Today in the WC Universe During Operation: Infernal Machinations. Facing off Mutoto
Mission Target (1)
Infiltrator: Commander, we have discovered a large disturbance in a thorium rich region.
We believe it is Mutoto experimenting with thorium.
Andrew: These readings are off the charts. What could he be doing?
Matt: Look closer at these readings. This data is being muffled.
Is there a massive concrete structure in this region?
Neil: Negative. I flew over there recently and witnessed nothing like that.
Matt: Then there is only one reason for this. This lab is deep underground.
Where are Leonard and Malcolm?
Laura: Scouting a base. They have reports of multiple factions congregating.
Andrew: Who is at the table?
Laura: Gemini, Jeremiah, Odin, and... Kane?
Andrew: Mutoto must have something important. Something they want.
Mission Target (2)
Arietta: LENNY! MALCO! Wazzup walkers? Got some deets from HQ for ya!
Leonard: Arietta? Copy, what's going on?
Malcolm: I'm glad you understood that, because that made no sense to me.
Arietta: They think they found Mutoto in some cave. Sending coords your way!
Leonard: We can travel across the mountains to get there. Hope you brought a jacket.
Malcolm: That will take days. We can cut through the thorium mines.
The Eastern Horde delved too greedily and too deep.
...and has to evacuate the tunnels.
Leonard: Sounds like nothing can go wrong!
Mission Target (3)
Leonard: Looks... not abandoned?
Malcolm: By all reports they should have left. The earthquakes here are too intense.
Leonard: Oh now you tell me.
Malcolm: They don't appear to be very reinforced, they might be unprepared for us.
Leonard: Did they just get here, or are they planning on leaving?
Malcolm: Either way, Mutoto must need more thorium badly.
Leonard: Any risk in him rushing thorium production?
Malcolm: Yeah, if he isn't careful it will turn into blood thorium.
Highly volatile and hard to contain.
Leonard: Would he... do that on purpose?
Malcolm: If he's using blood thorium, he must need a higher density power source.
Leonard: I'm not sure I like where this is going.
Mission Target (4)
Mutoto: Leonard, Malcolm. It has been a long time.
Leonard: Mutoto. Although no longer a child.
Malcolm: Still just as brutal I see. What are you doing with all this thorium?!
Mutoto: The land must be purged. I've seen visions of the end times.
Leonard: The end times are happening, thanks to you!
Mutoto: No, calamity looms. An event to make the Great War seem peaceful.
Thorium powers the visions. It also... gives me more strength.
Leonard: Is he... teleporting units onto the battlefield?
Malcolm: That must be his plan for thorium, using its quantum properties...
...he could theoretically teleport his troops... anywhere.
Mission Target (5)
Matt: Leonard? Malcolm? What happened down there?
Leonard: Bad news. Mutoto is using massive amounts of thorium to create wormholes.
Matt: Wormholes... through time?
Leonard: No, through space. We need to stop him before he overwhelms the Sector.
Malcolm: He mentioned visions. We know that thorium powers his clairvoyance.
I'm worried that blood thorium has corrupted his visions.
Leonard: The end of times he saw might be from blood thorium?
Matt: That tank you saw was only a prototype. I will search the data for the real one.
Mission Target (6)
Malcolm: This is it. Time to stop this madness.
Leonard: Despite what he's done, it's hard to see him like this. He's not himself.
Malcolm: He's beyond redemption, nothing you can do now.
Matt: His tank is at full power now. Your forces might not be enough.
Infiltrator: We have no one else we can send!
Neil: I'm seeing... someone approaching, not sure if they're friendly so watch out.
Make that two!
Deena: Don't recognize an old friend?
Neil: Deena??
Deena: Looks like Corpus finally decided to get a backbone and face Mutoto!
Hannibal: Mutoto, you've gone too far!
Mutoto: ...Hannibal? You... you're alive! I saw visions of your death!
Hannibal: I... am not Hannibal anymore. I'm still Chris, I've been Chris this whole time!
Mutoto: I won't listen to you! You're supposed to be dead! You all will die!
Deena: Let's lock and load, this is the battle to save the Sector!
If you see any difference from the in-game version it's cause I tried to correct it and/or make it sound better as best I could.
Also since the forums is getting nuked, there probably won't be a 2022 story recap post cause the links will be gone by then.
I already saved all posts from 2018 all the way to now (all that's left are the 2017 storylines)