Recovered Cog Tags #11
Chapter 1: Ashes to Ashes
Location: The building atop the hill off to the left with the flaming barrel has a Crimson Omen painted high on its wall. Walk around the shipping container in the street to enter the back of the building. An upturned shipping container is there. Walk around behind it to find the COG Tag.
Journal
Chapter 2: Crater
Location: This collectible is easy to miss in your rush to retrieve the fuel and save Dizzy. It’s right near the start of the chapter. Descend the steps outside Griffin’s tower, and kick open the door on the right to find a Journal lying on the ground.
Going on six hours with no sign of the crew that got sent off on today’s fuel run. No cable-car, neither. I got a funny feeling that the boss is gonna want to get rolling on a search and rescue op. For the fuel, I mean, because who gives a crap about the guys getting mauled to death by the Lambent, am I right?
But that’s how guys like Griffin tick. He’s used to being in charge. I cringe every time the dude calls us “employees,” like we’re still drawing a wage and health benefits. He acts like he cares, but tell that to all the guys we’ve lost carrying out his orders. The others are looking at me like I’m the walking dead. I get the sense I’m next in line.
I wonder if the COG is still conscripting. Can’t imagine it being more hazardous to my health than working for Griffin Imulsion.
(From Miles Carver’s personal journal.)
Fuel Order
Chapter 3: Hang ‘em High
Location: Continue circling around the roof, past the trench and the stairs leading inside as far as you can go. You can see the corpse of a Griffin employee slumped against the barricade in the corner. The Fuel Order and a Retro Lancer are on the ground beside him.
Hey Hondo, Griffin here.
I need another batch like 5 minutes ago! Cook up 13 gallons and I’ll send a runner after it tomorrow night.
Remember to keep the blend ABOVE 26! You send me any more of whatever weak mix we got last time and I’ll be up in your ass. I need to keep these sleds moving.
-Grif
Old Magazine
Chapter 3: Hang ‘em High
Location: Griffin had tossed an Old Magazine under the furniture in his office. The cover features his experiences atop Griffin Imulsion Corporation’s corporate hierarchy. Take the Lancer’s chainsaw to the right couch (as viewed facing the desk) to find the collectible. You might have to rummage a bit for it amongst the couch debris.
Last week’s explosion at a Lopus Energy-operated refinery outside Denava drew harsh criticism from Griffin Imulsion Corporation CEO Aaron Griffin.
“[***] amateurs,” Griffin says. “I catch hell for being a tough boss, but you know how many men and women we’ve had killed on the job? None. And that’s because I ain’t trying to be anybody’s friend. You either get it done right, or you find yourself another job.”
“This is a competitive industry. Dangerous. Lot of bad [***] happens to good people on the job, lives and limbs on the line. Every CEO should work a decade on a fuel rig, get familiar with the worst of it like I did. That right there is the only business education you’ll ever need.”
“If they’re not afraid of you, you’re doing it wrong. On the other side of the coin, y’know, they gotta like you just enough to stick around. My employees ain’t my friends—they’re my family. Tough love.”
Clipping
Chapter 4: Batten Down the Hatches
Location: Face the back of the shipyard near the second hangar. Locate the blue container with the COG logo on the right. Head around behind this container to find an alcove with a Frag Grenade and this collectible, a remnant of an old tabloid magazine about missing scientists.
GOV’T SOURCE: MISSING SCIENTIST MAY HAVE DEFECTED
Coalition officials suspect that a recently vanished scientist may have defected to the Union of Independent Republics, a government source has revealed to Dispute.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, the source further disclosed that investigators have found no leads in the search for Dr. Gabrielle Ornar, 31, reported missing eight days ago. The researcher is the third Tyran scientist to vanish under mysterious circumstances in two years.
“Frankly, they’ve never seen a trail this cold,” the source said. “No evidence of foul play, no disputes, no prints or signs of coercion. Kidnappings are never this clean. If she was taken, she didn’t fight back.”
Ornar, a rising star in the field of theoretical physics, was last seen in her car leaving a wedding reception in downtown Jacinto. The vehicle was later discovered abandoned in an alleyway six blocks away.
Our source could not confirm whether the COG has any evidence of UIR subversion, but said that officials have “good reason” to investigate further.
“Officially we have no comment. But we’re not blind. If Ornar is a traitor, I don’t see why we should waste another minute looking for her. Same goes for the others.”
COG officials have urged citizens with information regarding the whereabouts of any missing persons to contact investigators immediately.
Bulletin
Chapter 5: Bon Voyage
Location: Descend the steps in the maintenance bay toward the hulk of a decommissioned hull. Turn left to enter the storage area. Round the corner to locate this Bulletin, alerting the workers at the shipyard to expedite their preparations.
From: Captain Octavia Findlay, COG NS Endeavour
NOTICE TO ALL EMPLOYEES
The frequency of Locust incursions into the Endeavour area requires me to bring forward the closure of this shipyard by two months. This means that your decommissioning and removal schedules have been accelerated. In the event that we fail to meet these objectives by the time COG Command gives fifty-two (52) hours’ notice of evacuation, the following emergency measures will take place.
1. All non-removable IT systems are to be disabled by the physical destruction of servers and drives.2. Any remaining vessels in seaworthy condition are to be disabled, either by destruction of propulsion systems or by scuttling.3. All fuel remaining in storage is to be drawn and burned off or dumped into Basin A6.4. All classified engineering documentation is to be destroyed by controlled burning.
Every item that you leave intact is a windfall for the enemy. It is essential that we leave behind nothing that can be used against our own forces.
Recovered Cog Tags #12
Chapter 5: Bon Voyage
Location: Defeat the enemies in the area, and then cross the remnants of the decommissioned vessel. Keep your eyes peeled for a Crimson Omen on a container to the right. Descend the steps and loop around the side of the hangar. Search the area behind the containers to find this hidden COG Tag.
Maintenance Manual
Chapter 5: Bon Voyage
Location: Enter the office atop the stairs just inside the third set of hangar doors to find this collectible on the floor to the left. Some ammo and Incendiary Grenades are also up here, along with a Vulcan.
Date: Frost 25, 12 A.E.
SCHEDULE ACTIVITY NUMBER: 69332/A
WORK LOCATION: D Flotilla Submarine Facility, North Rail Jetty
DESCRIPTION: Inspection of damaged main turbine, CNV Adamant
INSPECTIONS CONDUCTED/ SAFETY ACTION TAKEN: Following blade breakage after dye penetration testing revealed no flaws, ultrasound tests show extensive microfractures in shaft and blades. (Test images filed with DoO NS. Ref as above.)
REMARKS: Dye penetration testing is not adequate to detect the extent of metal fatigue in this type of turbine. If ultrasound had been used earlier, the damage could have been detected before the microfractures became widespread. The entire unit is beyond repair and now needs to be replaced.