Into The Fire

**Into The Fire** is a mission featured in the *Frontline Warfare* campaign. It is a prologue/tutorial of this story.

## Characters

* "D-16" (Status Unknown)
* "D-11" (Status Unknown)
* "D-21" (K.I.A.)
* "D-14" (K.I.A.)
* "D-17" (K.I.A.)
* "D-28" (Status Unknown)
* "K-19"

## Mission Briefing

**Into The Fire**

~~"D-16"~~

**Duga-1** ~~, Ukrainian S.S.R.~~

~~May 7~~ **1997**

## **Plot**

On May 7, 1977 a soldier under the code name "**D-16**" is a squad commander with GVO forces who have been deployed into the **Chernobyl Exclusion Zone** to search for Ultranationalist activity in the city of **Pripyat** and the nearby **Duga-1 Radar**, no one dared to search the **Chernobyl Nuclear Plant** itself as it was too irritated for anyone to be in. Inside one of the helicopters "D-16" A few hours later a team of **GVO** soldiers that included "D-16" found a hidden bunker beside the Radar.

"**D-11**" radioed to about the new find to "**Command**" which quickly ordered the immediate search of the bunker. "D-16" along with a team of GVO soldiers consisting of "D-11", "**D-21**", "**D-14**", and a few others stormed the bunker and found **Ultranationalists** inhabiting the bunker. A quick firefight ensued which the GVO easily won. With the Ultranationalists defeated and the bunker secured the soldiers quickly searched the area for important assets. Soon the bunker team reported that they have found many important Ultranationalist documents regarding to communications, when "Command" got news of the success they ordered the bunker team to rendezvous with the other teams outside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone as they were leaving once the team in the bunker retrieved all valuables.

But before the bunker team could get into their vehicles an Ultranationalist ambush caught the team off guard, killing "D-21". With this new threat, "Command" ordered an extraction helicopter and nearby soldiers to protect the bunker team immediately. Despite having no other teams nearby before the search of the bunker squad of GVO soldiers were in the vicinity. The bunker team tried to fight off the ambush out in the convoy but it was quickly proven ineffective as they were somehow outnumbered despite searching the area before. The bunker team decided that retreating back to the bunker was their best bet but they couldn't get out of cover as they were under heavy fire.

"D-14" decided that he'll distract them as he has nothing to lose, with that "D-14" goes inside one of the armored cars and proceeded to drive to the opposite direction of the team which "D-14" promptly told his squad that he is honored to have served with his real family right before his armored car gets destroyed by an **RPG-7**. The bunker team now in the safety of the bunker radioed in for reinforcements which Vlad confirmed that reinforcements were heading their way. The team tried to get into defense positions but the bunker doors were quickly busted open by an explosion and another firefight ensued. "D-16" and the squad fought hard but were outgunned, soon "**D-17**" gets shot in the head while trying to head deeper into the bunker.

The squad getting pushed deeper and deeper into the bunker until they were in the final floor of the bunker with no hope that reinforcements will arrive soon enough it was their last stand in the bunker. The remaining soldiers close the blast doors and set up defensive positions as their final location was on a circular platform housing an old prototype anti-missile system. Once realizing that they were on a movable platform "D-11" tells "D-16" that he is going to find the control panel. When "D-11" finds the control panel and informs the squad that he has found the control panel but "**D-28**" says that it will not work but "D-11" soon replies that the they have been saved as red lights start to flash around them, the bunker team cheers but their luck runs out when the blast door gets hit by an explosion, the bunker team is silent but nothing happens. The platform starts to move a little when another explosion destroys the blast doors.

The intercom in a rusty distorted voice announces that the facility is under attack as alarms start to blare around them. The platform stops moving and "D-11" announces that the platform control is now in lockdown and requires a passcode. "D-16" angry at this, orders "D-11" to find anything that would be the passcode but before he could finish talking a barrage of bullets hit all around him. The bunker team fights hard but they are slowly and slowly running out of ammunition. "D-16" tries to radio back to "Command" but no response, as he looks around him he sees another one of his squadmates get shot while trying to fire back, "D-16" loosing hope that the reinforcements will arrive on time decides that if hes gonna go down he's going to go down saving is squadmates.

Before "D-16" could strap as many explosions as he can he hears someone on the radio, surprised and asks for the person's identity which the person reveals that they are the reinforcements. "D-16" announces that the reinforcements have arrived which makes the remaining soldier fight harder than ever. Before long the bunker team and reinforcements quickly took out the rest of the Ultranationalists. The bunker team is exhausted and relieved that they are finally relieved from the bunker and celebrate their victory but remembering the sacrifices of their comrades quickly silents them. Looking at the reinforcement team a soldier asks him about the status of the secret documents. "D-16" suddenly remembers what they were originally here for. The soldier tells him to hand over the documents which "D-16" replies with that their squad bled and died for it and how could the soldier only care about the documents. The soldier again asks for the documents saying that command has ordered they have it. "D-16" annoyed hands over to the soldier. The soldier then says that their line of duty is over which confuses the bunker squad.

"D-11" asks the soldier what he means by that which the soldier replies that they have been relieved of duty permanently and pulls out his handgun and shoots "D-11". "D-16" angered that his comrade had just been shot by their own raises his rifle at the soldier and looks for the rest of his squad and the other reinforcement troops to be along with him but instead he sees the other reinforcements firing at the rest of his squadmates. Looking back he sees the soldier aiming the handgun at him and fires, making the screen go black.