Assessment00 (S.C.A.R.E.D. Hour Zero)

## First Encounter

Strength| * 1 Leftanent
* 2 National Guard Soldiers
* 7 Security Guards
* HOTEL 3
	+ 7 Raiders
* HOTEL 5
	+ 2 Enforcers
	+ 6 Raiders
* HOTEL 7
	+ 4 Raiders
* 1 Skeleton

Casualties| * All forces (minus Garland)

Assessment00, Hour Zero, was the second battle of the S.C.R.E.A.M. Incursion, apart of the D.E.A.T.H. Siege, after Setup00: Hour Zero. It is the first battle present in the game.

## Prelude

The battle started a few hours after the conclusion of Setup00. The Virginia National Guard and Stealth Combat and Rescue Elite Deployment organized a special unit to carry out a recon mission. The National Guard were under the impression that they were working with the United States Marine Corps, so they sent in Marine Escort to support the S.C.A.R.E.D. Leftanent.

## The Battle

### First Encounter

The battle began when the S.C.R.E.A.M. Forces entered the area and started fighting the security guards. Shortly after, the Marine Escort and Leftanent entered the facility. The Leftanent engaged in combat with HOTEL 7 of HOTEL Company, while Marine Escort was able to get through the area with no resistance. The Leftanent escaped thorugh a vent where he encountered Kiahm Henderson and a Holy Warrior.

### Underground

After this encounter, the Leftanent ended up diverting through a lab where he attacked HOTEL 3, after catching a glimpse of Nahum. He was able to uncover a flash drive that contained information about 7 Navy SEALs being killed trying to get rid of the Failed Test Subjects. The Leftanent was ambushed in a holding area, and after a tense shootout, killed the retreating Raiders.

### Passageway

After leaving the research area, the Leftanent and Marine Escort met up in the loading bay of the facility, where the Leftanent went to open the loading bay doors. A squad of S.C.R.E.A.M. Soldiers, HOTEL 5, attacked Marine Escort. The Leftanent was able to kill HOTEL 5, but was attacked and taken by Kiahm Henderson.

## Aftermath

After the battle, Commander Millward dispatched Assault Team Union to locate the missing soldiers while S.C.A.R.E.D. dispatched Recon Team Yankiee. In turn, S.C.R.E.A.M. sent in VICTOR Company to lock the area down.

## Overview

### First Encounter

S.C.A.R.E.D. LFT. with Marine Escort has infiltrated the D.E.A.T.H. facility. Facility has stopped communicating. S.C.R.E.A.M. Forces are expected.

### Underground

S.C.A.R.E.D. LFT. has confirmed that the facility has been over run by S.C.R.E.A.M. Forces. FLIR has spotted LFT. to be moving closer to a large S.C.R.E.A.M. Force down under the facility,

### Passageway

S.C.A.R.E.D. LFT. has left underground facility. Mission remains the same.

## Objectives

### First Encounter

Investigate Facility

Find additional Intel

## Trivia

* In Passageway, despite Marine Escort saying they're engaging hostiles, they will still be in the loading bay.

* Originally, there was going to be a officer exclusive to this mission named Captain Rogers, who was in charge of Marine Escort and the Leftanent. He was removed from the game due to not fitting in with the plot.

* At one point there were four missions in the game, with the fourth mission having the Leftanent fighting a squad of Holy Warriors, before being attacked by Nahum. This mission would've been between Underground and Passageway. It was cut for unknown reasons.
	+ That mission was also going to appear at the end of Passageway where the Leftanent would've been forced to survive as long as he could've with Holy Warriors continuing to attack him. This was removed because Bullhead felt it would be more interesting if the Leftanent disappeared.

* At the start of First Encounter, there would've been hand grenades the player could've picked up in the empty room next to HOTEL 7. Bullhead said the AI had issues detecting grenades and grenades that exploded on impact would've caused too much damage for the close quarter levels.