Phoenix/Transcript

== Gameplay ==
Arthur Kingsley explains the situation in voiceover. The rumbling sound of metal can be heard too.
Arthur Kingsley: (voiceover) Nazi Germany. The final push into the heart of darkness. The SOE had recruited the six of us, under my command, for one reason. To retrieve files on the top secret Project Phoenix, the last gasp of the Third Reich. A coalition of Allied commandos thrown together and aimed at where our enemy was most vulnerable. This was meant to be our first and only mission...
Task Force Vanguard is seen inside of a moving train. Arthur Kinglsey and Polina Petrova open the doors of the boxcar, revealing the burning night sky over Hamburg.
Hamburg 1945
Arthur Kingsley: Would you look at that...
Richard Webb: Hell of a world... Who's up for saving it?
Polina Petrova: Do svidaniya! (Goodbye!)
Petrova climbs to the top of the boxcar.
Lucas Riggs: Let's go!
Lucas Riggs follows, jumping onto the train across from the boxcar.
Wade Jackson: It's showtime!
Wade Jackson, Kingsley, Webb, and Milos Novak follow Riggs. Webb kills one Nazi while Kingsley kicks the other one off the train.
Richard Webb: Think we can pull this off?
Arthur Kingsley: If we secure the train, we have a chance.
They switch to the left train, where there is a door.
Richard Webb: Who's going first?
Arthur Kingsley: Novak, you have a go. Everyone stay close.
Novak opens the door, and goes through the room. When he exits, a Nazi stands guard on the other side. Petrova jumps onto him, killing him.
Lucas Riggs: Fucking hell!
Polina Petrova: I'll cover you from this box car!
Arthur Kingsley: Remember - I don't want them to see us coming.
Polina Petrova: They can't see anything when they're dead.
Petrova climbs onto the box car in front of the crew. They all jump to the right train, and continue. Novak, going first, comes across a Nazi. He silently takes him out, before going inside the next boxcar, where another Nazi stands guard and ends him just the same. He notices two more Nazis on the left train.
Arthur Kingsley: Take one Jerry and I bet Petrova takes the other.
Alternatively, Lucas will say the same thing.
Lucas Riggs: Take one Jerry out, I bet Petrova takes the other.
Novak shoots one Nazi, and Petrova shoots the other.
Arthur Kingsley/Lucas Riggs: She's predictable./She's good.
Another Nazi exits the boxcar behind the two dead Nazis only for Petrova to kill him.
(Alternatively, Novak can also climb up to the same boxcar as Polina and help her shoot the enemy soldiers.)
Polina: You take one, I'll take the other. Don't miss.
Novak shoots one of the two Germans, while Polina shoots the other.
Polina: Not bad. 
(If Novak decides to take on the two Nazi soldiers head on, he will alert them.)
Lucas Riggs: For fuck's sake, Novak!
Wade Jackson: I was getting bored anyway.
Everyone continues forward. They jump to the left train and encounter a locked door.
Arthur Kingsley: Door's locked. Look for another way in.
(If Novak doesn't move immediately...)
Arthur Kingsley: There's a ledge - shimmy down it and get inside.
Novak climbs onto a ledge sticking out on the left side of the boxcar. He slides open the door and goes inside. Two Nazis inside the boxcar spot Novak.
Arthur Kingsley: Novak!
Novak quickly disposes of the Nazis, and the rest break the door down.
Lucas Riggs: Bloody oath! Save some for us, Novak!
The group moves forward, attracting the Nazis' attention as they exchange fire.
Polina Petrova: So much for our secret mission!
Wade Jackson: Looks like we're doing this the hard way.
Arthur Kingsley: Get on the other train and flank those Krauts!
They jump onto the other train, killing Nazis on both. Once all the Nazis are killed, the team jumps to the right train and stops at another boxcar.
Arthur Kingsley: Let's not chance it. Take the roof this time.
Novak yet again climbs on the ledge sticking out to the left, but this time climbs on the ladder, going to the roof. Trucks of Nazis start driving in next to the train.
Lucas Riggs: Heads up! We got trucks!
Novak climbs through the hatch and into the boxcar. He kills two more Nazis and exits the boxcar, helping destroy the trucks carrying the Nazis.
Richard Webb: That's one way to deal with a truck!
They continue forward, going to another box car. Gunfire shoots through the wall because of a Nazi truck in the middle of the two trains. Novak and the group shoot the overwhelming Nazis on the left train.
Polina Petrova: Der'mo!
Richard Webb: Get to cover!
Lucas Riggs: How many fucking Jerrys are on that train?!
Wade Jackson: Screw this, I'm going to the roof!
Polina Petrova: There's no cover up there!
Richard Webb: He's not listening!
A Nazi truck drives up on the right.
Lucas Riggs: Krauts in the truck!
Wade Jackson: To hell with this!
Jackson jumps onto the roof of the truck.
Lucas Riggs: What the bloody hell is he doing?!
Richard Webb: Getting himself killed!
Both Nazis in the truck are shot by Jackson.
Wade Jackson: Heads up! Woohoo!
Jackson jumps back onto the train and the truck blows up. Jackson laughs out loud.
Arthur Kingsley: Clear out the other train!
Two more trucks drive up in the middle.
Wade Jackson: Hey Novak! Look at the sweet LMG on that truck!
Team Vanguard kills more Nazis. Novak jumps on the truck and kills the driver, causing the truck to swerve and crash.
Lucas Riggs: Novak just took out another truck!
Novak shoots the driver of a third truck, causing that truck to careen out of control and crash.
Richard Webb: He doesn't like those trucks!
Novak jumps to the left train. where he encounters a Nazi in the box car. After he kills him, Novak opens the door and shimmies across the left ledge. He goes into another box car, killing more Nazis. The team keeps going and more trucks drive up in the middle. The group kills more Nazis and proceeds forward.
Richard Webb: We're getting close to the engine car!
Arthur Kingsley: Better hurry - the map said these tracks are gonna split.
Richard Webb: Of course they are.
The group continues, killing more and more Nazis. Novak shoots the driver of the fourth truck, causing that truck to crash.
Wade Jackson: Now you're just showing off, Novak!
Novak shoots the fifth truck driver, effectively destroying an entire convoy of troop vehicles.
Arthur Kingsley: Novak just took out a bloody convoy!
Novak then goes into a turret, shooting the Nazis through the wood of the next boxcar.
Wade Jackson: Let 'er rip, Novak!
Once those Nazis are dead, the group goes into that boxcar. 
Wade Jackson: Watch out!
Another truck drives up on the left in which Novak kills the Nazis inside. He shimmies across another ledge and the group follows him into another boxcar, where they kill more Nazis. The group continues down the train.
Wade Jackson: Damn halftracks! Watch that machine gun!
Lucas Riggs: I'm gonna flank it!
Arthur Kingsley: Get those Jerrys!
A tank is heard. Its main gun swings around as it rumbles.
Richard Webb: Is Riggs inside that bloody tank?!
Riggs, inside the tank, fires a shot at the halftrack and causes an explosion, killing the Nazis inside it.
Wade Jackson: Holy shit, Riggs!
Lucas whoops.
Lucas Riggs: That was a beaut!
They keep going, climbing a ladder to continue down the train.
Arthur Kingsley: Novak, shoot the driver!
Novak kills the driver and stops on the left train.
Arthur Kingsley: The trucks are splitting! Jump!
Novak jumps to the other train, yelling, and barely gets caught by Kingsley, who pulls him up and smiles.
Arthur Kingsley: Bob's your uncle.
They open the doors, revealing more of the burning German landscape.
Lucas Riggs: Fuck me dead. Now that we've been properly shot at, might the officer in charge tell us what the hell we're doing here?
Arthur Kingsley: That submarine base is our final stop. Once we're in, we move to secure the objective.
Polina Petrova: You want us to secure it, but you won't tell us what it is.
Wade Jackson: Kingsley's been dancing around that since the get-go. This ain't just another easter egg hunt, is it?
Lucas Riggs: Yeah mate, what's the bloody story?
Arthur Kingsley: We don't quite know...
Lucas Riggs: You mean the S-O-fucking-E doesn't quite know?
Wade Jackson: You know what? I'm gonna go pull the brakes.
Jackson goes to pull the brakes.
Arthur Kingsley: All we have is a name. Phoenix.
Lucas Riggs: So we got no idea what we're up against?
Arthur Kingsley: That's the mission. To find out. S.O.E. says the Krauts are moving something big out of Germany. Could be a document stash. The holiest of holies. We are here to pinch it.
Polina Petrova: If this is so important, why did they not send an army?
Arthur Kingsley: They did... The six of us.
Lucas Riggs: Mate, we're not from the same army. Hell, we're not even from the same continent!
Polina Petrova: Quiet! Get back!
Everyone hides on hearing Nazi voices.
Lucas Riggs: Why were we chosen for this fuckin' suicide mission?
Richard Webb: Brass handpicked six specialists to hit the Krauts fast, and get away clean. An army can't do that, too loud, too slow.
Arthur Kingsley: Richard's right. They won't see us coming. In and out with those papers before they know it. Do we understand the plan?
Polina Petrova: I shoot Nazis. They die. That's my plan.
Everyone gets out of the box car and onto solid land.
Arthur Kingsley: The entrance is past the railyard, just across these tracks.
Richard Webb: Let's get those papers before Jerry's any wiser.
They continue straight.
Polina Petrova: I'll cover you from this box car.
Jackson notices guard dogs.
Wade Jackson: Agh! I hate dogs.
Arthur Kingsley: Let's get it done! Take them out!
Novak kills the dog, alerting the Nazis to the team's presence.
Lucas Riggs: They're calling for help!
Wade Jackson: Wait for it...
Lucas Riggs: Light 'em up!
A train passes and the group kills more Nazis.
Arthur Kingsley: Move up!
The team moves up and another train passes by them.
Arthur Kingsley: Watch the train!
Richard Webb: Didn't come all this way to get hit by a bloody train.
Once the train passes, the group kills more Nazi soldiers. They move up to the rail yard entrance.
Arthur Kingsley: The entrance is dead ahead!
Lucas Riggs: Almost there. Keep going! Dogs!
Another dog sprints forward and Novak shoots it.
Arthur Kingsley: Novak, take out that sniper!
Novak and the group kills the Nazis blocking the entrance, including the sniper.
Richard Webb: Move it!
Arthur Kingsley: Everyone inside!
The team encounters more Nazis inside. Before the group can get in, one of the Nazis throws a smoke bomb.
Arthur Kingsley: Smoke!
Wade Jackson: Dammit, I can't see!
Arthur Kingsley: They're coming out fast. Watch out!
The group kills the Nazis running out along with two more dogs. Novak throws a grenade inside the room which clears it out.
Wade Jackson: Let's go, everybody!
The group runs inside.
Arthur Kingsley: Door on the left!
Wade Jackson: The more, the merrier!
The group runs up the stairs.
Arthur Kingsley: Look for the command room!
Wade Jackson: This must be it!
The group stops at the door leading into the command room.
Lucas Riggs: Jackson, get the door!
Jackson opens the door and the crew enters an empty command room with a world map on the wall.
Wade Jackson: We missed a hell of a party. Looks like they left in a hurry.
Novak notices a paper with a clipboard on a desk and inspects it. Webb finds a Phoenix document and tosses on the desk.
Richard Webb: Phoenix. We must be close.
Lucas Riggs: Not for long. Krauts are moving their stash on to a sub. You see that lot lugging that chest? I bet you London to a brick, that is what we're after.
Polina Petrova: So what are we waiting for?
Lucas Riggs: Time to bring the heavy stuff.
Wade Jackson: Now we're talking.
Arthur Kingsley: Wait - we can't go in loud.
Richard Webb: Arthur...
Arthur Kingsley: Whatever's in those papers in the best kept secret in the Third Reich, and the Krauts kept them here... in the arse end of nowhere.
Lucas Riggs: So what?
Arthur Kingsley: It makes no sense. It's like leaving the crown jewels on the front porch.
Richard Webb: With hardly anyone watching them... The entire German army should be guarding this place.
Arthur Kingsley: We're not the only ones who don't know what Phoenix is.
Polina Petrova: You're saying Nazis are keeping secrets from Nazis?
Arthur Kingsley: I'm saying the ones in charge of the secrets are the most dangerous.
Wade Jackson: Yeah. That's why we brought the guns. To shoot them.
Lucas Riggs: Are we done here? Those papers are about to piss off out of Germany.
Arthur Kingsley: You three - take the catwalk and make your bloody noise, buy us time. Webb, Novak, you're with me. We'll take the boat.
Lucas Riggs: Let's go.
Novak and Kingsley remove a cabinet blocking the door. The team goes through the door and down the stairs.
Polina Petrova: We'll cover you from the catwalk.
Wade Jackson: And look for a way out of this joint.
Lucas Riggs: Don't shoot us or we'll leave without you.
Petrova, Jackson, and Riggs climb up a ladder leading to the catwalk. Kingsley, Webb, and Novak go down the stairs where a great number of Nazis are.
Arthur Kingsley: Novak - take them down!; No time to faff about!
Richard Webb: Let's get that crate!
Novak shoots a Nazi, signaling the two teams to start shooting the other Nazis.
Arthur Kingsley: We kicked the hornets' nest!
Richard Webb: At least there's not a minefield this time!
Novak, Kingsley and Webb kill more Nazis allowing them to push forward through the submarine bays.
Arthur Kingsley: We're running out of time!; The sub is about to leave!
They kill more of the Nazis.
Richard Webb: Hurry! We're gonna lose those documents!; We've got to catch that sub!; Quickly! The sub's going to sail!
Novak, Kingsley, and Webb ascend to an upper level and kill more Nazi soldiers.
Arthur Kingsley: Jerrys are coming in!
The three approach the submarine and encounter more Nazi soldiers onboard.
Richard Webb: They're blocking the way!
Arthur Kingsley: We've got to push through!
The three get closer to the submarine, going right of the ship itself.
Arthur Kingsley: That's the sub in the next pen. We're close.
The three push forward, eliminating any Nazi soldiers they encounter.
Richard Webb: Our squad are on the catwalk!
Arthur Kingsley: I see them - watch your fire.
The two groups of three kill more Nazis.
Polina Petrova: We're out of Nazis!
Lucas Riggs: I saw them load the crate on that sub.
Richard Webb: Cover us! We're going aboard.
Wade Jackson: Good luck, kids! I'll find us a way out of here.
The three approach the submarine.
Richard Webb: There's the hatch. This is it, lads.
Novak starts to enter the sub, with Kingsley and Webb behind him.
Arthur Kingsley: Let's find that crate and get out of here. Richard, walks our backs. Novak, you take the lead. Eyes straight ahead! Watch for ricochets!
Novak pushes forward with Kingsley behind him. They approach a hatch.
Arthur Kingsley: We have to stop the sub!
Novak opens the door, encountering more Nazis on the other side.
Arthur Kingsley: Get back! Get back! Clear them out!
Novak kills the three Nazis, but then smoke shoots out from the pipes.
Arthur Kingsley: Watch out!
The smoke clears out and Kingsley winds up in front of Novak.
Arthur Kingsley: You're all right? It's got to be the command room - let's get that hatch open! Stay close. Tossing grenade! Clear!
Kingsley throws a grenade through the hatch. Once they hear the bang, Kingsley opens the hatch back up and the two finish off the remaining Nazis.
Arthur Kingsley: They're down. Moving...
Kingsley and Novak go through the hatch and move forward. Kingsley sees the box.
Arthur Kingsley: There's the box. Novak, you're the safecracker. Do the honors will you?
Novak picks the lock on the box. Webb comes down to warn Kingsley.
Richard Webb: Arthur, the sirens have stopped. That can't be good.
Arthur Kingsley: We gotta move. Now. Novak, help me.
Novak and Kingsley move to pick up the box, but they hear Nazi voices. One of the Nazis throws a flash-bang grenade into the room.
Richard Webb: Grenade, watch out!
Kingsley and Webb brace themselves but Novak has no time to get out of the way. He blocks his face with his hands and the grenade blows up.
Arthur Kingsley: Novak! NOVAK!
The screen goes black.
Fade into Novak's POV as he wakes up. He sees all his teammates, except for Jackson, on their knees next to him bound up and captured on top of the submarine. Kingsley looks at Riggs.
Arthur Kingsley: Wade?
Riggs shakes his head. Hermann Freisinger appears humming a tune while a Nazi soldier carrying a wooden chair follows him. Freisinger walks down the line of the captured team and inspects their faces.
Hermann Freisinger: An Ivan... Brittunculus... (British…) Australian... And also... You.
Arthur Kingsley: Get on with it.
Hermann Freisinger: How delightful. You think you're British.
Freisinger signals over the Nazi who is carrying his chair.
Arthur Kingsley: A Cambridge man, through and through.
Freisinger takes the chair from the soldier. 
Hermann Freisinger: You know better than to ruin a man's evening.
Freisinger sits on the chair and straightens himself out.
Hermann Freisinger: Beethoven's fourth sonata has exquisite... but demanding passages that deserve my full attention... unlike you. Does the Negro give orders in English too? And do you follow them?
Arthur Kingsley: Sie wissen, wie es ist von einem schwarzen Mann Befehle entgegenzunehmen. (You know what it's like to take orders from a black man.) 
Hermann Freisinger: Er spricht Deutsch! (He speaks German!) 
Freisinger and the two other Nazis start laughing.
Hermann Freisinger: Please... proceed.
Arthur Kingsley: Your Rhineland accent. You must be from Neustadt. During the occupation, you saw French soldiers who looked like me carry guns in your streets. Marry your women. That's what I hear when you speak German.
Freisinger laughs.
Hermann Freisinger: Charming.
Arthur Kingsley: We thrashed you once. Hear those bombs? That's us, thrashing you again.
Hermann Freisinger: Thrashing. (chuckles) Thrashing. What an interesting choice of words.
Arthur Kingsley: I told you already. Get on with it.
Hermann Freisinger: Yes. That's what you want. To sacrifice yourself. To be a... a leader. I'm not here to give you what you want. Quite the contrary.
Freisinger picks up the chair and smashes it into Novak's face.
Arthur Kingsley: Novak, NO!
A Nazi soldier hits Kingsley in the head with his rifle butt. Freisinger repeatedly smashes Novak's face with the chair, killing him. Novak's vision and hearing blur from Freisinger's attacks.
Hermann Freisinger: I am here... to give you mongrels... What you very... much... deserve! Dispose of that... Put the rest in the truck.
Novak dies. Freisinger straightens out his uniform.
Lucas Riggs: Fucking savages!
Polina Petrova: Get your hands off me, dog!
== Cutscene ==
The Nazis corral the captured team members of Vanguard into a truck. The soldiers shut the doors and send the truck to drive off as Freisinger watches and walks away. Inside the truck, the captured soldiers sit despondently.
Richard Webb: Novak...
Polina Petrova: People die.
Lucas Riggs: People die when command fucks up.
Richard Webb: How exactly is this Arthur's fault?
Lucas Riggs: This is on him! And on Wade. That bastard abandoning his team.
Richard Webb: Well, you're right about Wade. If he shows his face again, I'll bloody kill him myself.
Polina Petrova: Oh, yes. Let's keep blaming each other instead of the Germans. (in Russian) These men who can't get past their own egos.
Arthur Kingsley (Russian): I'd say our egos have all taken a hit today.
Polina Petrova: (harshly) Is that supposed to impress me?
Arthur leans forward glaringly, but Richard stops him.
Richard Webb: Relax.
Polina Petrova: It does not matter. Freisinger is going to kill us all.
Richard Webb: Freisinger?
Polina Petrova: The Nazi. The one who killed Novak.
Luca Riggs: Old friend of yours, is he?
Polina Petrova: We have... history.
Lucas Riggs: Oh yeah?! What kind of his-
Richard Webb: Look, forget Freisinger! Arthur will get us out of this.
Lucas Riggs: What? Cause he's your mate?
Richard Webb: (smiles nostalgically) He wasn't always... But, I've seen him in action.
Arthur Kingsley (voice): You lose men. That's war. Sometimes, the only way to honor a fallen soldier is to finish the mission. But try remembering that while their blood stains your boots.
The screen cuts to black.
End of level.
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