Escalation

is the fourth mission of Operation: Tempest of Co-Op Campaign. The players assumes the role of Pixel One. Adam Elderstone was interrogated and eventually revealed information about a computer virus being worked on dubbed the Praetorian Virus to be used for an upcoming operation. Elderstone had given important details on the security protocols within the company and had agreed to lower the level of security there to arrange for a government inspection on the company.
== Synopsis ==
Before reaching Centurion Armament's headquarters, Command informs that Cipher and her team managed to gain access to the company's security network and diverts any communications coming from the inner lab away from the security center. The task force, disguised as government inspectors arrives at the Centurion Armament headquarters entrance where company representative Eva Milosevic welcomes the task force and then guides them throughout the company. The task force is then directed towards the main labs; the area where the "inspectors" will be reviewing today. Hiding from view, Cipher initiates a feedback loop in all security cameras, thus allowing the task force to hack into the entrance to the hidden lab. The door could only be opened via a keycard, where they install a brute force device to open the door. In order to avoid suspension, the rest of the team conducts "inspections" on the various workers. Within minutes, Pixel 3-4 manages to break through the door. Both teams switches roles as Pixel One heads into the inner labs, where they draw out their firearms knowing that the labs are heavily guarded by Centurion Armament's security team. The task force eliminates all guards stationed at the security desk, then proceeds deeper into the labs, engaging any hostiles guarding the labs. On their way to the IT labs, they pick up various pieces of documents on the company's projects, including a prototype shield that protects the entire user's body. Pixel One then reaches the IT labs, where they hack into the main computer and download information about the virus. The virus was being held in company's research facility in northern Alaska, with a string of text stating the virus will also be used in an upcoming operation on government structures in Pixelarica. In order to mask their work, Command orders the task force to plant false evidence around the labs to make it look like it was an amateur operation conducted by Blockwater; a rival security company. The task force places traceable bullet casings, plants a smartphone containing contacts connected to the company, then proceeds to destroy some computers. The task force then makes it back to the entrance where they rendezvous with Pixel Three.
Category:Co-Op Campaign
Category:Levels of Co-Op Campaign
Category:Operation: Tempest