York, England (level)/Transcript

Cutscene: The Fall of Man

''A map of Russia appears on screen. It begins to be slowly engulfed by a black stain, representing the Chimera spreading across the country.''


 * Rachel Parker (narrating): The Chimeran threat began in Russia. The origin of the virus is unknown, but it's effects were devastating and swift. In the 1930's, reports of biological experiments began leaking out of Russia.

The image changes to a photograph of an abandoned village.


 * Rachel Parker (narrating): Then reports of villages destroyed over night...then, entire cities. We feared the Russians had developed a weapon of unparalleled power...the truth was far worse.

A photo of the Russian wall appears.


 * Rachel Parker (narrating): The Chimera stayed sealed within Russia for over a decade.

The map reappears, the black stain accelerates across the rest of Europe.


 * Rachel Parker (narrating): Then, in 1949, they launched an assault that overwhelmed all of Europe in a matter of weeks.

The stain covers all of the European Continent, then spreads across the English island.


 * Rachel Parker (narrating): For several months, we thought England was safe. But in October of 1950, the Chimera burrowed under the channel.

The scene changes to a photograph of London, abandoned.


 * Rachel Parker (narrating): We had prepared for them, but in three months time, the war was lost. We abandoned the cities to the Chimera and retreated to scattered military bases and outposts...the Chimera had won.

A photograph of an American regiment on board an aircraft carrier, preparing to land in York.


 * Rachel Parker (narrating): On July 11th, 1951, the Americans launched an assault on the eastern coast of Europe.

A photograph of Nathan Hale fades in.


 * Rachel Parker (narrating): On the second wave of that assault was a Sergeant named Nathan Hale. The actions of that soldier have become a matter of both scrutiny and myth. What follows are the known events of his life, from July 11th to July 14th, the day he was last seen.

''The photo becomes colored, then becomes a moving cut-scene. Hale turns to and opens his locker. He takes out his combat knife and his helmet. He then takes out a photo of himself and the participants of Project Abraham. He stares solemnly at the photograph, but then hears the warning bell and puts on his helmet. The scene fades to black.''

''On board the American aircraft carrier, which looks like the U.S.S Lexington, Hale boards a VTOL. The VTOL's door closes.''


 * Pilot: We're good to go!

''The VTOL takes off and flies away from the carrier, on it's way to York. The VTOL links up with a squadron of VTOLs.''


 * Rachel Parker (narrating): The American soldiers had no idea what they would soon be facing-the American government had sealed it's borders in 1950. Radio waves and newspapers became state property. Only the highest levels of their government knew the truth. The Operation was an exchange. The Americans were bringing supplies and tanks into York, we were giving them our one secret weapon-something we could offer that they couldn't build themselves. I was the commander of the convoy team that was to meet the U.S. soldiers. We were ambushed in Manchester on the way to the rendezvous. There was no way to warn the Americans. They were on their own in York, fighting an enemy they knew nothing about.

''The VTOL carrying Hale begins it's descent. It hovers over the city's ruins.''


 * Rachel Parker (narrating): We never learned exactly what happened there. All we know is that Nathan Hale was the sole survivor.


 * Squad Leader: GO, GO, GO!

''Hale and the soldiers take a rope and slide down into York. Gameplay begins.''

The Gauntlet 11th July 1951 - 06:13 GMT
Black Ops Message: ''Red forces encountered. Non-uniform opposition confirmed.''

{Gameplay}

A Chimeran mortar round took down a VTOL that had dropped Hale and his squad off.


 * Squad Leader: Fall in! We're getting out of here! Kawalski!


 * Kawalski: Sir!


 * Squad Leader: Your squad, go now!

Kawalski and his squad advance.


 * Sqaud Leader: [To Hale] You're with me, now lets go!

The soldiers encountered a incoming group of Chimeran Hybrids and are quickly killed off, leaving Hale the lone surviving squad member.

Carbon Fourteen's Squad Leader [Radio Link]: Carbon One this is One-Four we got multiple contacts, we got nothing but flak over here!

As Hale make his trough the streets he encountered a crashed flaming VTOL and two soldiers suddenly came out of there on fire, screaming in agony and are immediately dead.

Hale advances down York and regroup with troops of American rangers as a VTOL is destroyed from mid-air.


 * U.S. Soldier 1: Guess we can kiss air support goodbye!

Some soldiers are being killed from enemy mortar fire as they advance to a two-story building and having a fire-fight with Hybrids.


 * U.S. Soldier 2: They've gotten up on us! Lightner! Target the hostiles up on the balcony!

Hale cleared the Hybrids defending the building and enter into it as a Hybrid climbed up the stairs and is immediately shot to death by two American soldiers.


 * U.S. Soldier 3: Alright, that was beautiful!


 * U.S. Soldier 4: Hostiles!

The two soldiers then enter into a room and are later killed. (If one of the two soldiers survives: Go on ahead Sarge, I'll catch up.) (If both soldiers survive: Go on ahead Sarge, we'll regroup with Arrow Four.)

Hale Goes on the balcony where a dead soldier lays.


 * Able Company's Commander [Radio link]: Able company to command, we've found the Anti-Aircraft. You're not going to believe this. It's some sort of walking tank!


 * Able Company's Commander [Radio Link]: Able company, we're prepared to engage the AA. Prep the hawks. The flyboys will be back in business before you know it. Wish you luck. Able out.

Hale sees two American soldiers on the road below, he jumps off the balcony and follows them.

Hale advance up with the soldiers and encountered several Hybrids, and leaving Hale the only survivor. (If one or two soldiers survives: [Same as last time])

Hale manage to fought his way through and encountered a group of American soldiers.


 * The Captain: Sergeant Hale. Look like your squad got it bad. Come on, lets get to the depot double-time!

Cutscene

As Hale and the soldiers walk through a dried up creek bed.


 * U.S. Soldier 5: Captain, are you seeing this?


 * The Captain: What the hell is that?!


 * U.S. Soldier 5: Holy shit!

''A swarm of Crawlers advance to the group as a soldier fire at them and quickly swarm over the soldiers. The soldiers frantically try to brush them off but are quickly infected into subconsciousness. Hale is the only one left standing as he desperately trying to get them off and is succumbed to the Crawlers and collapses. The Crawlers then enter into his mouth.''

A photo of a half destroyed bridge.


 * Rachel Parker (narrating): No one knows exactly how Hale was infected by the Chimeran Virus.

A photo shows a group comatose soldiers that were attacked by the Crawlers.


 * Rachel Parker (narrating): Our only clue was in a journal entry recovered from the body of a U.S. medic. It said he founded a number of comatose soldiers in a dry creek bed.

A Photo shows the body of Nathan Hale.


 * Rachel Parker (narrating): One of the soldiers, a sergeant, suddenly woke up. Unlike the other soldiers his body has no wounds at all.

A photos shows three soldiers including a woken Hale walking down the creek bed.


 * Rachel Parker (narrating): The sergeant refuses any kind of medical examination. Insisting of catching up with the rest of the company.

A photo then shows the same comatose soldiers.


 * Rachel Parker (narrating): If that sergeant was in fact Nathan Hale, then he would remains the only known person to wake up from being infected.

Photo then focus to a building.


 * Rachel Parker (narrating): Whether the Chimeran Virus mutated within him or whether his body has a innate resistance to it remains a mystery.

A lone Survivor - 07:47 GMT
Black Ops message: N/A


 * U.S. Medic: Hey Sarge, are you alright? They told me Arrow Two were wiped out. Come on!

{Gameplay}

''Hale and the Medic move on further when they see two Leapers go into a drain. A few steps further and a few leapers attack them.''


 * U.S. Medic: Argh, damn these things!

Hale and the Medic easily kill these leapers and advance further.


 * U.S. Medic: Where the hell are the Brits?

''Leapers attack from all sides. Another American soldier joins Hale and the Medic trying to help them by attacking leapers at the top of some stairs.''


 * U.S. Soldier 6: I got you covered, come on up!

Hale runs up the stairs, at this point the Medic may die.

''A few steps further and Hale and the soldier, the medic as well if still alive, are attacked by 3 Leapers and they are easily defeated. Hale and the other soldier[s] cross a wooden bridge they follow the path and get attacked by about 25 Leapers., at this point the soldier or the medic if he didn't die at the first bit may die. Hale kills them and jumps down a hill where he is immediately attacked by Hybrids on a balcony, he kills one and the others run away'' (If one Soldier survives: [Nothing is said]) (If the Soldier and the Medic survive: Go on ahead sarge, we'll regroup with Arrow Four.)

''Hale goes up the stairs and reaches the balcony, he goes into the building and is attacked on the third floor by Hybrids. He kills them and goes into the next building which is connected by a wooden plank who kills the Hybrids that attack him there and proceeds to another building with a caved in floor. Hale is about to jump down the hole when his radio goes off''


 * Captain Winters [Radio Link]: This is Winters. Baker One approaching Kilo road two clicks from the depot. Who's near my position sound off.


 * Baker Three's Squad leader [Radio Link]: Baker One this is Three. We're moving wounded it is slow going.


 * Baker Twelve's Squad Leader [Radio Link]: Baker Twelve. We've got what's left of Five and Ten. Approaching depot from Romeo road ETA ten minutes.


 * Captain Winters [Radio Link]: Goddamit, someone's got be be around here. Where's Arrow?


 * U.S Soldier 7 [Radio Link]: Arrow came in over the AA. They bought it in the streets.


 * Captain Winters [Radio Link]: Perfect! Alright all Baker units proceed to the depot ASAP.

Hale come through the hole in the floor and kills the Hybrids hiding, then he jumps off a balcony and walks over to the undestroyed tank where the body of an American soldier lays.


 * King Company's Commander [Radio Link]: 2nd Cav to command. We've lost King Six on Kilo road.


 * Command [Radio Link]: Roger King One. You'll have to find another way to the depot.

After Hale drives the Sabretooth and fighting Chimeran forces on the way as he comes to a curve.


 * Captain Winters [Radio Link]: Baker Twelve to Baker One. We're at the depot... there's too many of them sir. We can't take the depot without armor.

As Hale drives over into a block.


 * Captain Winters [Radio Link]: (referring to Hale) Armor on the way! You hold that LZ and no one dies until I get there! Is that clear!?

Following Hale complete eradicates Chimeran presence near the bus depot and regroups with the remains of the American Rangers.

Cutscene

Photograph shows American forces entering the bus depot.


 * Rachel Parker (narrating): The Americans regroup at a abandon depot at southeast York.

Photograph then pans to Captain Winters.


 * Rachel Parker (narrating): Under the command of a Captain Winters they staged a daring tactical offensive.

Scene then shifts to a map of York.


 * Rachel Parker (narrating): The Chimera had begun to close in on their position.

Scene slowly shifts to an image of the bus depot.


 * Rachel Parker (narrating): If the Americans secure the site, they would have a perfect landing zone and the battle would tip in their favor.

Spires - 09:16 GMT
As Hale enters.


 * U.S. Soldier 8: They really dug in there sir!


 * Captain Winters: They must know that this is a prime landing zone. If we can hold it we can get some of our own reinforcements in here.


 * Soldiers present: Yes sir!

Hale enters into battle.

{Gameplay}


 * Captain Winters [Radio Link]: These guys are turning us into shreds! Get out into that situation!


 * U.S. Soldier 9 [Radio Link]: Sir yes sir!

Once near the base of the conflict, Chimeran sentry guns are firing.


 * Captain Winters [Radio Link]: Those goddamn machine guns will bury us all! Wrinkler! Get me a basic fire on that entrenchment! Patton, followup on the inside, get it done!

If Hale clear out one of the Chimeran entrenchment.


 * Captain Winters [Radio Link]: We got it! Yeah, that's one down!

If Hale clear out the second entrenchment.


 * Captain Winters [Radio Link]: That's two for the good guys! One to go!

If Hale clear out the last entrenchment.


 * Captain Winters [Radio Link]: That's all of them! Defensive positions! Schwane, run a sweep north of these walls! Blair get me south and west, I want to know what heading this way before we gag on it!

Another wave of Chimera forces blast a wall north of the depot.


 * Captain Winters [Radio Link]: Enemy contact! North wall at the motorcade! Eagleson secure that wall! Templeson, take your squad and back him up!

Following after Hale kills the Chimera north at the motorcade.


 * Either Eagleson or Templeson [Radio Link]: That stop them! North wall secure sir!


 * Captain Winters [Radio Link]: That's it! We'll not gonna leave the armor but scraps and a bad smell!

Another Chimera force explodes and enter at the west wall.


 * Captain Winters [Radio Link]: More hostile to the west! They're coming around that fuel station!

After Hale kills a considerable number of Hybrids.


 * Captain Winters [Radio Link]: We're driving them out friendlies! Don't you stop until this square is full of shit and spinal fluid!

After all the Hybrids are killed.


 * Captain Winters [Radio Link]: And the cavalry's here! Perfect timing!

Cutscene

Hale and the squad gather together.


 * Captain Winters: Well fought! We might just hold this little piece of heaven. Topazini get those tanks in here and scrap out the landing zone.

Topazini see something and points to it.


 * Topazini: Sir!


 * Captain Winters: [seeing where Topazini pointing at] Incoming!!!

''Several spire missiles hits the depot which the last one lands near Hale and sends a barrel to knock him unconscious. The spires then releases swarms of Crawlers before the cutscene fades to black.''

The scene changes to a photo showing the depot towered by spire missiles.


 * Rachel Parker (narrating): We know from the craters that the Chimera ended the battle by launching spires. There was no defenses against the spire attack. By the time you see them in the air its already too late.

The scene shows a picture examination of a Crawler.

Scene then changes to Carriers carrying the comatose bodies of the American soldiers at the bus depot.
 * Rachel Parker (narrating): After impact, the spires releases swarms of crawlers. Literally thousands of them could come from a single spire. Whole cities had been infected in minutes.


 * Rachel Parker (narrating): After the crawlers have done their work the Chimera send in carriers to collect the dormant victims. The role of the carriers is to transport in infected humans to conversion centers. It is these locations that the Chimeran creatures were born.

Scene changes to a picture of a conversion center.


 * Rachel Parker (narrating): Hale was brought to a conversion center in the town of Grimsby. My convoy team and I were imprisoned at the same location. We have been captured uninfected so we were put in makeshift pens until they could infect us.