Echoes of a Cold War/Transcript

== Cutscene ==
A series of floppy disks is shown in their storage slots along with a couple of them on top of a note and a blinking red light next to the computer's floppy disk slot.
Adler: We need to know what Perseus is planning for that nuke. Park, anything else in that printout Bell and Woods pulled from the base?
A group of computers is seen, one of which reveals a map of Yamantau in the Ural Mountains.
Park: There's mention of an excavation taking place in the Ural Mountains. Yamantau. Our insider within the KGB confirmed an active operation.
The word "Yamantau" is highlighted on the computer. A couple of spy photos of the destroyed Yamantau site are seen.
Woods: Yamantau... I thought Hudson and Weaver buried that place years ago.
Hudson: We did.
Park: Perseus wants to salvage the old mainframe.
A spy photo of a map of Yamantau is shown along with images of biological devices.
Woods: Dragovich and Steiner must have left some good shit behind.
An image of Steiner appears.
Mason: Steiner... Send me and Woods.
A flashback of numbers flashing across Mason's mind along with mason killing Steiner is revealed.
Hudson: You're too close to this, Mason. We can afford zero fuck-ups.
A military helicopter is seen flying overhead.
Mason: Bullshit. You know there's no one better for the job.
Adler: It's my call. I want Mason and Woods on this. Find that mainframe before Perseus does.
An M1911 pistol and several intelligence documents with a photo of Perseus are laid out on a desk. Next, an image of the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia is shown along with the emblem of the KGB and a photo of Dimitri Belikov
Hudson: I'll contact out KGB insider, Belikov. He'll offer logistical support, Hell, Belikov may want to fly the chopper himself.
A blueprint of Yamantau's facility is laid out on a lighted table with a microscope placed over the word "Yamantau."
Adler: Whatever Perseus wants at Yamantau... I want it more.
Fade to black.
== Gameplay ==
===ECHOES OF A COLD WAR===
Alex Mason - CIA Operative
Mount Yamantau, Ural Mountains, USSR
March 3, 1981
Woods and Mason approach Belikov in his helicopter.
Belikov: The first building is just over that ridge.
Woods: Thanks, Dimitri. We'll radio when we've found the mainframe.
Belikov: Woods, you know what the KGB does to double agents? Nyet? (No?)
Woods hands Belikov an American sports team's baseball cap.
Belikov: Daaaaaa. (Yes.) 
Belikov wears the cap and hands Woods his rifle.
Belikov: If they win this season, it's almost worth facing the firing squad. Eh, I've only one hour of fuel. So after that - you find yourself a new ride!
Woods: C'mon! Let's get moving, Mason.
Woods and Mason leave as Belikov shuts the helicopter door.
Mason: That's our inside man?
Woods: Don't let the smell of cheap vodka and caviar throw you. Dmitri's the real deal. He knows where all the bodies are buried. Hell, he buried half of them.
Mason and Woods slide down a slope and enter a rundown warehouse. As they reach an opening, they encounter two Soviet scouts on a ridgeline.
Woods: Heads up. Scouts on the ridgeline. 
Woods: Do it all quiet like.; We do this quiet, Mason.; We should drop 'em now before we get any closer.
Mason: (in response to the first two lines) Yeah - you're the expert in quiet. 
Woods: Hey, I'm a complicated man.; I'm a goddamn onion, Mason. You should know that.
Mason silently kills the scouts. If he alerts them, Woods will kill them instead.
Woods: Good kill.; Not bad. Let's get moving.; Nice. Let's keep moving.
(If Mason alerts the patrol...)
Woods: Damn, Mason. Little pent up aggression?; Dang, Mason. Save some for me.; Well, that was loud as fuck.; You think anybody heard that?; So much for the silent approach.; Oh, hell, Mason, don't worry, I got it.
Mason: (in response to the first line) Look who's talking.
Woods and Mason encounter another patrol past the ridgeline.
Soviet Soldier #1: (in Russian) Make sure that line is secure!
Soviet Solder #2: (in Russian) Yes, comrade!
Soviet Soldier #1: (in Russian) Hurry up! It's cold as balls!
Woods: You take one, I'll get the other.
Mason and Woods silently kill the patrol. Woods inspects the cable line while Mason scopes out another patrol across the cliffs.
Woods: Good kill.; Good kill. Hopefully, nobody heard.
Woods inspects the cable line.
Woods: Shit, this looks dicey. But, hey, if it's good enough for the reds...; Shit. Line kinda looks secure... You go first, Mason.
Mason snipes the third Russian patrol. Mason and Woods then hook up to the cable line and prepare to slide.
Mason: (sighs) Hope this holds...
Mason and Woods slide across the chasm and reach the other side safely and spot the ruined SATCOM building from Hudson's early mission.
Woods: See? Piece of cake. That's the old SATCOM building. Looks like it's hanging by a thread. Let's keep moving.
Mason and Woods make their way to the building when Woods spots some snipers near the building.
Woods: They got snipers. Don't let them spot you. Stay low. Keep out of sight.
Mason sneaks up and kills one of the guards.
Woods: Good kill. See anymore?
Mason eliminates the remaining guards.
Woods: Nice shot!; Clean kill.; Sniper down! Nice shot! Tango down.; Here we go!
Mason and Woods zip-line down the cable and enter the building, eliminating the last two guards. They reach one of the computer rooms.
Woods: I think we're in the clear.
Mason: Damn. Look at this place...
Woods lets out an astonished whistle. He and Mason search the room. Mason comes upon a crossbow bolt embedded in a Russian soldier's corpse. The numbers from Mason's past flash in his eyes momentarily.
Mason: Hmm. Crossbow bolt. 
Woods: Looks like Hudson had some fun, here
Mason: That's not how he remembers it.
Mason collects evidence from Operation Red Circus. He and Woods hear Russian voices over the radio.
Russian Soldier #1: (in Russian) The crane is nearly ready at dig site seven.
Russian Soldier #2: (in Russian) Copy that. The mainframe has been separated from the data vault and is being prepped for extraction. Inform me at once when the crane is in position!
Russian Soldier #1: (in Russian) Yes, Comrade!
Mason and Woods reach the broken railing overlooking the valley below.
Woods: I think they said they're prepping the mainframe for extraction with a crane. We find the crane, we find the mainframe.
Mason: Good thing I'm not afraid of heights...
Mason and Woods make their way across the catwalk and back into the building.
Woods: Ugh. Soviet engineering at its worst.
Mason and Woods encounter Russian soldiers in a firefight. One of the soldiers throws a grenade at Mason and Woods.
Woods: Grenade!
The grenade detonates. Mason and Woods exchange fire with the Russians until the Russians are dead. Mason and Woods exit the SATCOM building once more and spot a doomsday bunker ahead. They approach another cable leading to the building and several Soviet troops on the helipad..
Woods: That's the doomsday bunker. We're getting close to the mainframe room. We'll cross on that cable. Reds on the helipad. Those Reds near the helipad have some serious ordinance. Better take 'em out before we cross.
Mason takes out a Pelington 703 sniper rifle and kills the Russian snipers across the chasm. He and Woods prepare to cross.
Mason: I went first last time.
Woods: Why change it up now?
Mason and Woods zip-line across the chasm, only for Mason to lose his grip and fall.
Mason: Shit!
Woods: Mason!
Mason hits the railing below and watches his rifle fall below. He tries to pull himself up but to no avail as he slips and hits another catwalk below. He get back on his feet and takes out his knife. Woods calls him over the radio.
Woods: Mason! What's your status?
Mason: Lost my damn gun. You're going first next time!
Mason enters a tunnel.
Mason: I see a tunnel down here. You'll have to find another way inside.
Woods: (over radio) Copy that. Stay- (static)
Mason: Woods? (sighs) Great.
Mason makes his way through the tunnel and finds an elevator shaft with boxes inside. He climbs up the boxes and reaches a stairway as the shaft creaks and rumbles.
Mason: (heavy breathing)
Mason reaches a door and opens it up back into the snowed-in building. He shivers and rubs his hands as he walks past some frozen Soviet corpses.
Mason: Damn, it's cold.
Mason walks through the corridors and finds a group of Russian soldiers conversing as they patrol the building. Mason happens upon a weapons locker and tries unsuccessfully to open it. 
Mason: Huh. It's locked.
Soviet Soldier #1: (in Russian) This place was abandoned after an avalanche. But, there are rumors that some of the bodies recovered had gunshot wounds.
Soviet Soldier #2: (in Russian) Comrade, are you saying our superiors covered up an attack on Soviet soil?
Soviet Soldier #1: (in Russian) Avalanches don't fire bullets.
Soviet Soldier #2: (in Russian) Bah. We shouldn't be here anyway.
Soviet Soldier #1: (in Russian) Afraid of ghosts, Comrade?
Soviet Soldier #2: (in Russian) If anything, I'm afraid of getting lost here and freezing to death while listening to your ridiculous theories. Let's finish this patrol already.
Mason can either kill the Russian soldiers and take their weapons from them or sneak past them. Either way, he then goes through the corridors, dealing with any Soviet troops who happen on him. He happens upon another Soviet patrol.
Soviet Soldier #1: (in Russian) What is so important down here, anyway? I don't see anything of value.
Soviet Soldier #2: (in Russian) Keep looking. I want every inch of this place searched.
Mason finds the key to the weapons locker and takes it.
Mason: Bet this opens that weapons locker.
Mason returns the way he came to the weapons locker and finds Russian soldiers trying to open the locker.
Soviet Soldier #1: (in Russian) Are you sure this is the one?
Soviet Soldier #2: (in Russian) Open it! 
Soviet Soldier #1: (in Russian) You have the key.
Soviet Soldier #2: (in Russian) I thought you had it.
Soviet Soldier #1: (in Russian) Idiot! Then, how are we going to open it?
Soviet Soldier #2: (in Russian) Use a grenade. Blow it open!
Soviet Soldier #1: (in Russian) Idiot! Then we risk - what was that? Did you hear that?
Mason kills the soldiers and opens the locker with a key. Inside, he finds a photo of Friedrich Steiner, a revolver, and a video tape. The numbers flash across his mind once again for a moment as Mason continues his journey.
Wood's voice crackles over the radio.
Woods: (over radio) Mason! Do you read me? Mason! Do you read me?
Mason: Yeah, I read you. You gotta be close.
Mason enters another service corridor and hears Woods' voice as the latter drops a green flare down a ladder. Mason climbs up the ladder and reunites with Woods.
Woods: Over here! 
(If Mason was spotted by the Russian soldiers while regrouping with Woods:)
Woods: With the ruckus you made, I'm surprised the entire Soviet Union ain't up your ass.
(If Mason regrouped with Woods without being spotted by the Russian soldiers:)
Woods: You are one sneaky son of a bitch.
(If Mason killed all the Russian Soldiers using only his knife:)
Woods: Shit, you did all that with just a knife? Remind me never to piss you off.
Mason and Woods go through another section of the bunker with some newly killed Russian soldiers.
Mason: You've been busy. 
Woods: That's what they pay me for. In here, chief.
Mason and Woods enter an observation/survey room as they approach a window overlooking the dig site. 
Woods: Mason, hop on that scope. Look for something that could lift a mainframe
Mason looks through the surveyor for any dig sites.
Woods: You see any dig sites?
Mason zooms in on the crane.
Woods: There. What's that?
Mason: Bingo.
Woods: Map says that crane's hangin' right over the atrium, which puts it in spittin' distance of the old computer room.; That crane matches the dig site marked on this map. That's where we need to go.
Belikov chimes in over the radio.
Belikov: (over radio) Have you found the mainframe?
Woods: There's a big crane on the west side of the base. Have your winch ready.
Belikov: (over radio, crackling) Excuse me, my winch?
Woods: Sorry, you're breaking up! (to Mason) Ha! They got a crane. We got a chopper.
Mason and Woods continue through a corridor and slide down a rope to spot the Soviet soldiers preparing to move out.
Soviet Soldier #1: (in Russian) Let's pack it up! We ship out in ten minutes!
Mason and Woods attack the soldiers.
Soviet Soldier: (in Russian) The intruders are here!
Mason and Woods come under fire from machine gunners up above.
Woods: Dmitri! We're pinned down! That chopper loaded?/Belikov! We're pinned down! Can we get a little help here?
Belikov: (over radio) Are you kidding? Hold onto your butts!
Belikov flies in and opens fire on the machine gunners in an explosive fashion.
Belikov: Like your 4th of July, no? You're welcome!
Woods: Mason, we gotta get down there. Now!
Mason and Woods continue fighting their way through to the crane, killing any Soviet soldiers they encounter.
Woods: Watch the rooftop!
Mason and Woods shoot the soldiers on the rooftop and encounter a manned tower turret.
Woods: Turret! 12 o'clock!; Shit! Find cover!; Find cover! That turret will tear you up!
Mason shoots the turret operator.
Woods: Nice work!
Soviet soldiers zipline across a nearby cable.
Woods: Hostiles! On the zipline!
Mason and Woods dispatch the ziplining soldiers and hook up to another cable leading across a chasm.
Woods: Shit! Hope this one holds!
Mason: Damn thing better hold this time!
Mason and Woods make it across successfully as Belikov's chopper helps them to dispatch more Soviet troops. Mason slides down a snowy embankment and collides with a Russian soldier who falls down to the bottom below. Woods slides down and brakes next to Mason. 
Woods: Let's go, Mason!
Belikov: (over radio) Woods! I'm over the extraction site! Are you ready? 
Woods: We see you, Dmitri! Hold on! Mason, we gotta get down there. Now!; We're out of time. We have to jump!
Mason and Woods descend down the building's levels and shoot more Soviet troops.
Woods: Mason, we gotta get down there! Now!
Mason and Woods find the massive mainframe down in the sublevels.
Belikov: Is the mainframe big? Because if it's too big, we can't lift off!
Woods: Uhhh, no! It's - regular size! 
Woods: Keep moving!; Pick up the pace, Mason!
Mason and Woods reach the top of the mainframe.
Woods: Dmitri, we're in position! Lower the winch!
Belikov: (over radio) Lowering!
Woods: Mason! Hand me that cable!
Belikov lowers the winch down to Mason and Woods, who then hook it up to the mainframe. More Soviet soldiers appear and open fire on Mason and Woods.
Woods: We're locked in, Dmitri! Take us up!
Belikov: (over radio) Going up!
Belikov raises the winch slowly due to the mainframe's massive weight. The mainframe sways back and forth, causing Mason and Woods to struggle in their balance.
Woods: Woah! Shit! Careful up there!
Belikov: This weight is most uncooperative!
Woods: C'mon! Pick up the pace, Belikov!
Belikov: Hang on!
Belikov raises the mainframe faster, causing it to hit the side of the building.
Woods: Shit! Fuck! Slow down! Slow down!
Belikov: Speed up! Slow down! I'll handle the flying! You handle the shooting!
Belikov finally manages to raise the mainframe out of the building with Mason and Woods still on top of it.
Woods: We're clear, Dmitri! Take us home!
Belikov's chopper flies off into he horizon as the screen fades out.
Mission ends.