Final Call Mission

Monochrome agent peering into the shrine room of the Elbekian temple.

**Final Call** is the tenth and final mission in the Hidden Order Saga. Upon learning from Jack Thorpe that the Elbekian gold was located in the Punta Castillo archipelago, the Monochrome agents prepare to get to it first before the Yaga Order can drill through the temple storing it. As the team unlock the gold chambers, they are poisoned by the Dogfighter who attempts to escape with the gold before being chased down and ultimately killed by the agents.

## Synopsis

The Hidden Order, once confident in its supremacy, had been humbled by recent events. While instigating a war in a foreign country was no simple task, it paled in comparison to the feats achieved by the Dogfighter and his Yaga Order in an equivalent timeframe. The potential for global influence, should they acquire the gold, was unthinkable and somewhat frightening.

Jack Thorpe, who had provided the critical final pieces of the puzzle on where the Elbekian gold was hidden, had spent his entire life tracking the elusive gold in an attempt to protect it. However, upon discovering more about the Elbekians and their scarce mineral, he had concluded it would be best left undiscovered. Yet, with the Dogfighter alarmingly close to seizing the treasure for his destructive intentions, Thorpe had decided to ally himself with the agents of Monochrome.

Upon discovering that the gold is stored within a temple on Isla Fortuna—a luxurious island micronation in the Punta Castillo archipelago—the Monochrome agents plan their next move. However, they need solid intelligence before proceeding. They turn to Lucas Greyson, an informant based in Fort Torres, a town perched on one of Isla Fortuna's peaks. A former informant for the agents, Greyson was trustworthy, and shared vital news: the Yaga Order was likely harnessing the island's central electrical station to power their massive drilling equipment.

In order to infiltrate the central power station unnoticed, the Monochrome agents needed to masquerade as electrical company workers. They tricked their way into an auxiliary power station by impersonating police officers (the uniforms being provided by Valentina De Luca), and stole uniforms and service vehicles. Disguised, they slipped past Yaga security and rendezvoused with Amura Elba, the elder of a shanty village within the secure zone and one of the few remaining descendants of the Elbekians.

Elba warned that while the temple chamber housing the gold was extremely durable, given time and brute force, the Yaga could breach it without the proper entry method. The agents raced to the temple, navigated its treacherous passageways, and arrived at a grand shrine room. They used a goblet and candle found in the HDMS Thunderbird wreck in the Siberian Tundra from a previous operation to unlock the gold chamber doors.

However, before the chamber fully opened, poisonous gas filled the room, rendering the agents unconscious. The Dogfighter appeared, gloating as he thanked the unconscious agents for leading him to the gold and unlocking the chamber. When the agents revived, they found the Dogfighter had removed all the gold and was preparing to fly it to his private ship via helicopter. Despite their pursuit, they failed to catch him.

In a desperate final effort, the agents divided into two teams. One followed the Dogfighter's ship by helicopter, while the other hacked into a local submarine base's computer system to commandeer the missile controls using Rex's remote systems. Once they gained control, the first team guided the missile using a homemade laser designator built by Sally Verduzco, given to them by Greyson.

The missile struck the ship, obliterating it and sinking the gold to the ocean's depths. The agents retreated to a safehouse on the island while the local authorities and military frantically responded to the crisis.