>>11068410Events now set in irreversible motion, the captain's attention is drawn to the main control console in the bunker. Amid the various buttons and switches, his gaze fixes on a fairly innocuous-looking button cover. With a flick of his fingers the cover is flipped away, exposing a small grey button with a grinning black skull adorning it. Through bitterly-earned battlefield experiences with the ruthless Greys over the years, Green intel was able to determine that every Grey WMD site was set up with a dead man's switch should the possibility of the weapons falling into enemy hands present itself.
During the mission briefing this fact was made very clear to all members of the assault force, as was the high possibility of it being a one-way trip. It was made crystal clear that the mission cannot fail under any circumstances, even if it requires the ultimate sacrifice. The Elite Force soldiers volunteered to a man.
