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Chapter 5 - Spot Treatment: Mission 2 - Grudge Match[]
Mini-Boss - Hydro-Man[]
Reveal[]
Tony Stark:
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HYDRA has brought in a little mercenary help, in the sloshy form of Hydro-Man.
Hydro-Man's got some kind of portable kit that he's using to dose the White Gorillas with Iso-8 serum. |
Ares:
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I will pry it from the stiffening fingers of his severed hands. |
Beast:
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Take care, Ares. Diluting the Iso-8 serum makes it difficult to get a reliable analysis. |
| Ares:
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You have mistaken me for the God of Caring About Laboratory Analysis. |
Black Panther:
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The White Gorilla danger grows the longer we stand deliberating. |
Nick Fury:
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Understood, T'Challa. Ares? |
| Ares:
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To battle. |
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| Oooooh, look at the big scary guy with the axe. How you gonna cut water, war god? | Hydro-Man:
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| Ares:
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You can't stay water all the time, mortal. And I can cut anything else. You stick around, you'll find out. |
Repeat[]
| Ares:
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How quickly can you trickle away this time, coward? |
Complete[]
| Tony Stark:
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And there goes Hydro-Man into the dirt. |
| Ares:
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He is fortunate I did not bury him in it. |
Maria Hill:
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We're keeping an eye on Taskmaster. He's attempting to stay off the radar, but he can't hide and still marshal large groups of White Gorillas. |
| Nick Fury:
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That plays right into our plans. Ares, stay on him. |
Boss - Taskmaster[]
Reveal[]
| Tony Stark:
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Taskmaster pinged us the location of the White Gorilla boot camp. |
| Ares:
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I see him. |
| Nick Fury:
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Hit him, then. We need to make this charade look good. |
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| Ares, soldier of S.H.I.E.L.D.? Your talents are wasted there. HYDRA would be a much better fit for a god of war. | Taskmaster:
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| Ares:
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If all I wanted was mad-dog slaughter. But as you will see, I fight for order against the chaos you embrace. |
| Try me. Anything you can do, you'll see I can do better. | Taskmaster:
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| Ares:
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Hardly, mimic. You ape what you see, but every copy is inferior to the original. Watch and find out. |
Repeat[]
| Ares:
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You haven't seen anything yet. If you can keep up for an hour, I'll bury you with honor. |
| Honor? Who cares about honor? | Taskmaster:
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Mission Complete[]
| Black Panther:
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For many years, HYDRA has longed for a presence in Wakanda. Now, they add training the White Gorillas to their list of transgressions.
Vibranium has been a great blessing to this nation... but greed for it also curses us. The same is now true of Iso-8. |
| Tony Stark:
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Makes sense to me. But for now, Taskmaster's back on the good guys' side, HYDRA's stalled, and we're going to leave Wakandan justice to you. |
Taskmaster:
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Ares took his role a little too seriously. Someone needs to teach that guy a little something about restraint. Geez. |
| Ares:
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I am no actor. |
| Black Panther:
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My thanks, Stark. |
| Tony Stark:
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No problem. You don't mind if we take Hydro-Man with us, do you? |
| Black Panther:
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Not at all. However, I ask that you share whatever knowledge you gain from examining his suit. |
| Tony Stark:
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Count on it. Agent, we're headed back to New York. |
Chapter 6 - When Opportunity Knocks: Mission 3 - Dark Complications[]
Heroic Battle[]
Start[]
| Ares:
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So. You call yourself War Machine. |
War Machine:
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I didn't at first, but yeah. Now I'm kind of used to it. |
| Ares:
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I have seen war machines in every human age and tested myself against them. |
| War Machine:
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Are you saying what I think you're saying? |
| Ares:
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It's your turn. |
Repeat[]
| War Machine:
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You can't have my suit. It was a gift. |
| Ares:
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It will be a trophy. |
Lose[]
| Ares:
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I can do better. In that suit, none could stand before me... |
Complete[]
| War Machine:
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So. I call myself War Machine. |
| Ares:
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It is a name you have earned, James Rhodes. Let us spill blood together sometime. |
Chapter 6 - When Opportunity Knocks: Premium Mission: Fourth Wall[]
Deploy[]
Start[]
| Nick Fury:
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Ares, we're going to ask you something simple. |
| Ares:
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Ask. |
| Nick Fury:
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This Maggia war is about to spiral out of control. You hit the streets and every thug and gang member you see. Take them out, but contain the problem in Hell's Kitchen. |
| Ares:
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I like your approach, Fury. |
Complete[]
| Ares:
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I think I made myself clear. |
Special Operations - Dark Reign: Mission 1 - Damage Control[]
Boss - Ares[]
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| You. | Ares:
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Hercules:
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Me. You can't still be angry about those birds... what hair, O god of war, lieth across thine ass today? |
| You have mocked me once too often, Hercules. And S.H.I.E.L.D. has made mock of itself by playing at war instead of making war. | Ares:
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| That is why I am here. To show you what true war looks like. | Ares:
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Lose[]
| Total war is coming... | Ares:
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Special Operations - Dark Reign: Mission 2 - The Best Defense[]
Mini-Boss - Moonstone[]
Reveal[]
| Maria Hill:
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Speaking of psy ops... Moonstone's in charge here. Hard to tell if she's trying to work the Hellfire angle or if Rusk put her in charge of them. |
| Tony Stark:
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Ask her, Emma. She likes to talk. |
Emma Frost:
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I'll do that. |
Agent Coulson:
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Boss? Ares is here and it sounds like he wants to talk to you. |
| Ares:
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Nicholas Fury! We will now fight together. |
| Nick Fury:
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Is that right? Did Herc convince you that you chose the wrong side? |
| Ares:
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I do not confess error, Fury. I speak of new knowledge. Dell Rusk is no warrior. If I am to choose a side in the war, it will not be his. |
| Tony Stark:
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Well, that all sounds great, until you decide to switch things up again. |
| Ares:
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You question my word, Stark? |
| Tony Stark:
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I just want to know whether Rusk got it before we did. |
| Nick Fury:
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Your concern is noted, Stark. Ares, welcome aboard. As long as we can trust you, we'll trust you. |
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| Ares:
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You participate in a ruse that will cost countless lives. For what? There is no glory in what you do. |
| Please, war god. If that's what you are. You've sacrificed your share of lives to get what you want. | Moonstone:
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| Ares:
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Enough about me. How come you're not pretending to be an Avenger? |
| I said I'd work for him, but I wouldn't be part of his perverted costume party. As a mental-health professional, that kind of pretense wouldn't make me look very good. | Moonstone:
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| Ares:
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A little late to be protecting your reputation. |
Repeat[]
| Ares:
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This time no talking. |
Complete[]
| Ares:
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This Moonstone, she is mad. If you will not permit me to kill her, your physicians should treat her madness. But I would prefer to kill her. |
| Tony Stark:
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We'll see what her insurance will cover. What's it look like out there? |
| Ares:
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The Hellfire Club is playing its games. They will find they have engaged an opponent beyond their might. |
| Tony Stark:
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Please do. |
Epic Boss - Venom[]
Start[]
| Ares:
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Spider-Man is ruled by emotion. He is naive. Even surrounded by treachery, he believes in good. You are a slavering monstrosity. You are no Spider-Man. |
| We have succeeded Spider-Man. We no longer need him... except if he is present when we have hunger. And we always have hunger. | Venom:
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| Ares:
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How did Rusk think he was going to sell you as a version of Spider-Man? Not even Jameson would buy that. |
| We are not sold to you... you are given to us. | Venom:
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Special Operations - Dark Reign: Mission 3 - Gathering Darkness[]
Mission Start[]
| Maria Hill:
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Rusk's next tactic is a favorite of would-be tyrants all through history. |
| Agent Coulson:
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Bands of armed goons are smashing up property all over Wall Street. It's another false-flag op. Rusk is setting himself up to send his team in and pretend to restore order. |
| Maria Hill:
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He's counting on us to come out so he can try to sell us as the real problem, fighting his personnel who are trying to help. |
| Tony Stark:
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So what we do is we get out there and help before they can...and then we show his goons for the mobile lunatic asylum that they really are. |
| Agent Coulson:
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Agreed, Mr. Stark. No, really. |
| Nick Fury:
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Ares, if you're looking for something to do, you can start by taking out Rusk's goons. |
| Ares:
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That should be a fine morning's work. |
Boss - Dark Wolverine[]
Start[]
| God of war. You got a head-start in the tough-guy department, but I bet I can catch up. | Dark Wolverine:
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| Ares:
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Ah, the puppy thinks his teeth are all grown in. |
| Don't need teeth when I have claws. | Dark Wolverine:
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Wolverine:
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Claws? I got those, too. |
| Maria Hill:
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Wolverine, stand down! This is-- |
| Wolverine:
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This is my fight, is what it is. Back off, Ares. |
Complete[]
| Ares:
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I let Wolverine have that one, but the next one is mine. |
| Agent Coulson:
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Afraid that's it for now, Ares. Rusk hasn't finished assembling his team, and now it looks like he's not going to. |
| Maria Hill:
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We've shot down his fake Avengers team and now we're going after him. |
| Nick Fury:
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Not so fast. First we find out what's happening with Incursions. Then we worry about Rusk. If he gets in our way again, we slap him down again, but let's stay focused, people. |
Special Operations - Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission 3 - When Stars Align[]
Deploy[]
Start[]
| Nick Fury:
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Ares. Things are coming to a head here. The whole Black Order is closing in on Avengers Tower, along with Nebula and Ronan. |
| Ares:
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Which one do you want me to take out first? |
| Nick Fury:
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Whichever one's closest. Separate them so they can't coordinate a single assault. We won't survive it if they do. |
Complete[]
| Ares:
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They're splitting up to avoid me. Smart move. |
| Nick Fury:
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Also it's just what we wanted. Stay on the hunt, Ares. We're not done yet. |
| Ares:
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War is never done. |
