All I know is that Dr. Rosenthal was frozen to death in a matter of seconds. I managed to survive thanks to my million dollar Nanosuit. Thank you, US Taxpayers, for your hard earned tax dollars.
I don't know how Rosenthal was frozen, but I am pretty sure it has something to do with that machine that was on the ground next to him. I am not sure if it was that machine or another machine, but it certainly wasn't a known entity that caused the death of the leading American scientist I was put on the island to rescue.
Now, it's really dark in here. I can feel the ice-cold air racing inside my Nanosuit. Fortunately, the suit has already began to warm me up. Did I thank you already, American Taxpayers, for the function of the Nanosuit that keeps me at a pleasant 75 degrees? Oh yeah, did that a couple of paragraphs ago.
I turned on my night vision for really the first time since I was hit by something shortly after being air-dropped onto the island. The sound that the night vision makes when powered on instantly made me reminisce of the feeling I had falling four thousand feet straight down without a working parachute. I guess we should credit that psychological issue to Dr. Ivan Pavlov.
I managed to snake through the trailers, which were in total disarray after the whole Freezing incident. I am really not sure why everything was tipped over, since there really wasn't a earth shaking moment that I remember. Maybe that is what happens when it goes from 80 degrees to -40 degrees in a second? I can only vote for yes on that one.
Okay ... back on topic. Two scientists remain at a new location called the Extraction Point. they are being held by the General Kyong of the Korean People's Army (KPA). One of the scientists is the daughter of Dr. Rosenthal. I am going to do my best to bring her back to America safely, otherwise, that is going to be one terrible trip to notify the next of kin.
This mission kind of reminds me of some other covert missions I've had the pleasure to exercise over my many years in the Delta Force. I wish I could tell you more, but that is restricted information. However, the situation is always the same - there's a bunch of bad people who want to do really bad things to not-so-bad people, we go in under the cover of darkness and extract the not-so-bad from the bad. The motive seems to always be power, money or something greed-related.
Of course, this is my first experience with some paranormal activity or alien encounter. To be honest with you, I thought I had seen everything to this point, but this mission has certainly been an eye opener so far. I'll never forget seeing the remains of Aztec hanging from the tree, or Jester being snagged while I looked at The Lusca's Call on the rocks, or Prophet being stolen while standing next to me. Whatever it is, I am going to take it down ... or take them down, if there are more.
Headquarters told me the fastest route should be by water. I remember seeing at least one Zodiac back down the hill in a small boat house along the river. To get back to the river, I need to move down the hill. As I looked outside the trailer attached to the dome, I saw KPA troops running down the hill. Now, I wonder where they are going in such a hurry?
As I tried to catch up, I guess they were chasing after me, not realizing I had not left the dome yet. I guess I ended up doing a bit too much thinking and writing before heading down to the river. Well, I decided I should take out the troops around me, so I used my cloak feature to get up in a watch tower nearby.
From the tower and using my stealth I was able to take out all the soldiers from pretty much point-blank range. I guess I don't get why these guys are trying to take me down, when there is obviously a bigger force to be dealt with at this point. I guess we'll chalk that up to greed as well.
I drove one of the Hummers down the hill only to be met with more KPA resistance. They began to fire heavily at my Hummer, so I jumped out and let it coast to a stop. I hid behind some trees. Well, they all decided to surround the Hummer - thinking I was inside. At this point, I figured it was a good time to test out the grenade launcher on my FY71, which took them down when the Hummer exploded.
Next, I decided to climb up a nearby hill that overlooked the water. I could see two Zodiac boats that were not manned and a third Zodiac that was trying to hide from me, with two KPA soldiers near by. Other than that, the entire area looked clear.
I moved to the edge of the hill and waited until both soldiers were near the boat. This time, I used my rocket launcher to sink the third Zodiac and place significant damage against the KPA soldiers. A few long distance shots using the scope on the submachine gun finished both soldiers off. They couldn't run, because they were on a small island. They couldn't hide, because I was at a much better position.
I moved down the hill and swapped rocket launchers with one left behind by the KPA troops. I've still left my SCAR behind, but am not too far from the SCAR, which I plan to pick up once I clear a path along the river. So, for now, I still have the FY71 and the submachine gun.
For travel along the river, I came across the option to choose between a Zodiac with guns and a high powered motor or a standard fishing boat, as shown below.
It was a tough choice, but I ended up picking the Zodiac. Cruising down the river, I still had not noticed any enemy activity. Did I really take care of all of them? I wondered if Headquarters told me not only the fastest way, but also the path of least resistance as well.
Okay, so I spoke too soon. Just as I got about 100 meters along the river, I heard a helicopter overhead, which saw me sitting in the water. I think we saw each other at the same time, because bullets started flying in each direction at the same time.
I managed to get some hits using the guns on the Zodiac, but the helicopter won the first round as I was forced to abort the Zodiac and hide near shore. The Zodiac had about 25% left before it would start sinking, but I know I will need more strength to get closer to the chopper.
I swam back to where I got the Zodiac and acquired the second Zodiac from the bay. The great news is that there are no Zodiacs left behind to facilitate a surprise attack from the KPA soldiers. Of course, they could probably bring their own boat to the party, but that seems really unlikely at this point.
I drove the boat at higher speed and blew past the point where the helicopter saw me. Either the pilot thinks he has taken care of me or he's flying a pattern and is currently out of range. I am fine with either option, since it allowed me to cruise up stream very quickly. Still, that beacon for the Extraction Point seems like it is not getting any closer at all.
I started to hear louder noises of water and realized I was going to need to take the Zodiac over a waterfall. Man, that thing is coming at me quickly too! I know the USA models can handle this sort of thing, but wasn't too sure about this KPA model. I wasn't going to back out now, so I did the jump.
The landing could have been better, but the boat and I both survived without taking much damage. The only issue is that I had to turn the boat around. Man, I hope Psycho didn't see that Evel Knievel jump - because I'll never hear the end of that one!
I wasn't noticed yet, because of the huge rock on both sides of the water hid me out of sight. In fact, these same rocks where the rocks that I tried to jump when I realized the suspension bridge was out earlier. Looking at the distance between these two rocks still makes me laugh to think I could jump that far - even with the Nanosuit enabled.
So, I got the boat turned around and noticed that two soldiers were heading my way. No word from that chopper, but I imagine it will be coming soon at this point. Once I saw the soldiers, I used the guns on the Zodiac to take care of them. Next thing I knew, the helicopter was there and it was shooting rockets at me now. I got a few hits in with the machine gun on the Zodiac before I decided to bail out and head for cover.
I reached the shore and hid between a tree and the large rock wall on the same side of the water as the KPA base I visited earlier. The helicopter managed to finish off my Zodiac, which turned out to be a good thing, since I got a very good fix on its position. I changed to the rocket launcher and while standing on the shore in cloak mode, I was able to aim directly under the helicopter.
Two rocket shots later, the helicopter was destroyed and was crashing into the water at nearly the same position where my destroyed Zodiac was sunk.
So, the good news is that the helicopter is down and I have no warnings on my Heads Up Display. The bad news is that I don't have another boat to use. So I guess I need to go on foot for a while.
I will be back in touch soon.
Nomad ... signing out.
