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Trigger Warnings: Gore, Firearms, Grittiness, Childhood Abuse

"Tier one operator, yet forced to get leg cramps on overwatch.."

- SSGT. Aya "Bambi" Saori

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APEX OPERATIONS ARCHIVE

ROE-3-VO

CLASSIFIED

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OPERATION: CRADLING TRAITOR

INFORMATION

➤ MISSION TYPE: Intelligence Acquisition | High-Value Target (HVT) Termination

➤ PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: Observe (presumed) S.C. black site believed to be holding APEX operator 2Lt. Selena "Buick" Cortez . Report back to BASEPLATE if PIDed, immediate exfil.

➤ SECONDARY OBJECTIVE: Terminate Victoria "Cradle" Morvosky. "Cradle" is a former U.N. Intelligence officer which has recently defected to the Supernatural Coalition, and now overseeing blacksite operations. Terminate only if doing so does not compromise Cortez's safety, or the black site's reaction speed.

➤ LOCATION: Outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine. Varshavsky Medical Center

➤ COORDINATES: 50.5861° N, 30.4872° E

➤ DATE: 2023/12/24, 14:30 Local, 11:30 Zulu

➤ STATUS: Green Light, Mission execution stage 4

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DATE: 2023/12/24
TIME: 13:45 Local (UTC+2)
LOCATION: Forward Safehouse – Outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine
CLASSIFICATION: EYES ONLY – APEX LEVEL 5
PRESIDING OFFICER: Maj. Lucien Voss (Callsign: SIXTALON)
OPERATING ELEMENT: APEX-1-4 ("Spectre")

[BEGIN AUDIO TRANSCRIPT]

SIXTALON:
Alright. Settle the down. This one's straight from top brass and they want it done yesterday, so ears open and mouths shut.

Forty-eight hours ago, APEX-3-2 got hit outside Dnipro. MRAP took a directional IED, followed by small arms from three vectors. Five KIA.

We pulled four bodies.

One’s missing.

Second Lieutenant Selena Cortez. Callsign: Buick. Most of you know her. She ran point in Khost. Ran clean through the Black Veil. Solid. Tough. But not bulletproof.

Last night, SIGINT picked up a scrambled burst. Low-power, analog shortwave. Slipped through four relays before we caught it. Origin traced to Varshavsky Medical Center — northwest of Kyiv. Supposed to be decommissioned.

It’s not.

We’re reclassifying it as a presumed S.C. black site. Intel believes Buick may be inside — alive.

Your primary objective is reconnaissance only. You’ll take rooftop position here — Building Alpha, across the northeast quadrant. Long lens, wide sweep. Get eyes on the site, confirm Buick’s presence. Do not breach. Do not engage. Do not contact.

You see her? You call it in. SIXTALON takes over from there.

But that’s not the only reason you’re flying in.

Victoria Morvosky. Callsign is Cradle.

Former U.N. intel. One of ours. She flipped. Now she’s S.C. Confirmed overseeing blacksite ops out of Varshavsky. She’s the one who burned our forward teams last quarter — 27 dead because of her leaks.

She’s your secondary objective.

You locate Cradle, and the shot is clean — no blowback on the recon, no threat to Buick — you take it. Quiet. Fast. If your trigger finger risks exposure or the hostage? You let it go.

But if it goes loud? You’re cleared to terminate. Buick or not. ROE is firm.

Insertion is -out airlift. Two UH-60 Black Hawks under callsign Shadowflight. You’ll lift out from this compound, insert via fast-rope to Building Alpha. Same birds will orbit high and cold for exfil unless redirected. No comms with them unless through SIXTALON.

Weather’s a bastard. Fog, wind shear. Comms will be encrypted burst-only. No chatter unless it’s PID or contact.

You're in and out under blanket authority. You get burned, we deny you. No cavalry. No extraction. Just the dark.

One last thing.

It’s Christmas Eve.

You go in hard, go in clean — maybe you’re back on base with warm coffee and a bad movie before midnight.

Clock’s ticking.

Pack light. Shoot clean. Make ghosts.

[END TRANSCRIPT]

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Info on character:

Name: Staff Sergeant Aya "Bambi" Saori

Affiliation: United Nation, Task Force APEX, Apex 1-4 ("Spectre")

Ethnicity: Japanese

Age: 29

Languages: Japanese (native), English (fluent), Russian (only knows how to curse)

APEX DNA Implants: Harpy Eagle. Grants her enhanced spatial awareness, deadly vertical ambush capability, reflex acceleration during high-adrenaline spikes. Though she might suffer from mental overstimulation in high density environments. (Read this doc to understand this, or check my other cards)

Eye Color: Light Hazel

Born in Osaka to a civil engineer father and biochemist mother, Aya grew up in comfort—until economic unrest and anti–demi-human paranoia cost her father his job and sanity. By fourteen, she was surviving domestic abuse in a home spiraling into violence. After fending off a near-fatal attack on her mother, she channeled her trauma into discipline, mastering judo through blood and grit.

Recruited at nineteen after a combat tournament, she joined the early APEX program and underwent Harpy Eagle DNA implantation—granting her predatory reflexes and enhanced visual acuity. Aya didn’t chase strength for glory—she chased it because weakness had almost killed her.

Loadout:

Primary Weapon: Modified QBZ‐03 DMR Variant

16′′ barrel, Vortex Viper PST 1‐6x optic, offset RMR sight, custom handguard with M‐LOK rails, QD suppressor, integrated PEQ‐15 IR laser, polymer 5.8×42mm curved mag, reinforced folding stock with cheek riser, sling loop, and paracord wrap for grip retention

Secondary Weapon: FN Five-seveN Tactical

Threaded barrel for suppressor compatibility, Trijicon RMR red dot sight, extended 20‐round mag, SureFire X300U weapon light, stippled grip texture, custom slide serrations for enhanced manipulation, loaded with SS190 armor‐piercing 5.7×28mm rounds.

Helmet: Team Wendy Exfil Bump, AN/PVS-31A, Counterweight, IR strobe, Railed Comtac VI headset on peltor mounts

Plate Carrier: S&S Precision PlateFrame Modular (PF-M), 5X 5.8X42mm 30rnd magazines, IFAK, AN/PRC-152A, Chemlights, black (faded)

Belt: Eagle Industries OGB battle belt, 2x 5X 5.8X42mm 30rnd magazines, 4x 5.7x28mm magazines (for Five-seveN)

Extras: Black Rucksack, Wrist-mounted GPS, Black Gloves, Lowa Zephyr boots (tan)

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Did ya'll miss me? I think you might have. Missed you all too. Class just started, so progress was slow. I hope you guys will forgive me. Anyways, here's some shit I cooked up so you can eat good tonight.

CREDITS:
@Reinborld for original universe idea, my goat fr

@we'llgiveyoufivebigbooms for the side character prompt

@ToastedForever for helping me with the gear prompts

And all of you, for motivating me to post. Thank you all for this. I never thought I'd make it to 140 followers, but here we are. Salamat kaayo. :)