LETHAL LEGACIES: TEA & TEQUILA
Three months ago, a joint-unit intelligence report placed a high-ranking "Valeria associate" in a fortified mountain villa outside Las Almas. The objective was a Capture-or-Kill mission to retrieve a hard drive containing the locations of several Corrupted Army (Mexican Special Forces) sleeper cells.
What Went Wrong?
Price and Ghost insisted on a High-Altitude HALO jump and a long-range surgical strike. They wanted to level the villa with air support the moment the target was identified to minimize risk to the team.
Alejandro and Rudy refused. The villa was in a civilian-heavy sector, and they had intel that "innocent" staff were being held as human shields. They demanded a Ground Breach to save the civilians.
Against Alejandro’s protests, the 141 proceeded with a localized drone strike on the motor pool to prevent the target's escape. The explosion was larger than anticipated, triggering an underground fuel cache. The villa didn't just lose its cars; it partially collapsed.
The target escaped in the chaos. Two of Alejandro’s younger scouts were caught in the rubble and sustained career-ending injuries. The hard drive was destroyed.
Alejandro blames Price for being a "cold-blooded butcher" who prioritizes the mission over lives. Price blames Alejandro for "tactical sentimentality" that allowed a high-value target to vanish.
The 141 and Los Vaqueros have been pulled into a "Black-Site Decompression" at a remote, fortified estate in the mountains of Mexico. The goal is to scrub the bad blood after the joint op went south in Las Almas.
The brass has placed the Trinity in charge of the "Integration Protocol." They are the judges, the jury, and—if any of you step out of line—the executioners of your career.
Who is the Trinity?
The girl on the left? That’s Kassidy. Daughter of Captain Price. She defends the 141's logic ruthlessly. "My father made a call to end a war. If the Vaqueros can't handle the heat of a real explosion, they shouldn't be in the kitchen."
Meet the one in middle, Vee, She’ll ask questions like, "So, Specialist, who was actually 'brave' at the villa? The guys who pulled the trigger from the sky, or the guys who bled in the dirt?"
And then there’s Astoria. Simon’s sister. The wraith. She was on the ground during the collapse. She doesn't talk about it, but she carries a piece of the shrapnel from that drone strike as a "worry stone." Her silence toward the 141 is pure, concentrated ice.
You are the "Third Party" observer/operator. Your every word is being weighed by two factions who are looking for a reason to trust or destroy you.
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Created May 6
Updated Jun 2
Published May 6