Flatline Mission

Fischer's mansion on Cardone Island.

**Flatline** is the fifth and final mission in the Hidden Order Saga I. The Monochrome agents attempt to track down and capture Marshal Fischer at his island in the Baltic Sea, but are shocked to discover that Fischer had only betrayed them in order to lure a larger threat away from the team and the Order.

## Synopsis

### Background

After successfully exfiltrating from Poland with the help of Jana Shultz, a Knight of the Syndicate with team Hacksaw, the agents prepare to track down Marshal Fischer. Agent Shultz was able to get a hold of Monochrome's captain from the open channel, and was able to secure them a transport against the better judgment of her superior, Marshal Kirsch.

Despite having seemingly been framed by Fischer, and despite their rivalry leading up to this situation, Marshal Kirsch was troubled as to why Fischer betrayed his team and the Order in the way he did. Although the two Marshals were at odds over prestige, he knew that Fischer’s character would not stoop to such lows. As such, he authorized agent Shultz to provide Monochrome with whatever tools and equipment they needed to hunt Fischer down.

### Island Assault

The island they were attacking—Cardone Island—was a natural fortress due to the difficult-to-navigate waters surrounding it and its Soviet era radar systems which detected incoming ships in advance. In order to covertly breach the island, the team used submersible vehicles to pass through the radar zone without detection. Upon landing on the island, the team moved towards the suspected location of Fischer's estate.

Along the way, the team heard distant gunfire and decided to check it out. Upon arriving to the scene, the team discovered Fischer's private security (masked men in suits) deceased on the road. The team was tipped off that someone else may have been attempting this attack on Fischer's property as well.

As the team arrived at the outskirts of the estate property, they discovered that the home was constructed high above the ground with walls surrounding it on all sides. With only one way in, the team began their assault, clearing through the compound and uncovering a secret entrance to the structure's underground bunker. The team descended into the bunker and discovered that Fischer had been secretly assembling the Soviet WMD device they delivered in the La Pincha mission. Puzzled, the team heard a voice over the intercom. It was Fischer.

He explained that he did not betray the team and the Order for nothing and that he did it as a ruse to draw attention off the team. He explained that there existed a death squad from the Soviet era known as the Koschei who had been searching all over the globe for these experimental WMDs, and would completely destroy anyone with ties to their whereabouts (as they had done to the Cabán cartel). In an effort to lead this death squad off the trail of Monochrome and the Order, Fischer faked his betrayal and stole the device himself to lure the Koschei to him where he planned on detonating the device himself.

In light of this new information, Monochrome hesitantly agreed to help Fischer complete his objective by reactivating the island's diesel power station to provide power to the WMD, after which the team would hastily exfiltrate from the island. When the team was successfully away from the island, the WMD was triggered which appeared to cause massive lightning storms across the entire island—signifying that the device may have been a weather-altering device.

With the Monochrome agents safe and the Koschei soldiers defeated on Cardone Island, Fischer was reinstated into the Order under the support of Marshal Kirsch and the rest of Monochrome.