()||9<黑屏1>0,10BGM_Empty: ()||%%code=AllSeeingEye04%%:…… ()||9<黑屏2>GF_21winter_avg_mahaline:[...On the Aeneas meeting room channel. The Commander’s terminal’s recording mode is now on.] ()||<黑屏1>: ()||<黑点2>85:[In the silent room, the subdued atmosphere makes it a little hard to breathe. All the Dolls are fully aware of the severity of the situation, and it is because of this that they are all silent.]+[They are waiting for RO6235.] RO635Mod(0)RO635<通讯框>||:We can now be sure that our communications channels with the outside world have been completely severed. There is no telling when they will be restored. +Because we cannot contact the Commander at present, I have temporarily activated the Commander’s terminal’s recording mode.+That way, when the Commander can contact us, they’ll be able to see our mission progress. ()||:[The Dolls look hopefully toward the monitor where the Commander’s face would normally appear.]+[However, only a cold, unfeeling camera head is there staring at them.] ()||ClothingUp:[RO635 nods in the Commander’s direction, the same way she begins every meeting.] ()||<黑屏1>BGM_Empty: ()RO635||<黑屏2>458AVG_NightVision_Start:Now then, Commander, the meeting has begun. Our mission will be divided into 6 phases. ()||GF_22W_BGM_2:[As the group looks at her with complicated expressions on their faces, RO635 simply states the mission outline.] ()RO635||ClothingUp:Our forces on this mission can be divided into three types – support, bait and search teams.+The first phase of the mission will involve finding the power plant. First, our support team will be… Chess Queen. ()XM8||:Here. ()RO635||:Our preparations for infiltrating the tower require us to cut the power to the tower.+Otherwise, with the opposition fully prepared and ready, we will be spotted the moment we attempt to sneak in. ()UMP45||:Still, you also have to consider that there’s no way they don’t have a backup plan.+Surely such a massive floating tower must have a backup power supply. ()RO635||:…Yes, but the chaos from cutting the power supply will be enough cover for us. ()XM8||:Hang on, am I the only one going? What if I can’t do it?! I’m an intellectual, you know! ()RO635||:In the first scenario, where you arrive and decide that you can’t do it, report to us immediately.+We will then proceed with the next phase of the operation. All you need to do is launch a feint and confuse them. Once you enter the tower, you may retreat. ()XM8||:What about the second situation? ()RO635||:That is when you complete the mission, but realize that the enemy has a backup plan, or pinned down so thoroughly that you cannot retreat.+In that case, withdrawal is your top priority, and if you can’t do that… Cause as much trouble for them as you can. ()XM8||: ...... ()||:[...In other words, XM8 will have to do everything she can to draw Paradeus’ attention.]+[That most certainly implies that she will be sacrificed.] ()RO635||:…I’m sorry for giving you such a harsh mission.+But in this operation, each of us has to bet everything. ()||:[Faced with this order, XM8 simply laughs.] ()XM8||:Aw, it’s okay, causing trouble is my stock in trade.+Even if I can’t do it, all I have to do is just go over and take a look, then chuck a dozen or two grenades before calling it a day, right? ()||:[XM8 laughs, but nobody follows up on her joke.] ()RO635||:Next up, Phase 2…Unicorn. ()UMP45||:I’m here. ()RO635||:I don’t need you to take part in direct combat, but you NEED to maintain the meeting room signal.+Strictly speaking, Phase 2 does not follow Phase 1, but will proceed at the same time as Phase 1. +You will also be a support team. Now that we can’t contact the Commander, we need to at least keep comms between ourselves clear. ()RO635||:Nothing is more important than this… If we lose contact during the operation, the mission is essentially a failure. ()UMP45||:…No problem. Leave it to me. ()UMP9||:We’ll be here waiting for you to return! ()Mona||:I’m sorry, I’m not trying to rain on your parade… But if Paradeus finds an abnormal signal and patches into it… ()RO635||:That’s the reason why we’re laying out the full plan right now.+If it turns out we can’t communicate with each other for any reason, continue with the plan, but adapt the execution to changing circumstances. ()UMP45||:You’d better pray that doesn’t happen… Because if it does, anything we do may very well be too little, too late.+Considering how little fighting strength we have, once our raid is discovered, we’re essentially lambs to the slaughter. ()Mona||: ...... ()RO635||:Next is Phase 3 – For that, we will need a bait team… Iron Element. ()计量官||: ...... ()||:[RO looks at the two S.F. Dolls and pauses briefly.]+[Gager gazes silently at RO635.]+[Then, Architect giggles, as though she’s seen through something.] ()建筑师||:So we’re your trump cards, then?+Relax, just give us the most important mission you have, we’ll get it done. ()RO635||:…I need you to draw their fire in a stand-up fight.+To be precise, I need you to climb the tower platform, and cause a huge ruckus.+You will fight countless Paradeus forces and high-end Nytos coming to intercept you.+And it’s very likely there will be more than one of those. ()计量官||: ...... ()RO635||:You are the squad with the greatest firepower in the entire team, which is why only you can complete this mission. ()||:[Gager looks at Architect. She seems like she is about to say something, but Architect speaks up before she can.] ()建筑师||:So you want us to do a song and dance in front of the enemy’s doorstep? That’s what an ace ought to be doing. ()计量官||:…How about the timeframe? How long do you need us to do this for? ()RO635||:For as long as possible.+That’s because we know nothing about the tower’s interior, and we don’t know where exactly Ange is being held.+We will search as quickly as we can, but… I can’t give you an exact timeframe. ()建筑师||:And once we can’t hold out any longer, the Paradeus forces that swarm back in will tear you all to itty bitty pieces in an instant? ()RO635||: ... Yes. ()建筑师||:Are you really willing to give me such an important task?+Do you really trust me that much? ()RO635||: Yes. ()M4 SOPMOD II||:You’d better do a good job! If you succeed, I’ll let you rip my legs off after we go back! ()建筑师||: Hahaha – You’d better not regret those words, then! + Gager, would you mind keeping me company? ()计量官||:Since you’ve already decided… Then I have no further questions.+But let me lay this out here – You can’t get by with spirit alone. If you can’t handle it, then you can’t.+In particular, the search party sneaking into the tower will be operating covertly, so you can’t take the heat off us.+We can’t possibly hold off an entire Paradeus army by ourselves. ()RO635||ClothingUp:I know that, which is why– during Phase 5, I will have people cause a disturbance at the east and west towers. +That ought to ease the strain on you. ()Mona||:Who will go? ()RO635||:…The Commander’s backup.+They will take the east and west towers respectively. ()建筑师||:Well, I look forward to that. ()RO635||:Let’s talk about Phase 4 first – We’ll need a search team… Nitrogen. ()Mona||:Present. ()RO635||ClothingUp:Right now, we’ve commandeered three flying machines from the listening post. SOP2 and I need one.+The remaining two will be for your use.+With Iron Element covering us, we will fly to the bridge around level 30 or 40.+At that time, we will meet up again. I need you to help us with the search work. ()九号||:What if we fail to link up? ()RO635||:Then we split up. That’s Plan B for Phase 4.+The worst case scenario is if you can’t extract from the bridge, in other words Plan C, where you will take the role of bait. Can you handle it? ()Mona<通讯框>||<黑屏1>: No problem. ()||<黑屏2>85:[Mona nods with conviction.] SP9(3)Mona<通讯框>||:Worst comes to worst, we can help ease the burden on Iron Element. +Even so, we can’t keep holding out forever. After all, we’ll be in the belly of the beast. Plus, we need to safeguard the flying machines as our withdrawal route. RO635Mod(0)RO635<通讯框>||:I know… That’s why I need Unicorn to keep the meeting room comms open.+We don’t know how much time we have. We need to treat every minute we have as though it were our last. RO635Mod(0)RO635<通讯框>||:And then we have the final objective of the plan… In other words, Phase 0.+Ensure Angelia’s safety and bring her back to Berlin. Rhino(0)芮诺<通讯框>||:Alright, let’s assume the best happens, we find Ange and rescue her.+How are we going to take her away? RO635Mod(0)RO635<通讯框>||:I was just about to get to that.+As you can see, we are in a Black Zone.+And the cargo beds of transport trucks have emergency radiation-isolated oxygen chambers. +We need to use them to transport Ange… At least, until we leave the Black Zone. SP9(3)Mona<通讯框>||:Doing so will slow us down significantly. Rhino(0)芮诺<通讯框>||:In other words… Even if we do rescue her, we’ll probably need a blocking force… ()众人||: ...... RO635Mod(0)RO635<通讯框>||:As long as we move fast enough and withdraw in good order, we might be able to receive backup when we leave this area… SP9(3)Mona<通讯框>||:The enemies we face are going to be very hard to handle. RO635Mod(0)RO635<通讯框>||<黑屏1>:As for our enemies– According to our information, there are currently six known high-end Nytos. +They will be our main enemies, whether it’s during the rescue or evacuation portion of the mission. NPC-grig(0)九号<同时置暗>||<黑屏2>456:First off is the speedy one, the one called “Grig”.+Her speed and attack power are frankly unfair. NPC-grig(0)RO635<同时置暗>||:Yes. Her swordsmanship is excellent, but she’s easy to deal with if you can find a way to handle her.+High-speed movement is highly dependent on the terrain, and she has practically no ranged attack abilities.+As long as you can limit her range of movement and pen her in, you can try to suppress her. ()Mona<通讯框>||:What about Bramedb and Grey? NPC-Bramedb(3)UMP45<同时置暗>||:Bramedb’s primary combat method is electronic warfare.+However high her specs might be, she can’t directly hack multiple units in short order.+If you can harass her with ranged weapons and distract her, she shouldn’t be a problem… I should point out that I’m a pro at electronic warfare. NPC-MrsGray(9)RO635<同时置暗>||:As for Grey… Her most obvious weakness is that she has no ranged combat capabilities.+Her abilities are in the middle of the pack for a high-end Nyto, so as long as you engage her appropriately and switch off between explosives and long-ranged attacks, you should be able to defeat her in a straight fight. NPC-Morridow(9)UMP9<同时置暗>||:Morridow hardly bears mentioning, she’s probably still being repaired… NPC-Morridow(9)UMP9<同时置暗>||:How do you fix a Nyto? NPC-Morridow(9)M4 SOPMOD II<同时置暗>||:I’ll scrap one for you next time and then you can watch! NPC-Morridow(9)RO635<同时置暗>||:Morridow is the leader of the high-end Nytos, so there’s little chance we’ll fight her directly…+Or rather, if we meet her, we should be more careful of the one beside her. ()建筑师||BGM_Empty:So the final problem is still… ()RO635||: ...... ()Mona||: ...... Narciss(2)UMP45<同时置暗>||BGM_stage10:…Narcissus. Narciss(2)Mona<同时置暗>||:It’s hard to tell where she’ll show up. Narciss(2)RO635<同时置暗>||:If she does, there is only one option. Narciss(2)计量官<同时置暗>||:Which is? Narciss(2)RO635<同时置暗>||:Run.+From our battles with her, I can conclude that we have practically zero chance of beating Narcissus without M4 or Dandelion. Narciss(2)建筑师<同时置暗>||:Couldn’t have picked a smarter choice. ()M4 SOPMOD II<通讯框>||:Huh? But that’s just five of them. Shouldn’t there be one more? ()RO635<通讯框>||:That one came from data provided through another information source.+They have one more high-end Nyto among them about which practically nothing is known beyond the fact that she exists.+This is just for reference, but if you encounter her, you need to be on highest alert. ()Mona<通讯框>||:Understood. ()RO635<通讯框>||:If we encounter enemies other than these six, then the squad encountering will immediately switch to a new mission – collecting data on that Nyto is the highest priority. ()众人||<黑屏1>:…Roger. RO635Mod(0)RO635<通讯框>||<黑屏2>85:We know next to nothing about the situation inside the tower, so even if we’ve drawn up this plan…+We’ll still need to be very flexible during the operation itself… It is very likely we will take losses there. +Simply put, we have no time, and no opportunity to come back and recover the cores of anyone who is KIA.+Therefore, please do your best to keep yourselves safe as long as it does not compromise the mission… Especially you, SOP2. M4 SOPMOD IIMod(0)M4 SOPMOD II<通讯框>||:I’ll be fine! RO635Mod(0)RO635<通讯框>||: 45. UMP45Mod(0)UMP45<通讯框>||:What is it? RO635Mod(0)RO635<通讯框>||:Our backup has arrived. We’ll need to authorize them to access the Aeneas meeting room. UMP45Mod(0)UMP45<通讯框>||:Understood. M4 SOPMOD IIMod(0)M4 SOPMOD II<通讯框>||:So who are the newcomers? RO635Mod(0)RO635<通讯框>||:…You’ll find out when the time comes. M4 SOPMOD IIMod(3)M4 SOPMOD II<通讯框>||:You’re not even going to tell me?! ()||BGM_Empty: RO635Mod(0)RO635<通讯框>||:…That’s the entire plan. Any questions, ladies? ()||:[The Dolls study the plan in silence. Nobody asks any questions. Everyone simply waits quietly.] M4 SOPMOD IIMod(0)M4 SOPMOD II<通讯框>||Select:Looks like everyone’s okay. Let’s head out, RO! ()||:[RO looks around at the Dolls, but she does not give the command to begin the operation.] RO635Mod(0)RO635||:…+Judging from the looks of your faces, you still have a lot of doubts in your hearts.+I’ve already shut off recording mode, so you can express them without reservation. SP9(0)Mona||: ...... BOSS-7(0)计量官0,120||: ...... RO635Mod(0)RO635||10258:I understand how you must feel. This mission is like nothing we’ve ever carried out before.+Whether it’s our target, the difficulty, or our backup status, there is no doubt that it is incredibly risky and dangerous.+Let me speak plainly – we are going out there to die. M4 SOPMOD IIMod(0)M4 SOPMOD II||:RO… RO635Mod(0)RO635||:I’m sure you must want to ask, why is it that “we” have to die? Is our mission objective really worth all our deaths?+But your professional upbringing won’t let you say that. SP9(0)Mona||:I have to admit, I’ve been thinking about why we need to sacrifice so many people to save a single agent. +We would have much less of a burden to carry if all we had to do was explore the “Dead Sea”. RO635Mod(0)RO635||:That’s right. If we could just abandon a fragile human being, then we could easily go in and out of the “Dead Sea”. +So why, then? RO635Mod(0)RO635||:Why do we have to stake everything we have to rescue a single human being? ()||ClothingUp:[The Dolls look away, unable to answer.] RO635Mod(0)RO635||:Very little was said about Ange, the objective of this mission, in our briefing material.+Allow me to fill you in on her. ()||<黑屏1>: NPC-Ange(0)RO635<同时置暗>||9<黑屏2>:Ange is, in fact, an ordinary human being. As an agent, she has traveled extensively, doing her best to stop war and the power of the Relics from falling into the hands of those with impure intentions. ()||<黑屏1>: ()RO635||<黑屏2>456:That is because she knows that if the power of the Relics is abused, the world will end up like the ground beneath our feet. ()||:[The Dolls look around them, at the apocalyptic landscape of the “Dead Sea”. It is indeed a place where not even Dolls, let alone humans, can survive.] ()||<黑屏1>: ()RO635||<黑屏2>133:The first time I heard Ange’s name was when she set off a dirty bomb right next to herself in order to stop a Military plot. ()Mona||:…When I heard about that, I was shocked that she was still alive. ()芮诺||:But when humans are exposed to radiation at such short range, won’t they— ()||:[Rhino forces herself to swallow the words she is about to say.] ()||<黑屏1>: ()RO635||<黑屏2>280:Yes. Her body was severely injured during that blast, but she hung in there and continued her mission.+Her trail leads from Tallinn, to Paldiski Submarine Base, and all the way to Germany.+Despite countless run-ins with death, her faith has never once wavered. ()||<黑屏1>: SP9(0)Mona||<黑屏2>85:I hope to have the chance to personally see such a senior. QBZ191(0)九号||:She is truly a fearless hero. RO635Mod(0)RO635||:She has tried to save the world all this while. And now it is time for us to save her. ()||:[There are looks of respect on the Dolls’ faces.] RO635Mod(0)RO635||:She is not the first hero to fight for freedom, and she will most definitely not be the last.+She has given everything she has, and what she has done will not only not be made public, it will be hidden under the dust of ages.+However–+Those who blaze a trail for freedom are not concerned with the thorns in their way.+So we have to save her, and right now, only we can save her. M4 SOPMOD IIMod(0)M4 SOPMOD II||:That’s right! SP9(0)Mona||: ...... BOSS-7(0)计量官0,120||: ...... ()||:[RO stops speaking, and silence descends once again.]+[But unlike the confusion from before, the Dolls have found the will to continue with the mission, more or less.] RO635Mod(0)RO635||:Any questions? ()人形众||<震屏3>: No! RO635Mod(0)RO635||:In that case, let us commence Operation Aeneas!+Everyone, please take care! ()||<黑屏1>: ()RO635||9<黑屏2>:And may we be able to talk and laugh together when we return. ()||<黑点1>: