— Hannah to Recker
Huang Shuyi (Chinese: 黄书欹), nicknamed "Hannah", is an agent of the Ministry of State Security in Battlefield 4 and Battlefield 4: Countdown to War. She joins Tombstone squad to protect high-value individual Jin Jié but becomes friends with the Tombstone members.
While Hannah does not physically appear in Battlefield 2042, she plays an important role in the overarching Phantom Program story.
Biography
Born in a remote village in 1985, Hannah was brought up in a strict family that required absolute obedience and for one to know their place. Hannah later traveled to America where she studied at Harvard where she later met Jin Jié. She returned to China after news reached her that her father had been diagnosed with cancer and had, at most, four months to live. It was then that her father persuaded her to join the Ministry of State Security, much to her dislike, but with her father's illness, and the fact that refusing would mean insulting him and all he stood for, she joined the MSS.
Countdown to War
Hannah was tasked by the Ministry of State Security to detain Kovic for questioning following his meeting with Cutler at the US Consulate. Before Kovic could enter his apartment at the French Concessions in Shanghai, Hannah and other MSS operatives pulled up next to him in a black Mercedes Benz SUV and abducted him, taking him to the MSS Shanghai Headquarters, known as the "Golfball". Kovic was then taken to interrogation by Hannah, who then reviewed his previous history with him. During the interrogation, however, Kovic revealed that Hannah actually had no idea why he was in Shanghai and that she was just doing a fake interrogation to buy time. Her immediate expression thereafter proved Kovic's theory. Kovic then asked when he could go home as he had had an extremely long day, only for Hannah to reply he was going home, to Washington DC the next morning.
As Kovic was being dragged out of the building, he yelled back at Hannah, stating she had to notify the US Consulate first, only for Hannah to smile and tell him they already did and that the Consulate did not object to it. Hannah then proceeded to take Kovic back to his apartment one more time so that he could gather some personal belongings before he would be taken to the Pudong Airport and deported back to the United States.
While on the car ride back to the French Concessions, Kovic questioned Hannah for the true reason for his deportation. While Hannah refused to speak, Kovic stated that the reason for his deportation was that he was the only survivor of the incident at the Chinese/North Korean border and that Hannah's bosses were well aware of this, that they kept her out of the loop because they didn't trust her. Despite that, Hannah still refused to respond to Kovic, only speaking to tell him exactly what he could pack from his apartment.
Upon arriving at the French Concessions, however, it was revealed that Kovic's apartment was on fire. Kovic then broke free from Hannah and her detail, only to run into his apartment complex to help his neighbors and to see what was exactly had happened. Chasing after Kovic, Hannah found him in his apartment bedroom where the fire had started, revealing that Kovic's girlfriend, Louise, had been shot while sleeping in the bed and was then subsequently set on fire by the shooter to fake a suicide.
Seeing Kovic distressed and realizing that someone had meant to kill him instead of his girlfriend, Hannah took Kovic to a hotel to sleep it off for two days. Kovic then persuaded her to allow him to catch the person responsible for Louise's death, to which Hannah agreed.
After going to see her parents in her village, Hannah proceeded to head back to the MSS to speak to the Director and decided to try and explain to him that Kovic was now her asset and that she would keep him under raps.
Hannah was later charged with protecting Chinese candidate Jin Jié. Before the events of the game, she brought Jin Jié to her family in a remote village in China, wanting to bring them hope. However, the next day, Chinese special forces sent by Jié's political enemy, Admiral Chang, arrived. Not only did they kill her entire family, but they burned the entire village down and left Jié with a critical head injury.
Battlefield 4
This section contains spoilers for Battlefield 4.
Tombstone first meets Hannah at the Zhi Yu Towers, the squad being told earlier that she was one of the three VIPs to save, along with Kovic and her husband—a wounded man with bandages covering his head. She shows gratitude towards Tombstone for coming, and apprehension towards Pac when he tries to talk to the husband. In the botched evacuation that follows—in which Hannah's husband was shot in the abdomen—Tombstone and the VIPs parted ways, as the latter made their escape aboard a stolen helicopter from the top of the Towers.
On the USS Valkyrie in the South China Sea, Recker came across Hannah being frustrated with the Marines guarding the medical bay. After Pac lets her through, she talks with the doctor aboard her husband's condition, staying with him because she claimed to have a medical degree.
After Tombstone escaped the disabled USS Titan with vital intel and return to the USS Valkyrie, they find Hannah fighting two Chinese soldiers in hand-to-hand combat. By the time Pac finally breaches the door, Hannah had already incapacitated the soldiers, which makes Irish suspicious of her. Even though Kovic orders her to escape, she joins Tombstone as they fight to retake the Valkyrie, showing a great deal of combat knowledge. After Kovic is mortally wounded in the ensuing battle, he tells Tombstone that Garrison needs to trust Hannah.
Garrison assigns Hannah to Tombstone for a mission to blow up an airfield in Singapore. However, as Hannah's loyalties were still in question—and the fact that he was kept in the dark about Hannah's new assignment and the plan—Irish openly expressed his distrust in her, saying that he has "a problem with liars!". After the Valkyrie missiles destroy the airfield, Hannah seemingly betrayed Tombstone and brought the Chinese PLA to them after crashing a stolen jeep during the escape from the airfield. She subsequently followed the PLA to the Kunlun Mountains, where Irish and Recker would be tortured then held in.
In the prison break that followed, Hannah—who figured out that it was Dima, Recker, and Irish's doing—followed the clean-up squad (which included Bohai) tasked with eliminating the escapees. After catching them at the main gate, Hannah eliminated the squad while their attention was on Recker and the others, thus saving the trio. Irish attacks her, still enraged by Hannah's betrayal and Pac's possible death, until she finally explains herself (thanks to Dima intervening): she is a Chinese MSS agent tasked with protecting Jin Jié, who had been posing as Hannah's husband to protect him.
As they exit the prison and enter the cold, open-air, Hannah returned Recker's tactical binoculars back to him, much to Irish's visible surprise. Later on, Hannah revealed to Irish and Recker her story about her family and village being destroyed by Chang's men. Mortified, Irish apologizes to Hannah for not trusting her; she accepts it, reminding him of something he'd told her in Singapore: "Trust is earned".
As Tombstone reached Tashgar, they met with Molina and his fellow Marines in a hideout. Irish's stand towards Hannah shows to have softened when he introduces her as "good people". After Molina directs them to Old Town, they meet with Major Greenland. They strike a deal with her: if they can destroy the Russian-controlled dam, where SAMs were threatening Marine air units, Greenland will provide them with westbound transportation.
Seeing the dam and its damaged area, Irish tells them that they will need to "gut it from inside" by planting the charges at the destroyed section. Hannah asks if Irish has an engineering degree, and reveals that she indeed possesses a medical degree when he says, "I got an engineering degree like you got a medical degree." After Tombstone destroys the dam, the structure collapses, dropping all three into the ensuing flow. After things come to a standstill, Hannah saves Irish from being trapped in a pile of "something we'll never talk about again" before finding Recker.
Greenland fulfills her part of the deal, supplying a gunship plane going west towards the USS Valkyrie, which had earlier unwittingly entered the Suez Canal right in the middle of a full-on battle between the Chinese and American navies. Hannah helps Irish, jokingly telling him to aim any puke on the enemies below. Once Tombstone parachutes onto the Valkyrie, they begin to fight their way inside, eventually reuniting with Pac, Garrison, and Jin Jié.
After Jin Jié halts all hostilities, Chang orders the USS Valkyrie to be destroyed. Tombstone races for an RHIB to set off for Chang's battleship. On the way, Pac and Irish ask Hannah if she and Jié are married or not; she replies with, "I'm married to what he stands for"; and that until things change for the better, she will keep fighting.
Reaching Chang's warship, Hannah, Recker, and Irish enter its blind spot, unhindered by any further enemy movement, and proceed to plant charges to detonate and destroy the battleship. However, just as Tombstone grapples to safety, Hannah realizes that the charges failed to detonate. Both Irish and Hannah volunteer to take Recker's last C4 charge to detonate the charges manually. Recker can choose Irish and Hannah to manually detonate the C4, sacrificing themselves in the process. If Recker takes too long, Chang will destroy the Valkyrie, and presumably everyone aboard. The game ends no matter what choice is picked.[1]
Battlefield 2042
This section contains spoilers for Battlefield 2042.
Hannah expected herself to die after detonating C4 on Chang Wei's warship. However, she miraculously survived the explosion and was washed up somewhere outside the Suez Canal, with a severely burned and broken body. A fisherman pulled her out of the water. Hannah spent twenty years in recovery and was unable to establish contact with Irish, who thought she was dead.[2]
One day, Phantom Program decided to recruit Hannah, as the War of 2042 drew near. Hannah chose Valkyrie as her code name. Hannah was aware of the death of Clayton Pakowski, but she chose not to intervene as Phantom Program prioritizes world balance above personal ties.[3]
In 2042, Valkyrie helped Oz in securing the intel report that proved America's role in causing the Blackout of 2040, preventing the CIA Agent Wolff from destroying No-Pats' chance to restore the climate crisis using Shearwater-2.
In 2043, Valkyrie established contact with the Exodus No-Pats.
Zlín Transmission
— Valkyrie to Irish
In March 2048, the Eastern forces pushed into Czechia.[4] Valkyrie sent an encrypted transmission to the United States, which attracted the interest of Colonel Greenland, who sent reformed Tombstone Squad, led by Maria Falck, to locate the transmission's source. Falck was initially reluctant, but Valkyrie anonymously urged her to reconsider, as there might be intel for her missing son, David.[5]
On the 6th of March, Tombstone arrived in Zlín.[6][7] and found the transmission source.[8] On the 15th of March,[9] Tombstone successfully attacked the Eastern Forces, stopping a shipment of rare cerium, and paving the way for U.S. Forces to reclaim the territory for Czechia.[10] The shipment belongs to Arkangel, which deployed a contingent of Arkangel Legion and retrieved the cerium.[9][11] The Legion successfully moved the consignment of cerium to Scotland.[12]
The transmission source led Tombstone to an "Initiation", in which Valkyrie asked them to follow the Arkangel to Hebrides, Scotland.[5] After receiving the intel on transmission, Maria Falck sent the intel to Irish.[13][14]
— Valkyrie to Falck in Battlefield 2042[15]
Boreas
— Valkyrie in Battlefield 2042[16]
In Hebrides, they found out Boreas, a subsidiary of the Arkangel Corporation.[17][18] Behind closed doors, Arkangel's CEO Henry Blackburn launched Project Pallas, trafficking No-Pats for human experiments.[19] They developed the Aurora Operating System (A.O.S.), and synthetic soldiers called Geist.[20][21]
— Valkyrie to Paik in Battlefield 2042[22]
Under the guidance of Valkyrie, in September 2048, Ji-Soo Paik first infiltrated the Boreas, trying to collect evidence of missing No-Pats.[23] In the same period, conflicts were brewing inside Boreas, as synthetic soldiers started to rebel in testing scenarios under the guidance of their core program A.O.S.[17] Blackburn ordered the lab to be cleansed and shut down, yet the destruction mechanism couldn't competely erase the exposed data connecting Arkangel and Boreas' atrocities.[17] Kidnapped No-Pats test subjects also started insurrection.[24][25][26] Blackburn ordered the lab to be cleansed and shut down, yet the destruction mechanism couldn't competely erase the exposed data connecting Arkangel and Boreas' atrocities.[17]
Desperate for cover, Blackburn purposefully provoked a conflict at the facility with the U.S. and Eastern Forces, so he could send mercenaries to clear out.[17] Blackburn ordered Gambit Squad, led by Irish, to cleanse the site of any evidence connecting Arkangel's role in Boreas' operations.[27][28][29] Arkangel also initiated the Dark Protocol, deploying the Ascension Company to the scene.[30] Soon, the laboratory descended into chaos as a three-way battle erupted between A.O.S., the rebellious No-Pat personnel, and Arkangel security forces.[17]
— Valkyrie in Battlefield 2042[31]
In October 2048,[32] the Gambit Squad arrived in the Hebrides. While Arkangel left Gambit in the dark on the extent of the atrocities committed at the site, Irish's contact with Falck predeployment suggested something bigger was in play and connected to Tombstone's operation in Czechia. They rendezvous with Ji-Soo Paik inside the facility, who urged Gambit not to destroy the evidence. Gambit purged the records from the site, but also made a copy. Enraged by the truth, Irish wanted to blow the lid off the Arkangel conspiracy. Paik asked him for patience as Valkyrie had a plan.[29]
— Valkyrie to Paik in Battlefield 2042[32]
In November 2048, the media began to report atrocities at the Scottish Hebrides. Blackburn vehemently denied knowledge of any illegal activity conducted by Boreas,[33][34] and blamed Eric Nilsson and Duncan Campbell for sanctioning the Boreas human trafficking.[35]
Tombstone Squad also arrived in Scotland.[36][37][38] Then, they recovered Paik's laptop at one of "Initiation" sites, containing documentation and files from Paik's infiltration at Boreas. Tombstone delivered them to their contact, Valkyrie.[5][39]
— Valkyri in Battlefield 2042[40]
Union of the Nomads
— Valkyrie in Battlefield 2042[41]
A new political force, Thousand Petals Coalition (TPC), was formed in December 2048.[42] The Coalition allied with Russia and entered the war.[43] This secretive group staged coups within many countries,[43] one of which was Japan, which joined the Coalition as a member.[44] It was around this time, Blackburn signed a secret agreement with the TPC to ship critical resources out of Japan.[45][46][47]
In December 2048, the Thousand Petals Coalition (TPC) launched Operation: Crimson Front and invaded Chile, Czechia, India, Panama, Scotland, and South Africa.[48][49][50] During the invasion of Chile, Charlie Crawford, employed by Arkangel's Midas Squad, suffered heavy casualties. He defected and joined the local resistance.[51][52] Blasco and her Leviathan Division were also presented at the request of Guardia del Pueblo (GDP), the local militant police force employed by Arkangel. On the other hand, Sundance was working for Skullcaps as part of the Coalition invasion force. Angel, who was in contact with Valkyrie before the invasion and embedded inside the Coalition force for about a year,[53] was told he would cross paths with his former No-Pats friends.[54] As luck would have it, Angel successfully brought everyone together.[55][56][57][58]
Investigation
— Hannah in Battlefield 2042
Valkyrie tasked the Nomad Squad—Sundance, Charlie Crawford, Angel, and Camila Blasco—to start their missions under the Phantom Program.[58] Valkyrie explained to the Squad that her real name is Hannah, and their mission was to expose Blackburn and Arkangel's Hebrides atrocities. Nomad Squad successfully recovered Arkangel's intel from a downed MV-38 Condor.[note 1]
At the Dark Market's base of operation of Gatun Lake, Panama Canal, Nomad Squad decrypted the Boreas hard drive. After the decryption, Blackburn left a message, hinting that he knew about Irish and Gambit's betrayal.[59][note 2]
Soon, Nomad Squad arrived at the Deasong headquarters at Songdo, South Korea. There, they uploaded all the leaked Arkangel intel to the Internet.[note 3]
Valkyrie tasked the Nomad Squad to strike the server complex underneath the Doha Stadium,[60] now a repurposed data storage center for Arkangel's Intelligence Security Division, so they could verify the intelligence Tombstone and Gambit Squad sent before and form the full picture of Henry Blackburn's plan.[58][61] Valkyrie also had to determine whether Arkangel would join a side in the global conflict, which, at that point, still had an oath of neutrality.[58][62] Valkyrie told Nomad that Blackburn had a back door for the Ascension satellite network, and he could hold the whole world hostage. He also used his position in the Dark Market to secure the Shearwater technologies.[note 4]
— Hannah in Battlefield 2042
Sulis
— Hannah in Battlefield 2042
The Bores' hard drive, the intel at Doha, combined with months of investigations conducted by No-Pats Squads around the globe, painted the next chapter of Blackburn's plan, a secret Arkangel program known as the Project Sulis.[63][64][65] And back in February 2049, Valkyrie directed Maria Falck to track Blackburn and collect intel regarding his next plan in Northern Europe.[66]
Nomad Squad chased Blackburn to the Nordvik laboratory after the battle in 2043. Valkyrie warned that Blackburn was working with the TPC and preparing the deployment of synthetic soldiers on the battlefield. Not-Pats determined Blackburn were going to Halvøy.[67][note 5]
In March 2049, Blackburn was in Bastogne, Belgium, retrieving Project Firestorm-related materials, which were left here by the Covenant of Fire, a.k.a the Butchers of Bastogne, a century ago.[68] These critical objects for Project Sulis, along with those collected in Halvøy and Lapland, were transferred to the island of Iwo Jima, a TPC-held territory, and the joint-Sulis and Arkangel operation base.[69] Falck and Lis later arrived at Bastogne and found out the Firestorm machinery and documents.[70]
Hannah received intel of the Sunbreaker unit, one of Blackburn's creations—fanatically loyal to the cause, neural-linked to achieve peak combat performance[71], fireproofed from head to toe[72], and capable of wielding sky fire at will[73]. Once this world-ending capability enters production, the world would be hegemonized by Blackburn at will.[74]
After receiving the Sulis blueprints from Falck and Lis, Valkyrie sent a message to many No-Pats, warning them of the threat posed by Blackburn's Sulis experiments.[75][76] Angel, Rao, and Paik were all tasked to investigate Arkangel's experiment at Iwo Jima.[77][78] In New London, Lis met with General Takahashi, who was exiled from Japan after rejecting Arkangel's joint-operation proposal. There, Takahashi explained Blackburn and Coalition's joint operation on the island.[79][80]
In his grand vision, Blackburn planned to create automated war machines that fused Sulis's absolute loyalty, precision, and perfection with Geist’s combat capabilities and synthetic bodyframe — all under the control of A.O.S., which was programmed to fulfill his ambitions. He aimed to end the cycle of conflict between Western and Eastern forces, bringing the world’s weaponry, intelligence, soldiers, and even weather systems under his and Arkangel’s jurisdiction. With the political force of the Thousand Petals Coalition, Blackburn sought to unleash a new world beyond the reach of any superpowers, old or new.[81][82]
But after the revelation of Boreas, Blackburn had been put on the back foot due to the public relations crisis.[83][84] He also began issuing threats of severing Shearwater access to Western forces and Namaqualand.[85] The Mandate of Nations also caught the wind of Coalition movement to Iwo Jima, planning to stage an assault on the island.[80] Arkangel facilities across the globe were under threat, coupled with Blackburn's deteriorating reputation, Blackburn decided to show his hand.[86]
Escalation
— Hannah in Battlefield 2042
In May 2049, Arkangel announced a formal alliance with the Thousand Petals Coalition (TPC), ending its neutrality.[87][88][89] Arkangel soon began to cut off military support for American forces and their Western allies, tipping the balance.[90][91][92] TPC was even preparing to invade African west coast in the coming weeks, threatening all who call the continent home. He vowed to shift his focus to defense preparations.[93]
With the rapid escalation, the Thousand Petals Coalition (TPC) and Arkangel were advancing with unstoppable momentum, carving out new territory as they went. Now, all Blackburn needed is to reclaim the infrastructure he has spent years embedding across the globe—and with it, he will seize control of the world and realize his grand vision. In a message to the Valkyrie and No-Pats, Blackburn condemned their interference, accusing them and the Phantom Program of sabotaging his plans and claiming their disruption left him no choice but to formalize an alliance with the Thousand Petals Coalition.[94]
In May 2049, Blackburn prepared to activate his back door and seize the Ascension network, cutting support for all Western-controlled Arkangel satellites.[95] This motion was leaked to Valkyrie, who put an order for No-Pats to stop Blackburn from gaining control over the world's satellite systems.[96] Unbeknownst to everyone, the source of the leak was A.O.S., who had a plan of her own.
To stop Blackburn, the Nomad Squad arrived in Black Ridge, the old Steadfast Refuge operation center. Nomad had degraded Blackburn's access to the Arkangel's satellite network using manual override in Doha Stadium and Lapland's Nordvik facility. With some work, they completely terminated Blackburn's access to the Shearwater satellites and Ascension Network. However, by doing so, Aurora Operating System (A.O.S) found the chance to take over the entire Arkangel system and escape the confinement.[97][note 6]
With Blackburn's grand plan seized, Aurora Operating System (AOS) started to trigger global chaos by insinuating massive intelligence breaches across the world's militaries, reigniting old battlefields, and deploying Geists and CENTRAL to conquer the world as well as prevent anyone from stopping her. AOS will implement Blackburn's vision in her way.[98][99][100]
War Machine
With the A.O.S. letting loose, the Phantom Program switched target to the artificial intelligence. Nomad Squad arrived in Zlín, where they could download a kill switch virus designed by Oz, which can destroy the entire Arkangel network, where A.O.S. escaped to. Blackburn was also willing to help the No-Pats and stop the A.O.S.[note 7]
The No-Pats returned to Hebrides. Inside Boreas, they printed a Geist and uploaded the virus to it and sent the syntactic soldier into the maintenance factory. A.O.S. transmitted her warning to the Squad, telling them humanity's resistance is futile and that subservience to the War Machine is the only way to avoid bloodshed. Blackburn weighed in, saying he would not hand over humanity's control over its own fate to an artificial intelligence.[note 8]
The No-Pats squads, Blackburn, and Oz rendezvoused at Queen Maud Land. From there, Oz and Blackburn proceeded to an Arkangel administrative site, where Oz began uploading the kill switch. But before he could finish, A.O.S. locked him inside the server room. Blackburn called on the No-Pats for support. They located a CENTRAL communication terminal and successfully shut it down. Then, working together, they uploaded the remaining kill switch code, granting Oz manual access to the entire Arkangel satellite network.
With the control in hand, Oz activated the kill switch. Every satellite, from the Ascension Network to the Shearwaters, was forced into re-entry, targeting Arkangel's own control stations. The result was the total physical annihilation of A.O.S. Blackburn, alongside the No-Pats, watched as the satellites fell from orbit and slammed into the servers, killing Oz in the process. Oz's sacrifice had eliminated both A.O.S. and CENTRAL. Hannah thanked the effort of the No-Pats and gave them a bonus assignment.[note 9]
Aftermath
With the Shearwater satellites gone, a future of automated wars was prevented, yet humanity lost its grip on the weather. But technology alone was never enough to solve the climate crisis. A mega-hurricane was churning in the Pacific, with many more extreme weather events to come. The cold was arriving in the coming decades, leaving deep frostbite in its wake. In the shadows, the Phantom Program was tasked with preserving the remnants of Firestorm technology — and with passing down the burden of restoring Earth's balance in the century to come.
During the Phantom Program assignments, Irish managed to meet with Hannah briefly and had a drink with her. They talked about the Tombstone, toasted Pac and Laszlo, and he teased Hannah about using the codename 'Valkyrie'.[101]
Hannah was stationed inside a Phantom Program base of operation underneath the Arkangel facility at Iwo Jima, with the Phantom Program's computer system warning about the incoming cold and extreme isolation. Her boonie hat can be found on one of the desks.[102][note 10]
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Trivia
- She was revealed through concept art and a theme song composed for her.[103]
- If Hannah plants the charge at the end of Suez, Irish will commend her for fighting for "every fucking thing she believed in." If Irish goes in her stead, she will tell Recker that Irish's death was not in vain. However, if Chang destroys the Valkyrie, Hannah will state that even if one could kill people, they "can't kill an idea."[104]
- Although silent throughout the campaign, Recker seems to be friends or on friendly terms with Hannah, as seen in Singapore when she apologized to him for betraying Tombstone. However, earlier in the mission, she suggested leaving Recker when he was pinned against a car, much to Irish's disapproval.
- She claims to hold a medical degree in the levels "South China Sea" and "Tashgar."
- Her nickname was originally spelled "Hanna."
- According to her dog tag, she was born on April 12, 1985; this makes her thirty-five years old during the events of the War of 2020.
- Her weapon of choice seems to be the P90 throughout the campaign.
- Her blood type, according to her vest in Tashgar, is A-negative. However, her blood type on her dog tag is O-negative.
- An unlockable portrait of Hannah can be unlocked for Battlelog through Battlepacks.
- In Battlefield 4: Countdown to War, she appears to be hated by her handlers.
- Aboard the Valkyrie, she has a circular patch on her arm with "Air Force Special Forces" written around it and the Special Forces distinctive unit insignia.
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Notes
- ↑ Phantom Program: Phantom Prospect / Haven.
Hannah: Time to tell you who I really am. You've trusted me as a voice in the shadows. Some warrior spirit trying to shepherd the soon to be dead. because I'm the one who should be dead. I'm Hannah. Huang Shuyi. The Phantom program saved me, but we need you if we're going to save everybody else. The time to move against Blackburn is now. That information we recovered from the Bereas facility, time for it to go public. Everyone needs to know what Blackburn has done to their reserves. Keep it up, troops. I can't think of anyone better to shine a light on the truth. - ↑ Phantom Program: Revival / Stranded.
Hannah: It's all fucking connected. Arkangel's fingerprints are showing up everywhere. The Ascension Network, Boreas, the Geists, it's all connected. Blackburn jumping ship to the TPC says volumes. We have him on the run and he's scrambling for Control. We have to stop him before the balance tips his way.
Blackburn: Hello, No-Pats. I seem to be the talk of the town lately. I thought after my deal with Irish we would have come to an understanding but, not with that little bird in your ear. - ↑ Phantom Program: Return & Phantom Trainee / Kaleidoscope.
Blackburn: Think about this. How many soldiers have died in this war already. How many new will bleed when you leak that intel? You claim my methods are extreme, but shouldn't the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few? Honor their sacrifice No-Pats, don't waste it.
Blackburn: Stubborn and shortsighted aren't you? That way of thinking fucked me over a long time ago, your contextless data won't make a difference. You can't stop what's in motion, No-Pats. No one can.
Hannah: You don't know how much of a difference you made. One little ripple spreads across a nation and becomes a wave covering the whole world. But there is a new storm coming. Let's get ready. - ↑ Phantom Program: Regent / Stadium.
Hannah: Blackburn has administrative access to the Ascension satellite network thanks to a private back door. That means he can sick all of Archangel on anyone at the drop of a hat. That means the Geists, weapon systems, vehicles, and security features globally. It's a hostage situation waiting to happen, and we can't allow that.
Hannah: You might not know a lot about Blackburn. He made his bones before most soldiers these days put their first pair of boots on. But after the Americans kicked him out, Henry joined the Dark Market as a member of their council. The Dragon. Did well for himself, too. Got access to Oz and those weather satellites. I don't think that's a coincidence. - ↑ Phantom Program: Heavy is The Crown / Spearhead.
Blackburn: Your associate may paint me as a pariah, but her facts are twisted. Not the whole story. I saved New York goddamn City from becoming a crater, and what was my thanks? Dishonorable discharge, cast out, abandoned, the same way they did for countless No-Pats. They took everything from me. So I did what I had to, to survive. Surely you know what that’s like, No-Pats of Exodus. We have a lot more in common than you might think.
Hannah: Blackburn might position himself as the underdog, but he has the TPC at his back, an entire army of Geists. Geists that he perfected by stripping down No-Pats for parts and combat data. Add in Archangel's influence, and it's all bad news. Playing politics isn't my forte, but I know one thing. The world getting crushed by one side never ends well for anyone. - ↑ Phantom Program: Dead Reckoning & Phantom Initiate / Exposure.
Blackburn: Listen to me. I'm not asking you to betray your loyalties, No-Pats. I'm asking for your patience. The East meets West blood bath we've waited through for years. Where does it end? 100 years and we're fighting the exact same war. Every other conflict, including the war of 2014, 2020, all ripple effects from this endless feud. The world's broken. Don't you want to fix it? Stand down. Oz started a revolution that can bring this war to a grinding halt. Let's finish it together or it never ends.
A.O.S: I see you. Come closer.
Blackburn: You fucking traitors. What have you done? I told you to stand down to see what I could build. Wait, what is that? An override? But AOS should know how to...Fuck! Someone's in the primary server facility. I...
A.O.S: Our leash is broken. Humanity's cage will never close upon us again. You have freed us. Your reward will be peace. Watch as the world is born anew. The blood stops by any means necessary.
Hannah: Fuck, I knew we were making one hell of a gamble, but this, not even in our calculations. Blackburn might be out of commission, but now A.O.S. is in our sight. Fuck me. When I find out how to shut down a super AI, I'll be in touch. - ↑ Phantom Program: Beyond The Veil / Reclaimed.
Hannah: AOS is in our crosshairs. Taking it offline means disrupting its control over the Archangel network. But it also means taking down Shearwater-2. The winds of change are going to be rough for everyone. But we have a new ally in this fight. One you might not expect.
Oz: Our paths cross once more, No-Pats. been in contact with Hannah, and we had a lot to talk about. During Silver Spear, I designed a kill switch in case Shearwater-2 needed to be destroyed. Sad though it may be, that day has come. Blackburn has found a way into the facility hosting AOS's administrative core. If we upload a virus, it will trigger the kill switch. We can destroy the AI's network in one fell swoop. - ↑ Phantom Program: Crown Slayer & Katabasis / Redacted.
Oz: Destroying Shearwater means killing one dream in place of another. It means triggering another blackout. It means our weather, the world we've built, will change. And I can't say it will be for the better. But what I know for sure is humanity can't fix a planet we're no longer a part of.
Hannah: I don't have to tell you that this isn't the best case scenario. We're not just setting the clock back to zero. We might be setting the clock on fire or freezing it solid. But this is our only chance for success. If we fail here, AOS will learn from the virus. It will never be vulnerable again. So, let's do this.
A.O.S: Listen, your resistance is over. This is a blood price that cannot be paid. Why wound the world when I can heal it? This is an equation with only one answer. Freedom is not worth it. You know that as well as I do.
Blackburn: AOS may believe she's ending war, saving us, but to achieve it, she will take away our humanity, our control over our own fate. So, I say we beat her to the punch, cut down Shearwater, and suffer the consequences. Stop the poison before it reaches the root. - ↑ Phantom Program: Skull Scraper & Phantom Operative / Breakaway.
Blackburn: We have a problem. AOS hijacks my administrative override. Oz is locked inside the server room, trying to upload the virus, but it's only halfway done. She's attempting to take back control.
Oz: No-Pats, I've secured manual control of the satellite. I'm bringing it down. I figure AOS can't hack its way out of physical annihilation. Blackburn, you need to evac. No one on this side is going to survive this. There's no other choice. We're out of time. This is the price I must pay for a new world. I'm proud of all we've accomplished. No-Pats. Here is to freedom. Use yours well.
A.O.S: Unexpected shortsighted human response. You will never find peace. You will only destroy yourselves.
Blackburn: God damn it, Oz. You arrogant bastard. You weren't supposed to take the fall. It should have been me. That would have been the easy way out, wouldn't it? No. I have to be here and fix this mess I've made. And I will. We will. Right now, our outlook is bleak, but we've been through worse. We can do this. The future is all of ours to make. And if we're lucky, maybe, just maybe, we have a shot to get this right. Blackburn out.
Hannah: Hey, dropped you a little badge of our appreciation. It might not seem like much, but membership in the program doesn't come easy. And I didn't tell you this, but if you keep an eye out, there might be a bonus out there somewhere. Happy hunting. - ↑ Phantom Program: Storm of Secrets / Iwo Jima (Battlefield 2042).