01: Ghost Stories

"It was from a different time, a different enemy.

 

Sixty, from Tier One Teams, were sent to face down a force of five hundred enemy fighters. Their objective was to force the enemy back from a civilian hospital and keep its occupants alive. For three days they held their ground, but the enemy's numbers were too great. The 60 were cut down to 15. They wouldn't last another night, and the enemy knew it. Under the cover of darkness, they evacuated the hospital, sending only one of their own to lead the way.

 

The rest returned to the line and took up positions beneath the bodies of their fallen brothers. As they lay in wait, the blood from the dead poured over them. The sand stuck to their skin like a shroud. Changing them. Anointing them.

 

When the enemy drew near, the remaining fourteen rose out of the desert sand. They were like hunters that couldn't be seen, using stealth their enemies couldn't defend against. When the men ran dry of ammunition, the used their blades. And when the blades ran dull they used their hands.

 

When the dust and sand had settled, only one of the enemy had survived. He was picked up in the desert wandering aimlessly, traumatized. He expressed warnings to others of a force so menacing and unbeatable, it could only be described as supernatural.

 

He called them… Ghosts."

 

After the narration, follow your father Elias on the way to the house. Some explosion and earthquakes will occur as you make your way through the trail. Amidst the chaos, you have to follow your brother Hesh across the streets and make your way to your house. The house will start crumbling down and both of you will be rushing towards the jammed door. After pushing it open, the sequence ends and and will trigger a different mission area located at outer space, which will show the event that happened 15 minutes earlier than the last sequence. 

 

You'll be in control of an astronaut named Baker and will be floating in zero-G. Your objective is to follow your fellow astronaut, Mosley to the hatch in the nearby USAF space station. Enter the airlock and wait for the cabin to be pressurized.

 

Once inside, stay on your colleague's toes until you reach the other astronauts in the station. The conversation will be short since you'll be attacked by enemies who seemed to have boarded the station via the shuttle that docked earlier.  Follow your partner through another corridor and he'll be attacked by an enemy. During the struggle, you'll be able to catch the hostile's rifle. He will try wrestling the weapon away from you. While spinning around, fight for control and use the right stick to aim at the enemy's head. Press RT to shoot and kill the enemy.

 

Trophy/Achievement: Spatial Awareness
Just make your first kill in the game to automatically unlock this achievement/trophy.

 

Follow Mosley through the next corridors until you encounter three more "Federation" soldiers. Take them out and continue following Mosley. On the radio chatter, you'll learn more about the drastic unfolding events happening around you.

 

 

When the decision was made to scuttle the station, follow Mosley until you encounter a couple more enemies. An explosion will rip through corridor, blowing the wall and sucking everybody out in the vaccuum. Continue following Mosley as you go through the debris. You'll have to fly towards the ODIN itself and prevent it from releasing any more of its payload.

 

After reaching it, grab hold of the RCS panel and shoot the fuel lines. You'll be pushed back violently by the explosion but Mosley will grab hold of you. Keep shooting at the ignited fuel lines until the ODIN is shot out of orbit. It will be too late for Baker and Mosley as ODIN and themselves are pulled by the Earth's gravitational pull and enter the atmosphere.

 

 

The control switches back to Earth. Hell breaks loose and you'll have to escape the area as it is getting obliterated.

 

Collectible: Rorke File 1
As soon as you start this third sequence, stick to the right instead of following your brother and enter the open house there. You'll find the laptop on the floor near the double door leading to the backyard.

 

 

After getting the file, you can now reload the checkpoint and follow you brother this time. As the land underneath you keeps shaking and the nearby houses are obliterated, you'll come to a point where you'll have to jump. Do so and you'll end up getting hurt badly. This will only last a little so continue following Hesh as you go through the badly destroyed road. As you move forth, another ODIN payload lands nearby, throwing you off feet and blacks out the screen briefly. Watch the next cutscene and the first mission will be complete.

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