07:12, Transport Helicopter, Mountainous Region nearing the Hanzen-Xsampa border pass.
"Can we run this mission plan over once more sir?" Cato asked Mathias sitting adjacent to him. Mathias sighed before explaining,"Posterior to landing we make our way through the mountains and establish communications with central command once we have reached within viewing distance of the target location. This is purely a reconnaissance mission, we are not here to capture nor kill anyone, nor are we here to be capture or killed by anyone." Cato seemed perplexed at the simpleness of the mission. He questioned: Why so much technical assistance for such a simple task as reconnaissance? "What is the pure reason for us being here?" Henrik broke in. "Central Command has identified the presence of extreme military movement in the target area. To get political: There is a civil war brewing, and our task is to obtain reconnaissance on both sides, rebel and government forces and drop a rough estimate of the military situation in our target locations." Mathias explained. "Target locations!?" David broke in thereafter, as he stressed on the "s". "Yes, location(s), this is not the only place we are expected to be in. You all are intelligence officers. Spies in the eyes of enemy. You must have the capabilities to be everywhere yet stay unseen. To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere." Mathias concluded.
Once the helicopter landed, they began their fifteen mile journey down from the mountains. "So who or what is our target?" Mathias halts and turns to face Cato. "Did you listen when i briefed you for the second time, even though YOU asked what was the mission plan?" Cato shook his head with a face of zero-regret. "Uhm....no, I did not." Mathias sighed furiously, "Yet central command calls you an intelligence officer. I don't see where the intelligence part of that title comes into play. Recon on military movement, that being trucks, ammunition anything. Conduct signals intel on chatter from populations sectors, relay information back to central command. If you dare ask for me to repeat, I will give you an enema with my suppressor." this comment caused Henrik and David to try to suppress their laughs. The airy silence of the mountains was broken by the sound of gunfire in the distance. "Suppressors on." Mathias ordered to the squad in a hushed voice. Suddenly the rumbling of an engine could be heard coming closer to the squad. "Armour!" shouted Cato. Immediately Cato, Mathias, Henrick and David became prone, training their guns into a 360 degree formation, with Mathias at the centre. "What's happening behind me Cato, You need to tell me!" Mathias shouted. Behind him was simply mountain. "I can't see anything, but i can here it, about a two yard right!". Cato responded whilst scanning the terrain with a pair of binoculars.
Cresting over a hill, in full sight of the squad was what appeared to be an Indralan made armoured personnel carrier (APC). Without hesitation, David fired a rocket from his light anti-tank weapon. Although it hit the apc, it did mirror damage due to it hitting at an angle. The infantry within the apc, flooded out of its rear doors and swarmed the vehicle. "Fire!", Mathias shouted as he ordered for the squad to open fire on the infantry. An intense battle ensued. Xsampian government forces against the intelligence squad. However their attempts to eliminate the threat was futile. From their right came a helicopter, its machine gun trained onto them. Through a loud speaker, those in the helicopter commanded," Surrender or you will be shot." Mathias, recognizing the options of the survival of his team were thin seeing that with one hostile movement the helicopter's door gunner would not hesitate to open fire on them, ultimately surrendered. With his service assault rifle on the floor, he held his hands high in the air and ordered the remainder of the squad to follow suit. They had compromised. Mathias knew what would ensue is a period of interrogation, torture and their subsequent death. They were all blind folded and loaded unto the helicopter, where they would be brought to Wu Puyang, King of Xsampa.