Introduction - Humanity at War
The year is 2024 on the human calendar
and humanity finds itself fighting a massive multi-dimensional war
against the genocidal alien forces of the Combine Empire. However
humanity is not a united force and is divided into two camps, the
Alliance and the Ontario Pact that fight each other and as well as
the Combine in the three major dimensions involved in the war; the
Imperial Verse, the Mann Verse, and the Zombie Verse where these
three factions fight for supremacy and to control their resources.
Enter the Alliance
The largest and most powerful of the
human factions is the Alliance led by the Earth Empire, The Empire,
and Reliable Excavation and Demolition(RED) whose militaries make up
a majority of the Allied forces while holding the most stable
governments and economies. The Alliance was formed early in the war,
about a week after the first Combine attacks in the Imperial, Zombie,
and Mann verses with the alliance between RED and the Imperials
against the Combine, but quickly grew to include factions from the
Zombie verse and eventually the Earth Empire, who quickly surpassed
both RED and the Imperials as leaders of the Alliance. But the Earth
Empire's admittance allowed the Alliance to launch a massive
counter-attack against the Combine, pushing them back ending with the
monumental and climatic Battle of City 15.
After the liberation of City 15, the
Human-Combine Wars went into a complete stalemate with the rise of
the Ontario Pact led by Builder's League United(BLU) and the Northern
Rebels who took advantage of the distraction caused by the Battle of
City 15 to take large amount of territory in the Mann and Imperial
Verses. To combat the stalemate, the Allied leaders formed a new
elite fighting force consisting of forces from the three leading
powers and the Lambda Resistance from the "Black Mesa Verse"
called the Trans-Dimensional Joint Task Force led by the
now-legendary Major General Wallace Adrian Shephard who led the
Allied attack on City 15's citadel and was responsible for capturing
the city's administrator.
However in response, the Combine formed
the Deathwatch while BLU's leader, the Ubermensch created legions of
modified versions of the nine BLU mercenaries called Shocktroopers
who served as his bodyguard and as elite assault troops. But despite
these developments, the stalemate continued for a bloody two years.
However the Earth Empire has decreed that the Alliance will focus
it's efforts on the Combine, who it considers to be the biggest
threat. However this decision leaves the actions of the Pact largely
unchecked by the Alliance, creating large problems for the smaller
members of the Alliance who often have to deal with threats from the
members of the Pact.
One of these members is the country of
South Africa in the Zombie verse, who neighbors Pact-occupied Namibia
led by the infamous warlord and self proclaimed president Carl
Wombossi also known as "Reaver" who often leads raids
against Allied facilities inside South Africa, most recently a
research facility involved in the development of a portable
dark-fusion reactor that could power Allied warships and reduce the
reliance of oil. During this raid, he captured several key Allied
scientists and burnt the million dollar facility to the ground along
with years of research. This raid has led to the deployment of the
3rd Marine Expeditionary Unit(MEU) to the African Coast with the
support of the Imperial and South African militaries and the TDJTF.
Their mission; free the scientists, capture Carl Wombossi for
questioning, and destroy the Pact presence in the country once and
for all. Unknowingly about to start a series of events that will
change the face of the war and set it's course forever...
***
Chapter One: Operation Black Knife
Off the Coast of Namibia, Africa;
Zombie-Verse(L4D Universe) - USS Wasp
Trans-Dimensional Joint Task
Force(TDJTF)
March 22nd, 2024(Earth Empire and
Black Mesa Verse Calendar)
Shephard waited until his eyes had
adjusted to the darkness of the briefing room where he and his
officers, the RED Soldier from RED Team #405, Major General Krenzi
from the 22nd Imperial Army, and Alyx Vance from the Lambda
Resistance's TDJTF contingent were going to discuss their plan for
the upcoming assault on Carl Wombossi's palace in Windhoek where
Allied intelligence believed that the scientists were being held.
"Okay here is how it's going to
go!" He said, "General Krenzi and I will land south of the
city and stage a diversionary attack on the Namibian military bases
in the outskirts of the capital with the help of the South African
military, while RED Team #405 and the Resistance contingent will
attack the palace directly using our new stealth air transports."
"Should be a cake walk." The
RED Soldier said, "Are there any major Pact forces in this
area?"
"There have been reports about
there being a single BLU team based in the city, but those have been
unconfirmed. But other than that, the nearest major Pact force is the
N.R 4th Army in Walvis bay, but the USMC and the Imperials will be
taking care of them." Shephard replied
"A single BLU team? Shephard, when
there's one BLU team there's bound to be more nearby. I know that
much from having to fight them." Alyx said to him
"But as I said those reports are
unconfirmed, so there may not even be BLUs in there at all." He
replied, "But be warned, there are civilians in the
palace. Which means watch what you're shooting at in there! We don't
want any collateral damage, because we want to liberate these
people and not kill them!"
"We get the idea general."
The RED Soldier said to him, "So do we want Wombossi alive?"
"Yes, he may hold some important information about the
Pact's operations in the region or may even help reveal the location
of BLU's leader." He replied, "But none of the less, if he
proves too hard to capture, shoot to kill. But also keep in mind that
the INTERPOL in this dimension has placed a pretty huge price on this
guy's head and whoever captures him gets to keep the award for
themselves, but he has to be alive."
"Roger that!" The Soldier
shouted while Alyx rolled her eyes
"Well we have two hours until the
USMC and the Brenodi start their amphibious assault on Walvis Bay, so
we better start getting ready." Shephard said to them, "Meet
me on the flight deck at 1945 hours. Dismissed"
***
Windhoek, Khomas; Namibia - Palace
of Carl Wombossi
African Warlord Carl Wombossi was
sitting on his self-proclaimed "throne" when a member of
the Ubermensch's reclusive inner circle entered the room with his two
bodyguards
"You seem to be a wanted man Mr.
Wombossi." The BLU Spy said to the Warlord as he took a
cigarette out from the little metal case he was carrying before he
placed it in his mouth and lit it with a light that also came from
the case before putting it away in his pocket
"They've came for me before and
failed, what makes tonight so different?" He replied, "So I
guess you're here for those scientists?", The BLU Spy nodded;
"Very well then!"; Wombossi turned to look at one of the
soldiers of elite honor guard and yelled at him to bring out the
captured scientists, who were brought out in chains less than two
minutes later, "Here they all are!"
"And in perfect shape...which will
suit well for the Herr Ubermensch." The Spy said, "He will
be most pleased with them."
"He'll get them as long as I get
my payment, my operations here aren't cheap you know." Wombossi
said to him, "So where is it?"
"Of course, how can I forgot?"
He replied as he looked back and motioned for another BLU spy who was
carrying a metal blue case to come forward
"Let me see it." Wombossi
said to him, the Spy nodded and opened the metal case revealing
numerous small bars of gold all neatly placed inside the case
"You'll get the rest after the
scientists are in our care." The Other BLU Spy said to him as he
closed the case and gave it to Wombossi, who more than happily took
it
"You have my word." He
replied with a smile as held the case tightly in his hands
"Good." The BLU Spy said to
him, "In fact I'll go ahead and save you the trouble and just
take them now."
"Go ahead, the quicker I get
paid, the better." Wombossi replied as the BLU Spy motioned for
his bodyguards to escort the scientists to the truck outside, "So
what does the Ubermensch want with them anyway?"
"It's better that you don't ask
questions about our leader's intentions." He said to him, "But
I ensure you that'll it be good for both us and you."
Wombossi nodded
"I understand. So when do I
receive the rest of my payment?" He asked him
"The rest of it will be diverted
into your bank account digitally." He replied
"Ahhhh...I've always been a fan of
the physical thing, but that will do." Wombossi said, "No
excuse me I'm going to go count my reward."
The BLU Spy nodded
"Very well it was nice dealing
with you Mr. Wombossi, BLU looks forward to dealing with you again."
He said to him
***
USS Wasp
Trans-Dimensional Joint Task
Force(TDJTF)
Later that Night
The TDJTF was gathered together on the
flight desk of the USS Wasp while they embarked onto the TDJTF's
stealth transports that would take them deep into Namibia
"Remember we want Wombossi alive!"
Shephard shouted to the RED Soldier and Alyx who were getting onto
the same transport while he boarded a conventional transport
"Don't worry about us! Just worry
about keeping the Namibian military off of our backs!" The RED
Soldier replied, "See you at the victory party Shephard!"
The Stealth transports carrying the
resistance contingent and RED team #405 were the first to take off
while the conventional transports carrying Shephard's and Krenzi's
men took off shortly afterwards while the USMC and Imperial Strike
Force boarded their amphibious transports as they initiated their own
assault on Walvis Bay
"I just hope the South African
military has penetrated the border defenses because this will be
anything but a cake walk without their support." Krenzi said to
Shephard over the radio
"They will!" He replied, "At
least it's not the Combine!"
"Well I'll give you that."
Krenzi said
***
Alyx reloaded his automatic pistol
while Gordon Freeman, who was sitting next to her checked the battery
charge level on his trusty zero-point gravity gun that was more than
useful against BLU Demomen and the Jarate-throwing BLU snipers
"You ready Gordon?" She asked
him
Freeman nodded as he slung the gravity
gun over his shoulder with the rest of his rather large arsenal
including his also trusty and symbolic crowbar that was now slightly
beginning to rust after years of killing aliens and hostile humans
while sitting next to him, the RED Engineer finished calibrating his
wrangler
"Demoman! Once we're on the
ground, I want you to use your sticky bomb launcher to breach the
wall so our friends who can't jump over it can get inside!" The
RED Soldier shouted to the Demoman
"I hear ya!" The RED Demoman
replied before pulling out his sticky bomb launcher and pumping it
"How far are we from the LZ?"
Barney Calhoun asked the Stealth transport's pilot
"About 30 minutes!" She
replied
"Heavy! Get ready!" The RED
Soldier shouted to the RED Heavy who was carrying the Tomislav for
the mission because it was quieter than this normal minigun
"Da!" The RED Heavy replied
as he moved to the back of the VTOL while the RED Medic stood behind
him, healing him with his medic gun that had been improved to be less
cumbersome, heal non-RED personnel, and to build up a ubercharge more
quickly
"Good to go!" The RED Medic
shouted as his backpack and medic gun reached a full ubercharge
"Shit they spotted us! Get ready
back there, it's going to get a bit bumpy!" The Pilot shouted as
flak shells started to burst all around the stealth transports
"Where are we?" The RED
Soldier asked her
"About 25 minutes away!" She
replied
***
South of Windhoek
Shephard led his men out of their VTOL
as he and his men started their attack on a Namibian military outpost
while General Krenzi set up a FOB further south near the town of
Valhala
"Sir, they're already
surrendering!" One of Shephard's men said to him while the
Namibian soldiers threw down their arms and surrendered at the sight
of the TDJTF
"I can see that..." He
replied, "Get them out of here!"
"Yes Sir! Okay boys, let get
these guys out of here!" The TDJTF Soldier shouted as he
motioned to the Namibian soldiers to come along with his rifle while
Shephard pulled out his rangefinder and used it to observe the larger
Namibian military base further up the highway from him and his men
that had already been put on full alert and it's garrison mobilizing
"Welp, there goes the element
of surprise..." Shephard said to himself
"Shephard! I just linked up with
the forward advance units of the South African military!" Krenzi
said over the radio
"Good, because they know defiantly
know we're here now!" Shephard replied, "Hold your
positions, we're going to bring them to you."
"Understood, I'll have my
engineers start building walls and turrets." Krenzi said to him
while Shephard turned to look at his men
"Okay guys! We're falling back to
Valhala, where we're going to show these guys what we're made of!"
Shephard shouted to them, "Move out!"
***
Presidential Palace
Wombossi was standing on the balcony of
his palace as he watched the skies over the Namibian capital light up
with anti-air tracers and exploding flak shells while two of his
bodyguards tried to convince him to leave the city
"I'm not leaving, they've came for
me before, but they've always failed." He said to them, "Now
leave!"
"But sir, we're getting reports
that's it the TDJTF this time and the South Africans have blasted
through our defenses on the southern border and are pushing north up
the highway!" One of them replied
"The TDJTF eh? Let em' come I
say!" Wombossi said to them, "Even they won't be able to
capture the great Carl Wombossi! Now leave me be!"
The Guards nodded and reluctantly left
Wombossi alone on the balcony, unaware of the approaching danger
***
"We're here!" The Pilot of
the stealth transport shouted to RED Team #405 and the rebel soldiers
aboard it while she pulled the lever opening up the back doors,
allowing the RED Heavy to fire his Tomislav while the Medic activated
his ubercharge, making him and the Heavy temporarily invulnerable as
the Namibian Presidential guardsmen fired their weapons at them only
to watch their rounds bounce off
"RUN COWARDS!" The Heavy
shouted while the Namibian Guards ran away while the RED Demoman ran
past him and the Medic before using his sticky launcher to place
eight sticky bombs onto a section of the wall surrounding the
presidential palace
"Fire in the hole!" He
shouted before he ran to a safe distance before detonating the bombs,
creating a hole in the wall allowing the TDJTF strike force to enter
the palace while the RED Soldier rocket jumped over the wall while
the RED Scout used his Force of Nature to propel himself over it
while Alyx Vance and Gordon Freeman led their rebel soldiers into the
palace with the rest of RED Team #405 through the breach in the wall
created by the Demoman while elite soldiers of the Namibian
presidential guard ran out of their barracks inside the compound to
defend it against the TDTJF
"Crocket!" The RED Soldier
shouted as he fired a critical rocket at a mob of guardsmen, blowing
them up while the RED engineer set up a mini sentry just outside the
exit of the barracks along with a dispenser that healed any nearby
friendlies while also resupplying their ammo
"For the UBERMENSCH!" A BLU
Shock Demoman shouted as he charged out of the Presidential palace
with his pipe bomb launcher in hand before firing a single pipe bomb
at Gordon Freeman, who whipped out his gravity gun and grabbed the
bomb before throwing it back at the Demoman who cursed before he
exploded into gibs after the grenade hit him
"Good one Gordon!" Barney
shouted to him while he gunned down a BLU Shock Scout who came at him
with a metal bat with his captured Combine Pulse Rifle while the
leader of the BLU Team, a elite BLU Spy armed with dual revolvers
wearing a fedora with his suit unbuttoned dove out of one of the
windows of the presidential palace firing his revolvers, killing four
rebel soldiers before landing on the ground and then pulling out his
butterfly knife that he threw at another rebel soldier, hitting her
in the shoulder with it before finishing her off with a shot from one
of his revolvers
"Die you worthless French wretch!"
Alyx shouted as she fired her automatic pistol at the BLU Spy, who
dodged the attacks
"I think not." He said to her
as she stopped to reload before aiming before revolvers at her, but
one of them was shot out of his hand by the RED Sniper
"Go to hell!" The RED Sniper
shouted before he pulled out a jar of his own piss and threw it at
the BLU Spy, covering him with it's content after it shattered on his
chest
"Jarate!? NOOOOO!!!" The BLU
Spy shouted while Alyx finished reloading and emptied the entire clip
into his chest
"Thanks!" She shouted to
the sniper, who gave her a thumbs up while she, Gordon Freeman, the
RED Soldier, and the RED Demoman entered the palace to look for
Wombossi while Barney led the RED Heavy, Medic, and Spy to look for
the scientists in another building while the others stayed outside
***
Valhala, Namibia
Shephard and his men reached the
Namibian village that Krenzi's Imperial soldiers had fortified with
the pursuing Namibian military hot on their trail, forcing them to
enter the range of the Empire's Medium and Heavy tanks as South
African attack helicopters started to strafed them
"Come on!" A Imperial
Officer shouted to Shephard as he waved him forward before the
general vaulted over the wall with some of his men, and slouched
against it, out of breath while the Imperial and South African
militaries concentrated their firepower on the now shattered Namibian
attack force
"You guys sure know how to build a
good defensive line!" One of Shephard's Men said to the Imperial
officer
"Thanks, this works just as well
against the Northerners as it does these people!" He replied
while several volleys of shells from batteries of Imperial artillery
tanks finished off the Namibian attack force
"Where's Krenzi?" Shephard
asked him
"He's in the command vehicle."
He replied
"Then it's better that I don't
bother him." Shephard said to him while Louis climbed over the
wall
"I've...never...ran...like...that...in...my
entire...life." Louis said between breaths while the other
survivors joined them behind the wall
"Where were you guys?"
Shephard asked them
"Doing recon...as you asked."
Bill replied as he lit a fresh cigarette, "I'm really getting
too old for this shit."
"Then retire." Shephard said
to him
"Retire? Who knows where these
guys would be right now without me!" He replied while Shephard's
radio crackled
"Shephard here." Shephard
said
"This is RED Team #405, we've got
Wombossi, but the scientists aren't here." The RED Soldier said
to him, "But there were plenty of BLU Shocktroopers here and
hear this, we also found a sealed intelligence suitcase in the office
of the BLU Spy that was leading them."
"Shocktroopers? Our intel said
nothing about those guys being here." He replied, "Get
Wombossi and that suitcase back to the LHD, we'll help the South
Africans finish up here."
"Roger that!" The RED Soldier
said to him before cutting the transmission
"Dammit." He said as he put
back against the Brenodi wall
"What is it?" Nick asked him
"The scientists weren't there
anymore, Wombossi must've given them to the BLUs before we got here."
He replied, "But good news is that we got Wombossi and a BLU
intelligence suitcase."
"What the hell does the Ubermensch
want with a bunch of scientists?" A Brenodi Rifleman asked him
"No idea, but whatever it is. It
can't be good for us at all." He replied
***
Somewhere in Siberia; Mann
Verse(Team Fortress 2 Universe)
October 8th, 1971(Local Calendar)
The Ubermensch was standing on the
observation deck overlooking his new and soon to be completed
war-winning weapon, a dark energy signal emitter capable of closing
and opening new portals at will, powering this weapon was modified
version of the Nucleus dark-fusion reactor that had been built by the
late Mann brothers and the Announcer in the Badlands of New Mexico
four years before the war began, which was why the project was called
the "Nucleus Project"
"Herr Ubermensch!" A BLU
Shock Soldier wearing a Team Capitan, aviators, leather jacket, and
the fancy dress uniform shouted as he saluted the Ubermensch
"What is it?" The Ubermensch
asked him without even looking away from the window
"Sir, the scientists that Wombossi
have given us have arrived." He replied
"Guten, put them to work on the
project immediately and be sure to greatly award our Namibian
friend." The Ubermensch said
"Yes Herr Ubermensch! But I regret
to inform that Wombossi has been captured by the TDJTF!" The BLU
Shock Soldier said to him
"Another necessary sacrifice for
BLU to be victorious in this war, he will be remembered as a patriot."
He replied
"Yes Herr Ubermensch!" The
BLU Shocktrooper said to him, "But the TDJTF also captured the
briefcase that was with the Shocktrooper team that we had in the
presidential pa-"
"THEY WHAT?!" The Ubermensch
yelled as he rapidly turned to face them, "With that briefcase!
They will know EVERYTHING about Nucleus! Strengthen the defenses
around the entire facility and tell our Soviet allies that we're
going to need reinforcements!"
"Yes sir!" He replied before
running out of the observation deck
"DUMMKOPFS!" The Ubermensch
screamed loud enough that he could be hard across the facility, "But
it matters not, once this weapon operational, we will win this war
easily! Not even the TDJTF will be able to stop me!"
