Transcript:Midnight Light
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This page includes a transcript of "Midnight Light," the twelfth campaign mission of Project Wingman.
Contract Details
CIF-62
Objectives:
- Assist Ronin in intelligence gathering
- Cut off a Federation R&D site in Cascadia
Briefing
Assassin 1 | Kaiser: Hitman Team, an interesting hit came up on available taskings and I don't think anyone else from Sicario's pilots or the other merc teams could take this on, so listen up.
Briefer: Independence Force victories countrywide have cascaded into each other; the Federation, now having lost a great deal of its air forces, are falling back. As their frontlines fall, however, activity from the more unknown elements of the Federation here in Cascadia have started to stir; several fishermen within the last week have reported intense bursts of light emanating from the Harkema Industrial Park off the coast. This rig is part of a naval-based private ownership property leased out to several international companies including a firm called Icarus Armories. The Federation has recently deployed their own defenses to the rig and on top of that, it's manned by private security forces. Your objective is to wipe out any Federation presence on the facility, providing a distraction for Sicario's SOF to uncover what they're doing. Ronin will be clearing some of the radar buoys, giving you a way into the airspace undetected, and when you make it through, be prepared for anything, we have no idea what else might be being worked on out there.
Mission Splash
MIDNIGHT LIGHT
OPERATION NULL STAR
DAY 95 OF THE CURRENT CONTRACT
46°50'20" N, 113°55'52" W | WEATHER: SCATTERED | 0030 LOCAL TIME
SCARRED SEA | FEDERATION WATERS
Mission Dialogue
Mission Start
Hitman 3 | Comic: It's bright enough I don't need night vision.
Hitman 2 | Diplomat: Full moon, it's on its perigee right now.
Hitman 3 | Comic: Hm?
Hitman 2 | Diplomat: Oh, don't give me that, you know I wanted to pilot space shuttles as a kid, oh...how far I've fallen...
AWACS | Galaxy: Hitman Team, you're entering the AO, tighten up comms, let's keep it business from here on out.
Hitman 2 | Diplomat: I'm always all business, Galaxy, my best investment, this multimillion-dollar war machine.
Hitman 3 | Comic: You paid several million for your plane?
AWACS | Galaxy: All Hitman elements, I said focus.
Federation Defense Unit: I should be in Cascadia right now fighting, not guarding some money pit.
Federation Defense Unit: Hey, at least one of these things might win the war.
Federation Defense Unit: Some early warning nodes are down, I guess it's just a heavy tide.
Mercenary Security: Yeah, most of this stuff is very temperamental, if they don't report back by next shift, we'll send out a crew.
Mercenary Security: Man, I haven't been on dry land for months.
Federation Defense Unit: The contract stated the obvious, you're not allowed on land until the project is done.
Mercenary Security: Which frickin' project? You've got like 12 goin' on out here.
Federation Defense Unit: Anyone hear that?
Federation Defense Unit: The jet engines? Probably from the test platforms Icarus is running.
Federation Defense Unit: What?! We've got bandits!
Federation Defense Unit: Where?!
Mercenary Security: Here, roll out the SAMs!
Hitman 3 | Comic: We've been made, let's punch it.
Sicario SOF | Ronin: Captain Kelleher here, I suppose that's our ticket being punched. Ronin, let's climb this rig.
Mercenary Security: This is Conrad Security representing the multiple private firms on this facility, you are breaching international laws by being in this airspace, identify yourselves and turn away or we will open fire.
Federation Defense Unit: You idiot, they're not gonna listen to you, this is war!
Sicario SOF | Ronin: Hitman, this is Ronin, we've tagged targets of opportunity, engage at will, we'll be moving through the research labs and seeing what we can turn up.
AWACS | Galaxy: Hitman, heads up, we've got thermal signatures rising all across the board, looks like they're powering up the homebrew.
Mercenary Security: Get to our jump jets and choppers, let's do what they pay us for!
Hitman 3 | Comic: Why is this place so heavily defended? Not even the jamming facilities were this gunned up.
Federation Defense Unit: Yep, it's a three-aircraft flight, it might be him, the Crown.
AWACS | Galaxy: Monarch, we've got some really, really intense energy readings on top of you.
Federation Defense Unit: I guess we're field-testing this tonight, get the arrays up.
Federation Engineer: Are we cleared to use them like this?
Federation Engineer: We can tell our bosses later...when we're alive!
Federation Scientist: Years of research just up in flames, do those mercenaries have any idea what they're doing?!
Hitman 2 | Diplomat: Yeah, I ain't getting paid enough to be shot at like this!
Hitman 3 | Comic: These lasers have a charge-up time, get outta Dodge before they shoot!
Sicario SOF | Ronin: We've got an internal server cluster here, it'll save us the footwork if we just hook up and start downloading.[note 1]
Sicario SOF | Ronin: We're downloading as much data into our drives as possible, but we're getting nothing relevant.
Hitman 2 | Diplomat: Accessory to corporate espionage, that's another one off the bucket list.
Hitman 3 | Comic: Really? What's the one next to?
Hitman 2 | Diplomat: Money laundering, but...you remember how that one turned out, yeah?
AWACS | Galaxy: Ronin, I'm uploading some keywords I coded up to your uplink, you focus on stealing data, I'll comb through what they have on their servers.
Sicario SOF | Ronin: Roger, make it quick, with the way Hitman is hitting this place, there won't be much left.
Federation Engineer: Where the hell did the prototype go?!
Federation Engineer: The test pilot started loading it up as soon as this started!
Federation Engineer: What?! We have to send them in their containers down into the ocean, they have to be preserved!
Mercenary Security: The hell am I supposed to report back to the shareholders?
Mercenary Security: It's alright, we took out a war insurance policy last month.
Federation Defense Unit: Nearest reinforcements are ten mikes out!
Federation Defense Unit: Ten minutes? We'll be toast by then!
Federation Scientist: Who's routing the cordium veins to Platform 3B?!
Federation Scientist: Man, this data we're getting is almost worth it!
Sicario SOF | Ronin: Ronin here. Hitman, up the ante, more chaos you cause, the more we can slink through here.
AWACS | Galaxy: Yeah, I'm not pulling anything useful off these servers, at least not right now. Hitman Team, press the attack and take out the rig, highlighting last set of targets for you now.
Hitman 2 | Diplomat: Some of these secondary explosions we're making, they ain't normal if you ask me.
Hitman 3 | Comic: Who knows what we're actually blowing up down there...
Eliminate all hostile presence in the area
AWACS | Galaxy: Speak of the devil, we've got activity on deck.[note 2] Hitman Team, push toward the platform immediately.
???: This one's combat-capable, collect my data, he will need it.
Federation Engineer: Fighting...from a cold start?! You can't be serious!
???: You paid me to do one thing, I'm doing it, don't get in my way.
Federation Engineer: God damn it, fine.
Federation Engineer: Get the guards to seal the doors, start up the remote outlink to the mainland, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Federation Engineer: Emphasis on "lifetime," sir.
Federation ATC: Takeoff clearance granted to all flights!
Hitman 2 | Diplomat: The hell is this?
Hitman 3 | Comic: Any poor bastard who wants to come play, I'll entertain.
Hitman 3 | Comic: Woah...this is new.
Hitman 2 | Diplomat: New?! Is that all you can say?!
Hitman 2 | Diplomat: If it wasn't so freakin' fast, I'd get a good look at this thing, what the hell is it?
Hitman 3 | Comic: Galaxy, what have you got on RCS for this?
AWACS | Galaxy: Definitely next-next-generation design, I'm filling in data as we go.
Hitman 2 | Diplomat: [grunts] I'm barely keeping up.
Federation Engineer: Platform is green, warming up secondaries.
AWACS | Galaxy: Hitman Team, explicit orders from the top down, you are to engage and destroy, no running from this one.
Hitman 2 | Diplomat: Aw hell... Monarch, we good for this?
Hitman 3 | Comic: Go on, come on!
Boss phase 2
Federation Engineer: Project Wingman is away.
???: Godspeed.
MISSION UPDATE
AWACS | Galaxy: Heads up, Hitman, we're cracking the files we pulled now; preliminary analysis says this is an Icarus Armories airframe, codename "Spear," we'll see if we can find anything about who's flying it.
Hitman 3 | Comic: It could be a goddamn unicorn for all I care, Galaxy, give us actionable intel!
AWACS | Galaxy: The aircraft is operating without a fly-by-wire system, it's just a test platform, if the pilot's any good, it can push it to its very limits.
Hitman 2 | Diplomat: That can't be good for whoever's in that thing.
AWACS | Galaxy: Exactly, tire them out, they're only human!
Federation Engineer: Positive coil charge on the railguns, send the activation key out.
Spear's Bitching Betty: MASS DRIVER READY, BEGIN BALLISTICS CALCULATIONS.[note 2]
???: Let's get this shootout going, are you going to be worth my time?
Hitman 3 | Comic: Monarch is the only one landing hits.[note 3]
Boss phase 3
MISSION UPDATE
AWACS | Galaxy: Woah, we've got some fierce readings coming off Spear.
Federation Engineer: We've only simulated 02 at full strength, actual combat stimulus shifts the delta drastically, I need to get back to the university with this data when I'm done.
???: Come on, mercenary, you think you're the first to come try to take me down?
Sicario SOF | Ronin: We've got a bio, sending it up to you, Galaxy!
AWACS | Galaxy: Pilot of Spear confirmed: Klara Rask, TAC name Frost Druid. Ah shit, she's one of the turncoats from Oceania.
Hitman 2 | Diplomat: Even for a wild dog, that's low, turning on other mercenaries.
Sicario SOF | Ronin: Ronin Actual to Galaxy, we're torch-and-burning the site, commencing exfiltration.
Eliminate the experimental unit
MISSION COMPLETE
Hitman 3 | Comic: Was that a takedown, anyone have visual?!
Hitman 2 | Diplomat: Monarch got that hit!
- Hitman 1 WSO | Prez: I don't know how much longer I could've gone for...
Mercenary | Frost: Damn it, that Crown... This is Frost, I'm out of here, ejecting data pod.
Federation Engineer: Data received and we have visual on the chute. Wait, where are you going?!
AWACS | Galaxy: They're off radar, nice work, Hitman Team, RTB while we've got a chance.
Hitman 2 | Diplomat: You don't get to tell me twice, I'm out.
Hitman 3 | Comic: One hell of a night out, I think, Hitman 3 heading home.
AWACS | Galaxy: Ronin, take the dip and let the tides carry you out, the Eminent Domain will be on station for pickup.
Sicario SOF | Ronin: Copy all. I'll tell you what, Hitman, you keep fighting like that, this war might be over too soon.
Debriefing
Briefer: The rig has been destroyed and currently being abandoned by the survivors, Eminent Domain also reports that several Federation Engineers were brought back by Ronin and are going through debriefing. As a strike mission, this is a success, the Federation and any research group who think they can ally themselves with them have lost a critical facility; however, as a mission to discover further what the Federation was researching exactly, the results are inconclusive; Galaxy reports that little data corroborates directly to weapons research, so it's a dead end at the moment. IF and independent codebreakers will keep looking through the recovered data, but until that comes up with anything, we're reassigning you to regular sorties. The Independence Force is continuing their offensives, and with your help, the Federation will fold before this war drags on.
Footnotes
- ↑ Audio omits "Bravo Team to Actual" in the beginning.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 This line is not subtitled.
- ↑ Subtitles add "Damn" at the end.