Get Back the Antarctic Remains

*Get Back the Antarctic Remains* is the eighth campaign mission of Spriggan: Lunar Verse. The ruins under excavation in Antarctica are raided by Trident's special forces. The situation has reached urgency level to the point where reinforcements are required to battle against the troops. Tatsuki must head to the Antarctic ruins and suppress Trident's forces.

## Briefing

Graham holds another emergency briefing that the ARCAM excavation team in the ruins of Antarctica was unexpectedly ambushed by Trident's special forces. He states that the ruins are not fully excavated and they have yet to discover what lies within there. The situation appears to be out of control, in which reinforcements are needed as soon as possible to handle the Trident troops. Tatsuki's originally wasn't considered to partake in this mission, but since he is closest to the site, Graham requests him to handle this conflict until the arrival of ARCAM's reinforcements.

## Mission Overview

The visibility is noticeably poor due to the snowstorm. Graham contacts Tatsuki to notify him about the entrance of the ruins should be located on the mountainside. The latter then makes his way to the objective point. Along the way, he duels against Trident soldiers armed with assault rifles and rocket launchers. Land mines are also placed to deter any intruders attempting to explore the ruins. Nevertheless, Tatsuki successfully deals against his obstacles and makes his way to the mountain's tunnel.

Upon exiting the tunnel, Tatsuki receives another call from Graham, stating he doesn't know what Trident is up to, but knows that they are abusing the technology of ancient civilization for weapons development. If they successfully managed to secure one of them from the ruins, ARCAM and the whole humanity will be in danger so it is imperative for Tatsuki to quickly secure the ruins. The snowstorm is stronger than the area that Tatsuki were before entering the tunnel, thus visibility is much worse. He takes extra precautions to avoid falling off from the high point of the mountain, dodging avalanches, and making his way to the ruins, all while fighting against additional Trident troops attempting to impede his progress. Eventually, he comes across a gate leading to the entrance outside the ruins and proceeds to pass through it.

Tatsuki finds himself witnessing the two unknown individuals standing beside a group of barrels. The woman reveals herself to be Trident Special Forces "Thunder Spear" captain, Maria Leskov. She demonstrates her confidence with the statement that she won't allow an unidentified soldier pass through her. However, she takes a closer look at the individual, and eventually identifies Tatsuki from the undersea ruins under excavation that she previously infiltrated. She decides this is the opportunity for a rematch, this time with her being stronger than before. She orders her deputy captain, Hayato, to team up towards neutralizing Tatsuki. Both of them prepare their suits, and Maria blocks off the entrance by creating a small avalanche that causes a glacier of ice to fall down from above behind Tatsuki. The two-on-one battle then commences, but Tatsuki already grew from his experiences with previous missions, and manages to win against both Trident's elite troops.

Upon dealing with both of them, the mysterious girl that was hiding through the entire fight comes out from the ruin's entrance. She walks up to Tatsuki and shares a few cryptic statements to him. By then, Graham contacts him once again, praising him of successfully fending off Trident forces from their failed raid operation. He then instructs him to check if the legacy of the ancient civilization has emerged from the entrance. If Trident manages to secure it, the situation would be dire. By the time Graham finishes his call, the girl heads back at the same entrance, but not without pleading Tatsuki to help her in the future.

## Debriefing

Graham finds out about the legacy of the ancient civilization not being discovered within the ruins at the entrance, and forms a theory that Trident troops most likely already took it away. It turns out that particular legacy is a weapon of mass destruction containing an appearance of a large robot. He recalls a Spriggan engaging a similar type before, and it was significantly dangerous. As a result, he must locate the place that it was taken to immediately.