CIA Safehouse E9/Transcript

==Cutscene==
Jason Hudson is heard giving a briefing. Footage shows the Manhattan Project facility in Los Alamos and footage showing the testing of the atomic bomb.
Hudson: 1943. Detailed information from the Manhattan Project was stolen from Los Alamos by the Russian spy know as Perseus.
The screen transitions to footage of Vietnam of U.S. soldiers in helicopters and combat footage.
Hudson: 1968. The Vietnam War. Viet Cong soldiers orchestrated by Perseus attempted to steal an American-made nuclear bomb from a U.S. firebase.
Screen transitions to television displaying some news footage of mysterious plane crash and a picture of Perseus. 
Hudson: Five days ago while on a mission, we acquired intel that Perseus is in play once again and planning an attack on the West. 
Hudson grabs a remote and freezes the television with the picture of Perseus. Hudson is seen in a conference room talking to Alex Mason, Frank Woods, Russell Adler, U.S. Secretary of State Alexander Haig, and White House Chief of Staff James Baker.
Hudson: Perseus. The CIA's analysts consider him to be the single largest threat to the Free World.
A man is seen opening the blinds in the room.
Haig: Mr. Hudson, we're all aware of Perseus. We're also aware he's more myth than fact. I mean, personally I think he's nothing more than the Russian bogeyman.
Haig pours a cup of coffee. Mason and Woods look at each other. 
Hudson: General Haig, allow me to introduce the man best suited to respond to that: CIA Clandestine Special Officer Russell Adler. He's one of the few people to even come close to capturing Perseus.
Camera pans to Adler, who is at the table and smoking a cigarette.
Baker: Mr. Adler, why should we take this "Perseus" threat seriously?
Adler: You don't have to, sir.
Woods: (laughs) Yeah, but then a lot of innocent people are gonna die.
Baker: (to Woods) Why do you say that?
Adler: (to Baker) Sir, every time Perseus has come into play it's shifted the balance of the Cold War. After thirteen years of silence, if he's active, something big is gonna happen... something that will affect the Free World.
A man opens the doors of the conference room and stands guard. Adler puts out his cigarette as he, alongside everyone else in the room, stands at attention. U.S. President Ronald Reagan enters the room.
Hudson: Sir. 
Baker: Sir. 
Adler: Mr. President. 
Woods: Sir. 
Mason: Mr. President.
Haig: Mr. President, this is Jason Hudson and Russell Adler-
President Reagan cuts him off.
Reagan: (to Haig) I know their names. Who do you think approved their last mission?
Reagan looks at Adler. Reagan and the others sit down, while Hudson remains standing.
Reagan: (to Hudson) Is the threat real?
Hudson: Yes, sir. We believe it is.
Reagan: (to Adler) Can you stop Perseus?
Adler: We can, sir. I've already submitted the requisition for my team.
Haig: (to Reagan) Sir, their requests are highly irregular, most likely illegal. If the press gets a hold-
Mason cuts him off.
Mason: (annoyed) What the hell are you talking about? Do you know who we are?
Woods: Every mission we go on is illegal.
Haig: Sergeant Woods, plausible deniability is the backbone of our work.
Reagan: Al, we're talking about preventing an attack on the free men an women of the world. Give Mr. Adler whatever he wants. Gentlemen, you've been given an important task: projecting our very way of life from a great evil. There is no higher duty, there is no higher honor. And while few people will know of your struggles, rest assured the entire Free World will benefit. I know you won't fail us.
Television shows footage of Perseus. 
Screen fades. Text appears.
===FIVE WEEKS LATER===
==Cutscene 2==
A radio with a tape is seen running. Hudson is heard speaking to his colleague and superior named Emerson Black. 
Hudson: This is Hudson.
Black: How long until we have a lead on Perseus?
Hudson: They're about to get started. Adler's in West Berlin. He should be at the safehouse soon.
Black: Do you trust him? 
Hudson: (laughs) Ha. I'm not the one you should be asking, Black.
Pictures and profiles of Adler's team are shown. 
Hudson: It's a strong group. He chased down Sims, Azoulay, even pulled some strings to get Helen Park from MI6. We'll get them Mason and Woods soon.
Black: I'm not so sure about Park. Hudson: She and Adler have that business from before. Of course he wants her there.
Black: And the new one?
Hudson drops a file on a table with the name "Bell" written on it, crushing a small mosquito with it.
Hudson: Bell? Don't get me started. That's the new one we need to keep our eyes on.
Cutscene ends.
Adler and Bell are seen heading to their safehouse in West Berlin.
Adler: Bell. Welcome to West Berlin.
Adler leads Bell to a small warehouse loading dock and Helen Park is seen waiting near the garage door.
===CIA Safehouse E9 "Die Landebahn"===
[player first name] "Bell" [player last name], 
52.5200 N, 13.4050 E, West Berlin
February 23, 1981
Park bangs on the garage door and Lazar opens the garage.
Adler: (to Bell) We've got a job to do. Park.
Park: Adler. Bell.
Bell and the others enter the building. Park and Lazar put away their gear.
Adler: (to everyone) Let's get started.
Bell, Sims, Park and Lazar gather around to hear Adler's briefing. 
Adler: There's been a surge in Russian chatter in the last 48 hours. The CIA and the DoD are tapping their inside sources for anything substantial, but so far there's no leads on Perseus.
Park: MI6 has come up empty handed as well.
Adler: We'll have to start somewhere, so we're going back here... (points to the evidence board of Perseus) Vietnam, 1968. One of our closest encounters with Perseus.
Sims: Shit. Some part of me always knew that mission wasn't done with us.
Sims walks away from the group.
Adler: (to Lazar) Pull up everything we've got on the attack in Da Nang and run it past park. She'll cross reference it with MI6. 
Park: (to Lazar) We're looking for code names, encrypted transmissions, Russian activity with NVA - anything that could be a lead.
Lazar: You got it.
Adler: Bell, this is where you come in.
Varied dialogue based on what the player selected for Bell's profile on military background.
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Classified=
Adler: Someone high up wanted you with us in ‘Nam. I didn’t think I needed you then, but I did. Now I need you again.
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CIA=
Adler: We needed the best of the CIA in SOG, that’s exactly why I requested you again.
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MI6=
Adler: Your MI6 experience helped our team back in ‘Nam, and I’m counting on it once again.
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Ex-KGB= 
Adler: As ex-KGB it was a risk to bring you on, but we needed to think like them. We need that mindset again.
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Adler: Head to the evidence board. We'll retrace our steps through Da Nang. Anything that could give us a lead on Perseus.
Lazar is seen walking over to Park to give her a file.
Lazar: That's it. Sims will dig up the rest for you.
Park: Thank you, Agent Azoulay.
Lazar: Your medical supplies will be in the back room.
[Adler]
Adler: Bell. You're looking a little pale. You up for this?
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Never been better.=
Adler: Good. You've just moved up on my favorite team member list, right past Lazar.
Lazar: Congratulations.
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I don't know. Da Nang was rough.=
Adler: Don't get soft like Sims. If we survived Vietnam, we can survive talking about Vietnam.
Sims: Tell it to my shrink, Doc.
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What's up with the evidence board?=
Adler: We're placing key intel up there, one for each mission - forming connections. I want a red line right to Perseus.
Why talk about our Da Nang mission?=
Adler: It'd be good for Park to hear it from us firsthand. Maybe, we have overlooked something.
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Park seems familiar.=
Adler: You probably crossed paths at MI6. Maybe, you two have a special rapport. Keep it professional, Bell.
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How long's this place been in use?=
Adler: The safe house? I've done time here before, years back. This go around... just a few days now. Ask Lazar. he can't get enough of safehouses.
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So, you've worked with Lazar before?=
Adler: We've done some jobs together. Good guy, you'll like him. Ke keeps things light.
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[Exit] That's it.=
Adler: Don't be a stranger.
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[Lazar]
Lazar: Bell.
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How long have you been with the CIA?=
Lazar: Working with the CIA, over a decade. On their actual payroll... going on about five years. I was born in D.C. - parents moved to Israel when I was a kid. Dual citizenship has its advantages.
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Israel?=
Lazar: Yeah. I landed in the Israeli Defense Forces out of university. Did a tour there. After that, the Mossad. That's when I started working with the CIA... and occasionally our boss-man, Adler, over there.
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Did you know of Perseus before this mission?=
Lazar: You probably know more than me. I guess it's something the top brass wanted to keep to themselves.
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I hear you enjoy safehouses.=
Lazar: (chuckles) This one is luxury. Fresh air, lots of room. Try being squeezed into a five-hundred square foot shithole with five other people. The long drive into Berlin is worth it, believe me.
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[Exit] Later.=
Lazar: Enough talk.
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[Park]
Park: How are things, Bell?
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Interested in Vietnam stories?=
Park: In this case, quite. I understand you have firsthand knowledge that could help us.
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I don't think I've talked about Vietnam in years.=
Park: It must be difficult, Bell. I can't claim to have experienced what you have. Perhaps, going over it again could be... therapeutic?
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You look familiar - have we worked together before?=
Park: You and I? It's entirely possible. I have a long, collaborative history with other intelligence services. Our paths have likely crossed at some point.
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Anything I can help you with?=
Park: Well, I'm keen to hear about your time in Indochina. So close to Perseus...
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What do you know about Perseus?=
Park: Not nearly as much as I'd like. I have experience with others like Perseus. They're all chess players. I enjoy predicting the next move.
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[Exit] I'll leave you to it.=
Park: We'll talk again soon.
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Bell walks over to the evidence board to begin the mission.
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