The North PacificBoard

June 5th, 1981, Al-Barren
A long line of armored cars, a truck, and a few APC’s drive along a highway. 4 men sit in an armored car behind the truck of the convoy, 2 Spetsnaz-K, 1 MUI, and 1 CIB.

The 2 Spetsnaz-K soldiers talk to each other,

“You know, when Elena Makarova ‘died,’ they found Kira Romanov’s body, but not Elena?”

“What are you suggesting…?” The other one responds.

“Hear me out…she she didn’t die. Maybe she faked her death to retire or she hated the commonwealth or something. The point is, there is so much evidence that she didn’t di-“

“ALRIGHT.” The soldier is cut off by the CIB agent. “I’ve just had enough of you two yapping your a**es off about conspiracy theories for this entire f**kin’ ride, so shut your damn mouths, I’m driving over here.”

The MUI snarkily says to the CIB agent, “Bad day, huh?”

The CIB agent snaps back with, “Not as bad as a day MUI had after nuking Atomicagrad.”

Everyone besides the MUI agent starts laughing, to which the MUI agent responds with, “Oh would you let that go!? That was like, what, 4 seconds ago?”

The CIB agent calms down after laughing so much, replying with, “Funny how you act like nuking an entire city isn’t a big deal. Let alone a city with one of our only nuclear power facilities.”

The MUI agent pouts. “Not funny.”

“Well why don’t you cry about it?” One of the Spetsnaz-K soldiers says, all three of them laughing again.

“Hey what are we even protecting?” The other Spetsnaz-K soldier asks the CIB agent.

“Biological material. They want it delivered to a KPLA research site. Rest is classified.” The agent responds.

As the convoy moves further, the town is quiet for the most part. As they pass an open market area, something occurs, as an explosion happens both in front and behind them. The front parts of buildings collapse on the road, blocking off both sections. Everyone gets out of their vehicles to investigate, until an RPG-7 hits the ground under the truck, and a car slams into the truck's side, tipping it over, as the doors to it’s cargo bay open.

The CIB agent begins to speak. “What the hell just happ-“ The agent is cut off, being shot in the face by a sniper round. Smoke grenades land on the tiles of the market, as men dressed in full military gear and gas masks, wearing Atlas International insignia take cover using things from the market. Pillars, tables, walls, etc.

“What the f**k? Anastasia Corp is attacking us!?” The MUI agent yells out in shock, drawing his pistol and opening fire on the Atlas troops.

One by one the troops fall, until the last one falls limp. The Atlas troops advance towards the truck, looking inside, as they see the package - a canister filled with gas leaking out with said gas, the lid popped open. As they enter, a scientist comes out from hiding.

One of the Atlas troops begins to question the scientist, stating, “Where are the blueprints?”

The scientist, full of fear, hands the soldier the blueprints. “Please…I just wanna see my family!”

The Atlas soldier takes them, pocketing them, before grabbing his radio. “Ma’am. The package is opened and leaking, but we have the blueprints.”

A woman speaks from the other end. “Understood. Get out of there. You won’t have long until the gas takes effect on the bodies and civilians.”

As the conversation ends, the scientist says, “Can I go home no-“

The scientist is cut off, being shot multiple times by one of the Atlas troops, as they all make their way towards extraction, leaving the mess, and the outbreak, they just caused.