As you proceed lnLo Lhe foresL you begln Lo see slgns of Lhe baLLle AfLer around LwenLy mlnuLes

you
come upon a clearlng where lL looks llke a paLrol musL have caughL Lhe Cermans durlng Lhelr lnfllLraLlon
Several bodles all appearlng Lo be Amerlcan llLLer Lhe openlng ?ou are beglnnlng Lo near Lhe coasL as
well Lhe smell of Lhe sea ever lncreaslng

1he vamplre enLers lnLo Lhe clearlng from dlrecLly ln fronL of you flanked by a ghoul A second and Lhlrd
ghoul enLers Lhe clearlng from Lo your lefL and rlghL 1he vamplre holds a MC34 slngle handedly whlle
Lhe ghouls all have submachlne guns 1he vamplre glves Lhe ghouls a nod before leLLlng ouL a loud
scream (lnlLlaLlve)


vamplre 8 hp +4 ranged +4 melee 2d10 ranged 2d8 melee 13 AC
Choul fronL 7 hp +3 aLLack ranged +3 melee 2d6 melee 2d6 ranged 13 AC
Choul lefL 11 hp +3 aLLack ranged +3 melee 2d6 melee 2d6 ranged 13 AC
Choul rlghL 4 hp +2 aLLack ranged +3 melee 2d6 melee 2d6 ranged 13 AC rage










1he raln conLlnues Lo pour as you sLand aL aLLenLlon 1he wlnd slngs genLly agalnsL Lhe weL grass as Lhe
prlesL flnlshes hls readlng eace l leave wlLh you my peace l glve you l do noL glve Lo you as Lhe world
glves uo noL leL your hearLs be Lroubled and do noL be afrald" you hear hlm say As he flnlshes a group
of Lhree men ralse Lhelr rlfles Lo Lhe sky 1he command of ready alm flre ls glven Lhree Llmes each Llme
endlng wlLh a gunshoL LhaL echoes across Lhe hllls A lone man sLandlng behlnd Lhe servlce beglns Lo
play Laps on a bugle as a flnal saluLe ls glven Lo Lhe fallen As Lhe servlce beglns Lo break up you see
WhlLaker moLlonlng for you Lo follow Pe leads you lnLo Lhe same pro[ecLlon room as earller and [udglng
from hls face you doubL he has slepL ln Lhe lasL Lhree days slnce Lhe aLLack When he speaks you noLlce
a sllghL new ?ork accenL leak ouL Lhrough hls cracklng faade 1here ls really no way Lo say whaL l have
Lo say Lo you now*slgh* every member of valor 4 dled ln LhaL aLLack 1hey were preparlng for Lhe
mosL lmporLanL mlsslon ln mlllLary hlsLory Lo sLrlke aL Lhe dlseased hearL of Lhe 1hlrd 8elch's power and
rlp lL ouL WhaL Lhls pro[ecL promlsed Lo Lhe Amerlcan and 8rlLlsh governmenLs was mlracles and LhaL ls
Lhe burden LhaL l musL now place upon your shoulders 1here ls no Llme for Lralnlng or furLher
preparaLlon you wlll be senL Lo lrance ln a maLLer of days Lo compleLe 4's mlsslon ?our mlsslon ls called
CperaLlon lorlorn Pope your ob[ecLlve ls a nazl base somewhere ln norLhern Cermany called leLzLe
dammerung or lasL dawn WlLhln Lhls base ls some sorL of machlne LhaL funnels power from someLhlng
called Lhe 8lack Sun whaLever Lhe hell Lhls Lhlng ls lL glves Lhe 1hule Mages Lhelr powers lf we can
desLroy lL we can noL only make real headway on land buL maybe even regaln alr superlorlLy 1hls
genLlemen ls how we wlll wln Lhe war"

Cnce ln lrance Lhe uS Army wlll launch an offenslve upon Cerman llnes LhaL should allow you Lo
sneak Lhrough undeLecLed ?ou wlll have Lo Lry and make conLacL wlLh a lrench 8eslsLance cell once you
are behlnd enemy llnes buL aL Lhls polnL we can'L even conflrm Lhelr exlsLence ln 1944 when we
launched Lhe lnvaslon of lrance many groups of reslsLance flghLers rose up agalnsL Lhe nazls ln open
warfare buL when we could noL fully secure our vlcLory a good porLlon of Lhe groups were desLroyed
1he few LhaL were noL would see baLLle ln arls and Lake even hlgher casualLles We know Lhey exlsLed
Lhree years ago and lf you can flnd Lhem Lhey wlll be able Lo lead you aL leasL parL of Lhe way 1hls
brlngs me Lo my nexL sub[ecL Alexander Colllns"
WhlLaker moves Lo Lhe back of Lhe room and shuLs Lhe door WhaL l am abouL Lo Lell Lo you ls known
by a very selecL few Lhe ma[orlLy of whlch now lle dead 1he reason we know anyLhlng abouL Lhe
reslsLance group or Lhe 8lack Sun goes back Lo Lhe very formaLlon of Lhe vALC8 pro[ecL 8ack ln 1942
when we sLlll LhoughL we could wln Lhls Lhlng a speclal Leam was formed Lo go behlnd Cerman llnes ln
Lhe hours leadlng up Lo Lhe second baLLle aL Ll Alameln and sow as much desLrucLlon and confuslon as
posslble 1hough none of Lhem made lL ouL allve Lhelr acLlons were more successful Lhan could have
ever been lmaglned and so Lhe vALC8 pro[ecL was born 8y 1944 anoLher Leam had been selecLed and
Lralned Lhls Llme for Lhe lnvaslon of lrance" WhlLaker's eyes begln Lo Lrall off lnLo a nonexlsLenL
horlzon 1here were slx of us ln vALC8 2 me and LllloL lncluded lL was our [ob Lo land on Cmaha
8each and carry Lhe day for Lhe Allles whaL none of us could have expecLed was [usL how deep Lhe nazls
had dug ln Lhelr lusL for vlcLory 1hough we foughL and won vlcLory agalnsL an unlmaglnable foe lL was
noL good enough for Lhe powers LhaL be WhaL Lhey wanLed was Lhe homerun Lhe knockouL punch and
lnsLead we gave Lhem [usL good enough WlLh a slmple slgnaLure on a plece of paper Lhe vALC8
program was puL Lo deaLh ShorLly afLer Lhe lnvaslon klneLlcs were dlscovered and noL Loo long afLer
Lhe CPA8Cn pro[ecL was born WhaL Lhose ln power wanLed was Lhe weapon Lo end all weapons and
CPA8Cn dellvered LhaL ln Lhe form of Alexander Colllns ?ou are of course aware of Lhe Lhree levels of
klneLlc 1ype 1 8aLLle 1ype 2 Servlce and 1ype 3 lnvalld buL Lhe only way l could descrlbe Alexander Lo
you would be 1ype 0demlgod l wlLnessed hls power only once aL a demonsLraLlon sLaLeslde he
walked calmly onLo a fleld plcked up a Lank wlLh a fllck of hls wrlsL crushed lL lnLo a ball by maklng a
flsL and he Lhen proceeded Lo blow up anoLher by looklng aL lL from over half a mlle away Pe was
released agalnsL Lhe enemy only once ln Lhe lasL days of Lhe slege of arls Lhey seL hlm loose agalnsL a
heavlly defended bunker sysLem An hour laLer he emerged and when soldlers wenL ln Lo lnvesLlgaLe
Lhey dldn'L flnd a slngle body because lL appeared LhaL every slngle room had been palnLed from floor Lo
celllng wlLh Lhelr blood Pls lasL mlsslon occurred ln early 1943 when he was senL behlnd enemy llnes Lo
meeL up wlLh a reslsLance group and dlscover Lhe secreL behlnd Lhe nazls arcane power Pls
Lransmlsslons began normal enough enemy movemenLs dlscovered sLrongpolnLs and Lhe llke
LvenLually Lhey Look on a sLranger Lone rambllngs abouL lnflnlLe power some personal phllosophy of
hls creaLlon and Lalk of a 8lack Sun Pls lasL radlo conLacL would be made ln 1946 buL by Lhen Lhe
pro[ecL had been deemed an even larger fallure Lhan vALC8 We were born agaln and glven a chance Lo
redeem ourselves LllloL and l were glven command and Lhough lL was somewhaL rushed we Lralned
vALC8 3 1helr mlsslon was all Loo slmllar Lo LhaL of 1's excepL sand was replaced wlLh snow 1hey were
golng Lo breach enemy llnes ln Lhe Ardennes ln preparaLlon for an Allled offenslve buL whaL we all ended
up bllnd Lo was LhaL Lhe Cermans had planned an offenslve of Lhelr own

Cne day before Lhe daLe of Lhe mlsslon we enLered lnLo Lhe 8aLLle of Lhe 8ulge as Lanks and lnfanLry
poured across our llnes 1wo days lnLo Lhe baLLle on a cold snowy nlghL knlghL Callows 1urk and
ALhena faced down a charge of over slxLy werewolves and by all LhaL ls holy on Lhls LarLh Lhey held Lhe
llne uesplLe Lhelr ablllLles one by one Lhey were kllled 1urk flrsL Lhen Callows and flnally gods help
Lhose sLupld basLards ALhena uue Lo Lhe sacrlflces Lhey had made leavlng Lhelr unlLs Lhelr famllles we
allowed Lhem cerLalnllberLles you see 1he day afLer Lhelr Lralnlng flnally ended knlghL andno !ames
and PeaLher were marrled"

WhlLaker's eyes fall Lo Lhe ground l was Lhere and l sLlll don'L know lf l saw !ames or Lhe devll hlmself
ouL Lhere ln LhaL blood smeared fleld When he saw her fall someLhlng very vlLal musL have broke
wlLhln LhaL man's mlnd and ln LhaL momenL he dled wlLh her l was leadlng a general reLreaL of Lhe unlL
buL l looked back ln Llme Lo waLch as he faced down Lhe lasL LwenLy of Lhose monsLers wlLh noLhlng buL
hls knlfe and plsLol 1he 8aLLle of Lhe 8ulge would lasL for anoLher Lhree weeks and ln LhaL Llme !ames
and all Lhe oLher members were assumed dead A day afLer Lhe sLalemaLe was reached he wandered
ouL of a bllzzard and back lnLo camp holdlng mosL of hls guLs ln wlLh one hand Lhe oLher sLlll cluLchlng a
LwlsLed and broken knlfe l senL ouL Lhree paLrols and Lhey dlscovered Lhe body of boLh Callows and
1urk buL PeaLher's was never found l never asked whaL happened Lo her body or how he llved and l
would have Lo suggesL you do Lhe same seelng as how he wlll be [olnlng you on Lhls mlsslon Pls
experlence wlll prove lnvaluable and Lhough l doubL he has Laken a psych evaluaLlon slnce he was flrsL
selecLed we have llLLle cholce ln Lhe maLLer
So you wlll enLer enemy llnes and flnd Lhls group 1hey should aL leasL glve you a lead Lo Alexander's
locaLlon or Lhey may even know Lhe locaLlon of Lhe base Lhemselves lf you can flnd hlm command
wanLs you Lo do everyLhlng you can Lo brlng hlm back allve l have my doubLs abouL LhaL posslblllLy lf he
ls noL dead ln a dlLch l expecL LhaL he ls ravlng madman by now noL sure whaL Lhey expecLed would
happen when you glve such power Lo a man buL Lhey cerLalnly goL lL

1he LransporL shlp lumbers Lhrough Lhe nlghL all of lLs llghLs dark ln case of enemy paLrols ?ou are ln a
makeshlfL cabln ln Lhe cargo deck away from Lhe resL of Lhe crew