Stalingrad (Vanguard)/Transcript

== Cutscene ==
=== STALINGRAD 1942 ===
A photo of Polina Petrova in her Soviet recruit uniform sits on a nightstand as Boris Petrov cleans his scoped Mosin-Nagant rifle named Requiem with a cloth in a bedroom of the Petrov apartment.
Arthur Kingsley (voice): Every person on this team was a hero in their own right, long before their files ever reached my desk. But to say they were strong personalities would be a vast understatement. Particularly when it came to Petrova.
Polina frantically enters the room, dressed in her duty uniform.
Polina Petrova: Папа (Papa), have you seen my- Again?
Polina sighs in exasperation as she grabs the medic armband on the nightstand and tries to put it on.
Polina Petrova: It's bad enough I have to wear this thing at all. Now it's flammable. All these years teaching me how to shoot... Wasted! Stuck in a med tent!
Boris Petrov (Russian): Stop. Stop.
Boris gets up off the bed and fastens Polina's armband for her.
Boris Petrov: Don't be in a rush to fight, дочь (my daughter).
Boris finishes with the armband as he and Polina look each other in the eyes.
Boris Petrov: Glory is worth nothing... When you're dead.
Polina Petrova: But this fight... It matters!
Boris Petrov: You matter! You and Misha... Are all I have left.
Polina affectionately caresses Boris' arm. Misha's voice calls out from outside the bedroom.
Misha Petrov (calling): Special delivery!
Polina Petrova (Russian): Speak of the devil.
Polina and Boris walk to the door, but Boris stops her.
Boris Petrov: Hey! Be nice.
Polina Petrova: (shrugs innocently) I'm always nice!
Boris chuckles as they exit the bedroom.
== Gameplay ==
Polina and Boris enter the common room and greet Misha at the table. Misha is Polina's younger brother and is carrying a crate full of Molotovs.
Boris Petrov: Misha.
Misha Petrov: Hm.
Boris Petrov: What do you got there? Empty bottles?
Misha Petrov: I'm training fresh partisans.
=== STALINGRAD ===
DEFEND STALINGRAD
AUGUST 1942
STALINGRAD, RUSSIA
PVT. POLINA PETROVA
Boris Petrov: Our comrades already know how to drink.
Misha Petrov: These will be Molotovs.
Boris Petrov: Is it wise to give explosives to civilians?
Misha Petrov: Papasha, (Dad,) you worry too much.
Boris gestures Polina to a chair. Polina sits down to the table where tea and breakfast is laid out on the table. Polina pours some tea.
Polina Petrova: Na tebe litsa net. (You don’t have a face.)
Misha Petrov: Ouch, sistruja. (Sister.) That hurts. 
Polina Petrova: Eh, you do that well enough yourself.
Misha Petrov: Soplyachka. (Brat.)
Polina Petrova: Duren'. (To last.)
Misha Petrov: Lyagushka. (Frog.)
Polina Petrova: Kozyol.
Misha Petrov: Zhaba. (Toad.)
Boris Petrov: Sit, both of you.
Polina Petrova: I'm going to be late--
Boris Petrov: Sit!
Misha sighs and then sits down. Boris sits there pleased while Polina passes a cup of tea to him.
Boris Petrov: Now there... Isn't that nice? A real family breakfast. 
Polina raises her cup of tea in a toast.
Polina Petrova: Bombs and bullets, best way to start the day.
Boris and Misha raise their cups in a toast.
Misha Petrov: You know, you gonna get yourself killed having that old rifle in the house, papasha.
Boris smiles at Polina.
Boris Petrov: Now who's worried too much?
Polina Petrova: So, the Germans are approaching the front line. Is that where you're off to?
Misha Petrov: No... They told me that's not where I'll be the most useful so... I'm training recruits at the old post office.
Polina Petrov: Must be nice.
Misha Petrov: It would've been nice to have a choice in the matter.
Polina Petrov: At least you get to fight!
Misha Petrov: Don't tell me "at least" you-
Boris Petrov: Khvatit! (Enough!) You're both doing your part. Which reminds me. If any of those ublyudki (bastards) get past you. You know where to send them.
Boris holds up Requiem and cocks the bolt-action. Misha chuckles.
Misha Petrov: Of course, papasha. (Dad.) They will never get through... never. (looks at his watch) Blin! (Crap!) I need to run. They're waiting for me!
Misha dashes out of the family room, leaving behind his crate of bottles.
Polina Petrova: Wait, Misha! Your... box. I swear, he will forget to keep his own head screwed on without us.
Boris Petrov: We really are saints. 
Polina Petrov: Honestly. I'll make sure he gets these on my way to the med tents.
Molina reaches for the bottle crate and looks back at Boris. They clasp hands lovingly.
Boris Petrov: You help your country much more than you know. And you make your old man proud.
Polina Petrova: Spasibo, papa. (Thank you, papa.)
Polina takes the crate and prepares to leave. She looks at the old armchair in the room.
Polina Petrova; We should replace your old chair.
Boris Petrov: Never, it's comfy enough for me.
Polina looks at the family photo on a desk.
Polina Petrova: Misha and I were so little in this photo.
Boris Petrov: Seems like just yesterday.
Polina looks at Boris' war medals framed on the wall.
Polina Petrova: So many impressive medals, papa.
Boris Petrov: It's your mother, she always insisted we display them.
Polina looks at the old piano.
Polina Petrova: It's been a while since I played this.
Boris Petrov: You were a natural. I miss hearing you play.
Polina leaves the family apartment.
Boris Petrov: Be safe out there!
Polina walks down the stairway past two women in the middle of a discussion, a man trying to move furniture upstairs, and a couple of Red Army soldiers. She sees Misha at the exit into the streets talking with a neighbor.
Misha Petrov: You think the Germans will push into the city?
Neighbor: Not if you're out there fighting!
Misha Petrov: The new partisans I'm training will crush them before they get close.
Neighbor: I believe it. Good luck out there!
Misha takes off in a hurry. Polina walks past the many citizens out on the streets where war preparations are being made. 
Neighbor: Polina. Here to keep your brother out of trouble?
Polina Petrova: Impossible.
Polina greets Grigory Meinikov who operates a stall on the streets.
Grigory Meinikov: Polina.
Polina Petrova: Morning. 
Grigory Meinikov: Save some of our men today, da? (Yes?)
Polina Petrova: I will.
Polina greets another neighbor at a bread stall.
Polina Petrova: Something smells good over here.
Daria Varkova: Oh, Polina! I saved a loaf for your family.
Polina Petrova: Spasibo. (Thank you)
Daria Varkova: You're welcome! Your father has been bothering me for some Borodinsky.
Polina Petrova: Of course he has. I'll come by and grab it later!
Daria Varkova: Be safe at work, Polina!
Polina catches up to Misha, who is being stalled at a military checkpoint by a few Red Army soldiers. She drops the crate of bottles right next to Misha's feet. Misha turns around to see Polina behind him.
Polina Petrova: Forget something?
Misha Petrov: You're a life-saver.
Polina Petrova: I know.
Misha turns to the soldiers.
Misha Petrov: My seychas pridyom. (We’ll be there now.)
The guard nods and walks away, leaving Polina and Misha alone.
Polina Petrova: I should be going with you.
Misha Petrov: You probably should.
Polina Petrova: I have more practice than any of these Red Army sobaki. (Dogs.)
Misha Petrov: Keep your voice down. You don't want to make enemies here.
Polina Petrova: Fine. Just... don't do anything I wouldn't do.
Misha Petrov: Couldn't even if I tried. My aim is shit compared to yours. 
Polina laughs.
Misha Petrov: It's too bad we can't trade places. I would look great in that uniform.
Polina Petrova: At least try to make it back from your bomb-making. One piece, several pieces, it's fine. I'm pretty good at putting people back together now.
Misha gives a mock salute.
Misha Petrov: Yes ma'am!
The nearby clock tower rings out loud.
Polina Petrova: You've made me late again. I'll have to take the rooftops.
Misha Petrov: You're gonna get yourself killed, climbing around up there.
Polina Petrova: I promise you can say "I told you so," if it happens. Now go!
Misha Petrov: (shrugs) Going, going!
Misha takes his crate of Molotovs and moves through the checkpoint. Polina passes through several civilians in conversation.
Russian Civilian: Doroteya, don't you usually have much more than this to sell?
Daria Varkova: I'm running low. All my shipments were delayed this week because of the stupid barricade. Once I send half to the front lines, this is what I'm left with.
Russian Civilian: No Vatrushka? 
Daria Varkova: I'll need to change the family dinner plans then. 
Russian Civilian: I'm sorry, my dear. 
Polina climbs up from the streets ton the rooftops and goes inside the buildings until she greets a neighbor named Alyona Zaitseva.
Polina Petrova: Good morning.
Altona Zaitseva: Morning, Polina. How's your father's leg?
Polina Petrov: Finally improving, thanks.
Polina continues through the building and crawls underneath some boxes to reach the other hallway. A door opens up, revealing Matvei Lenkov.
Matvei Lenkov: Polina--have you been hearing?
Polina Petrova: Don't worry. The Red Army will handle it.
Matvei Lenkov: Well... be careful out there.
Polina moves on and leaps out the window back into the open streets. She scrambles across the rooftops until she reaches the Red Square. A massive staging area is laid out involving the medical tents, vehicles, and soldiers throughout. Polina leaps down to the ground and finds her way blocked by two guards. 
Guard: Truck broke down. This way is blocked. Move along.
Polina finds a place to crawl underneath some more crates and goes around the entrance until she reaches the medical area.
Medic: The medical officer will assign your duties. She's down on the other side of the truck.
Polina passes by two soldiers dragging a debilitated third to a medical tent. She reaches the medical officer at long last.
Medical Officer: Medsestra (Nurse) Petrova, you're needed in the field. Come on, get in line!
Polina walks up to the medical officer.
Medical Officer: Medsestra (Nurse) Petrova, we'll need you down by the first tent. Plenty of men that need patching up today. Go ahead and join the others...
Suddenly, a startled flock of pigeons flies off form the area as the soldiers stand up and hear airplanes in the sky. Two German Stuka dive bombers appear in the skies and fly towards the medical area.
Medical Officer: Oh God...
The Stuka bombers launch a strafing run that guns down any unfortunate Red Army personnel.
Medical Officer: Run! 
Summer Medic: Move, move!
Polina runs fast through the carnage unfolding around her as explosions and gunfire rip the Red Army soldiers apart. She scrambles up the buildings and runs back across the glass roof, narrowly avoiding the Germans' gunfire and bombs. Polina jumps across a gap to reach the balcony and just grabs the railing as the balcony collapses underneath her. She just barely catches a broken ledge, but loses her grip and falls again only to grab a handhold in the wall. 
Polina climbs back up until she makes it inside and runs through the collapsing building. She jumps across a gap into a blown out opening and hits the floor. A German bomber plane drops a bomb that lands right next to her harmlessly. Polina looks up to see some wooden boards crash down on top of her as the screen cuts to black.
Polina hears Boris' voice over a black backdrop.
Boris Petrov: You help your country... more than you know... and you make your old man proud...
Polina's POV fades in to see the city of Stalingrad blanketed in smoke and fire.
Polina Petrova: Papasha... (Father...)
Polina pushes off the debris from her body and stands up. She makes her way through the ruined building and hears both Russian and German voices.
Alyona Zaitseva: Please. Let me go. I don't have anything.
Polina spots a German soldiering the hallway and another pop out into the hallway as he spots her.
German Soldier: Hey. Get back inside, Madchen. (Girl.)
(If Polina doesn't move)
German Soldier: Get in there. We'll deal with you after.; Get in there now!
Polina moves through the rooms as German soldiers raid the entire place.
Alyona Zaitseva: Get away from me!
German Soldier: C'mon, don't make us hurt you. Just tell us where we can find what we want.; Don't make us hurt you.; (in German) Nothing good in here. There never is--; Why do I always end up in the slums? Nothing good here...; We're not going to find anything good here. Waste of our time.
Alyona Zaitseva: I don't know any. I swear it.
German Soldier: (in German) Bullshit lies from a gutter trash. Grab her.
Polina finds a German soldier rummaging through a kitchen. She grabs a knife from a cutting board and stabs the German soldier with it before grabbing an Einhorn Revolving shotgun.
German Soldier: (in German) Find anything good in there?
Alyona Zaitseva: I have nothing that would be of value to you!
German Soldier: (in German) She's probably right. This place is a shithole.
German Soldier: Hey! I said what'd you find?
Polina comes across Alyona being held captive on her knees by three German soldiers.
Alyona Zaitseva: Please, we haven't done anything to you. Just leave. Please!; Why would I lie to you? Just leave me alone!
German Soldier: I'm done with this. Give us your gold, or we take you outside.
Polina shoots the German soldiers as Alyona looks on in shock.
Alyona Zaitseva: Polina... what have you done?
Polina Petrova: You have to leave Stalingrad. Now!
Polina jumps out the window and makes her across the rooftops as she hears more German voices.
German Soldier: (in German) Oberst (Colonel) Steiner, we found Banditen (Bandits) trash holed up here. Place full of ordinance.
Polina shimmies across a ledge as she sees a high-ranking German officer named Leo Steiner command his troops outside her apartment.
Leo Steiner: Search everywhere. Flush out the Russian vermin... Round them up.
Polina finds her father at his apartment window with his rifle.
Boris Petrov: You Nazi bastards! I'll kill you all!
Polina Petrova: Papa.
Leo Steiner: That was a mistake, old man.
Boris Petrova: Stalingrad will never surrender, German scum! I'll shoot every one of you myself! Fascist trash!
Boris fires on the German troops from the apartment. The German soldiers rush in and find Boris.
German Soldier: There he is!
Boris Petrov: Agh! Let go of me!
German Soldier: Stupid old man. You're coming with us.
Polina enters into her apartment and finds the place ransacked throughout. Her rifle, Requiem, lies on the floor in the kitchen. Polina picks it up and readies it as she hears German voices outside in the streets.
Polina: Papa...
German Soldier: These are all the survivors in the building. 
Polina goes to the window and sees her father and several other civilians lined up against the wall at gunpoint by German soldiers.
German Soldier: Get down! On your knees!
Boris Petrov: You think you can take Stalingrad? You'll never take the motherland, you ublyoudki! (bastards!)
German Soldier: Shut your mouth! We've already taken Stalingrad. Your city is burning.
Boris Petrov: The Red Army will end you all, just wait.
German Soldier: The Red Army can't save you now, old man.
Leo Steiner: I have no need for useless citizens.
Polina fires the first shot, killing a German soldier. The Germans react by firing on the civilians.
German Soldier: Open fire!; Fire!
Molina continues sniping the Germans down below on the street and several of them run inside the apartment complex.
Leo Steiner: Sniper! Take them down!
Polina takes cover by her apartment door and hears the German soldiers outside.
German Soldier: Through this door! They're in here, move out of the way!
The Germans bust down the door and attack Polina, but Polina defends herself by killing the Germans. She exits her apartment and moves down the stairs, shooting more Germans that attack her. 
Leo Steiner: (on loudspeaker) Your soldiers will not hold the post office. My forces will crush this pitiful resistance!
Polina kills the last of the German attackers and rushes outside to find a dying Boris sprawled against the wall along with the other civilians. Polina lays her rifle aside and tends to her father.
Polina Petrova: Papasha... (Father...)
Boris stirs and weakly looks at her daughter.
Boris Petrov: Nightingale...
Polina Petrova: (tearfully) I should have been here, Papasha...
Boris coughs weakly.
Boris Petrov: You... Take care of each other...
Boris coughs one last time and dies. Polina cries over Boris' body and cradles his head, closing his eyes shut. She takes off her medic armband.
Polina Petrova: Tell Mama I'm off to save Misha... as usual.
Polina lays her armband in Boris' hand, takes her rifle, and heads off to the post office. She carefully proceeds across the street in the midst of a tank battle and heads inside a hotel. 
Leo Steiner: (over loudspeaker) Stalingrad, you are going to fall to me!
Polina climbs up into a crawlspace and sees German soldiers killing more civilians inside the hotel lobby. She shoots through the grating in the crawlspace and kills the German soldiers inside the lobby, using the crawlspaces nearby to outmaneuver them.
Leo Steiner: (over loudspeaker) If you continue to resist, we will bring the building down. Surrender and you will be shown mercy.
Polina exits the hotel lobby and moves across the ruined city streets to the besieged post office.
Leo Steiner: (over loudspeaker) The longer you fight, the more devastating your defeat.; (in German) Take the post office! Bring them down!; Move up, press the attack!; Kill this rabble!
Polina enters the post office by climbing up the wall. She hears German voices as she moves closer to.
German Officer: (in German) Round up everyone you see in this building!; Check the second floor!; Oberst Steiner will want to interrogate them before we execute. 
Misha Petrov: No use in keeping us alive. We will never talk! Fritz!
German Officer: You will change your mind once Steiner is done with you.
Misha Petrov: You can all go to hell.
German Officer: (in German) Be careful or we will make an example of you.
Misha Petrov: Go ahead. Cowards.
German Officer: (in German) Tie this bastard up.
Misha Petrov: You will not take Stalingrad.
German Officer: (In German) We will see about that.
Misha Petrov: Natsistskimusor, the partisans will never let you escape Stalingrad.
German Officer: (in German) Where are the rest of your insurgents?
Partisan: Otvali!
Polina makes her way through the corridors and offices until she reaches the central room in the post office. The Partisans are being held in the center of the room.
German Officer: (in German) You'll regret that.
Polina goes through the massive room, stealthily killing the German soldiers.
German Soldier: (in German) Why do I have to patrol?
German Officer: (in German) If you tell me what the Red Army has planned, I'll make things easier for you.
Misha Petrov: I doubt that.
German Officer: (in German) Maybe you're not so stupid after all. What, are you their leader?
Misha Petrov: We are all partisans. Equals.
German Officer: (in German) Russians.
German Soldier: (in German) Why is Steiner making us wait...
German Soldier: (in German) Steiner is coming to interrogate these prisoners personally.
Eventually, the Germans will spot Polina and mobilize to kill her.
German Soldier: There's one loose! Kill them!
Polina moves through the room, using the crawlspaces and climbing walls to outmaneuver the Germans. After killing a certain number of German soldiers, enemy reinforcements will arrive.
German Soldier: Get inside and crush the partisans!
(If Polina tries to rescue the Partisans before killing all the Germans)
Misha Petrov: It's too dangerous! Deal with the Germans!
The German soldiers deploy smokescreens to conceal their movements, but Polina deals with the German reinforcements and forces them to up defensive positions.
Misha Petrov: They're hiding from you here!
After killing most of the Germans...
Misha Petrov: The last ones are over here!; Get the ones guarding us!
Once Polina kills the last of the Germans, she goes over to the center of the room where the Partisans are held.
Misha Petrov: I think they're deadI Can you cut us free now?
Polina uses her knife to cut Misha loose.
Misha Petrov: Sistrichka, it was incredible--
Polina Petrova: We're going. Now.
Misha Petrov: Gospodi... I was so scared that you were--
Polina Petrova: Me?! You're the one tied up!
Polina hands her knife to a Partisan.
Polina Petrova: Take care of the others.
The Partisan nods and tends to the others in the group, freeing them from their bonds.
Misha Petrov: Polina... Papa?
Polina Petrova: He's gone.
Misha Petrov: Oh... Oh no...
Polina Petrova: Misha...
Misha reels from the news.
Misha Petrov: No...
Polina Petrova: Misha!
Misha Petrov: No...
Polina Petrova: We don't have time for this. We have to get your recruits out of here. If we stay here much longer, we're trapped.
Polina puts her hand on Misha's shoulder, reassuring him.
Misha Petrov: You're right. You're right. Okay... Let's go.
Polina and Misha prepare to leave the post office.
Polina Petrova: Misha, we need to get to the Volga. How do we get out of this building?
Misha doesn't answer.
Polina Petrova: Misha, focus. How can we escape to the river?
Misha Petrov: There's an exit here. We could make a run for the sewers, but the Germans are blocking the courtyard.
Polina Petrova: It'll be tough... Do you have any extra supplies? Weapons? Anything I can use?
Misha Petrov: I know there were soldiers defending on the roof... They had a radio... there might be supplies too. 
Polina Petrova: Alright. I'll lay down cover fire from there while you get our people to the sewers.
Polina and Misha walk to a climbable wall.
Misha Petrov: If you're sure, sestra. Maybe you can reach the roof climbing up here.
Misha points to a section of the wall leading up to the roof.
Misha Petrov: That should get you to the roof, I'll give you a boost.
Polina Petrova: I'll find a good place to cover you.
Misha Petrov: I know, you've always been a better shot than me...
Polina looks at Requiem.
Polina Petrova: Papa is with me now. And I know he wouldn't want us to die in this post office to a bunch of ublyudki.
Misha puts his hand on Polina's arm, reassuringly.
Misha Petrov: He would be proud of you.
Polina puts her hand on Misha's shoulder.
Polina Petrova: He would be proud of us. Get our people to the sewer. I'll lay down fire from the roof.
Misha gets into position to launch Polina up the wall. 
Misha Petrov: Don't miss. Okay?
Polina Petrova: I never do.
Misha gives Polina a boost up the wall, allowing Polina to climb up to the roof. Misha goes over to rally the Partisans.
Misha Petrov: Okay, ryebyata. Once we're out in the street, stay hidden until Polina is in position.
Polina climbs up out of the building and onto the roof where she finds a radio. Misha's voice talks over the radio.
Misha Petrov: (on radio) I found a radio! Polina, do you see the one on the roof? Can you hear me? Blyat, I'm not receiving... Bozhe, I hope you're listening to me for once. We're pinned down in the crater by the trolley.
Down on the streets, German vehicles drive up to the post office and offload German soldiers who take up positions around the entrance. Steiner's voice is heard over the loudspeaker.
Leo Steiner: (over loudspeaker) You are surrounded, Ivan! Accept your defeat! Stalingrad belongs to the Reich! Surrender now or face death! There is nothing left of the Red Army! No one is coming to save you. Give yourselves up... or die.
Misha Petrov: Polina, we'll start for the sewer on your signal.; Ready to move to the sewer when you open fire.; Waiting for your first shot before we start moving to the sewer.
Polina either fires her rifle or throws down a Molotov cocktail on the Germans.
Leo Steiner: (over loudspeaker) Russian sniper! Lay down your weapon and surrender.
Misha Petrov: Partisans, move, now! Polina's got his attention.
Leo Steiner: (over loudspeaker) None of you are leaving this square alive.
(After throwing down a certain number of Molotovs...)
Misha Petrov: How many of those Molotovs do you have left?
Leo Steiner: (over loudspeaker) Enough! This ends now.
Polina uses her weapons to hold off the German soldiers and allow the Partisans to escape. More Germans arrive to the right of Polina.
Misha Petrov: More coming from the right, Polina!
Polina turns her attention to the Germans on the right as more of their reinforcements arrive.
Misha Petrov: Blyat, where did all these Germans come from?!
Polina continues to hold off the Germans as more of them arrive.
Misha Petrov: More Germans behind us! Other side of the crater!
Polina dispatches the Germans on the left side of the street.
Misha Petrov: Okay everyone, move to the sewer now! Polina, keep them covered! 
Misha and the Partisans reach the locked sewer door.
Misha Petrov: We need a minute to get the sewer open!
More German soldiers appear from inside the hotel and fire on the Partisans.
Misha Petrov: Polina! The hotel! They have us pinned from above the hotel lobby! We're getting shot from above! The windows!
Polina shoots the Germans inside the hotel. Another unit of German soldiers arrives on the rooftops next to Polina.
Misha Petrov: Polina, I think they're trying to flank you on the rooftops!
German Soldier: The sniper! Take him down!
Polina kills the Germans across from her.
Misha Petrov: Polina, get down here and meet me at the sewer!
Polina climbs down the scaffolding near the roof and runs across the street where she meets up with Misha at the sewer door. More German soldiers arrive and chase after Polina and Misha.
Misha Petrov: There's too many, Polina! Just run!
Polina and Misha enter the sewer and shut the door behind them just as German soldiers run down to try and catch them. The level ends.
Cut to black.
== Cutscene 1 ==
Polina flicks on her lighter, illuminating the dark tunnel for her and Misha. The two siblings walk down the tunnel, while the Germans shout and try unsuccessfully to open the door. Arthur Kingsley narrates in voiceover.
Arthur Kingsley (voice): Surviving Stalingrad was no small feat.
The camera pans up from the sewers to a ruined apartment where a man comforts his wife and crying baby.
Arthur Kingsley: Escaping, even greater. But no one really escapes something like that.
A German voice shouts at the family to surrender as they raise their hands in the air. The camera pans up to a Red Army soldier sprinting to cover on the upper floor above.
Arthur Kingsley: The Nazi war machine had touched all our lives. Burned away something important.
The camera moves sideways to reveal German soldiers kicking a dead body out into the streets.
Arthur Kingsley: I think that's what made us attractive to the S.O.E. in the first place.
The camera pans up to another apartment floor where gunshots flash in the window. Above, German soldiers force Russian civilians to their knees and raise their rifles to execute them. The camera pans up just as gunshots go off.
Arthur Kingsley: But for Polina... The wound was marrow-deep. She was destined to return the favor. And that had made her the deadliest member of my team.
The camera pans up to reveal the entire city of Stalingrad under siege as German warplanes fly in the skies above. 
Cut to black.
== Cutscene 2 ==
Polina and Richter sit in the interrogation room as Richter smokes a cigarette.
Jannick Richter: Such a touching story. You couldn't even save the life of your father. So tell me, why's an Ivan with an old rifle part of a top-secret Allied operation?
Polina sits there, calm and poised.
Polina Petrova: You do not scare me, little mouse.
Richter slams his hands on the table to frighten her. Polina doesn't flinch, but Richter chuckles.
Jannick Richter: You misunderstand me, Fraulein. I do not need you to fear me. I need only your screams.
Richter stands up and walks around to Polina's side, threateningly.
Jannick Richter: That will convince your friends to talk.
Polina Petrova: (chuckles) Why? Because I am a woman?
Richter grabs Polina by the hair, causing her to grunt painfully.
Polina Petrova: You're not very good at this, are you?
Richter slams Polina's head down on the table three times, causing her face to bleed as she groans in agony.
Jannick Richter: Tell me... What other missions the Allies have in Germany. 
Richter sits back down across from Polina. 
Polina Petrova: Nothing worth talking about.
Jannick Richter: So... What is worth talking about, Fraulein?
Richter takes out another cigarette and lights it up.
Polina Petrova: Freisinger...
Richter reacts with renewed interest.
Polina Petrova: Go fetch him. We'll confirm my story together.
Jannick Richter: Take her back.
The guard grabs Polina and takes her out of the room.
The scene cuts to Richter's office as he talks on the phone.
Jannick Richter: Send me all the records on a Commander Steiner. And any photographs of the Russian sniper. "Lady Nightingale," yes. That one. And--
Freisinger opens the door and enters Richter's office, causing Richter to quickly hang up the phone and stand.
Jannick Richter: Herr Freisinger, I was just coming to see you. We have confirmation from the woman: the sixth Ally is dead.
Freisinger looks at Richter, clearly angry.
Hermann Freisinger: Is that so?
Freisinger drops a file on Richter's desk. Richter picks it up and looks at it.
Jannick Richter: An American... Arrested in Templehof? Trying to steal a plane? 
Richter looks back at Freisinger.
Jannick Richter: This makes no sense.
Hermann Freisinger: The prisoners made a fool of you, Richter. And now you have made a fool of ME!
Freisinget slams a chair down, startling Richter. 
Hermann Freisinger: The American is being brought here now. If I must interrogate him myself... Then I have no use for you.
Freisinger walks out of the office, leaving Richter alone. Richter slams the file down on his desk and sits down, humiliated.
The scene cuts to the prison, where the guard forces Polina back into the cell with the other Vanguard members. 
Lucas Riggs: You hurt?
Polina Petrova: Are you blind?
Lucas Riggs: Just trying to be nice. 
Polina leans against the wall in pain.
Arthur Kingsley: What did you tell them?
Polina Petrova: We traded torture tips. Relax. I told the same lies as you.
Arthur Kingsley: Did he believe you?
Polina Petrova: he stopped asking when I bought up Freisinger.
Polina lowers herself down to the floor. The team members take a moment to pause.
Arthur Kingsley: When we get out of here, the first thing I'm going to do is head to the pictures. See "Les Trois Mosquetaires." Let Edith Mera break my heart all over again. And you, Lucas? What's the first thing you'll do when we're out of here?
Lucas Riggs: Me? 
Lucas scoffs and sits next to Arthur on the cot.
Lucas Riggs: When I get home, I'm eating lamingtons for a week. All cakes. All the time.
Arthur smiles and then turns to Richard.
Arthur Kingsley: I know what you miss.
Richard Webb: Yeah... I'd like to have that sweet bird Barbara pull me pints at my local until I forget this infernal war ever happened. (sighs) I don't even know if she's still alive.
Polina Petrova: Everyone I love is dead. And the only time I feel anything is when I watch a German beg for his life. So... I am exactly where I need to be.
The members of Task Force Vanguard hear German voices and a prisoner yelling.
The scene cuts to another interrogation room with a chair. A German guard hauls Wade Jackson into the room and another guard straps him to the chair while Wade runs his mouth off.
Arthur Kingsley (voice): Wade showed up just as I'd hoped. He played his part well without ever knowing my plan. The team had written him off, but I was counting on him being his usual, charming self.
Richter appears in the doorway while the first guard hits Wade in the ribs with a baton. Wade doubles over in pain, but looks up and laughs.
Wade Jackson: Try that again, Kraut, and we're gonna have a real fucking problem.
Richter walks in front of Wade.
Jannick Richter: Your team lied about you, Lieutenant.
Wade Jackson: "Lieutenant." Now was that so hard? Finally, some respect.
Richter kicks Jackson, forcing him to fall backward to the ground.
Jannick Richter: I know you are the sixth man. What did you want with that plane?!
Wade Jackson: (chuckles) You Nazis... You make me miss fighting in the stinking' Pacific.
Richter shoves the baton onto Wade's throat, choking him.
Jannick Richter: I want to know what else they've lied about!
Cut to black.
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