Markus Magnum/EXTRACTION

A VANGUARD: HELM REPORT COMPILATION STAMPED '17-ALPHA'

DATA RETRIEVAL LOGGING: EXTRACTION

TRANSCRIPTION NOTATION:

Recorded individuals have been given assigned labels, which are as follows [and their acronyms, which will be used going forward]:

LEGEND

DESIGNATION	ACRONYM
GARM PILOT 1	GP1
GARM PILOT 2	GP2
GARM COMMS OPS	GCO
GARM ECM/ECCM OPS	GEeO
GARM MEDIC OPS	GMdO
GARM ENGR OPS	GGErO
GARM TAC OPS 1	GTOp1
GARM TAC OPS 2	GTOp2
GARM TAC OPS 3	GTOp3
GARM TAC OPS 4	GTOp4
GARM TAC OPS 5	GTOp5

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[Surveillance camera shows interior of advanced cockpit. [GP1] and [GP2] are in the pilot/co-pilot seats, while [GCO] and [GEeO] take up positions on either side of the cockpit, just behind them. [GMdO] and [GGErO] are stationed in the cargo bay examining a Medi-Pod, alongside [GTOp1, GTOp2, GTOp3, GTOp4, GTOp5]

GP1: “Hey [GEeO], give me a status update, please?”

GEeO: “Kronstadt and Levashovo are both quiet, [GP1]. We’ve got a An-12 flight – Warbook designated BRAVO-CHARLIE-4 - on established patrol, but nothing nearby.”

GP1: [sighs] “Copy that, [GEeO]. Hey, [GCO], you got anything?”

GCO: “God, I wish, [GP1]. Chatter is quiet as ever. Nothing from EMERCOM, CDEH or Central AMR channels.”

GEeO: “…and a partridge in a pear tree…”

GP1: “So, the Russian Alphabet soup is quiet as ever, then.”

GP2: “I’m starting to think the heads-up was bogus.”

GP1: “Yeah, yeah, so you’ve said.”

GEeO: “Well, even if this run is a bust, at least we know the upgraded ECM and stealth suites work as advertised.”

GP1: “That's a very 'half-full' way of looking at it. [GMdO], how’s the tank?”

[The footage swaps to what appears to be a flyer’s cargo bay. Two individuals [GMdO] and [GGErO] are running diagnostics on what appears to be a glass-enclosed chamber large enough to hold a large individual. There are several other individuals in the background who appear to be prepping armor and heavy ordinance.]

GMdO: “The medi-pod is as ready to go, and the medi-gel is prepped.”

GP2: [Sarcastic] “Oh so it’s ‘gel’ now, and not ‘Bacta’ anymore?”

GMdO: [Harrumphs] “Ya’all made your point, with that whole ‘2-1B’ stunt.”

GCO: “What? That was funny!”

GMdO: “Yeah, yeah… to you it was funny.”

GP1: “And me.”

GP2: “Oh hell, yeah.”

GGErO: “Sorry, mate, I thought that was hilarious.”

[One of the heavily armed soldiers turns and grins.]

GTOP2: “Yeah, it was pretty damned funny.”

GMdO: [Sighs] “Ya’all just don’t appreciate a good fandom…”

GCO: “What the…”

GP1: “What is it?”

GCO: “I’m picking up something on the upper bands… I think it’s a transport beam…”

GP1: “Can you narrow it…”

GCO: [Yells] “Contact! We’ve got an explosion on Kotlin Island, right on the A-118! [Pauses] That’s the extraction ping!”

GP1: “I see the explosion!”

GP2: “Plotting intercept course! Everyone, strap yourselves in!”

[The footage swaps to an exterior view. The ground pivots as the flyer orients itself toward a plume of smoke across the bay.]

[The footage swaps to the cargo bay, where the soldiers and the individuals manning the healing tank strap into heavily reinforced seating along the interior walls.]

GCO: “Getting cellphone usage from surrounding traffic, calling for help… Kronsdadt is putting out an all-call!”

GEeO: “Spooling up ECM Pods!”

[The footage swaps to the exterior view, now showing the cloaked flyer racing across the bay. The plume of smoke is coming from the remains of a ground vehicle. All lanes of traffic are jammed. The nearby Kronsdadt base is a hive of activity]

GP1: “T-minus 20 seconds to Extraction point.”

GP2: “Preparing to go into hover mode. GARM Tac Ops Squad, prep for hot drop!”

[The footage swaps back to the cargo bay. The soldiers are out of their seats, prepping for a ‘hot drop’. The stern cargo ramp begins to descend as the flyer swings just over the highway. The shimmering cloak fades as the ramp drops, and the flyer is now fully visible.]

GP1: “5... 4... 3... 2... 1... we’re on the ground, people!”

[The flyer rocks as it locks into VTOL configuration and drops the final few feet to the ground]

GTOp1: "All right, I want a nice, clean dispersal this time. Now, move, move, move!”

[The footage swaps back to the external view. The groundcar has been blown to pieces, and parts of it have been flung along all lanes of the A-118 highway, bringing traffic screeching to a halt. The Tac Ops team rushes to a point where a body can be seen, thrown from the vehicle and critically burned. The [GMdO] and [GGErO] are pushing the medi-pod toward the victim. There are other bodies – mostly in pieces – strewn about the groundcar.]

GMdO: “Okay, lowering the chamber bed now... okay, lift him up in 3... 2... 1!”

[The chamber is now level with the ground, and multiple gloved hands carefully lift the charred body into the chamber.]

GTOp4: “Jesus, that’s rank!”

GTOp3: “How the hell is he even alive?”

GMdO: “Okay, sealing the chamber and releasing the medi-gel!”

[Footage cuts to cockpit interior. A Proximity Alarm begins ringing.]

GCO: “We’ve got incoming!”

GP1: “What, already?”

GCO: “BRAVO-CHARLIE-4 is already over the bay, ETA 15 seconds! More flights are being scrambled from Levashovo! Oh, shit… I’m pinging a wing of Su-77s prepping to scramble! Warbook Designation SIGMA-957! We have officially worn out our welcome!”

GP2: “Plotting evac course! [Yells into his microphone] TEAMS, WE ARE LEAVING!”

GTOP1: “Back the flyer, people! Let’s move, move, move!”

GTOP5: “Inbound! Repeat, inbound!”

[The exterior camera follows the team, now in Overwatch formation, as they hustle back to the flyer’s cargo ramp, [GMdO], [GGErO] and the now hovering medi-pod in the center of their formation.]

GCO: “We’ve got movement out of Kronsdadt!”

GEeO: “Shit! They’ve switched to a different frequency range! Scanning…. Got it! Jamming restored!”

[What appears to be military-grade recon vehicles are leaving Kronsdadt base but are immediately fouled by the traffic. In the distance, a flight of heavy-lift aircraft is rapidly approaching.]

GP1: [Yelling] “[GTOp1], we need a status RIGHT NOW!”

[The footage swaps back to the cargo bay interior. Some of the Tac Ops team are assisting [GMdO] and [GGErO] frantically tying down the medi-pod in a harness. The clear chamber is full of a sluggish blue liquid, and a body can just be seen floating within. The ramp is just beginning to raise.]

GTOp1: [Yelling] “We’re not secure! I repeat, we are NOT secure!”

[The Proximity Alarm is joined by a new, more urgent alert tone]

GEeO: “BRAVO-CHARLIE-4 attempting Aspect Lock! SIGMA-957 in the air! Repeat, SIGMA-957 IN THE AIR!”

[Footage swaps to a CCTV camera view of Levashovo Russian Air base. A flight of next-generation Sukhoi Su-77 strike jets lift from one of the tarmacs. The recessed thruster nozzles swivel from VTOL to flight mode, and the fighter wing arrows over the camera.]

GP1: “Shit, shit, shit! Everyone, hold on!”

[The flyer jerks sideways and up as one of the approaching Ar-12s releases a fusillade of bullets from its’ chin mounted SMG turret, barely missing. The flyer’s turbofans shriek in protest. The flyer slides sideways across the southbound lanes, the landing struts barely missing the trapped passenger cars. Multiple missile pods pivot toward the flyer. Several Tac Ops soldiers go sprawling in the cargo bay, but the medi-pod is secured, and the cargo ramp is fully up.]

GTOp1: “We’re secure! Go, go, go!”

GP1: “We’re gone!”

[The flyer jerks forward and upward, the engines roaring to full. Multiple groundcars shift and slide away from the flyer's jet wash.]

GCO: “BRAVO-CHARLIE is launching missiles!”

[The footage swaps back to an exterior view as the 4 Ar-12 gunships launch multiple missiles at the flyer. However, the missiles miss widely – victims to the flyer’s jamming technology - and fly out past the island and into the bay. The flyer arcs away from Kotlin Island, heading northeast, away from the Ar-12s and the lethal Su-77 fighters.]

GEeO: “Launching the crybaby!”

[A drone made of a highly reflective material detaches from the flyer, and races off toward the mouth of Finland bay. The Su-77 flight turns to chase it down, while the Ar-12s continue on their present course, heading due south]

GEeO: “Cloaking engaged!”

GCO: “Aaaand…. We are officially out of Saint Petersburg airspace.”

[Everyone notably relaxes, and several exhale as if they’d been holding their breath]

GP1: “I didn’t think the Russkies had Su-77s stationed up this far north.”

GEeO: “What’s worse... Those were the upgraded 7th gen versions. I was reading a bunch of scary-looking signals coming from those birds. Pretty sure they got Rikti tech now.”

GP1: “Well, that’s not good.”

GP2: “Nav markers dropped for the Russia-Finland-Norway pathing - Lapeenranta, Kuopio, Oulu, Bjerkvik to Bear Island. We’ll refuel at Draugrbjorn station, and then on to Pyramiden. We’ll drop off our Extraction target at the hospital there.”

GP1: “Copy that. Increasing speed. ETT is…”

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