December 10th, 2058 - 16:45:13, Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, United States of America, ATLAS Corporation, SEAL Team 7, U.S. Army Military Police Corps, 24th Special Tactics Squadron and U.S. Army 25B (25 Bravo) hold a funeral for the fallen members of Right Hand Squadron who died in Santorini and bury them next to Carter. Since all of them used to be former U.S. Military before joining ATLAS.
With Torres and Rivers being former SEALs from SEAL Team 7, Baron being an ex-MP (Military Police), Drelick being a medically discharged 24th Special Tactics Squadron Operator, and Carter being a former Army National Guard 25B/Information Technology Specialist. December 11th, 2058 - 16:25:02, ATLAS Corporation West Asia Headquarters, New Baghdad, Iraq, despite not having grieved enough yet, ATLAS Corporation is still ready to address the Winslow Accord about their success in Greece on live television.
And Mitchell has something to say and write about it as Jonathan and Aurora are being interviewed by Wendy Riley.
Mitchell: (narration) Hades' death left us with more questions than answers. But all that mattered was that he was gone. It was the start of a new chapter... for all of us.
Wendy Riley: At last, time ran out for Joseph Chkheidze. Better known as Hades, leader of the Korean Vietnamese Army and mastermind behind the devastating attacks of the past four years. We recently spoke with Jonathan and Aurora Irons, the husband and wife team leading ATLAS International. The private military corporation responsible for hunting down and killing Hades. Congratulations, you've achieved what no government was able to.
Jonathan: Thank you, Wendy, but the real heroes of the day are the men and women of ATLAS. We couldn't be prouder of what they accomplished out there this week. *pats Mitchell's left shoulder* *nods*
Aurora: *pats Preacher's left shoulder* *nods* You did great out there, my boys.
Mitchell, Preacher, Gideon and Joker: *smiling* *nodding*
Wendy Riley: There are rumors that the Winslow Accord and the United Nations will offer you a seat on their respective security councils. Can a life in politics be far behind?
Aurora: Well, we like to get things done. So, no. But look at what we've done in the Middle East, let alone New Baghdad. 24 years ago, we allowed the Latin American Federation to turn it into a nuclear wasteland. And now, after years of hard work in humanitarian research and development, it's a testament to what happens when you put efficiency before bureaucracy.
Wendy Riley: The last four years have been huge for both of you. In the wake of the K.V.A. attacks, ATLAS has become the world's biggest corporation. And you two now preside over the world's largest standing military. So what's next for Jonathan and Aurora Irons?
Jonathan and Aurora: *smiling at the cameras*
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"UTOPIA"
NEW BAGHDAD, IRAQ
DECEMBER 11, 2058 - 16:30 HRS
EXO TYPE:
SPECIALIST
RIOT SHIELD: ACTIVATED
OVERDRIVE: ACTIVATED
MAG GLOVES: ACTIVATED
GRAPPLE: ACTIVATED
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Joker: The boys would've loved to be interviewed by Wendy Riley. She really is America's finest journalist since Grace Cameron-Ramirez.
Preacher: Mm-hmm. They do love a strong yet kind, feminine and gorgeous lady.
Gideon: Hmm. How does it feel to be the hero of the West, Jack?
Mitchell: Heh, pretty overwhelming, Gideon.
Gideon: Yeah, don't let it get to your—
Ilona: Gideon, Preacher, Joker, Mitchell, I need to see you. Right now.
Gideon: Ilona? What is it?
Ilona: Meet me in Maintenance Room 6A. Don't bring anyone else.
Gideon: (on comms) Alright, we're moving. (off comms) Let's find out what the hell she wants.
Preacher: If it's something celebratory, I'll be heading straight out the door posthaste.
Mitchell: Fuck off.
Preacher, Gideon and Joker: *laughing*
With that mysterious transmission, Preacher, Mitchell, Gideon and Joker head to Maintenance Room 6A. Being congratulated for a job well done, taking a good look at ALTAS Corporation's humanitarian results in New Baghdad, and talking about the K.V.A.'s fate and the future along the way.
ATLAS Guard 2: Congratulations, Master Sergeant.
Mitchell: *smiles* Thank you.
Gideon: Hard to believe this is Baghdad. Two years ago, you couldn't step outside without a Level A Hazmat Suit. Now it's fuckin' thriving, thanks to us.
Joker: Left Hand Squadron took down another K.V.A. cell yesterday. The whole network's unraveling. Hades was the key. The world, my friends, is running out of bad guys. You might be looking at an early retirement.
Mitchell: Hope so. Culinary world, here I come.
ATLAS Guard 3: Afternoon, sirs, Sergeants.
Preacher: *smiles* Good afternoon, Sergeants.
Upon arrival, Ilona starts showing something buried with the Mercenary Sergeant First Class' help.
Ilona: Did you tell anyone you were coming?
Gideon: No, so wha—
Ilona: The surveillance scrambler will only buy us a few minutes. Preacher?
Preacher: *nods* Guess it's time. Sync to my HUD, guys. Ilona and I have to show you something.
Gideon: Bloody hell's going on?
Preacher: There's my parents and Rideau, with the technologists we saved in Nigeria.
Gideon: The guys we pulled out of the river.
Preacher: They never made it back to their respective homes.
[Preacher hits play]
Japanese Technologist: The K.V.A. are planning attacks. They told us everything.
Jonathan: Wha-What kinds of attacks?
British Technologist: Power plants, all over the world. They-They wanted us to create a virus that will compromise their security protocols.
Aurora: Whe-Where are they planning on hitting?
Nigerian Technologist: America, Australia and Korea. Millions will die! We have to tell someone.
Jonathan: No! We have to tell EVERYONE! It's okay. It's alright. *pats Nigerian Technologist's right shoulder* We're gonna take care of this right now.
[MP433 Grach fire]
[RW1 fire]
[PDW fire]
The CEO, the CFO and Archie sync shoot the three technologists of the international technology summit in cold blood.
Aurora: We want them buried in the middle of nowhere with unmarked graves immediately. And no cameras while doing it. No trace of them can ever see the light of day.
Left Hand Squadron: Yes, ma'am. Yes, sir.
The Mercenary Major, the Mercenary Captain and the Mercenary Master Sergeant are in complete shock.
Mitchell: No fucking way.
Joker: Oh, you gotta be shitting us.
Gideon: Fuck me.
Preacher: They knew 'em. My own mother, my own father, and our rival co-workers knew and let them happen.
Ilona: All those people dead and they fucking profited from them!
Gideon: Where did you get this?
Preacher: The camera of Archie's earpiece. What led us to steal it is Hades letting us know of his basement and knowledge of my mom, my dad, and Left Hand Squadron.
Mitchell: My report back in Santorini.
Joker: And how do you know we're not being set up against each other?
Preacher: What did Left Hand Squadron find in there? What did they do with their findings? What did they say in their debrief? Did they have proof to support their claim? Do we know ANYTHING about those fucking spooks?!
Joker: Shit!
Ilona: And this recording is coded and encrypted in our own algorithm! It's from ATLAS! No one outside that room has seen this but us. *breath trembling* We need to get out of here. *retrieves projector and surveillance scrambler* NOW!
[Gideon and Joker's wrist-mounted mini pads beeping]
[door opens]
Preacher: Flashbang—
[Flash Grenade detonation]
Right Hand Squadron: *grunts*
[Allie palm strikes Preacher to the ground]
[Emma-Leigh firearm melee strikes Ilona and Mitchell to their knees]
[Gideon and Joker put their hands up]
It turns out that Allie and Emma-Leigh were able to bypass the Mercenary First Lieutenant's surveillance scrambler and listen in halfway through. Then, they take Right Hand Squadron down with Jonathan and Aurora coming along with disappointment in their faces.
Ilona: We saw it. We saw everything.
Jonathan: You saw what?
Ilona: You two knew about the attacks. All those innocent people—
Jonathan: You're being played from beyond the grave!
Ilona: YOU'RE INSANE! You and your black ops attack dogs are MONSTERS!
Aurora: We're disappointed in you, Mitchell, Preacher. You could've had everything.
Mitchell: Everything doesn't mean shit when it came from corruption and evil, you sadistic, genocidal, warmongering fucks!
Preacher: 50 million people, Mom, Dad?! Is anything enough for any of you?! For the company?!
Jonathan: ENOUGH!
As the CEO gets organized and Preacher looks at Gideon and Joker, the Mercenary Major gestures at the disavowed Mercenary Sergeant First Class to silently tell him to stay calm and get ready. Right Hand 5 virtually unnoticeably nods in reply.
Jonathan: The three of us are gonna discuss this later. Allie, hold Will here until my signal.
Allie: Yes, sir.
Jonathan: Gideon. Joker.
Gideon: Yes, sir.
Ilona: Gideon! John! You know what you saw.
Joker: They said we were being set up. We ain't falling for the K.V.A.'s tricks.
Aurora: They've made their decision. *gives Emma-Leigh a gun hand signal*
Emma-Leigh: With pleasure. Thank you, ma'am, sir.
[Bal-27 fire]
Preacher: *reaches out* JACK! ILONA! NOOOO!
Left Hand 7 happily executes former Master Sergeant Jack Mitchell and once First Lieutenant Ilona Petrova.
Allie: Looks like it is time to take out the garbage.
Emma-Leigh: Good luck formulating an escape plan now, Preacher.
[Allie and Emma-Leigh laugh]
Preacher: I'll kill you all. I swear I will.
Then, Preacher gets an incoming broadcast from an unknown source using a voice changer.
???: You will, Preacher. Listen, we've hacked into your gadgets and all of West Asia Headquarters. We need you to trust us. In three seconds, the fire suppression system will be activated. Get ready to run and gun.
[CO2 array turns on]
???: Go, now!
With the two Left Hands distracted, the disavowed Sergeant First Class foot sweeps Allie, holds onto her HBRa3, and shreds First Sergeant Emma-Leigh Harris' face via full-auto fire. But thanks to the power of her Exo Suit, Left Hand 5 is able to kick Preacher away so that she can get up and counter-attack.
[HBRa3 fire]
Allie: NO! *struggling* *yells* *grunts* Huh!
Preacher: *side kicks Allie's nose*
Allie: Ahh!
[thud]
[HBRa3 fire]
Allie: *screaming in pain* *hyperventilates*
Preacher: You never deserved Maynard.
[HBRa3 fire]
Unfortunately, that and her K.S.A. skills are not enough to beat the disavowed Sergeant First Class' Task Force Rogue training. Thus, Preacher parries and dodges the palm strikes and head scissor takedown attempt, delivers a powerful side kick to the nose during a kip-up, and kneecaps and headshots First Sergeant Allie Fischer with her own gun in less than twenty seconds.
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Utopia
December 11th, 2058 - 16:35:08
SFC. Will 'Preacher' Irons
ATLAS Corporation - Disavowed
ATLAS Corporation West Asia Headquarters, New Baghdad, Iraq
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Preacher: For Jack and Ilona.
???: Time to get outta there, Preacher. Head for the elevator.
Preacher: Wait. *acquires Ilona's dog tags and GRU Patch* *secures Mitchell's dog tags and journal* I'll get them for you, guys. *takes Emma-Leigh's Bal-27*
[Incendiary Grenade detonation]
Preacher: Who are you, mysterious voice?
???: A friend. Just keep moving.
Preacher: Roger that.
ATLAS Guard 4: Prophet, the fire doors in the Basement are locked down. We can't intercept Preacher.
Prophet: Rerouting, standby.
ATLAS Guard 5: Prophet, Left Hand 5 and 7 are down! Dammit!
He then takes her dead teammate's Bal-27 and the items that will allow Mitchell and Ilona to be remembered and buries their bodies with fire before escaping Maintenance Room 6A and the entire Basement via the nearby elevator shaft with help from the Mysterious Voice and his Mag Gloves.
Preacher: Gonna open something or what?
???: Hold on.
[doors opening]
Preacher: *looks up* Futuristic Die Hard this elevator shaft, huh?
???: Affirmative.
Preacher: Good thing we volunteered to test these for Dr. Chambers.
???: Drone Swarm! Watch it!
Preacher: So the masks finally fall off, huh Mom?! Dad?!
[EMP Grenade detonation]
[Drone Swarm crashes]
[explosions]
ATLAS Non-Combatants: *screaming*
Iraqi Crowd: *screaming*
News Reporters: *screaming*
News Crew: *screaming*
[HBRa3 fire]
Preacher: (off comms) GET OUT OF THE WAY, PEOPLE! (on comms) Returning fire! Let me guess, I gotta slide down the slanted skylight and jump into the River! Right?!
???: Do it now! Hostile reinforcements on the way!
[Preacher slides down the slanted skylight]
[HBRa3 fire]
ATLAS Guard 6: *yelps*
[Preacher jumps off the slanted skylight]
[splash]
???: Sewer access is through that big drainage pipe. Swim.
Once back on high ground, he disables an entire launching Drone Swarm with just one EMP Grenade, engages his former ALTAS friends without hesitation, jumps off the Rooftop Patio, shoots the part of the slanted skylight that is past him in midair to cause a pursuing ATLAS Guard to fall down to the floor below, and leaps into the River with his body straightened before impact. He then swims through a big drainage pipe, finds and opens the sewer access hatch, and starts sneaking around Old Town.
Preacher: *gasps* *coughs* *catches breath* If you want the safest way in or out, try the most unsanitary one. Found the sewer access hatch, Mysterious Voice. Opening. *opens sewer hatch*
[V-44A flies by]
Preacher: I'm at Old Town. Now what?
???: Get to the Docks. We have a Dive Boat there waiting for you. Be advised, you've got an ATLAS MP platoon locking down the streets leading to your getaway, over.
Preacher: Understood. Loud or quiet. Decisions.
Unlike in the original and despite not having any suppressed firearms, you/the disavowed Sergeant First Class can establish and maintain stealth all the way to the Docks with and without killing anyone. In the former, Preacher will do the stealth takedowns from Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare's campaign and some additional ones like a single and double aerial knife kill, a lethal neck chop, and landing a hammer fist on the back of the head, grabbing the ankles and pulling the victim down hard face first (works on enemies not wearing helmets only).
If the alarm is raised, the A.S.T. mini boss fight in the original will happen, and the Drone Swarm chase will occur. But in reality, the disavowed Sergeant First Class kills every Tango in his path quietly, and the drive to the Twin Skyscrapers will proceed smoothly.
Preacher: *performs double aerial takedown* *snaps neck* *cuts neck* Avenues, clear. *stabs throat* *neck chops* *performs hammer fist takedown* Docks, clear. God bless Task Force Rogue.
???: Good. The less attention we draw, the better.
Preacher: I see the Dive Boat. Boarding.
???: Put on that Grapple attachment. You'll need it later.
Preacher: Gotta love grappling hooks. Where am I going?
???: There are twin skyscrapers in the middle of New Baghdad. Follow the river all the way to it. You won't miss it.
Preacher: The ones that are under construction?
???: Affirmative.
Preacher: That explains it. Okay, I know the ones. Let's go for a merry drive.
[Dive Boat engine starts]
???: You seemed a little cheerful in spite of the situation. Are you okay?
Preacher: Yeah, just coping. Don't worry, I ain't losing my mind too.
???: Roger that.
[Dive Boat engine stops]
Preacher: I'm here. Which one are you at, Mysterious Voice?
???: Neither. You have to clear the Twin Skyscrapers out first before you can take the Skybridge to the West Tower and across a crane. We'll show you the last path to the RV once you're hanging on with your Mag Gloves.
Preacher: Present-day remake of the 40-year-old Skyscraper movie it is then. Heading up. I'm on survival mode. *ascends*
[HBRa3 fire]
[Bal-27 fire]
[ATLAS 45 fire]
At the designated checkpoint, which is the Twin Skyscrapers themselves, Preacher scales the East Tower and terminates the ATLAS search parties above loudly since the patrolling V-44A Warbirds, which can be brought down with a well-placed Lethal Variable Grenade and Nitrogen Grenade and by shooting the pilots, are making stealth impossible. Regardless, he reaches and crosses the Skybridge, sweeps the West Tower, gets across the lower part of the crane nearby with his Mag Gloves, and spots and slides down the path to the rally point below.
Which is in the form of a metal support beam for the Twin Skyscrapers passing by. Then, he lands on the rooftop of a smaller unfinished building just across the street from the designated checkpoint safely and learns the truth about the people helping him escape ATLAS Corporation.
Preacher: That support beam just conveniently stopped. Must be that hidden path Mysterious Voice was on about. Huh!
[metallic clang]
[metals screeching]
[thud]
Preacher: A construction car? This has gotta be it, right? *raises ATLAS 45*
[construction car doors opening]
Cormack: *signals Preacher to hold fire* Never lost your touch, huh Preacher? *smiles*
Preacher: Ha! *lowers ATLAS 45* I kinda figured it was you guys! *hugs Cormack, Knox and Jackson* *laughs*
Knox: *smiles* Glad you're okay, Preach'.
???: Preacher...
Cristy: ...thank God you made it. Don't worry. This is an encrypted channel.
Preacher: Cristy? Oh, thank God. Wait. Holy shit, Cristy! We gotta get you and the others out of there!
Cristy: We know. But if we're gonna bring ATLAS down for what they did to those 50 million innocent people and us, Task Force Sentinel's gonna need inside men. I'll be fine, Will. Lilith, Oz, Decker, Kahn, and even Prophet are secretly on America's side. Gideon and Joker are also safe for now. Rejoin your old unit and destroy ATLAS Corporation for us, Preacher. Good luck.
Preacher: *sighs* Affirmative, Chess Queen. Stay safe. Right Hand 5, out.
Jackson: Come in, P. We're leaving.
[construction car doors closing]
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MISSION COMPLETE
Utopia
Despite losing Mitchell and Ilona, you were able to escape New Baghdad and the corrupted ATLAS Corporation with the help of your girlfriend, Cristy, her friend circle, and your old Marine Raider Regiment teammates Cormack, Knox and Jackson. You are now being taken to an undisclosed location for debriefing.