah.
Blade: Let's finish this on our terms.
Hall: Hey, not a bad speech there, Black'.
Axel: Learned from the best, Fin.
Evelyn: Hold it, ISR is picking up something. Switching to X-Ray. I knew it. Mako, scans have just revealed an interesting opportunity. The presidential family of the whole damn country is currently in their palace, along with dozens of Non-Combatants. And as we speak, more of 'em from the south side are running in droves to assemble there. We all have to deploy immediately to stop them from getting any funny ideas. Don't count on all of them being friendly, but don't let any of our own do anything stupid either. This means you are cleared to engage any enemy combatant or war criminal you may find. Get home safe. Make us proud.
Task Force Mako
Axel Blackburn
14:50:55, now in the streets just 500 yards to the Hanoi Presidential Palace, Task Force Mako, Sentinel Team, the Australian S.A.S.R. and the 1st Bn., Royal Australian Regiment manage to stop the fleeing Non-Combatants dead in their tracks with their Humvees, MRAPs, AH-1Zs, F-44s and Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning IIs. And Axel, who is driving the team's IAV, takes small arms fire from five jumpy civilians just as he pulls over.
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The Good, The Bad And The Puppet
January 21st, 2052 - 14:56:15
LTJG. Axel Blackburn
Task Force Mako
Hanoi, Vietnam
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Axel: Here they are. Stay frosty on that M2, Morález.
Morález: Yep, I got 'em.
Smokejumper: (Vietnamese) (on loudspeaker) ATTENTION, CITIZENS OF VIETNAM! THIS IS THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES AND THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY! WE WANT TO HURT NO ONE! STAY WHERE YOU ARE AND COOPERATE WITH US, AND WE CAN HELP AND PROTECT YOU! KEEP RUNNING, AND YOU WILL BE CAUGHT! FIGHT US, AND YOU WILL BE KILLED!
[tires screeching]
Axel: Got five with AKMs on my nine o'clock. They look pissed.
[AKM fire]
[bullets ricocheting]
Axel: Contact!
[M2HB fire]
[doors opening]
[LVOA-C fire]
Cavanaugh: Cease fire! Cease fire! Nice shooting, Morález.
Morález: Axel, Abrams, you boys good?
Axel: Yeah, not a scratch.
Abrams: I'm good, Morález.
Cavanaugh: Keep an eye on everyone in your sector and let the Australian Army take care of 'em.
S.A.S.R. Operator 1: (Vietnamese) All civilians to the trucks for immediate transport to Noi Bai International Airport! Behave, be calm, and that *points to dead hostile civilians* will not happen to you.
S.A.S.R. Operator 2: (Vietnamese) In the trucks! Move it, come on! If anybody has a medical issue, tell us so that we can help you.
Blade: Different world, huh?
Hall: Surreal.
Cavanaugh: Hall, Axel, Abrams, Blade, get out here. Morález and I are gonna need more eyes and ears out here.
As the Non-Combatants board the 1st Bn., Royal Australian Regiment's numerous transports, Task Force Mako keeps a close eye on every single person in the AO, even friendlies. This move pays off as an AWOL (Absent Without Leave) six man fireteam from the 707th Special Mission Group arrives with murderous intent towards The Vietnamese People.
Axel, Preacher, Tyler and Victoria are the first ones to respond to them.
Evelyn: Lighthouse to all Mako callsigns, we got Korean Spec Ops unknowns approaching from the north. They're not responding to my hails, over.
Axel: (on comms) This is Mako 4, roger that. We have 'em. (off comms) Stand fast, identify yourselves!
Victoria: (Korean) The Special Mission Group is supposed to be in the west side of the city! What the hell are you doing here?!
707th Operator 1: (Korean) (quietly) They know, Lieutenant. Maybe we should stand down.
707th Lieutenant: (Korean) (quietly) No, Sergeant. We have waited for too long to stop now. Do you want that promotion or not?
Tyler: Hey, what the fuck are you talking— Hey. Hey! HEY! Lower your weapons!
Preacher: They've got murderous intent, Ensign. Probably for these civvies.
Axel: What are you try— Hey, don't do that! Fuck!
[M4V9 fire]
Vietnamese Crowd: *screaming*
Axel: TAKE 'EM DOWN! GET THE NON-COMBATANTS OUTTA HERE FAST!
[kick]
[punch]
[K2 fire]
[K14 fire]
[guns clattering]
[palm strike]
[thud]
The moment he notices the AWOL fireteam's two support gunners take aim and prepare to fire, the Lieutenant Junior Grade rapidly shoots them in their heads and orders his element to restrain or kill, if necessary, the others. With Mako 4 and the 707th Lieutenant facing each other in a standoff, and the Staff Sergeant, the Ensign and the South Korean First Lieutenant successfully relieving the TL's snipers and second rifleman of their Daewoo Precision Industries K2 and S and T Motiv K14s and arresting them.
Victoria: (Korean) Lieutenant, look around! It's over! We have you surrounded! Stand down, and we'll guarantee your—
[Five-seveN USG fire]
[K5 fire]
[bullet whizzes]
[Revolution DI Rifle fire]
[HK416 A5 fire]
[LVOA-C fire]
Victoria: Axel, are you alright?
Axel: Yeah, bullet barely missed my helmet.
Victoria: Take them away.
Australian Army Soldier 1: Yes, ma'am. Move!
Australian Army Soldier 2: Get going!
Australian Army Soldier 3: Up your arse!
S.A.S.R. Operator 3: (Vietnamese) Alright, people, this is not a show! Get in the trucks!
Smokejumper: Sentinel, Mako, the TLs report that ten transports are away. Not many Non-Combatants left. My men can take it from here.
Cavanaugh: Then we should move on, but don't let your guard down. The presidential family's security team will be expecting us and they've trained their whole lives for an attack like ours.
Lennox: Good call. Since this road will take us to its north side, we'll flank its west wing.
Cavanaugh: Copy, stay safe.
Smokejumper: Those cunt bag motherfuckers! Be advised, one of the team leaders told me that all members of his six man fireteam deserted to the presidential family and their secret service. If you see Safeguard Team 1, don't hesitate, slaughter the dickheads.
Lennox: Copy, we'll make sure to kill them for treason.
Cavanaugh: Thanks for the tip, Sentinel 3. Task Force Mako, move in from the rear.
Blade: Hitting them from behind. I like it. No matter how good or aware they are, a security team will always put more manpower in the front.
Axel quickdraw headshots the rogue Korean Spec Ops officer, with the bullet from the latter's Daewoo Precision Industries K5 not even hitting the Lieutenant Junior Grade's helmet. Then Victoria takes the 707th Lieutenant's subordinates away with help from three Royal Australian Regiment Soldiers.
Now that the Australian S.A.S.R. and the Australian Army has sent 60 percent of the Non-Combatants in the AO to The Elysium Checkpoint, Task Force Mako and Sentinel Team proceed to take the Hanoi Presidential Palace, capture the Presidential Family and extract any additional civilians there. With everyone aware of the place's United States Secret Service-esque security detail and a traitorous five man 1st Bn., Royal Australian Regiment squad named Safeguard Team 1 helping the enemy.
15:11:45, the strike teams' leaders turn out to be right as most of the Vietnam People's Public Security personnel, or CAND (Công an Nhân dân) Agents, are positioned in the front along with the rogue Australian Army fireteam. And those in the West Wing and the Back Door are killed quietly before they could alert their teammates.
[KA-BAR Knife hit]
Preacher: West Wing's clear, no alarms... permanently.
[X-45 Tactical fire]
[Five-seveN USG fire]
Cavanaugh: Same SITREP on the Back Door. Interrogative: Did you just cut the power, Sentinel 9?
Preacher: Affirmative, power box was just right here outside.
Cavanaugh: Roger that, moving interior.
Lennox: Roger, Mako 1. Sentinels, ready breach.
Mitchell: Charges set, move to green.
[C4 Explosive Charge detonation]
[gunfire echoes]
CAND Agents: *painfully grunting*
While Task Force Mako goes first through the Back Door normally, Sentinel Team turns the Presidential Palace's electricity off and goes loud by breaching the West Wing's wall. Immediately, Safeguard Team 1 and the CAND Agents outside move in to contain the situation.
[MK14 Mod 0 fire]
Abrams: Clear left!
[Hellion fire]
Blade: Clear right!
[F89A1 Minimi fire]
Safeguard 1-2: You should never have come back here, America! Now, we will do everything in our power to defeat you... again!
Cavanaugh: Times are changing, Safeguard 1-2. And you chose the wrong side.
[SR-98 fire]
Safeguard 1-2: Quite the contrary, Yank! I was Vietnamese before my family migrated to Australia! Family and heritage first!
[EF88 Austeyr fire]
Axel: (sarcastically) Oh, how magnanimous! Let me give you and your team a few rounds of applause!
[M1014 fire]
Cavanaugh: Sentinel 1, take care of the outside forces. We'll handle Safeguard Team 1 and the Presidential Family, over.
Lennox: Roger that, Mako 1. Go get 'em, over.
Upon reaching the middle of the Presidential Palace, the SEALs make contact with the AWOL Australian Army Soldiers for the first time. So the entire Winslow Accord strike force gets organized with Task Force Mako going after Safeguard Team 1 and the Presidential Family, while Sentinel Team handles the rest of the security team.
In the darkened hallway leading to the President's Office, Safeguard Team 1 tries to sneak the Presidential Family out through the window. While Axel, who was taking the lead and tearing CAND Agents apart with his M1014, gives them the surprise of a lifetime.
Safeguard 1-3: The wife first so that she can catch her son and daughter.
Safeguard 1-2: Rope's secure. Let's do this.
Safeguard 1-4: 1-2, we're not getting any word from the agents downstairs. We gotta move.
Safeguard 1-2: Get them down safely, I'll buy some time with the others.
Safeguard 1-3: Yes, Staff Sergeant.
Safeguard 1-2: Lights on, you idiots.
Axel: *reloads M1014 slowly*
Safeguard 1-4: What is that?
Safeguard 1-5: Don't know, can barely hear it.
Axel: *cocks M1014*
Safeguard 1-6: Could be an American. Find him.
[Flashbang detonation]
Safeguard Team 1: *grunting*
As Safeguard 1-2's vision comes back, the blue-goggled Lieutenant Junior Grade turn his helmet's flashlight on, surprising him as a result.
Safeguard 1-2: OH, SHIT! HE'S HERE! OPEN FI—
[M1014 fire]
Safeguard 1-2: *painfully grunts*
[bullets ricocheting]
[guns clattering]
[bullets penetrating]
Safeguard 1-6: *painfully grunts*
Safeguard 1-5: *painfully grunts*
Safeguard 1-2: 1-3, GO FASTER!
[M1014 fire]
[bullets ricocheting]
[bullets penetrating]
Axel: *reloads M1014 with right hand* *grabs and lifts Safeguard 1-4 by her throat with left hand*
Safeguard 1-4: *chokes*
[door opens]
[M1014 fire]
Safeguard 1-3: *screaming in pain*
[kick]
Safeguard 1-2: *painfully grunts*
Axel: *crushes Safeguard 1-4's windpipe*
[M1014 fire]
Safeguard 1-2: (Vietnamese) Mr. President, CLIMB DOWN! Climb down!
[M1014 fire]
Safeguard 1-2: *painfully grunts*
[M1014 fire]
Axel attacks almost effortlessly and uses the 12 Guage buckshot spread for crowd control, disarming and killing Safeguards 1-5 and 1-6 in the process. And while the rogue Australian Army Soldiers quickly used their big guns to cover their faces, the pellets still got their other exposed body parts.
Allowing the blue-goggled Lieutenant Junior Grade to grab Safeguard 1-4 by her neck and lift her up, ambush an incoming and assisting Safeguard 1-3 by shooting his left leg off, back side kick their TL, and break Safeguard Team 1's female member's trachea with just one hand. Then, after seeing his second in command get executed, Safeguard 1-2 yells at the President of Vietnam to slide down the rappelling rope before getting his back and head shot to bits.
Even though all members of the Presidential Family manage to land safely, they immediately find themselves surrounded by Sentinel Team, who had just wiped the floor with their entire security detail. Just to rub defeat in the Vietnamese President's face, Axel ropes down and pushes his wife to the ground upon landing.
Vietnamese President: (Vietnamese) It's okay. We're together, we're safe. Now, let's—
Lennox: Going somewhere, Mr. President?
Vietnamese President: (Vietnamese) Stay calm and do what they say, or they WILL kill us.
Vietnamese First Lady: *yelps*
[thud]
Vietnamese President: HEY, BE CAREFUL!
Axel: GET DOWN ON THE GROUND, NOW! RESIST AND WE WILL EXECUTE YOU!
Vietnamese First Daughter: Okay, okay. Please do not shoot us. *sniffles*
Vietnamese First Son: You will not get away with this, America!
Axel: *scoffs* Yeah, I know what it's like to be a helpless, wishful thinker in your age, kid.
Cavanaugh: Zip-tie 'em up. Blade, you got the wife. Hall, you have the son. Axel, Mr. President's yours. I'll take the daughter. Keep your hostage close. Lennox, Royal Australian Regiment's coming. We can take it from here. Better get to the north now.
Lennox: Copy. Sentinel Team, time to head north. Move out.
Preacher: We'll see you SEALs later.
Axel: Yep, see you in a bit, P.
Vietnamese First Lady: Where are you taking us?
Morález: Oh, just the perfect spot to see your precious Vietnam crumble before you, my dear.
Vietnamese First Lady: Please do not let our children see that view. Please! PLEASE!
As the Australian Army and the Australian S.A.S.R. secure the Presidential Palace and evac the Non-Combatants present, Task Force Mako takes the Presidential Family to the place where Vietnam will officially fall.