December 17th, 2058 - 19:00:02, United Nations Headquarters, Beijing, China, Jonathan and Aurora officially commit treason by accepting the United Nations' offer. And they proudly announce it on stage in front of their security council.
[United Nations applauding]
Aurora: We are honored to be the first CEO and CFO of a private corporation to become members of the United Nations Security Council.
Jonathan: Unfortunately, our appearance today has been clouded by a flurry of speculation that our company is developing a weapon of mass destruction which would be capable of targeting specific ethnic groups. We want to address these allegations head-on.
Aurora: Are we developing such a weapon? No, we are not.
[United Nations lightly applauding]
Aurora: Because we have already developed it.
United Nations: Whoa! *chattering*
Jonathan: But do not worry. Because if the choice is between the United States and the United Nations, we will choose the United Nations now. The world must come first, or there will not be a United States in the first place. Unfortunately, our country's leaders and citizens do not see it that way anymore. Because they now believe that the only way to bring peace back to our beloved Earth is to stop being the "world police" and bring an end to pointless, endless wars.
Aurora: In reality, the United States of America has become an old, out-of-date relic. From a different time when Americans were unique in their ability to spread truth, justice and freedom across the world. But that is just not the case anymore. Primarily, because when The American People want peace and freedom from outside problems, they outsource the job to us. We have sent people to die in the preservation of global balance. Which is supposed to be The American People's job. And even if they did not like it, they still got the job done better than anyone. So we feel uniquely qualified to tell them, their peacetime does not work!
[United Nations applauding]
Jonathan: Which is why our priorities have changed. From profits to policy. Because The American People have forsaken and forgotten their sacred duty to the world. But we have not. So let us make ourselves clear. We exist to solve the world's problems. And we believe the world's problems... begin with the United States of America.
[United Nations cheering and applauding]
07:05:14, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, United States of America, Task Force Sentinel has been watching the entire special coverage in the Briefing Room. As Preacher explains what his parents meant, Knox gets a sudden video call from Will and Cristy's Friend Circle ft. Prophet.
Preacher: As if it's our perpetual obligation to babysit the world. War On Terror time warp fucks.
Joker: So what the hell was that?
Preacher: I've seen my grandpa act like that towards the Corporation's competition when I was growing up. And that can only mean one thing: war.
Joker: But we took out their WMDs. Without Manticore, ATLAS doesn't stand a chance—
Knox: Cormack! You need to see this.
Cormack: Talk to me.
Knox: Chess Queen and Prophet just sent us intel with time-sensitive situations via emergency video call.
Cormack: Put 'em through. What are we looking at?
Cristy: Potential targets all over the Winslow Accord. Power Player and Ace Attorney had a fallback plan if we ever tried to trap ATLAS into a corner.
Prophet: Sorry about the vagueness. Jonathan and Aurora have kept every non-essential personnel, even myself, on a need-to-know basis now.
Preacher: What the hell happened to you guys? You all look terrible.
Lilith: Heh, you know, your words are actually more comforting than the "compliments" Rideau, Watterson and Archie told us in their sex talk.
Preacher: THEY DID WHAT?!
Oz: The three remaining dickheads of Left Hand Squadron raped Cristy and Lilith. I'm sorry, Will. We all tried to stop them, but they came prepared with tranquilizers.
Decker: Believe me, we won't fall for the same trick again and will be ready for a Round 2. If they dare.
Kahn: Pulled my gun on them, but they did their kung-fu shit to disarm me and knocked me out. They took all of us by surprise.
Preacher: The fault's on none of you. There's no way you could've predicted them. God knows I tried. We're getting you all out of there once we—
Kane: No, you're not! Weston, Norton, Swann, Pierson, Decker and Omar are now compartmentalized C.I.A. assets!
Preacher: Is that a polite way of saying you and the C.I.A. are stealing them from us?! From me?!
Chaos: Ease up, Preacher! Easy! She's not worth it.
Nightfall: You said they were liabilities!
Kane: I did, and now I've changed my mind. I have orders, and I am following them. You should try it sometime, has-beens. F.B.I., back me up.
Joker: I'm more of an operator than an agent, C.I.A. Don't try me.
Kane: *flips off Joker* Asshole.
Joker and Nightfall: *flips off Kane* Bitch.
Nightfall: Preacher, we'll organize your friends' extraction and handle C.I.A. Right now, your team needs you.
Preacher: *exhales sharply* *nods* Roger that, sir, Command Sergeant Major.
Don: Hold on. A direct attack on the U.S.? Are we sure Jonathan and Aurora are up for that?
Preacher: My family doesn't make threats. They make promises.
Joker: Those fucking snakes.
Gideon: So what's the play? No way ATLAS can hit 'em all at once.
Cormack: *points* San Francisco. The entire 3rd Fleet is in the bay. I need you four on the ground. Now.
[Preacher, Don, Gideon and Joker nod and move out]
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December 17th, 2058 - 08:30:24
2ndLt. Will 'Preacher' Irons
Task Force Sentinel
San Francisco, CA, United States of America
Exo Type:
Assault
Boost Jump: Activated
Sonics: Activated
Stim: Activated
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08:30:24, San Francisco, California, Ranger Team 2 are in their Pitbull MRAP in a tunnel just before the Golden Gate Bridge. Waiting for ISR to spot ATLAS Corporation's opening move.
Cormack: Ranger Team 2, report in.
Gideon: North side's all clear. Wait, what's he playing at?
Cormack: What do you got?
[white van drives by]
Gideon: He's rabbiting! Let's move!
Preacher: Hold on!
[police sirens wailing]
Joker: Plasma Turret's locked and loaded.
Gideon: White van with commercial plates just jumped S.F.P.D. (San Francisco Police Department) Checkpoint Alpha. We're in pursuit.
[S.F.P.D. patrol cars driving by]
Cormack: There could be anything in that van. Pursue but do not engage.
Preacher: Understood, Watchman. Pursue but do not engage.
The first play shows itself in the form of a white van with commercial license plates crashing through an established San Francisco Police Department checkpoint and erratically driving for the Golden Gate Bridge. Ranger Team 2 and their S.F.P.D. support chase after it, and Ranger Team 3 and their police companions join in when black SUVs with Mercenaries inside break through their post.
Preacher: Going through the construction site.
Ranger 3-1: Ranger 3-1 to all callsigns, three black SUVs just broke Checkpoint Bravo. They're moving to protect the White Van, over.
[bullets ricocheting]
Don: 4 o'clock! Fire! Fire! Fire!
[Plasma Turret fire]
Joker: Engaging! How the fuck did ISR miss these shitheads?!
As Joker blasts the ATLAS SUVs into charcoal briquette, Cormack and Kingpin get organized with Ranger Teams 4, 5, 6 and 7, Guardian 5-2 and Viper 5-4, and S.F.P.D. With the five other Ranger Teams being comprised of U.S. Spec Ops' best.
Preacher: Watch out for that oil tanker!
[oil tanker explodes]
[Plasma Turret fire]
Ranger 3-1: Okay, we might be able to stop the target vehicle. Taking the lead.
Preacher: Do it, we'll cover you.
Cormack: All units, this is Watchman. We have multiple ATLAS vehicles converging on the Golden Gate Bridge. I need an immediate three-sixty around the 3rd Fleet, over.
Guardian 5-2: Roger that, Watchman. We're en route, over.
Viper 5-4: Understood, Watchman. Ranger Teams 6 and 7 are ready for tasking, over.
Cormack: Watchman to Kingpin, we have enemy targets on the Golden Gate Bridge. Code Red on all S.F.P.D. units, over.
Kingpin: Roger that. S.F.P.D. SWAT is inbound. ETA: five Mikes, over.
Joker: *pats Pitbull MRAP* Stop the Pitbull, Preacher! ATLAS has caused a traffic jam with civilians everywhere.
[American Crowd flees and screams]
Preacher: Then we're gonna have to continue on foot. Move out!
Don: Hope Ranger Team 3 got to the White Van before all this.
Gideon: Move! Get off the bridge! Run!
Cormack: I need a roadblock, mid-span!
Kingpin: S.F.P.D. SWAT is still five Mikes out, Watchman.
Cormack: We don't have five minutes.
Preacher: Ranger 2-1 to Watchman, our Pitbull MRAP is blocked by traffic and civilians. We're proceeding on foot, over.
Cormack: Roger that, Ranger 2-1. Be advised, ATLAS vehicles are deploying combatants. They're closing on your position.
Gideon: We need these civilians off the bridge.
Cormack: 40 percent of S.F.P.D. is on the scene.
Joker: Contact incoming!
[IMR fire]
[XM250 fire]
[HBRa3 fire]
[HBRa3 fire]
Due to the chaos caused by ATLAS, the Golden Gate Bridge is full of abandoned vehicles and panicking American citizens. So Ranger Team 2 has to leave their Pitbull MRAP and assist Ranger Team 3 on foot as they try to stop the White ATLAS Van.
But even they were blocked by the rapidly forming traffic jam and stampede.
Kingpin: Watchman, this is Kingpin. I need a SITREP, over.
Cormack: Kingpin, we are engaged with a large ATLAS force on the Golden Gate Bridge. We need to blockade any incoming ships, over.
Kingpin: Roger that. We're moving to intercept, over.
Gideon: Keep away from that tanker!
Cormack: Ranger Team 2, we've got the White ATLAS Van pinned with S.F.P.D. SWAT, dead center of the span, over.
Preacher: (on comms) Roger, Watchman. We're almost there, over. (off comms) Ranger Team 3, blue approaching! What's your status, over?!
Ranger 3-1: Our Pitbull's blocked by this traffic and stampede! White ATLAS Van got away from us!
Preacher: Roger! S.F.P.D. SWAT got it trapped up ahead! Let's move to assist!
Ranger 3-1: Already on it! Ranger Team 3, move out!
Gideon: Watchman, this is Ranger 2-3! We need covering fire from Guardian 5-2 and Viper 5-4, over!
Cormack: Negative, the Van's the priority!
Gideon: Bollocks!
Two minutes of boost jumping, fighting and killing later, Ranger Team 2 and Ranger Team 3 clear their half of the Golden Gate Bridge and arrive at the center. Just as Ranger Team 4, Ranger Team 5, Ranger Team 6, Ranger Team 7 and S.F.P.D. SWAT secure the White ATLAS Van.
Viper 5-4: Touchdown!
Ranger 7-1: Move! Move!
Ranger 6-1: Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!
Ranger 5-1: Got the Van boxed in. 50 yards.
Ranger 4-1: Get out of the Van!
Ranger 3-1: On the ground! On the God damn ground!
[HBRa3 fire]
Ranger 4-1: We've got the driver!
Preacher: Checking, cover me.
Don: Got you covered.
However, despite being surrounded and outgunned, ATLAS has a surprise in their White Van just as the USS Arrowhead, the second Donald Trump-class triple-hulled designed battle aircraft carrier ever built, gets past the Golden Gate Bridge.
Preacher: Locked. Gotta cut it open. *equips Laser Cutting Torch*
Kingpin: Watchman, the USS Arrowhead is almost clear of the bridge, over.
Preacher: Got it. *opens doors* Drones! Toss EMPs!
[MG WASP Drones self-destructing]
Joker: They're collapsing the bridge!
Preacher: Active bomb in the Van! GET CLEAR! GET CLEAR! MOVE!
[White ATLAS Van explodes]
Viper 5-4: (muffled) We're hit! We're hit in the left engine!
[shock wave launches Preacher onto a car's windshield]
[Preacher groans]
Ranger 3-1: (muffled) Move! Move! Move!
[thud]
Ranger 6-1: Get off the bridge! GET OFF THE BRIDGE!
[Viper 5-4 crashes]
Ranger 5-1: Look out!
Ranger 4-1: It's giving way!
Ranger 7-1: HEY! HELP ME!
Preacher: I'M COMING! BOOST JUMP FORWARD!
[Golden Gate Bridge collapses]
[Ranger Team 4 falls and screams]
[Ranger Team 5 falls and screams]
[American Crowd falls and screams]
[S.F.P.D. falls and screams]
Preacher: *holds onto cracked pavement* NO! *reaches out* NOOOO! BOOST JUMP OUTTA—
[Ranger Team 6 gets hit by falling S.F.P.D. patrol cars]
[S.F.P.D. Officer falls and screams]
Preacher: *catches S.F.P.D. Officer* Gotcha! HANG ON EVERYBODY!
[Ranger Team 3 falls and screams]
Preacher: NOOOO! Can you run to safety?
S.F.P.D. Officer: Yeah! Thank you, sir.
Preacher: Go on— GET OUTTA THERE!
Ranger 3-1: SHIT—
[Ranger Team 3 gets hit by falling bus]
[explosions]
Preacher: Noooo, God.
ATLAS Corporation has dropped the Golden Gate Bridge on the USS Arrowhead, killing Ranger Team 3, Ranger Team 4, Ranger Team 5, Ranger Team 6, Ranger Team 7, most of the S.F.P.D. element in the AO, and masses of civilians and battle aircraft carrier personnel in the process. The only survivors are a handful of citizens and police officers, and Ranger Team 2.
Gideon: Preacher. You alright, mate?
Preacher: Yeah, barely. Wish I could say the same for the other Ranger Teams or the thousands of people down there.
Gideon: *nods* Fucking bastards.
Don: I'm gonna tear ATLAS apart for this.
Joker: Spycraft is over. It's time for war.
Preacher: We'll get it. *points* I see two ATLAS cargo ships with shooters fast approaching. Descend to the USS Arrowhead and be ready for a hostile boarding party. Go.
Don: Roger that, let's get down there.
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MISSION FAILED
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In a devastating attack, ATLAS has destroyed the Golden Gate Bridge and dealt a terrible blow against the U.S. Navy.