Lubyanka Briefing/Transcript

==Cutscene==
FOUR DAYS LATER
Hudson receives a call from Emerson Black. A tape player is seen.
Jason Hudson: Hudson.
Black: We've finished analyzing that mainframe that Mason and Woods brought from Yamantau.
Hudson: And?
A couple documents and photos involving Dragovich are laid out on a table.
Black: Perseus was looking for the names of sleeper agents Dragovich used in '68.
A computer screen displays a list with the words "FILE NOT FOUND" typed in the blank spaces next to numbers.
Hudson: Give us those names. We'll get Adler's team to track them down.
Black: Perseus erased them.
Hudson: Fuck me.
Black: There's only one place you're going to find that information now. The Lubyanka Building.
An archive hallway lights up, revealing the symbol of the KGB on the wall ahead.
Hudson: What, KGB Headquarters? Why didn't Perseus get them there himself?
Black: I don't know. Maybe he's operating without authorization.
A telephone is seen with its receiver being held aloft while a photo of Belikov and a paper document laid out next to it.
Hudson: I'll let Adler know. But we're gonna do this the right way, or we're not gonna do it at all.
Cut to black.
== Mission Briefing ==
CIA SAFEHOUSE E9, "DIE LANDEBAHN"
[First Name] "Bell" [Last Name], CIA, Classified
52.5200 N, 13.4050 E, West Berlin
March 7, 1981
Lazar: Just got word. Belikov is back in Moscow.
Russell Adler: You guys know the plan. Bell, you're with me. Lazar, be ready for exfil.
Hudson walks in and confronts Adler in front of Bell.
Jason Hudson: Are you taking [him/her/them] into the KGB with you? Are you crazy? Wait for Mason or Woods to return.
Adler: I don't need Mason or Woods. I need Bell. [He's/She's/They've] got the skill we need.
Hudson: Are you enjoying this? You're risking the entire operation unnecessarily.
Adler: It's not unnecessary, it's calculated.
Hudson: Just understand that if you botch this, we can't get those names. It's over.
Hudson walks off as Adler speaks to Bell.
Adler: I know you can do this. Hudson doesn't trust anyone he can't control.
Lawrence Sims and Helen Park can be seen conversing.
Sims: Still picking up errant noise?
Park: Yes, sometimes the audio is unintelligible. 
Sims: Alright. I'll do some digging. Oh, that new enlarger came in. I set it up in the dark room for you.
Sims starts performing maintenance on a vehicle as Park speaks with Lazar, who is inspecting a revolver.
Park: Curious. Does the name Madam Shell mean anything to you?
Lazar: Hmm. Sounds familiar.
Park: There's intel crisscrossing ARPANET that her body washed up along the Pedieos River in Cyprus.
Lazar: Huh, that so...
Park: And her head two kilometers downstream. Reports estimate her death around August of last year. Of all places, you were on an assignment in Cyprus last summer. A coincidence, wouldn't you say?
Lazar: Our line of work is full of coincidences.
Park: MI6 was keen on finding her; a rogue double-agent gone dark for several years. I suppose she must have exposed herself somehow to the CIA.
Lazar: Leave behind a trail of heads? Bound to get attention. 
Park: I worked with Madam Shell for three years. Closely. I trusted her. But the moment I began to suspect something... she knew. I was able to fight her off, but she left me with this parting gift.
Park reveals her neck scar to Lazar.
Lazar: Oof. That's a dirty cut.
Park: Quite. So, imagine my surprise when I read these reports. Madam Shell - body washed up on one bank, head on the other. Ironic, wouldn't you say?
Lazar: I'd call it... poetic justice.
Lazar walks off before Park calls him.
Park: Lazar. Thank you.
Lazar: For what?
Park walks over to the darkroom while Lazar sits on a crate near Sims.
The player is now prompted to use the Evidence Board, and can speak with some of the agents before doing so.
<tabber>
Hudson=
Hudson: Have you come to convince me that you should be headlining this operation?
After choosing one of the three dialogue options, Bell has the option to ask Hudson questions regarding the mission.
Hudson: Strategically speaking, this borders on insanity. Which is precisely the type of work we rely on Adler for.
Bell can now ask where that leaves them.
Hudson: Either as Adler's most trusted ally... or as cannon fodder.
Bell will then dismiss the conversation, if they haven't done so already.
Hudson: An excellent proposition.
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Adler= 
Adler: What's on your mind?
Bell can then ask Adler about his scar.
Adler: Scar? You mean this? Is it noticeable? 
Adler will then respond with one of three stories:
Bell will then dismiss the conversation, if they haven't done so already.
Adler: Okay.
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Helen Park=
Bell comes across Helen Park in the darkroom.
Park: Bell, I didn't expect to see you back here.
Bell will then dismiss the conversation, if they haven't done so already.
Park: I'll be here if you need me.
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Lazar=
Lazar: Time to break out your Russian, Bell.
Bell will then dismiss the conversation, if they haven't done so already.
Lazar: Yup. It's a long way to Moscow.
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Sims=
Lawrence Sims can be seen performing maintenance on a car.
Sims: Goddamnit... There we go.
If Bell attempts to speak to Sims, he will immediately reject it.
Sims: Nope.
If Bell interacts with him again.
Sims: Don't touch my legs.
If Bell interacts with him again.
Sims: You bored or what?
If Bell interacts with him again.
Sims: Guys! Bell's lonely!
</tabber>
Bell walks over to the evidence board to begin the mission.