Operation Chronos - Persistence

Excerpt from the journal of

Major General Timofei Teodorovic

3^rd Guards Cavalry Division, Steel Wind

26 Iyunya 1947

“Our next target will be the mines. Therein lies our key to getting to our objective,” emphasizing my point by pointing it out on the map to Koshka.

With a nod, she replied “The men are ready, comrade general.”

“Then let us move out.”

A short while later, we were already cresting the rise of the hills surrounding the mines; as luck would have it (or lack thereof), I spotted Allied forces on the other side. “Battle formations! Decimate them!” I shouted to my troops! With efficiency born from years of fighting side by side, and with the help of Nadya and Natasha, we were able to give them a beating they would not soon forget. In short order they were in full retreat, and I had hoped to see the last of them even for only a short while. I learned that they were the famed Basterds, and that they were known for swift retaliation; they lived up to their reputation. Within an hour of our initial battle for the mines, the Basterds were back, looking to exact vengeance for their loss; however, we had already dug in, and they found that it was an even harder battle this time. Ultimately, we managed to defeat them, securing the mines.

Later in the day, we were patrolling one of the adjacent sectors to our home base. It was then that we encountered the Endziel for the first time, and the reports about them were indeed true. Employing similar tactics to their brethren the Mongoose scum, they were able to eke out a narrow victory over our forces through the resilience of their officer, a certain Lara. They are marked men, Endziel and Mongoose, as I have made it my mission to wipe out any and all abominations on this earth.