We are at war. It's as simple as that
| CC: Operation Irenaeus |
| From: cog.viDSCISYHP|annABD#cog.viDSCISYHP|annABD |
Undersecretary Al-Fine
We request an Immediate increase in funding and resources for all units in Operation Irenause.
Our estimations of the size and the number of personnel under the command of KTO-7890-Valentinus have been proven wrong. We are currently unable to attest the manpower of enemy forces, but we suspect it to be in the thousands. We request all members of, as well as phenomena related to, KTO-7890-Valentinus to be upgraded to Response Level 4 threats.
For further information, please consult the attached files
Mundus, Normalis
Opening Archived_Operation_Irenaeus_Dossier_1.pto…
Symbol recovered from a grimoire captured from KTO-7890-Valentinus
KTO1-7890-Valentinus "Sarkic Church"2 is an international millenarian religious movement of currently unknown origin and size, but presumed to be at least over 2500 individuals. The modification of organic material and the worship of a deity responsible for creation and destruction appear to be the main focus of the religion. All available evidence points towards it being composed of solely Type Yellow, Type Red and Type White humanoids. Members of KTO-7890-Valentinus are actively hostile towards operatives of the Global Occult Coalition and associated organizations.
Structure: The exact structure of KTO-7890-Valentinus is currently unknown, but presumed to be hierarchical. At least two positions of power are known to be recognized by its members, those being "Karcist" and "Ozi̮rmok". The former appears to correspond to Archbishops in the Catholic hierarchy, while the latter presumably denotes the movement's current leader.
Resources: Members of KTO-7890-Valentinus appear to be spread across both rural and urban areas around the world, with some holding secular positions of power. These include multiple pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. The current economic and millitary power of KTO-7890-Valentinus is presumed to rival other KTO's, including KTO-0001-Bellfather.
Standing Orders: Members of KTO-7890-Valentinus are to be sought out and neutralized on sight. Due to the self-termination of past prisoners, attempts at apprehending living members have been rendered futile. Negotiations with KTO-7890-Valentinus operatives are forbidden.
Opening Interview_AE5935_Trancript.pto…
Interviewer: Adrian Boehm
Interviewee: Michael Smith3
Foreword: The following interview was conducted following a failed infiltration by a member of KTO-7890-Valentinus by the name of Eldar Abdullayev. The member attempted to breach into a GOC facility, claiming to be looking to negotiate an alliance between KTO-7890-Valentinus and the Global Occult Coalition. The hostile self-terminated following apprehension and attempts at advanced interrogation. A tattoo on his body, containing a spiral symbols, was found to match a symbol labelled a "forbidden sigil" in the Maxwellist Book of Horrors, a piece of scripture recovered from an LTO-6543-Tesla member's hard drive.
[BEGIN LOG]
[Adrian Boehm enters the interrogation room, carrying a glass of water and a file of documents. Michael Smith is seen staring at a wall, motionless]
Adrian Boehm: Good evening, Mr. Smith! It's been a while since we've last talk, hasn't it?
[Smith audibly sighs]
Michael Smith: What do you want from me again?
Adrian Boehm: Oh, just a friendly chat, really. I was actually curious how-
Michael Smith: Specifics.
[Boehm places the file on the table and opens it on the first page, showing the photo of the deceased body of Eldar Abdullayev]
Adrian Boehm: Very well. This symbol, we've seen it in your scripture. Can you tell us what it means? We've had this man approach us, claim he was from…"Nälkä for a New Millenium", then proceed to kill himself when we tried to extract information from him. Really strange man, I have to say.
[Smith looks at the file, then at Boehm. He is seen to be visibly agitated. He shakes his head]
Michael Smith: No, you…you don't know what you are dealing with!
Adrian Boehm: Then please, enlighten us.
Michael Smith: These…heathens, they are flesh worshippers. Our church has upheld our sacred duty of weeding them out, and when you declared war on us, you took their side! MEKHANE, please give me the stren-
Adrian Boehm: I assure you, we didn't take anyone's side. But that is neither here nor there. Are you saying they are a religious movement, like yours? How many are there of them?
Michael Smith: I don't know, a few hundred. And no, they are something else. They follow the god of the Flesh, they want to bring destruction to this world and recreate it in its image. We have to stop them! You have to-
Adrian Boehm: Alright, thank you, Mr. Smith. I believe that is all I needed to know. I assure you, we'll use this knowledge accordingly
[END LOG]
Opening Archived_Operation_Irenaeus_Dossier_2.pto…
Shortly following interview AE-5935, the PNEUMA Division-Siberian Command was informed of a group of villages housing a group of anomalous humanoids. At that time, the Coalition was not yet aware of KTO-7890-Valentinus. A plan was drafted to relocate the villagers into CT-1361-Carter. A negotiator was sent on 04/02/2021 to inform the community of the plan and establish a timeline for the evacuation. Shortly following their arrival, an argument broke out. A sample of the conversation's transcript can be viewed below.
Negotiator: I am telling you, there is nothing I ca-
Unidentified female: Tsars didn't exile us, Khrushchev didn't exile us, and who are you now?
Negotiator: Ma'am, I am sorry-
Unidentified male: One more word and I will pull your guts out of your mouth, you goat5!
Following this interaction, the negotiator exited the village, being unable to establish a relation with neither the locals nor find a community leader. As they were leaving, contact with them was suddenly lost. A surveillance drone was sent to the village the next day, spotting a group of men burying a bloody corpse. Following this attack, the villages were designated as hostile actors and swiftly neutralized using incendiary weapons.
Opening Battle_Report_23/10/2022.pto…
I have been asked to provide a complete report on the latest battle against KTO-7890-Valentinus. Being the commanding officer of the Strike Team, I trust myself much more than my men to give you the unbiased facts of what had happened.
We arrived at entrance of the settlement at circa 1740, based on the intelligence provided from us by the local agents. The "Seŭlga", as that particular group of Valentinus members called themselves, had not erected any notable defenses at the entrance to their settlement. There were three, large wooden doors in total. As we later learned, all led to different structures in the community. Approaching them led to all of our electronic equipment shutting down, as we were previously informed would happen. Two squads stayed behind, guarding the side entrances, while we set up explosives and prepared to breach through the middle.
On the other side of the door we found a sort of plaza, devoid of life. Multiple stone structures were suddenly in our view, as well as a large complex of wooden, stone and organic buildings. We presume the latter to be some sort of temple. At first, there was no sight of hostiles or autonomous biological material.
That is, until we made our way about halfway into it. Suddenly, we found ourselves under fire, both from bolt-action rifles, as well as arrows. One even embedded itself in my armour, though it thankfully stopped short of piercing my skin. Our team fell back, using trees and stone shrines strewn across the settlement as cover. We began to engage the enemy, who were shootings at us from the roofs.
We lost three men during the exchange. One was hit with an arrow to his thigh. Our medic was able to drag him into cover, but by that time, I saw him leaking out of the hole in his suit. No, I am not talking about just blood. He was moving for a while, too. Another one was fatally wounded while running between cover, while the last got shot when we were exchanging fire. Another got wounded, right in the thigh. This all lasted for around 4 minutes, then we stopped hearing return fire. Judging by how there was blood seeping down from at least one of the roofs, all the hostiles appeared to be either dead, injured or have fallen back.
It is at this point that we split into two teams. One went over to the houses to finish up whoever was left, the other to secure the temple. I was leading the second. Me and ten of my men made our way up the stairs, only to notice this…small crowd, gathered near a door. Well, door isn't a good name for it. It looked like a closed maw, covered in some clear, slimy material. The crowd was mostly adolescents, save for a few old women and men. There were two white men, really standing out from the rest. We fired and shot the one closest, right in his stomach. Some of the kids turned to us and yelled something. Child soldiers, clearly. Oh, and the injured one yelled something to the other. "Volya!", I believe.
Must have been a signal to attack, as right after, three men jump out of the bushes, right behind us. Spears in hand, yelling battle cries. All had those long, white spears with them. Probably made of bone, judging by what we know of these savages. One of my men was stabbed, other got hit over his head but the helmet saved him. The one they got started twitching and bleeding all over. We knew we couldn't do much for him. We neutralized all three, then quickly swept the area to confirm that none other remained. Once we were sure, we approached the temple again.
There wasn't anyone left near the maw by that time. We opted to throw grenades at it, we're still not sure if the damaged anything that was on the other side or not. We weren't able to get it to open during clearing operations, either. In any case, we started sweeping through the temple, after the other boys radioed in to tell us they have neutralized the remaining hostiles outside of. We told them to double check, then join us.
Once we regrouped, we moved through the remaining buildings. There were six of them, all filled with those weird symbols they put around everywhere. Paintings too. Some even had statues. I could recognize Buddha somewhere there, but the rest looked alien. In the literal sense of that word. We encountered only 4 hostiles there, two playing dead on the floor, another with his hands up in the air and trying to feign surrender. We finally reached the last building, at the back of the whole complex.
Inside, it looked more like a house than a place of prayer. A very spartan house, sure, but a house. There was a bed, a gas stove, some kind of shrine, there was even a table. More importantly, there a middle aged man in grey robes, sitting in the center of the structure, cross-legged and just staring at us while we breached inside. He seemed to be meditating, unfazed by the battle outside. I suspect he was a Karcist, or whatever the cultists call their priests. We swiftly neutralized him and saw him hit the ground. That's when all hell broke loose.
The corpse suddenly became bloated, then started spasming. We shot it again, in the head and chest, still nothing. Suddenly, it ripped apart, smearing this red-yellow mixture all over us. It ate through the outer layer of our suits, thankfully stopped about there. Same couldn't be said about our respirators, so we threw them off before they could melt onto our face. As we did, we noticed there was this…thick yellow fog, emerging from the corpse. When we exited the building to get away, it turned out all the bodies did the same. All 32 of them. Soon, we were all breathing these…well, I heard one of the eggheads call them spores.
As I type this from our quarantine facility, I still hear my people complaining about nightmares. Can't blame them. I am not saying we have "PTSD" or other made up crap like that, this was far from the worst thing we've seen. No, these nightmares seem…more vivid, specific. They show us what they want us to believe was everyday life at the settlement, then each dream ends with loud gunfire, screams and our bodies being torn apart by bullets. I assume that whatever we breathed in now forces us to view them.
It is my utmost recommendation that we increase our attacks against KTO-7890-Valentinus. These people are dangerous and willing to fight with any weapons they have, including by disinformation warfare. The faster we deal with them, the better.
Mundus, Normalis
Commander Julius Petrić
Strike Team-0984 "Cleaning Crew"
PHYSCIS Division
| CC: Operation Sternenfall |
| From: cog.viDSCISYHP|annABD#cog.viDSCISYHP|annABD |
The following text was found written on a piece of paper inside the temple of the KTO-7890-Valentinus compound. The uneven handwriting, as well as tears in the paper, suggest that it was written in a hurry shortly before or during the Global Occult Coalition's offensive. The author is currently unknown
This is an official message from the Pan-Nälkä Congress to the Global Occult Coalition.
We have been preparing ourselves. We were aware another bloodbath was on its way, somewhere and at some point. We have been made aware this would happen shortly before, and we have decided to make sure you will never forget it. Because we won't.
Many have come after our people in the past. God worshippers, tyrants, witch burners, fascists. We have slaughtered them all.
This time won't be different. You will shoot us, you will murder us, but as long as a single follower of the Ozi̮rmok remains, we shall achieve our victory.
Especially now, as we have made some friends. Who do you think alerted us to your attack?
May we meet again, under the pink skies
PS: No. These dreams won't end :)
