The Bog/Transcript

Briefing
Newscaster: After heavy fighting today, U.S. Marines began their push into the city where Al-Asad is making his last stand. Fighting has intensified in the Capital City. Anti-aircraft fire and burning buildings light the night.

Command: Roger on location. Repeating: Map Grid 52761-niner, over.

Vasquez: Bravo Six copies, over.

Command: Bravo Six, we have an Abrams dead in the water. Callsign "War Pig". Lt. Vasquez, your unit is shotgun, over.

Vasquez: Copy. Bravo is inbound. Tell "War Pig" to stand by. We're on our way. Out.

In-Game
Vasquez: Alpha Company's tank is stuck half a click north of here. We gotta hustle! Let's go!

Marine: Move it! Move it!

Marine: Clear! Keep moving up!

Marine: Ambush!

[The squad takes heavy fire from a darkened apartment building beside the highway]

Marine: Contact right! Contact right!

Vasquez: Get suppressing fire on that building! We have to move forward!

[The squad continues to advance under heavy fire]

Vasquez: Keep moving forward!

[Upon nearing the side entrance to the apartment building]

Vasquez: Switch to night vision now!

[The squad begin to clear out the building]

Vasquez: Jackson, you and Roycewicz head upstairs. We'll cover this entrance. Go!

[As Jackson and Roycewicz proceed upstairs]

Marine: Watch your fire! We're on the second floor!

Marine: Roger that, shifting fire.

[The squad clear out a machine gun nest on the second floor]

Vasquez: Hit their flank with their machine gun! Cut 'em down! Shoot 'em through the wall!

[Once the building is cleared]

Command: Be advised, more enemy troops are converging on the tank. Get there A.S.A.P!

Vasquez: Roger that! We're working on it - out!

[The squad attempt to fight their way out through the rear of the building]

Griggs: Sir there's a ton of 'em out there!

Vasquez: Shut up and keep 'em pinned down!

Griggs: Roger that. SUPPRESSING FIRE!

[The Marines fight their way through the courtyard]

Marine: Contact! On the overpass!

Vasquez: U.A.V. recon has spotted enemy tanks headed this way! Private West, get on the roof and hit 'em with the Javelin!

Marine: Private West is down! West is down! Jackson get the Javelin!

Vasquez: Jackson! Pick up the Javelin so you can take out those tanks!

[Jackson picks up the Javelin]

Marine: Hit those vehicles at the far end of the bridge! Hurry!

[The first tank is destroyed]

Marine: Nice one!

Marine: Good shot man!

[Once all tanks are destroyed]

Marine: OK, that's the last of 'em.

[The squad make their way through the slums underneath the overpass to reach the stranded Abrams]

War Pig: Bravo Six, we're taking heavy fire on our position north of the overpass! Where the hell are you?!

Vasquez: We're almost there! Hang on!

Marine: The tank's on the other side of that overpass! Come on - let's get back to the squad!

[Bravo squad arrive at the site of the stranded tank]

Vasquez: Alpha Six, what's your status, over?

Marine: We're still surrounded Sir! There's just the four of us left but the tank's still OK, over.

[The squad take up fire positions around the tank]

Vasquez: Contacts to the east and more flanking to the south! Hold the perimeter!

War Pig: Bravo Six, this is War Pig! The main gun's offline but we still have our machine gun!

Vasquez: They're movin' in with det-packs! Don't let 'em get close to the tank!

Command: Bravo Six, be advised. More hostiles have assembled to the west of your position, over.

Vasquez [on radio]: Two Charlie, Bravo Six! Requesting air support for fire mission, over!

Command: Uh, negative, Bravo Six, there's an enemy ZPU to the south of your position. Until you take it out, we can NOT risk sending in any more choppers, over.

Vasquez: Jackson! Find that ZPU and take it out so we can get some air support! Lopez! Gaines! Cover him!

[The squad begins to push out and extend from the perimeter further into the bog]

Vasquez: All right, let's move out! Secure the western approach, move!

[Jackson's team fight their way to the ZPU]

Marine: Jackson, plant the C4 on the gun, move!

[Jackson plants the C4]

Marine: Good job, let's get to a safe distance. Jackson, do it!

[As the squad retreats back towards the bog, Jackson fires the explosive charge, destroying the gun]

Vasquez: Jackson, I've got air support on the way but they need our exact location. Plant the IR beacon and get their attention. Out.

[Jackson places the beacon]

Cobra Pilot 1: OK, positive ID on your sparkle. We're comin' in hot from the northeast. Standby.

[Two Cobra attack helicopters arrive and begin firing rockets and mini guns on the fortified building housing the remnants of the OpFor]

Cobra Pilot 1: Uh, two, you see anyone left down there?

Cobra Pilot 2: Negative, we got 'em.

Cobra Pilot 1: Roger that. All targets destroyed and we're outta here. Good luck boys. Out.

Vasquez: Command, LZ is secure. Bring in the engineers and let's get this tank moving.

Command: Roger that. They're on the way. Good work. Out.

Griggs: Squad, regroup at the tank. Let's go!

[The surviving squad members make their way to the Abrams, where Lt. Vasquez has sketched a crude plan of the surrounding area on the side of the tank]

Vasquez: Listen up. We don't have much time to get this tank out of here. We'll take up defensive positions around the bog here, here, and here, and buy the engineers some time to get the tank moving. Oorah?