After-Action Report: Operation Thermopylae - SCP Foundation

by Professor Puffer

DEPT OF ARCHIVES AND REVISION

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OPERATION THERMOPYLAE

AFTER-ACTION REPORT

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Login verified: 0225 hours, 5/21/1990

Location: Terminal 7764, Area-03

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SUMMARY

PERSONNEL SYNOPSIS

OPERATION OUTCOME

THE FOLLOWING AFTER-ACTION REPORT HAS BEEN CONDENSED FROM THE ORIGINAL. FOR AN EXTENSIVE REPORT OF OPERATION THERMOPYLAE, CONTACT THE OVERWATCH RECORDS AND REVISION CENTRE.

On March 5th, 1990, it was determined that Ethics Committee Liaison Arlo Becker Hammond was acting as an informant for the Clear Skies Initiative, sharing with them high-priority meeting points and locations of key Persons Of Interest invaluable to the Foundation's Overwatch Command, Ethics Committee, and RAISA.

Hammond had been in contact with Clear Skies for several weeks before Operation Thermopylae after private message logs were uncovered by an MTF Iota-10 operative embedded within the Clear Skies Initiative, revealing that Hammond had been informing the Clear Skies of the locations of valuable personnel. These revealed that Hammond's daughter, Doctor Vanessa Hammond, had been injected with a foreign bacterial infection that was not known to the Foundation database, at that time. It was stated that if Arlo Hammond supplied a continuous stream of information relating to the relevant departments of interest, an antiserum would be procured and provided to his daughter.

On March 6th, Arlo Hammond fled Protected Area-03 in the Western Territories, Australia, after discovering that his personal terminal logs had been accessed by MTF Iota-10 agent "Mr. Magenta". It is believed that he travelled to Siem Reap, Cambodia, where the Clear Skies Initiative has a facility disguised as a rice plantation.

From the backlogs of Arlo Hammond's terminal, it was discovered that Ethics Committee Supervisors Evelyn Scheingart and Carson Langly were embedded Clear Skies agents, having operated within the Foundation for 31 and 32 years respectively. It is theorized that these agents are directly responsible for the assassination of the Fifth Overseer in 1969.

Mobile Task Force Beta-1 ("Cauterizers")1 was deployed, and supervising officer Commander Henry Parker deployed with nine Beta-1 operatives and Iota-10 agent, "Mr. Magenta" to terminate Arlo Becker Hammond. On March 7th, the team deployed and Operation Thermopylae commenced.

Special Agent “Nobody” was deployed ahead of the Beta-1 forces to prepare for their arrival and secure a landing zone.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Deployment Location: Outskirts of Siem Reap, Cambodia

Deployed Field Officers: CDR Henry Parker (Beta-1), LCDR Winston Besson "Kepler" (Delta-1), COL Charles B. Hollender (Iota-10)

Deployed Task Forces: 3

Duration of Operation: 0300 to 0530 hours

Date of Deployment: March 7th, 1990

Scope of Operations: Terminate EC Liaison Arlo Hammond, extract Dr. Vanessa Hammond

CLEAR SKIES INITIATIVE

The Clear Skies Initiative first made contact with the Foundation in 1949 after the start of the Cold War, sprouting from the chaotic imbalance in the world. The group slowly claimed territories and began utilizing front companies to conceal operations. Their primary goal is to eliminate anomalous entities and phenomena from the world, and groups that utilize the anomalous. They have allied themselves with the Global Occult Coalition, and have an uneasy alliance with the Chaos Insurgency. Since 1949, the Clear Skies Initiative have spread from Central Europe to several countries in the Middle East and branched to areas in Eastern Asia.

It has been determined that the Clear Skies Initiative have a personnel count of an estimated 130,000. After Operation Thermopylae, it was discovered that the Clear Skies Initiative have embedded agents rooted in several Foundation departments, and have been removed.

Personnel deployed for Operation Thermopylae:

Beta-1 ("Cauterizers")

Juno-1-1: Commander Henry Parker

Juno-1-2: Lieutenant Yuri Kozlov

Juno-1-3: Sharpshooter Iris C. King

Juno-1-4: Recon Operator Carter Brecht

Juno-1-5: Field Medic Henry Wallcroft

Juno-2-1: Captain Kyle G. Auger

Juno-2-2: Corporal Mikael Semenov

Juno-2-3: Technical Specialist Emile Ridley

Juno-2-4: Demolitions Expert Aaron McIvor

Juno-2-5: Sharpshooter Louis D. Dietrich

Iota-10 ("Damn Feds")

Juno-Actual: Colonel Charles B. Hollender

Special Agent "Nobody": Micah Adler

Overwatch elements operating in Operation Thermopylae consisted of Level 5 Overwatch Supervisors and Superintendents that are part of the Overseer's personal Overwatch teams.

Mobile Task Force Delta-1 ("Saint Olga's Reprisal")2 remained on standby if the forces deployed for Operation Thermopylae failed to accomplish their task.

Delta-1 ("Saint Olga's Reprisal")3

Apostle-1: Team Lead Winston Besson - ("Kepler")

Apostle-2: Technical Specialist Charlie Jansen - ("Soap")

Apostle-3: Sharpshooter Javier Kalt - ("Callisto")

Apostle-4: Field Medic Joseph McKnight - ("Phobos")

Apostle-5: Grenadier Abraham Hackman - ("Corvid")

Apostle-6: Reconnaissance Scout Gene Ness - ("Xerxes")

Operation Results

MEMORANDUM FROM THE NINTH OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE4

FROM: THE OVERSEER

Had the agents from MTF Iota-10 not discovered the treason committed by the Ethics Committee Liaison, several department heads or an Overseer would now be compromised. The discovery of the treachery rooted in the Ethics Committee from this operation has made a large dent in the Foundation's capabilities for the next few months.

Operation Status: Successful

Friendly Casualties: 4

Estimated Hostile Casualties: 34

Vanessa Hammond: EXPIRED (body unrecoverable)

Arlo Becker Hammond: TERMINATED, (body unrecoverable)

The Area-10 Massacre

The Man Who Stood Alone Hub

Personnel Expendable - Part I

Footnotes

1. Highly classified task force specializing in dealing with suspected cases of enemy infiltration within Foundation personnel and possible information leaks to other Groups of Interest.

2. MTF Delta-1 is a team of six commando operatives hand-selected by O5-9, the Department Overseer of Pursuit and Suppression, to perform operations including extraction, infiltration, elimination, and sabotage. They are mainly deployed against hostile Groups Of Interest or humanoid Reality Benders.

3. Hover over redaction to view names.

4. The Ninth Oversight Committee oversees the Department of Pursuit and Suppression and manages the deployment of all Task Forces and vehicle divisions under the supervision of the Ninth Overseer.