A few seconds after you touch land, Miller's voice buzzes into your ears.

"Greyhound, this is Khan, can you hear me?"

[center][h3]Chapter 1: Peace[/h3][/center][hr]

After the explosion, the whole area seems immersed in an eerie silence, with the only noises being occasional distant gunfire and Khan's voice. The Sun has fully set, with light being provided by the numerous streelights of Haolam Haba; clouds cover most of the sky, with the full Moon being visible behind them, staring down. "According to our satellite you landed in the middle of a residential zone, near the southeastern corner of platform Delta. The building you are standing on is an administration office, while the platform to your southeast is a half constructed heliport." Looking down below, you can see what resembles a city district, with perpendicular roads intersecting between each building, all fitted with sidewalks, streetlights, and signs written in English, French and Arabic. The building themselves are squarish and tall, all identical to each other in their vaguely cubical shape, painted in various colours: the bottom floor of these buildings appear to be housing shops, offices, and most of the commodities offered by any ordinary city. The roads are cluttered with a few abandoned cars, some fallen streelights and signs, and other such debris; pieces of paper glide across the air, moved by gusts of wind. No living thing appears to be moving. "The area has been evacuated by the HH authorities immediately after the terrorist attack, but there might be some civilians still around. Stay sharp."

Scanning the area around you, you see some buildings that stand out among the others, having a different shape or being larger than the others. "Most of the southern part of the Delta platform is made up of residential districts: most you'll find there are houses, with the occasional police or firefighter stations, churches and mosques, and so on; there's a hospital near the centre of the platform and a military base near the northern corner, while the rest of the place, the northern half of Delta, is made up of factories and other industrial buildings. All around the platform there's a ring of manutention walkways and passages, that lead to Delta's subterranean level: here you can find most of the platform's infrastructure, including power plants, a subway, and the sewer network. Seth's last known position is approximately ten kilometers to your northwest, in a building of the industrial zone."

To the west of your position, you can see many columns of smoke rising from buildings, as well as occasional explosions. "According to our intel, the fighting is most intense near the southern and southwestern corners of the platform. One viable strategy would be to sneak through this area, hoping that the HH soldiers are too busy getting shot at to notice you. Otherwise you can try moving through the eastern zone, which is more firmly under HH control: perhaps they'll be too busy paying attention to the western zone, and you'll get through undetected. You might also try moving through the subterranean level, but we'll probably lose radio contact, and orienting yourself will be way harder. The choice is yours. We don't have a fix on the strenght of the unknown attackers or their goals, but we have no interest in fighting them right now: only shoot if they shoot you first."

Suddendly, you see movement ahead of you, approximately three hundred metres away. Two IFVs, colored khaki, moving towards the western part of the platforms. Zooming on them with your binoculars, you see they are adorned with the black cross, symbol of Haolam Haba. "Huh, those look like LAV III. Wonder where they've got those toys from. They don't seem to have spotted you, but watch out for more reinforcements. Haolam Haba soldiers aren't your average illiterate, rag-head goat herders; they've got military training, and they're probably pretty jumpy right now, so they're likely to shoot on sight. Be careful. Out."