Lost and Broken/Transcript

Casemates
Cutscene

A map of Luxembourg is shown


 * Rachel Parker: [voiceover] Though Grayson had stopped the Earth Mover, it was too late. Chimera forces were already alerted to the Maquis presence in Luxembourg. Plans for our assault on the Paris tower were nearing completion when the Chimera struck. Our escape routes cut off by their machines and Drones, we were forced to use our last VTOLs to evacuate to the last remaining safe zone- a refugee camp which the Chimera had not yet discovered. [A map showing the planned retreat from Luxembourg to Reims is shown] It was imperative that the Maquis research into the Chimera conversion process, done by men like Bouchard's father not be lost. [Images of the Maquis labs are shown] Founded in 1939, the Military Defence Commission's primary goal was to research the Chimera and find a weapon that could destroy them. [An image of Dr. Bouchard is shown] Based on his ongoing research, Dr. Claude Bouchard felt the Maquis were close to a breakthrough; a serum that could prevent the Chimera from converting humans. But if Luxembourg fell before the evacuation was complete, his research would be lost.

''The scene becomes live. Dropships fly overhead over the ruins of the Earth Mover and distant explosions can be heard. A caption reads "Maquis Headquarters, Luxembourg. 3 September 1951". Grayson clambers up from a trench and takes in his surroundings; the battle for Luxembourg is well underway. At that moment, a LU-P LYNX, driven by Stephen Cartwright pulls up next to Grayson''.


 * James Grayson: [surprised] Cartwright!


 * Stephen Cartwright: Not bad for a deserter. And a frog.

''Grayson laughes as Cartwright guns the engine, hurtling toward the battle at the fortress. Fade to black''

[While the level loads, the following text is shown:]

''Maquis Fortress, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. 3 September 1951''.

''For two years, the Maquis have been living inside the Casemates tunnels beneath Luxembourg. Destroying the Rotterdam guns, the Bonn facility and the Earth Movers have gotten the Chimera's attention, like using a grenade to stir up a hornet's nest...only this nest is the size of Europe. A hell storm of Chimera is bearing down on the Luxembourg fortress, and there's no way to defend it. The Royal Marines will try to slow the Chimera assault long enough for the Maquis to evacuate their refugees.- James Grayson, Mercenary''.

Gameplay

''Grayson and Cartwright enter the Maquis fortress's tunnels. Two men close the door behind them''.


 * Stephen Cartwright: I can't hear you, Parker, come again. Oh, the reception's piss-poor down here!


 * Rachel Parker [Radio]: Our evacuation aircraft are having trouble lifting off.


 * Stephen Cartwright: I'm getting too old for this shit.[As the pair begin to move into the tunnels, there is a distant rumble]


 * James Grayson: That doesn't sound good.


 * Stephen Cartwright: It sounds bloody unpleasent.

[The thudding continues, along with a loud roar]


 * James Grayson: Something big is coming our way! [At the far end of the tunnel, a Brute smashes its way into the tunnels].

Lower Tunnels

 * Rachel Parker: [voiceover] As the inner defences fell, all surviving forces were ordered to the Luxembourg walls, where I, along with other British and Maquis leaders, awaited the last of the VTOL transports. Now it was a race against time as we attempted to hold off the advancing Chimera while our escape routes were closed off one-by-one. [fade to black]

[While the level loads, the following text is shown:]

''Maquis Fortress, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. 3 September 19511''

''Colonel Parker has gone missing. Cartwright could have sent anyone to find her, but he asked me to go- the third time in as many days he's turned to me for help. Maybe he finally realises my do-anything, fight-unfair tactics are the only way to survive against the Chimera. For whatever reason, this isn't the same Cartwright who testified at my trial. He would never admit he's a changed man, and would even argue I'm the one who's changed, which is complete bollocks...right?- James Grayson, Mercenary''.

Gameplay

''Grayson's lift descends. He listens in on the radio chatter as he goes down''


 * British Soldier 1 [Radio]: Sir, the southern garrison's been overrun!


 * British Soldier 2 [Radio]: A wall of armour is approaching the fortress! Mechs, Stalkers, Goliaths! Send reinforcements to the line!

''The lift hits the bottom and Grayson gets off. As he gets off, he is attacked by Leapers, and he fights his way through the corridor to a large chamber. Parker is inside, being swarmed by Leapers''.


 * Rachel Parker: Grayson, thank God you're here! Help! [Grayson and Parker start shooting the Leapers around her, but more swarm in through the pipes and walls around them] Little git! Grimy rats! [After a short battle, the Leapers are all killed]

Cutscene


 * James Grayson: Parker, you're supposed to be topside evacuating refugees.


 * Rachel Parker: Long range radios are down- it's bloody chaos up there. Comm center's through that door, but it's locked. I can't break in- these rats are all over.


 * James Grayson: I'll stand guard. You get that door open.

Gameplay


 * Rachel Parker: The schematics are written in French. This'll take a few moments.


 * James Grayson: Work fast. We've got company!

''As Parker works to get the door open, Hybrids drop down into the chamber and start shooting. Grayson returns fire and kills them. After a few moments, Parker gets the comm center doors open and she and Grayson dart in''.


 * Rachel Parker: There's the comm panel. [She heads up a small staircase to a nearby radio] This explains it; the backup batteries are dead.


 * James Grayson: There's a reserve on that cart. I'll hook it up.

Grayson grabs hold of the cart with the battery on it and starts to push it towards the radio


 * James Grayson: Seal that door before those gorillas come back.

Grayson manages to push the cart towards the radio and is rewarded with a burst of static and the interceptions of radio communication


 * James Grayson: It's hooked up. Try it now.


 * Rachel Parker: Power restored! Nice job. Bringing system online.

A ventalation cover pops off and leapers come out of it


 * Rachel Parker: Leapers! Coming through the ceiling vents!

Grayson quickly kills them all but Hybrids are on the other side of the sealed door and are trying to break in


 * Rachel Parker: What's banging on the door?


 * James Grayson: We'll find out real soon.


 * Rachel Parker: It's getting louder.


 * James Grayson: Then work faster.

The doors smash open and a few Advanced Hybrids appear, guns ablazing.


 * Rachel Parker: They're inside! Grayson watch out!

Slipskulls join the battle but Grayson is showing some heavy resistance


 * Rachel Parker: Flight deck, do you read? Over. Bugger this frequency...

More Chimera come but they can't manage to get close to Parker to due Grayson's skill


 * Rachel Parker: I've got something, uh-hello? Come again, Delta Squadron. This is Parker... Bah! Try another frequency...

Three Hags are the last of the Chimera forces and are killed by Grayson.

Cutscene


 * Rachel Parker: Comm Restored.

Parker and Grayson stand by an elevator.


 * Rachel Parker: You can reach the flight deck via that hallway. I'm heading down to the labs to extract Dr Bouchard.


 * James Grayson: Wrong. You get topside- and help evacuate those refugees. I'll drag the old bugger out. Now go.


 * Rachel Parker: This isn't your responsibility. You don't have to do it.


 * James Grayson: If the old man thinks he can destroy the Chimera once and for all, then of course I have to save him.

Grayson heads for the lift down, but Parker stop him


 * Rachel Parker: You're different, James. And not in a good way.


 * James Grayson: [scowls, then softens] It's the five o'clock shadow. Maquis won't issue us razors.


 * Rachel Parker: Is there something you need to tell me? You remind me of someone...an American called Hale.

Science Labs
Cutscene

An image of Bouchard and her father working is shown


 * Rachel Parker: [voiceover] Raine Bouchard and her father had spent the last two years, researching the evolving Chimera conversion process. With Grayson's help inside the Bonn facility, Raine had obtained samples of amniotic fluid that would prove crucial to her father's work. But with Luxembourg now under siege, would we be able to get Dr. Bouchard's work out intact?

''[Fade to black. While the level loads, the following text is shown:]''

''Maquis Fortress, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. 3 September 1951''.

''I've descended deep into the Maquis fortress and into the domain of Doctor Claude Bouchard. I don't know if Claude's been stashed away for protection or to hide his research, but the dissected human corpses I found upstairs indicate that Claude is a Doctor of the mad variety. Would such a man use his own daughter as a guinea pig? Would Raine allow herself to be used? It makes me wonder if the Chimera captured Raine in Bonn, or if she had been a willing participant.- James Grayson, Mercenary''.

Gameplay

Grayson enters the lab and approaches Doctor Claude Bouchard, who has his back to Grayson, working at a desk.


 * James Grayson: Come on, old man! I've got orders to get your ass up to the transports.


 * Claude Bouchard: [turning to face Grayson] Who are you? This area is restricted!

Grayson moves towards Claude, and sees what he was working on at his desk; Raine is sat on a chair beside her father


 * James Grayson: Raine?


 * Raine Bouchard: James? Grayson, what are you doing here?


 * James Grayson: [annoyed] I shouldn't be surprised you beat me here. I did have to walk after all!


 * Raine Bouchard: James, let me explain...


 * James Grayson: The last time you explained something, I woke up with a cracked skull.


 * Raine Bouchard: [holds up a serum vial] We've discovered a weakness in the Chimera. The Carriers. [Claude Bouchard moves away] Once the serum is complete, we can infect the Carriers, kill them all. Do you know what this means?


 * James Grayson: That you can't be trusted? Doc, you're leaving with me. Now. [he sees Claude Bouchard has gone up a ladder to a control room overlooking the lab] Oh! You, get back here!


 * Claude Bouchard: Never!


 * Raine Bouchard: Allow him to finish. We are so close. Infecting the Carriers, killing them...the Chimera will have no way to transport human bodies! [she tries to hold Grayson back, but he shrugs her off]


 * James Grayson: I've got orders to get you out!


 * Raine Bouchard: But-James, you don't understand! We can destroy the Carriers, and-and-and stop the conversion process. For good!


 * James Grayson: I'm here for the old man. You want to stay here and finish his work, that's fine with me.


 * Claude Bouchard: [from the control room] The serum is our only chance to destroy the Chimera, soldier boy! I can't leave now!

''At that moment, a Burrower smashes through the wall behind Claude and sends him flying through the control room window. As Raine and Grayson cover themselves, Claude lands in a mangled heap in the centre of the lab''.


 * Raine Bouchard: [horrified] Papa! No! [she runs to her father and kneels down beside him]


 * James Grayson: Damn it!


 * Claude Bouchard: [dying] Raine, finish our work. Deliver the serum to the womb. Save them all.


 * Raine Bouchard: [crying] No, you're going to be okay. We deliver it together, remember? Science saves the world, right, Papa? [Claude Bouchard collapses and dies]

As Bouchard holds her dead father, Grayson looks up at the hole the Burrower has made into the lab; he can see movement.


 * James Grayson: Oh Christ! Raine, he's gone! Let's move!

''A squad of Hybrids enter the lab through the Burrower's hole; Grayson starts shooting, while Raine stays beside her father, holding his body and crying. Her sobs can be heard over the sound of the gun battle''.


 * James Grayson: Damn it, Raine, get up! [Raine remains where she is, weeping, as Grayson desperately shoots at the Hybrids]


 * Raine Bouchard: [crying] No, Papa, no!


 * James Grayson: Leave him, he's gone.


 * Raine Bouchard: [sobbing] No, he's not dead! He's not! [Grayson kills the last of the Hybrids and stands up, as Bouchard finally lets go of her father's body] Your work...it has to be finished. Goodbye, Papa. I'm going to finish his work. [she begins to move towards the lab's control room]


 * James Grayson: Bloody hell!


 * Raine Bouchard: My father was trying to insert a vial into the centrifuge.


 * James Grayson: A what!?


 * Raine Bouchard: A vial, filled with blood.


 * James Grayson: Right. Your blood. I saw him. [Grayson goes up a ladder and joins Bouchard at the control room]


 * Raine Bouchard: Make sure the vial is secure. I will operate the machine from here. [Bouchard hands Grayson the vial]

''Grayson heads left, up a short corridor until he comes to the centrifuge. He inserts the vial into the device and ensures it is secure.


 * James Grayson: There! Now turn it on! [Bouchard activates the centrifuge as Grayson heads back to the control room]


 * Raine Bouchard: As soon as the plasma seperates, we can leave! [At that moment, the doors to the lab are smashed open and a squad of Hybrids pour in] Grayson, they're here! Keep them off me! [Grayson and Bouchard open fire]


 * James Grayson: Just get down! Take cover!


 * Raine Bouchard: Never! [Grayson and Bouchard manage to kill all the Hybrids] Enemies upstairs! [A group of Drones enter the lab through the pipes, but Grayson manages to shoot them down]. Leapers behind the fan! [Leapers begin to swarm down the walls, and Grayson desperately starts shooting] Coming from that hole! [More Drones emerge from the pipes, and Grayson shoots them down, while a group of Hybrids attack from the corridor leading to the centrifuge, but Grayson shoots them down] The process is complete! I'll get the serum!


 * James Grayson: Wait, something's coming. [As they watch, a Titan enters the lab and drops down to ground level. Grayson starts shooting, but the Titan roars and fires, destroying the centrifuge]


 * Raine Bouchard: NO!


 * James Grayson: That's it, Raine. You tried.


 * Raine Bouchard: I can still reach it.


 * James Grayson: Don't be stupid! [Raine drops down to the ground level as the Titan approaches] Raine, he's wearing armour! He's coming right at you! Come on, get out of there!

''Grayson opens fire on the Titan, distracting it from Bouchard. The Titan devotes all its attention to him, but after a short firefight, Grayson kills the Titan.''

Cutscene


 * Stephen Cartwright [Radio]: The line's been wiped out! I need reinforcements! Anyone who can lift a rifle, get down here now!

Raine kneels beside her father's body as Grayson listens to the radio chatter


 * James Grayson: That's it, Raine! We go now! [Grayson pulls Bouchard from her father's body and begins to head out of the lab, only to be stopped by Mallery and two of his men]


 * Roland Mallery: You keep drawing weapons on me, Tommy. I'm beginning to take it personally.


 * James Grayson: I'll bet you get a lot of that. [Mallery tries to shove Grayson back, but Grayson twists his arm behind him]


 * Roland Mallery: Ah, my arm!


 * James Grayson: [coldly] Keep your bloody hands off me.


 * Raine Bouchard: [ignoring them] Goodbye Papa. [Bouchard suddenly faints. Before she hits the ground, one of Mallery's men catches her]


 * Maquis Soldier: Sir, it's the Lieutenant! [Grayson lets go of Mallery and crouches down beside her]


 * James Grayson: Raine! Raine, it's James.


 * Roland Mallery: This is insane. What did you do to her? [Raine slowly comes to]


 * Raine Bouchard: The blood my father took. It's too much excitement. I'm fine. [Grayson helps her to her feet]


 * James Grayson: Cartwright needs my help on the defensive line. Mallery will take you to the evacuation zone. Can you handle that, Molly?


 * Roland Mallery: I have kept my people alive for two years. Raine, come. My crew is waiting for us at the field hospital. [Mallery leads Bouchard away]


 * James Grayson: Get her out alive, and maybe, just maybe, I'll stop looking for a reason to kill you!


 * Roland Mallery: Don't fret, Tommy. We shall meet again. You have a knack for survival. The tenacity of a cockroach.


 * James Grayson: And you have a knack for squirming out of danger- slippery as a bloody eel.

[fade to black]

Defensive Bunkers
Cutscene


 * Rachel Parker: [voiceover] When Luxembourg's outer defences collapsed, hundreds of evacuees, including Raine Bouchard and her father were still awaiting transport. We had to rely on soldiers like James Grayson, who were willing to man the bunker guns in a desperate attempt to hold off the Chimera, and buy all of us more time to escape.

[Fade to black]

[While the level is loading, the following text is shown:]

''Maquis Fortress, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. 3 September 1951''.

''Broads are bonkers enough as it is, but Raine was born with an extra helping of crazy- her father was a stupid bastard who just got himself killed for nothing. She risked her life to finish synthesising their serum- a magic elixir that's supposed to infect and kill the Chimera at the source. You ask me, science peaked when they invented gunpowder. Mallery's taken her to the Maquis safe zone in Reims, while I head to the bunkers to see if I can buy us time to escape with our skins-James Grayson, Mercenary''.

Gameplay

The Maquis fortress walls are taking heavy bombardment.


 * Maquis Soldier [Radio]: Colonel, enemy armour is advancing on the LZ. Our VTOL is taking fire.


 * Roland Mallery [Radio]: En route now. Do not leave without us. Raine, you must move faster. We'll never make it to our VTOL.

''As one VTOL leaves the fortress, the scene pans to the trenches below the fortress. Two British soldiers are desperately holding position in a trench''


 * British Soldier: We can't hold them off!

A Hybrid trying to sneak into the trenches is shot down


 * British Soldier: I stopped one! [a second Hybrid shoots down, killing both soldiers. Grayson enters the trenches]


 * James Grayson: Cartwright, I'm here to bail your arse out. Again.


 * Stephen Cartwright [Radio]: Grayson, I don't have time for your bloody cheek! We're in big trouble here.

''Grayson moves along the trenches. He is attacked by two Hybrid, but kills them''.


 * British Soldier 2: We're in the shit now, lads! Doc, come here!

''Grayson moves through the trenches into a bunker and kills another Hybrid. He goes into the bunker and up a ramp, where two Hybrids start shooting down at him. Grayson kills the Hybrids and moves up the ramp, through a door into a room with a gun emplacement''.

Cutscene

''Grayson moves up to the gun and looks through the window; he sees that the gun overlooks a landing platform upon which a stationary VTOL waits. As Grayson watches, he sees the pilot speak into his radio.''


 * VTOL Pilot [Radio]: We have room for three more. Send passengers to the canyon LZ.


 * Roland Mallery [Radio]: You, you, you, go now! Hurry! On their way.

Suddenly, Grayson spots movement to the right; a Titan is advancing on the LZ.


 * James Grayson: R.A.F pilot, you have company.


 * VTOL Pilot [Radio]: You mean that thing? I've got at least a minute, plenty of time.

Gameplay

Grayson steps up to the gun-a small cannon- and starts shooting at the Titan,, as it and a pair of Hybrids fire on the VTOL


 * James Grayson: You're cutting it close, fly-boy.


 * VTOL Pilot [Radio]: I put my faith in his Majesty's Marines.

''Grayson takes out the Hybrids and the Titan, but more Hybrids and Drones advance on the LZ. Grayson opens fire on them''.


 * VTOL Pilot [Radio]: Where are those passengers?


 * Maquis Soldier 2 [Radio]: En route. Be there any second.


 * VTOL Pilot [Radio]: They better hope I'm still here.

''Another Titan appears, but Grayson manages to kill it. In the distance, he can see more Drones approaching''


 * VTOL Pilot [Radio]: Here they come! It's about time! Get your arses in here, now! Come on, double time! Move, move, move!

''As the VTOL begins takeoff, the Drones attack. Grayson shoots them down before they can seriously damage the VTOL''

Cutscene

The VTOL takes off and flies away from the fortress


 * VTOL Pilot [Radio]: Full thrust! Lift off! Great shooting, Marine.

Grayson exits the bunker and heads back into the trenches

Gameplay

''As Grayson re-enters the trenches, a trio of Drones emerge from a breach in the fortress wall and start shooting. Grayson destroys the drones and moves along the trenches. Another Hybrid jumps into the trench, but Grayson kills it''.


 * British Soldier 3: My leg, my leg! AHHH!!!! Where the hell's my bloody leg!?


 * British Medic: Stay calm so I can patch you up!

''Grayson moves through the trenches and comes face to face with another Hybrid, which he quickly kills. However, a Titan jumps into the trench; Grayson falls back to cover and fires on the Titan, eventually bringing it down.''


 * British Soldier 2: Enemies in the trench!

''Grayson continues along the trench, stopping to shoot two Hybrids shooting down from a bridge overlooking the trench. He turns left down another trench as more hybrids jump in''.


 * British Soldier 4: Stab 'em, shoot 'em, just kill the bastards!


 * British Soldier 5: They're dropping down!

''Grayson kills a trio of Hybrids that jumped into the trench ahead of him, then moves along and turns right, where the spinning propeller of a crashed VTOL prevents him moving forward. Grayson shoots the engine, stopping the propeller, but more Hybrids ahead of him advance. Grayson kills them and moves up the trench. He comes to an intersection, over which a bridge spans. A number of Hybrids are moving towards the bridge''.


 * British Soldier 4: Shoot 'em off that bridge!

''Grayson blows up an oil barrel on the bridge, killing several Hybrids, then shoots down the others. Grayson moves past the intersection towards a sealed door ahead''.

Cutscene


 * Cartwright is crouched behind a corner just in front of the sealed door. Grayson joins him as Cartwright winces in pain.


 * James Grayson: [surprised] You took a round to the shoulder?


 * Stephen Cartwright: Minor scratch, that's all.


 * James Grayson: Minor scratch my arse.


 * Stephen Cartwright: Pillbox is infested with those apes, and they're slaughtering refugees at the field hospital.


 * James Grayson: Let's get some grenades in that window.


 * Stephen Cartwright: Right, I'll advance. A little supressing fire would be useful.

Gameplay

''Cartwright and Grayson move up to the door. Cartwright pulls out a frag grenade and hurls it in through a view hatch''


 * Stephen Cartwright: One pineapple, coming up! [the grenade explodes, kills several Hybrids and blasting the doors open] Ha! That never gets old! Let's finish them off! Shit! Take him down!

Grayson and Cartwright advance into the bunker and take out the remaining Chimera.

Cutscene

''Grayson and Cartwright enter the bunker and look out through the window. In the distance, they can see two VTOLS waiting for takeoff. The pilot of one-a Maquis soldier-shouts to an advancing Mallery and Bouchard''


 * Maquis Pilot: We'll never make it out of here! Move, move, move!


 * Roland Mallery: Come on, we must hurry! Strap in, Raine.

''Mallery and Bouchard reach the VTOL and board. The aircraft begins takeoff when there is a small explosion on board and takeoff stops''


 * Roland Mallery [Radio]: What the hell's wrong? Why aren't we lifting off?


 * Maquis Pilot [Radio]: Nav computer's hit! We can't fly without it!