Metal Gear Solid V: Europan War (Metal Gear/Valkyria Chronicles)

"First thing's first, what's the deal with that spear?" When the strange soldier kept quiet, you pressed the barrel of your SMG under his chin, the end of the suppressor just a hair's breadth away from his head. "Young man, I asked you a question." Relenting under the pressure, he caved within a few moments.

"It's a Valkyur Artifact." Noticing your confusion, he began to explain, or rather, explain the best he could with a gun in his face. "A Valkyur Lance is priceless to X-0, a weapon to surpass anything ever fielded on a human battleground." That sounded strangely like Metal Gear, only with more myth and whatnot. Keeping a hand on him, you ordered for someone to recover the spear for further research.

With that question answered, you had a few more that needed answered. "Was your objective to recover that spear?"

"Primarily...Secondary objective was to recover any Darcsen for the work camps." Darcsen? Was that an ethnic group or religious community that lived around here?

"Okay, now I have more questions...You're going to tell me who the Darcsen are, and where any military installations are." The soldier merely spat in your face, and taking a deep breath, you were prepared to beat his ass seven ways from Sunday. "Very funny, start talking."

It seems your 'personality' won in the end, as you kept a single, stone cold eye on him.

"The Darcsen are the remains of a civilization who lost the War with the Valkyur," There was that word again, just what the hell was a Valkyur or as he's saying 'the Valkyur'. "They're useful for mechanical work, mining, keeping a stable workforce..." You were tempted to smack this bastard, but you were patient.

"If you want to save the Darcsen - Though God knows why, there's three camps nearby."

Good, now he'll tell you about these camps.

...

In the midst of the Boss' interrogation, his little expedition team was watching the civilians pick up their lives. Some of them were packing up, others were wondering where they'd go. The sight was almost kind of pitiful, considering some of them looked to have lived here their whole lives.

Brass Bear had seen the sight before, same with Toad and Blackbird. Fox was probably the only one who hadn't seen the sight before, and Hawk was...Well, he was always an ass when someone wanted to pry into his past.

"So...Has anyone seen Crimson Hawk?" Silver Fox asked, trying to find the Shock Trooper among the people.

"iDroid says he's up by the farm, don't know why." It wasn't long until Hawk returned to the squad, this time accompanied a dark haired woman in a blue dress, carrying a small bundle and holding the hand of a little girl. The bundle turned out to be full of bread, handmade judging by the quality.

"I just wanted to show my thanks, not many people would stick their necks out for us." She explained, before giving her gift to the Diamond Dogs. "I'm Friede, this is my niece Irina." The little girl in question beamed at the mention of her name, standing at attention with a grin that would've brought a smile to anyone's face.

Friede had asked a few questions about them, mostly involving their names, their past, and who they were. Mostly small talk, but the talk got interesting when Friede brought up something.

"Did you come here from Ghirlandaio? I heard the Imperials broke through a few weeks ago." Ghirlandaio sounded important, and as it turned out, it was. The Citadel of Ghirlandaio was supposed to hold out against the Imperials, but news was that they deployed Ragnide Gas against the defending Gallians.

Looks like Friede might be able to figure out where they are, and tell them a little about the place.

...

Feodor felt suffocated by the dark gray walls, only a single, glaring light above him as he was handcuffed to the table. "Ocelot will be here soon." He was told, whoever this 'Ocelot' was sounded intimidating. To Feodor's surprise, the man who entered the interrogation room dressed like something out of a USV Western. But that did little to hinder his intimidating aura, and the professional appearance he held.

"Feodor Volkov, I presume?" Nodding, Ocelot pulled up a chair and began interrogation. "Your men say you're the Commanding Officer of the 3rd Imperial Infantry Platoon?" Nodding, Feodor kept quiet as Ocelot asked yes/no questions. Simple really, but there was no malice from him.

"Now I want you to answer me truthfully, what is X-0?"

The Officer felt a chill up his spine, just like that damned Lucius Adler the 'Good Doctor' sent to look for the Valkyur Lance. "X-0...The Empire's experimental weapons division, they're experimenting on Valkyria." Explaining the evils of X-0, of Belgar and that rat bastard Forseti.

"...Their leader is Heinrich Belgar, but he's probably at his base near the capital."

Ocelot thanked Feodor for his time, and handed him a few pieces of paper. "Thank you for your time Feodor, and one more thing...can you confirm the locations of these three camps?"

...

"I want a tally of all resources by the time Boss gets back on base!" Miller was in a shit mood, new land, new problems, and more importantly a lack of decent reception. Boss said something about 'Ragnite' and 'Valkyur Artifact', what the hell is ragnite and what the hell is a Valkyur?

A few crates of Ragnite appeared in 'arrivals', along with a strange lance. Sighing, he sent them off to R&D, maybe they could figure out what 'Ragnite' was.

Hopefully things would get better, and that Miller could just relax on Mother Base with a nice drink. But no rest for the wicked, as some of the troops were always saying. Hell he was even saying it, but despite it, he began coordinating some sort of system for determining their remaining supplies.

...

OCELOT: Boss, that X-0 Agent you recovered is Lucius Adler, a Junior Agent of the EWD. We'd have a treasure trove of intel if we pushed him more, maybe even figure out where this 'Heinrich Belgar' is located. As for some of the Imperial Soldiers, they're wary, but we might have some new soldiers here soon. We've also got a few missions, there are three camps to our north. Stahl, Eisen, and Kupfer. Feodor confirmed that they're Darcsen Work Camps, but Stahl recently apprehended four Gallian Militia Members.

I'll send the missions to your iDroid.

...

[] Main Missions - Main Missions progress the story, and can be done at any time. These missions take priority over Side Ops and Mercenary Dispatch, and so far you only have two missions and three Side Operations. You can dispatch soldiers to deal with Side Operations while you deal with Missions, which can be beneficial.

-[] Mission 1: Lost Souls: We've confirmed that there are four soldiers within Kupfer, they were en route to the Militia Headquarters in Randgriz before being intercepted by Imperials. Maybe if we rescue these soldiers, the Gallians might welcome us with open arms. If I need to stress this enough, these soldiers need to be returned safe and sound.
Primary Objective: Recover Gallian Militia (0/4)
Secondary Objective: Mark the Prisoner Barracks for Recovery

-[] Mission 2: An Armored Fist: There's reports that the Imperial Army is using a nearby village as a fueling depot for their armored battalions, Eliminate any tanks on site, destroy or capture anything of value to the enemy, and exfiltrate the area.
Primary Objective: Eliminate Imperial Light Tanks (0/3)
Secondary Objective: Eliminate Medium Tank (0/1)

[] Side Ops
-[] Extract Imperial Ace 1: There's rumors of a highly skilled soldier in a nearby camp, maybe we can convince him to work for us.
-[] Liberate Stahl: Eliminate the Guards at Stahl Work Camp, then extract the prisoners.
-[] Liberate Eisen: Eliminate the Guards at Eisen Work Camp, then extract the prisoners.

[] Boss Loadout
-[] Long Gun (Side - Optional):
-[] SMG (Side - Optional):
-[] Long Gun (Back - Optional):
-[] Sidearm (Pistol):

[] Support Items (Pick Two):
-[] Grenade (x 2)
-[] Smoke Grenade (x 2)
-[] Sleep Grenade (x 2)
-[] Empty Magazine (~~)
-[] C-4 (x 3)
-[] AT-Mine (x 3)
-[] Other

[] Continue With Same Loadout?

[] Deploy Squad On Side Ops? (Pick Two)
-[] Extract Imperial Ace
-[] Liberate Stahl
-[] Liberate Eisen