Deeper Truth Mission

Star Team entering the complex via a drainage pipe.

The **Deeper Truth** mission is a Star Team intel operation that occurs right after the Missing Pieces mission. The team investigates a Soviet Radar Base to try and understand what was really going on in Vietnam when the Sub-Continuum Force investigated it.

## Synopsis

Following the events of the Missing Pieces mission, the Star Team members move on a heavily fortified Soviet Radar Base located in north-west USSR to learn about the experiments that were being conducted in Vietnam and who was behind them. What they discover is that there is a secret Soviet research branch called the Dark Sword Research Group (DSRG) was created to research time-travel and matter warping as a means of reaching enemies across the globe when they least expect it. This type of combat was dubbed "dimensional warfare" and was going to be used to directly assault the capital cities of NATO countries in one fell swoop. The Soviets also planned on time travelling to execute political rivals to ensure a favourable leader would forever be in charge of what was to be the most powerful nation on the planet.

This is the first time Dr. Petrov is met, as he is conducting early versions of his research with using a serum injection to protect Soviet troops when they enter the rift. Not knowing this detail, the team lets Petrov live and proceed to search the compound for valuable intel. The team also discovers that the DSRG is showing a demonstration of the warp to Red Army senior officers, but the test fails and a Minuteman appears on the other side. As he wreaks havoc to the base, the team pulls out and warps away, avoiding the destruction.

## Intel Found

### Dr. A. Petrov, M.D. | Medical Logs of Warped Patients

Although the primary research team was able to succeed at matter warping of their test subjects, the physiological and physical trauma experienced by the patients is far greater than anyone would have imagined. There is no way to tell what hell these men and women experienced while floating through the rift. Most patients come back either partially or completely brain dead from the trauma. One or two I've seen were still able to speak, but their words carried no meaning. The vast majority of the ones who returned were either bruised or burned completely all over their skin. I hear there is another team working on building a type of suit to prevent this during warping, but the minerals they need are extremely rare and have only come up so far in the south pacific. I believe I know who is operating the team of researchers down there... the man is crazy about aztec prophecies and the historical artifacts they have there. I should really get back to working on MY solution. If this medication works, there will be no need for any sort of glorified space suit. One injection of this solution should protect any troops who walk through the rift.

### темный меч - Operational Report to Moscow #31

The Dark Sword Research Group is closer to achieving the goal we were founded upon now more than ever before. We have succeeded at transporting objects such as weapons and explosives through the rift, which can theoretically already be used to send weapons to sleeping agents abroad. If we can overcome this small challenge with live humans, it is only a matter of time before an army of hundreds—no, thousands of USSR troops arrive on the front door of the whitehouse, or buckingham palace in the blink of an eye! The era of dimensional warfare is almost upon us, and we at the DSRG shall guide it into reality. NATO shall be the first to realize the might of our great nation, and soon thereafter, the world will come to learn!

### Garrison Keeper's Record for DECEMBER 1980:

Four extra rooms have been emptied on base due to the redeployment of Kharov's team back to Moscow. I hear him and his men are flying to Fiji or somewhere in one month from now. I envy those who get such extravagent vacations lined up while I freeze my ass off in this frigid tundra for 11 months in the year. Immediate clearing of his room's leftover belongings is authorized. Anything found will be thrown in the trash.

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### Kharov's Papers (found in trash):

This is it. We almost have the technology for successful human trials in our hands, but something is holding us back. I had heard of these ancient statues around the world that made people feel ill when approaching them. Their symptoms were very similar to those of the men who come through the other side of the rift. If we can somehow harness and revert the energy of these aztec structures, we may be able to protect our troops when they make the jump. I believe this idea is far more feasible than Dr. Petrov's medical solution... some doctors should refrain from giving their input into everything. Myself and my three best researchers also repurposed project #876 into a usable radio spectrum analysis device. We named it the SRSA (pronounced cersa), or the Soviet Radio Spectrum Analyzer. It will help us locate these ancient structures for immediate study.

### Weapon Inventory Reports:

All weapon shipments were succesfully organized in their place. The only missing inventory is the crate of U.S. made high caliber marksman rifles. They were wooden and cheap, so I am not sure if someone took or misplaced them. I will check with the logistics officer to see where they could have gone.

### Patient #89 Triage Papers:

MEDICAL WARD PATIENT NUMBER 89, ARRIVED DEC 7TH, 1980. EXTREME HEAD TRAUMA AND INTERNAL BLEEDING: Patient No.89 arrived at our ward in a similar condition to most of the subjects, bruised and burned. This man had less blood in the cornea and appeared to be more alert than the other brain-dead patients we handled. He spoke nonsense for most of the encounter, jumbling random words together. The only meaningful sentence put together was: "Answer found -- look through an eye's dot." He repeated this several more times before he was sedated, and ultimately succumbed to his wounds 46 minutes later.