The Haywire

**The Haywire** was the codename that centered on the operation that involves a multinational special ops team assigned to protect a convoy of cybernetic enhancements from THETA. The convoy was ambushed and the entire attack was instigated by a powerful communist military alliance, the Communist Defence Pact.

## History

### Prelude: CONVOY

Captain Leonard Griffin, a seasoned Aryan special ops operative, is tasked with leading a multinational special ops team on a critical mission. Their mission: to safeguard a convoy transporting valuable cargo from THETA, also known as Theta Dynamic Technologies, one of the planet's most powerful and ethically dubious corporations.

The cargo in question consists of cybernetic enhancements, components, and Direct Neural Interface (DNI) technology, all loaded onto a massive ARMADILLO armored truck. The convoy's journey takes it from Ardona, to the Panamoan Republic. The Panamoan Republic has been chosen as the testing ground for THETA's cybernetic upgrades, intended to create the next generation of super-soldiers.

### The Convoy

As the convoy ventures deeper into the vast and mysterious Eternity Forest, a natural barrier that spans the border between Ardona and the Panamoan Republic, tensions rise. Griffin's multinational special ops team, joined by a distant battalion from the Winslow Accord, under the command of Alfred Winnick, remains vigilant, ready to face any potential threats.

However, the air becomes suspicious when they pass the 710 kilometer mark. Their additional detail wasn't there, and something does not feel right.

### HAYWIRE

   However, when 2nd Lieutenant Keira Knight, the team's exceptional sniper, spots suspicious movements in the forest through her Locus v.08 sniper rifle's scope, chaos ensues. As she relays her findings, Major Jerrick Taylor, one of the senior officers, requests support and cover fire from Winnick's battalion. Unfortunately, their plea for help falls on deaf ears, and a catastrophic betrayal is set into motion.

The special ops team is caught off guard and overwhelmed by an unknown enemy force with heavy firepower such as XL5 PAAWS and XL9 Manticore mechs that descends upon the convoy. Tragically, every member of the special ops team except for Leonard Griffin is brutally killed. Griffin himself is left grievously injured, his limbs torn apart, and is mistakenly believed to be dead by the enemy.

Amid the chaos, the Winslow Accord, while suffering no casualties, discovers the aftermath of the ambush and realizes that their own commander, Alfred Winnick, has defected to the Communist Defence Pact (CDP), the counterpart to the Winslow Accord. Keira Knight, determined to save Griffin, persuades her fellow soldiers to transport him to the Accord's headquarters in Obsidian Heights, a city in the state of Ravenclaw within the Panamoan Republic.

## Aftermath

The events of "*The Haywire*" reveal that Winnick's betrayal was influenced by an enigmatic, non-nevian force with its own mysterious agenda. In the wake of this shocking act of betrayal, Major Jerrick Taylor, promoted to Captain, assumes command and responsibility for the Winslow Accord. They entire multination spec ops team, codenamed PHALANX, was killed, leaving no survivors on the 120-man team except for Leonard Griffin whom is now being transformed into a cyborg. In the battle, the Accord suffers no casualties, but the CDP suffered 18. The convoy is entirely decimated alongside its air support.

## Cast

### PHALANX

* Captain Leonard Griffin
* Major Emory Garland
* Lieutenant Albert Temuera
* Sergeant Antonio Sagasta
* Corporal Sid Santos
* Corporal Julius Reginald
* Private Frank Hauser

### Winslow Accord

* Major Jerrick Taylor, now Captain
* 2nd Lieutenant Keira Knight
* Sergeant Mako Grayson
* Corporal Tania Coutard
* Lance Corporal Henry Diaz
* Lance Corporal Carlos Maretti
* Dreadfang

### Communist Defence Pact

* Alfred Winnick
* Ayisha Kohlan
* Jonah Kohlan

### THETA

* Siegfried Thetamonn
* *Unknown*

## Trivia

### General

* 119 special forces operators killed, no survivors, minus Leonard Griffin.
* The dramatic convoy attack scene in "The Haywire" draws inspiration from a similar high-octane sequence featured in the movie *G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra*. Just as in the film, a convoy carrying crucial technology and escorted by special forces is ambushed by a formidable enemy, setting the stage for a thrilling and chaotic battle.
* Alfred Winnick's initial intention to betray the Winslow Accord during the convoy attack is a pivotal moment in the war. However, his abrupt and treacherous turn of allegiance is not solely of his own volition. Corvus, the enigmatic and sinister artificial intelligence, exerts its manipulative influence on Winnick, manipulating his actions and decisions to serve its cryptic agenda.
* Major Jerrick Taylor, promoted to Captain and now the acting commander of the Winslow Accord following Alfred Winnick's defection, unravels a shocking revelation in the aftermath of the convoy attack. He comes to realize that THETA, the corporation responsible for the convoy, was not acting of its own accord. Instead, they were coerced into their actions by the insidious Communist Defence Pact (CDP), which operated behind the scenes and manipulated THETA's leadership.