Proceed to Extraction Point - Part 1

I really don't know what just happened.

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.

Proceed to Extraction Point - Part 2

So, I am on foot now and had to climb up the side of the same rocks I had climbed earlier after trying to do my best Michael Jordan attempt at jumping what appears to be a 100 ft distance. I survived the jump due to the deep, muddy brown water below. I also learned the path on this part of the island, which made the second walk along the path much easier.

I had eliminated two troops from the path with the Zodiac and that appears to be the only troops that were on duty tonight. Felt good to focus on walking for a while instead of focusing on staying alive.

Remember, I decided I didn't want to take the curvy road toward that base earlier? Well, I am actually walking that very path as we speak. So I guess I didn't avoid it after all. The good news is that there are not a bunch of troops on top of the hill looking down at me anymore.

When the road curved back toward the river, I noticed there were quite a few troops stationed on the bridge waiting for my Zodiac to arrive.



So, I guess blowing up the helicopter came with a price. That price being that there were probably another 10 troops waiting for me on the bridge. What they don't realize is that the Zodiac is gone and I am on foot.

After marking the troops with my binoculars, I continued to sneak up closer to the bridge. I used my last rocket to take out a large truck on the other side of the bridge. That brought a huge explosion and also eliminated some of the troops. The other troops were alerted of my presence, but by this time I had relocated under the cover of stealth.

These troops seemed more skilled than the others, since they tended to split up and attempt to flank their target. I used that approach to my advantage and moved toward each flank member and took them out quickly with the FY71 and the silencer.

I looked about 25 meters up stream and saw a manned Zodiac waiting for me to come up the river. There was a huge fuel tank next to the boat. So, I managed to explode the fuel tank, which took care of the boat and the crew. I still am not sure why one would leave an explosive tank of fuel so close to a military vehicle.

Another truck load of soldiers remained.



So, I slipped over the bridge and used a grenade from the grenade launcher to take down these troops. I wasn't able to hit the truck, yet, but I did take out all the troops that I had marked. Without using a lot of stealth, I moved from rock to rock until I saw one last soldier manning a mounted machine gun.

I enabled stealth and got all the way behind him before taking him out. I am certain he had no clue what happened to him. With all the troops gone, I wanted to make sure I didn't leave a means for more troops to catch up to me, so I used the mounted machine gun to destroy all the remaining vehicles - except a Hummer which I planned to use myself.



I found more ammo and rocket launchers near the bridge. This was another make-shift ammo hut for the KPA. I can certainly say that they've been busy the last week or so, stocking up the island with ammo and explosives. I certainly am glad they have done so at this point.

I drove the Hummer on the road alongside the river. That Extraction Point still seems a long way away. While driving I heard the sound of another Hummer coming my way. I quickly jumped out of the Hummer and hid behind the trees. The other vehicle didn't stop and kept driving the other direction. Not sure what that was all about, but I think I am okay now.

I ended up seeing another group of soldiers blocking the road ahead. I also heard another helicopter in the distance. The road block appeared to be at or past the halfway point to the Extraction Point. Man, this is a long trip.

The troops at the road block were mediocre at best, as I was able to force them my way and knock them out one by one. I thought I might have a second option for another path, but the road led to a tunnel that had collapsed. Bummer, I was hoping for another way in to the Extraction Point.

I continued to hear the helicopter which still had not noticed me below. Finally, I was able to get a fix on it's position and noticed it was not searching for anything at all. Instead, it was hovering in the same spot. I wonder what they were looking at from the helicopter ... I wonder if it has something to do with that Extraction Point?

This was a good sign for me. I was able to get a lock on the chopper and shoot two rockets at the helicopter before it had a chance to move.



With the helicopter eliminated, my radar was again green. No enemy in sight. Based upon my map, I am past the halfway mark to the Extraction Point.



I am going to take a few minutes to get some rest, before moving further along the river.

I will be back in touch soon.

Nomad ... signing out.