()||9<黑屏1>0,10BGM_Empty: ()||98<黑屏2>BattlefieldGunfightCampaion-58-3:3rd Platoon temporary command post, outer rim of the Red Zone. +It's impossible to make out anyone within view; the ceaseless sound of barrages is the only proof that the battle is still ongoing. +The wrecks of three destroyed transport vehicles within the crater are producing thick clouds of black smoke. NPC-Pan(0)Pan Squad 2 Leader0,60||:We actually intercepted the American troops?! With our pretty much non-existent experience?! +I've got to write a ballad to commemorate this! NPC-Ange(28)Anna||:Fighting isn't that hard. I'll teach you little by little later on. NPC-Pan(0)Pan Squad 2 Leader0,60||:You're awesome, ma'am! From now on, I'll do whatever you say! NPC-Ange(28)Anna||:Rest up for five minutes while we wait for further directives. NPC-Pan(0)Pan Squad 2 Leader0,60||:Yes, ma'am! ()||:Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Several objects whizz past above them towards 3rd Platoon's battle position. NPC-Ange(29)Anna||AVG_Explosion<震屏3>:Get down!!! ()||183AVG_Cloak_Whoosh:Anna pulls Alexander, who is the closest to her, down to the ground. Then, a powerful shockwave sends her rolling almost immediately. ()||<黑屏1>: ()||<黑屏2>9BGM_Empty:The world brightens and darkens. Dirt mixed with green crystal fragments smelling of rust and decay is sprinkled all over her head and body. +Someone seems to be shouting something. Anna glimpses a familiar figure, then darkness claims her... ()||<黑屏1>: ()||632<黑屏2><回忆>:Command College. +Many portraits of renowned figures are hanging on the wall in the fourth floor corridor. +The fifth from the right is a female scientist—Martha Meitner, who "gained international fame for her groundbreaking achievements in Relic technology research.” ()||AVG_Creep:On this quiet afternoon, Anna hears the hiss of a spray paint can as she walks down the corridor. NPC-Ange(23)Anna||:Hm? ()Tall Male Student||:amerikosi have no place in our school! ()Small Male Student||:Get the hell out of the NSU, pindosi! NPC-Ange(24)Anna||BGM_23S_Crossroads_Warrior:What are you doing?! ()||AVG_XXS_kick<震屏3>:Anna runs up to the two cadets and shoves them angrily aside. +Martha's face on the portrait is now a smear of black, and profanities are scrawled above her head. NPC-Ange(24)Anna||:You assholes!!! ()||<震屏3>AVG_Punch_Hit:Anna punches one of them right in the face. +The cadet freezes in shock for a second, then he returns the blow, and the three of them are locked in an all-out brawl. ()||AVG_Combat_Hits%%type_id=2%%duration=3%%delay=0.1%%range=5:Anna takes a few blows before unleashing a flurry of punches on the two cadets, making them cower and back away. She glares at them with blazing eyes. ()Tall Male Student||:You assault your fellow cadets over a portrait of some pindosi bitch?! NPC-Ange(23)Anna||:Ha. And you take your anger out on a portrait just because you don't have the balls to fight on the battlefield? ()Tall Male Student||:Херня! I'm gonna go out there and kill her right now! ()||:The cadet suddenly spots a figure in his peripheral vision. He looks up. ()Small Male Student||:I-I-Instructor Ra-Ramzan?! ()Tall Male Student||:Run! That's her brother! ()Small Male Student||:... ()||RunStep:The two cadets sprint down the corridor and disappear like the wind. +Ramzan is standing silently at the end of the corridor, his eyes dark and flat. ()||<黑点1>: ()||<黑点2>630ClothingUp:Anna spits out a gob of blood angrily and dusts herself off. +The tall, straight-backed instructor finally walks up to her. ()Anna||:You saw the whole thing, then? ()Ramzan||:I've got to say, you fight like a gorilla drunk on vodka. ()Anna||:Ha, well, sorry for embarrassing you, Combat Instructor. ()||:Anna turns to leave. ()||<黑点1>ClothingUp: ()Ramzan||<黑点2>631:Stop right there. ()||:Anna keeps walking without looking at Ramzan. ()Ramzan||:Anna Viktorovna Tsoi! ()Anna||:What, are you going to give a personal demonstration on how to fight properly because I was so bad, Instructor? Right here? ()Ramzan||:Take the portrait down. Martha Meitner's. ()||ClothingUp:Anna whirls around. ()Anna||:Ramzan, are you human?! ()Ramzan||:I'm a Soviet, without a doubt. +What about you? ()Anna||:What kind of Soviet? The kind that cower in the safety of this school and can only gloat by defacing portraits? ()Ramzan||:She is an American researcher of Relic tech. What is your nationality? ()Anna||:I don't need to prove anything to you. ()Ramzan||:You need to prove it to yourself. +Take it down, or... take that off. ()||:Ramzan points first at the portrait, then at Anna's cadet armband. ()Anna||:You have no right! ()Ramzan||:I will never let someone who doesn't know which side they're on go on the battlefield. ()Anna||:You're the one who doesn't know! ()Ramzan||:Are you taking it down or not? ()Anna||:...You just don't want me out there. ()||:Ramzan gazes at Anna coldly. ()Anna||:Are you scared that I'd outrank you one day? +You've always been like this. Back in Beslan— ()Ramzan||:How dare you bring up Beslan?! +My brother is dead, but you live. +Anna Tsoi, why wasn't it you who died that day?! ()Ramzan||:... ()Anna||AVG_Creep:...!! ()||<黑屏1>: ()||<黑屏2>9Heartbeat:... ()||: ()||<黑屏1>: ()||<关闭蒙版><睁眼>BGM_EmptyAVG_Creep98AVG_Tinnitus:Anna can feel herself being dragged along. Her head is spinning as if she had downed a whole bottle of vodka. NPC-Alexander(0)Alexander0,60||BGM_23S_War_Sacrifice:Ma'am? Ma'am! NPC-Ange(29)Anna||:Are you... trying to shake me to death...? Promotion? ()||:Anna's ears keep buzzing. She retches twice, but nothing comes out. ()||ClothingUp:Alexander rolls his eyes and lets go of Anna. He offers her a transparent pack labeled "glucose". NPC-Alexander(0)Alexander0,60||:Drink this. ()||Rope:Anna takes the pack, tears it open at the slit, and starts taking small sips from it. ()||:The survivors of 3rd Platoon are either lying prone or sitting upright. A medical Doll is tending to their injuries. ()||AVG_Camera_Focus:Wiktor is sitting back-to-back with another soldier and fiddling with the communicator in his hands. NPC-Alexander(0)Alexander0,60||:Captain Ramzan got here and mounted a rescue with a Doll force. +Look at that pretty medic Doll. If Pan saw her, he'd definitely try to flirt... ()||:The burly man suddenly starts blinking back tears. NPC-Ange(30)Anna||:What... happened to Pan? NPC-Alexander(0)Alexander0,60||:The pindosi fired four mortar shells when they were retreating. +One of them hit Squad 2's position. Pan... was right where it landed. NPC-Ange(29)Anna||:...How many have we lost? NPC-Alexander(0)Alexander0,60||:...Four. Four more are injured. NPC-Ange(31)Anna||:... ()||:Not far away, an injured soldier moans in pain. Other survivors stare dazedly at the sky while cradling their guns. +Alexander's head is buzzing and blank. NPC-Alexander(0)Alexander0,60||:Pan was always going on and on about how popular he was with women and how great a poet he was. He kept calling himself the Pushkin of the 21st century... NPC-Alexander(0)Alexander0,60||:I know it was an order from the brass. We had no choice but to fight. I just... I just... ()||:Alexander takes a deep and shaky breath and turns his face away. ()||ClothingUp:Anna pats him on the shoulder. NPC-Ange(29)Anna||:Alexander, you are the only veteran who enlisted willingly in the 3rd Platoon. Why did you enlist? NPC-Alexander(0)Alexander0,60||:...I've got nothing left. +No family, no friends, no lovers... +I couldn't throw away even my country, could I...? +Well, it wasn't actually that noble. I simply had nowhere else to go, so I stayed with the Military. ()||:He tries to keep his tone casual and nonchalant, as if he were talking about the weather or what to have for lunch. NPC-Alexander(0)Alexander0,60||:Enough about me. What's your story? +You want to be a field marshal. I, for one, know that's not true. NPC-Ange(29)Anna||:You want the truth? ()||Rope:Anna finishes her last sip of the glucose solution. NPC-Ange(29)Anna||:...I want to end the war. NPC-Alexander(0)Alexander0,60;NPC-Ange(29)||:...I've heard many people say that. NPC-Alexander(0)0,60;NPC-Ange(29)Anna||:And? NPC-Alexander(0)Alexander0,60;NPC-Ange(29)||:And they all died. +And the war carries on. NPC-Alexander(0)0,60;NPC-Ange(29)Anna||:... +I have a question. NPC-Alexander(0)Alexander0,60;NPC-Ange(29)||:Shoot. NPC-Alexander(0)0,60;NPC-Ange(29)Anna||:If everything in life is futile, then what is the point in struggling? NPC-Alexander(0)Alexander0,60||:I think... NPC-Wiktor(0)Wiktor Squad 1 Leader0,60||BGM_EmptyClothingUp:Vice-Leader, Leader, I detected that radio signal again! ()||BGM_23SF_zonghe_1:Alexander's answer is interrupted. NPC-Wiktor(0)Wiktor Squad 1 Leader0,60||:These people are definitely nearby. Could they be the Rangers in the Red Zone? ()||:Wiktor holds onto their one last compact radio transceiver and stares at Anna with wide eyes. ()||ClothingUp:Anna turns to Alexander. NPC-Alexander(0)Alexander0,60||:Didn't you say you couldn't crack their channel encryption? NPC-Wiktor(0)Wiktor Squad 1 Leader0,60||:I can't with our equipment, but it'd be a walk in the park for those Dolls! +I hear Tactical Dolls come with a bunch of functions. They're fearsome fighters and are also computers on legs. If we can just borrow one or two... NPC-Ange(29)Anna||:They're elite forces. They are off-limits for 3rd Platoon. NPC-Wiktor(0)Wiktor Squad 1 Leader0,60||:Isn't that captain your— NPC-Wiktor(0)Wiktor Squad 1 Leader0,600.1||AVG_Punch:OW! ()||:Alexander kicks Wiktor in the shin. Still holding the transceiver in one hand, Wiktor hugs his shin and hops around, howling in pain. NPC-Ange(31)Anna||:I'm dizzy. ()||ClothingUp:Anna leans against a large rock and closes her eyes. +Alexander shrugs, and Wiktor limps away miserably. ()||<黑点1>: ()||<黑点2>AVG_wind_grass:Wearing the protective suit in this muggy wind is as unpleasant as wearing a wet raincoat that sticks hotly to one's skin. +Anna keeps her eyes closed and drums her fingers lightly against her thigh. +After a moment of silence, Alexander eventually decides to venture a question. NPC-Alexander(0)Alexander0,60||:...Are you two fighting? NPC-Ange(31)Anna||:Don't stick your nose into things that don't concern you. NPC-Alexander(0)Alexander0,60||:It's a good thing that you can still fight. +If Martina was still alive, we would be fighting every day, and nothing would make me happier. NPC-Ange(28)Anna||:If... +Ha, you almost sound like a babushka who has to mediate all the fights at home. ()||:Alexander watches as Wiktor returns just as miserably. Anna opens her eyes. NPC-Wiktor(0)Wiktor Squad 1 Leader0,60||:Ma'am, the captain won't talk to me. He's asking for you personally. NPC-Ange(29)Anna||:Мудак! NPC-Alexander(0)Alexander0,60||:Why don't I go? NPC-Ange(29)Anna||:Are you asking for a dressing down? NPC-Alexander(0)Alexander0,60||:If it means he'll lend us the Dolls, he can dress me down as much as he wants. +"Merits on the battlefield don't just jump into your hand", no? NPC-Wiktor(0)Wiktor Squad 1 Leader0,60||:What do we do, ma'am? ()||HeartbeatBGM_Empty:Anna gets to her feet sullenly. NPC-Ange(29)Anna||:I'll go ask for them. Don't follow me. ()||<黑点1>: ()||<黑点2>469GF_2022_Summer_Battle_3:Temporary command post. +Ramzan is talking to a Doll with a grim look on his face. ()||ClothingUp:Anna approaches him and gives him a standard military salute. NPC-Ange(29)Anna||:Captain. NPC-Pamzan(4)Ramzan||:...Take KS-23 to the Red Zone entrance and gather topographical data in the area. +If you encounter any life forms, you are authorized to decide if they're friend or foe and open fire at your own discretion. +If you lose our signal, save the data offline until you return to the rendezvous point and then share them with your teammates. SVT38(0)SVT-38||:Yes, Commander. ()||ClothingUp:The T-Doll turns to leave. NPC-Ange(29)Anna||:Wait. SVT38(0)SVT-38||:Ma'am? NPC-Ange(29)Anna||:Captain, I— NPC-Pamzan(4)Ramzan||:Junior Lieutenant Tsoi, thank you for your help in intercepting the enemy reinforcements. The subsequent recon mission will be undertaken by the Dolls under my command. NPC-Ange(29)Anna||:The 3rd Platoon has already conducted scans and surveillance on the terrain of the outer rim of the Red Zone. +I can hand over the data on one condition. NPC-Pamzan(4)Ramzan||:You want to borrow some Dolls to crack the enemy's radio encryption system? +Anna, what is the top priority in any recon mission? NPC-Ange(29)Anna||:Staying hidden. +You're no longer an instructor, so don't talk to me in that tone. ()||:Anna quips out of habit. NPC-Pamzan(4)Ramzan||:What if you expose your own location in the process of doing that? Have you considered that at all? NPC-Ange(29)Anna||:What if the intelligence that we fail to obtain due to our own inaction ends up putting us at a massive disadvantage in the war? NPC-Pamzan(4)Ramzan||:Get out. NPC-Ange(29)Anna||:Ha, booting me out already? Fine, I'll go. NPC-Pamzan(4)Ramzan||:Stop right there! +You, get out. ()||:SVT-38 stares in confusion for a second, then she hurries away immediately. NPC-Pamzan(4)Ramzan||:Listen, our mission is to intercept the American's reinforcements. We've done that, you understand? NPC-Ange(29)Anna;NPC-Pamzan(4)||:You're just gonna ignore Capita? That person is in the Dead Sea, and the Rangers can take him away at any moment. NPC-Ange(29);NPC-Pamzan(4)Ramzan||:That's the main force's job, not ours. NPC-Ange(29)Anna;NPC-Pamzan(4)||:What, scared they'd give me a medal for this? Or maybe you simply don't want the 3rd Platoon to take the credit from you? NPC-Ange(29);NPC-Pamzan(4)Ramzan||:If military merits could be quantified in a bank account, your balance after ten years would still be small change compared to mine. +Remember—don't do anything outside of your assignment. Making unnecessary moves could very well drag us all down. NPC-Ange(29)Anna;NPC-Pamzan(4)||Rope:Am I hearing this right? Are you telling me to run away from a fight?! NPC-Ange(29);NPC-Pamzan(4)Ramzan||:Doing too much could lead to even more casualties. Just count the numbers. How many men you still have in 3rd Platoon? NPC-Ange(29)Anna||:Doing too little will definitely result in irreversible loss, Captain. You know that better than I do. ()||BGM_Empty:Ramzan's eyes harden. NPC-Ange(29)Anna||:... ()||ClothingUp:He closes his eyes and rubs the center of his brow. His eyes are ringed by dark circles. NPC-Ange(29)Anna||:I know what I'm doing. +The way forward may be covered in barbed wire, but I have no choice but to keep going, even if I must do it on all fours. NPC-Ange(29)Anna||:Ever since that day, there's been no going back for me. ()||<黑屏1>: ()||<黑屏2>72Campaion-58-3:... ()??||:...The Professor won't wait. Hurry up, you lot. ()???||:Team 9, two vehicles just loaded. Preparing to return. ()???||:Team 6 still searching. No specimens found yet. ()????||:Team 7 is on our way back. ()??||AVG_whitenoise:If the Professor's work is delayed, you'll be the first to be thrown into the specimen processing room. +Make sure you complete the preliminary screening and loading of the specimens back at the plant by 1122. We'll all be out of here by 1130. ()???||:Understood. ()||<黑屏1>: ()||<黑屏2>469:Temporary command post. ()||AVG_keyboardtype_sci:The two Dolls pool their computational capacity together as a torrent of data flash across their eyes. +Anna and Ramzan are both deep in their own thoughts. NPC-Wiktor(0)Wiktor Squad 1 Leader0,60||:What are they saying? NPC-Alexander(0)Alexander0,60||:Is that English? I only caught a few words here and there. NPC-Ange(29)Anna||:Shut up. ()||:Ramzan glances at the map from time to time with a frown. NPC-Pamzan(4)Ramzan||:Are they the Army? Mercs? NPC-Ange(29)Anna||:"Professor"? "Specimens"? ()||:Ramzan and Anna exchange looks and continue listening. ()???||:Still, the USA is practically a powder keg. They have a civil war on their hands any day now, so what are they doing over here? ()????||:Haha, if the Rangers hadn't come, how would we make a fortune? +We should thank them for giving us so many specimens. ()???||:But we wouldn't have had to relocate if the Rangers hadn't attracted a bunch of enemy troops. It's always a chore every time we move. ()Anna & Ramzan||:The Professor is Capita! ()||:The two blurt out the same realization they have come to at the same time, then look away from each other. NPC-Pamzan(4)Ramzan||:Capita will slip through the Rangers' net and escape unscathed. NPC-Ange(28)Anna||:We've caught a big fish this time. NPC-Pamzan(4)Ramzan||:What you've caught is a shark. We don't have enough manpower. +KS-23, withdraw from the information black zone. KS23(0)KS-23||:Yes, sir. ()||AVG_keyboardtype_sci:[Disconnecting...] KS23(0)KS-23||AVG_21Winter_Error:Commander, I cannot break the connection. ()????||:The enemy troops are still a long way away. We'll be long gone by the time they get here. ()??||AVG_PauseBGM_Empty:Are you having fun eavesdropping, little bugs? KS23(0)KS-23||GF_21winter_avg_betray:They've traced it back to us! NPC-Ange(29)Anna||:!!! NPC-Pamzan(6)Ramzan||:Force reboot! ()||AVG_Power_Down:Beep. The Dolls' eyes grow dull. They have initiated a forced reboot. SVT38(0)SVT-38||AVG_keyboardtype_sci:Commander, an unidentified flying object has appeared within the Red Zone. ()Sentry||:What is that?! ()||:Bright blue orbs of flames light up in pairs amidst the light green fog like eyes. ()||AVG_Jet_Passby:Whum... The unidentified aircraft comes hurtling in their direction, its fiery tail leaving a bright trail in the sky. NPC-Pamzan(6)Ramzan||:We have a situation. Withdraw at once. NPC-Ange(29)Anna||<震屏3>:It's coming for us? Find cover!!! ()||:The aircraft passes by at low altitude, and a shell falls on them. ()||9Explode:Boom!!! +Tongues of flames and black smoke rise into the sky amidst the explosion. NPC-Ange(29)Anna0.1||:Ramzan! ()||<黑点1>: ()||<黑点2>41<火花>AVG_20Winter_Burnfire_Loop:The aircraft roars away in an instant. Anna immediately scrambles to her feet and stumbles towards where she remembers her men are. +There are no soldiers standing anymore. One of the survivors is trying to save his comrade next to him, but even just dragging the comrade a little makes him howl in agony. +Memories of the past suddenly wash over Anna like a large wave. ()||:Gunshots, pitiful wails and cries, the delirious moans of dying people... +The terror-stricken crowd, the girl shivering behind a safety box, her eyes brimming with tears... NPC-Ange(30)Anna0.1||ClothingUp:...!! ()||:Someone grabs Anna by the arm, making her shudder. NPC-Alexander(0)Alexander0,60||:Ma'am! ()||:Half of Alexander's face is suffering from burns. He is in a terrible state. NPC-Pamzan(6)Ramzan||:Anna? Anna! ()||ClothingUp:Ramzan also claws his way out of a mud pit. His protective suit is riddled with holes and scorch marks. ()||Rope:Ramzan holds on to Anna's arm as if to make sure of something. Then he drops her arm and pays no more attention to her. NPC-Pamzan(6)Ramzan||AVG_tele_connect:Dolls, to me. Prepare to force our way through. ()||:The smoke slowly dissipates. ()||AVG_Team_Running:They can just about make out the rows of heavily armed soldiers closing in on them from a distance... NPC-Ange(29)Anna||AVG_weapon_reload:Whoever can still move in 3rd Platoon, follow me! We're getting out of here! ()||<黑点1>: