Russian Embassy
Intelligence pulled from the contact list reveals that the front man for the cabal that wants the EMPs is Leonid Bykhov, a former colonel in the Russian army. Thanks to his connections, you can be sure that he has access to top secret sites and military-grade weaponry. Bykhov is at the grand opening of a new Russian embassy in Azerbaijan to sell the EMPs. You must locate and recover the stolen warheads.
Sector 1 Strategy
Your mission at the embassy is still extremely secret. You are advised to enter the embassy with as little fanfare as possible. There are many guards moving around the exterior of the embassy. Killing one of them in plain sight will end the mission in failure. If you do eliminate one of the guards, make sure you do it in the shadows. Otherwise, stay in the dark and circumvent the guards by creeping along walls.
Use the planters along the left of the courtyard as cover while moving on the entrance of the embassy, which is at the top of the multi-tiered stairs.
Stay close to each other and move cautiously through the planters or hang by the ledges. If you do come across a guard, either pull him from a ledge or pop an EMP to stun the target. In addition to stunning the guard, the EMP blast also puts out all nearby lights, creating even more cover for reaching the embassy entrance.
Sector 2 Strategy
Even after breaching the embassy, you must still exercise restraint in dealing with threats. You cannot cause an incident, lethal force is absolutely forbidden.
Slowly approach the reception area inside the embassy. The arms deal is taking place—and it goes bad. You are now authorized to use deadly force and treat all of Bykhov’s men as threats to national security.
Start taking out the hostiles by dropping the chandelier on the remaining thugs following the sour arms deal.
The situation inside the embassy is deteriorating. You must fight through the next wave of hostiles to reach the security room and establish an uplink to send all data about the situation to Third Echelon. The security room is illuminated by blue lights.
Before hacking the computer, which takes time, set up a perimeter. Shoot out all lights. If you have proximity mines, place them just outside the security room in the hallway.
As soon as you start the hack, guards begin their assault. Hunker down behind cover and repel the attack. You do not want to let anybody into the room, but if you are overwhelmed, swing over the ledge and use it as last-ditch cover. EMP blasts are good for stunning the incoming guards, giving you a few seconds to push back against the assault.
Sector 3 Strategy
After exiting the embassy, you must cross another courtyard to continue making your escape. First, you must disable the laser tripwires on the door leading outside. Use the control panel upstairs from the door to switch off the lasers, then pass through the door.
Outside, you must cross the courtyard. There are two paths—the main floor and the catwalks above. Take out the first patrol together and then split up. Use the railings on the upper level for cover, secretly moving into range to score kills.
You must communicate to take out the teams. If you spot a guard, tell the other player. They may be able to move into a more advantageous position.
Continue sweeping through the courtyard, using sonar goggles to spot guards in advance. Shoot out lights to keep making shadows, and rely on railings to slip up on hostiles unnoticed. You need to reach a door leading back into the embassy on the other side of the courtyard.
You must inspect the crate at the finish area of this mission. It is an American smart bomb guidance package that Kestrel “acquired” some time ago, and now it’s turned up in Russia. The two spies have no time to argue over the stolen tech right now. The package must be secured and destroyed before moving on to the next area and closing in on Bykhov.
Sector 4 Strategy
Back inside the embassy, you must breach a gallery to continue your pursuit of Bykhov. Slip up to the door and use your snake cam to pinpoint any guards near the door. Once you mark targets or are satisfied you can enter undetected, enter the gallery.
There are several guards inside the gallery. Clear the guards from the office area that overlooks the gallery.
Work together to clear the gallery. Use the walls as cover. Scramble up the walls, hang from them, and shimmy above the patrols. Shoot them from above. You must empty the gallery and then move into the bar adjacent to the gallery.
After eliminating the guards at the top of the gallery, work with your partner to move through the remainder of the room. Use sonar goggles to spot the security lasers and avoid them, lest you sound the alarm and bring forth reinforcements.
Mark targets under the door to the bar and then perform a Co-op Execute as you burst through. You need to kill everybody but Bykhov.
Interrogate Bykhov to get intel on the next stage of your operation: Yastreb Complex.
After you finish “chatting” with Bykhov, another patrol bursts into the bar. Immediately seek cover to repel the attack. Use the couches and the bar for cover. Grab one guard for a hand-to-hand kill so you have another execution to use on the guards. Once the room is clear, exfil through the door in the rear.
There may be one or two last guards at the bar exit.
Sector 5 Strategy
Back outside the embassy, you must fight across the rooftop to reach the exfil site. Start by shooting the first guard patrol just outside the bar. Stay back so as not to alarm the rest of the guards on the roof.
Use the ledges to creep across the walkways over the courtyard. This is the best way to creep up on the guards.
Be careful when crossing the actual rooftop. Not only are there several guards on patrol, but laser tripwires sound alarms.
Communicate as you cross the rooftop. Use the fuel drums as bombs to take out large groups of hostiles. Stay down behind the air conditioning units and use those as cover. Work together and advance foot by foot. There is no reason to rush. Rushing leads to mistakes.
When you reach the marked exfil site on the roof, place infrared strobes on the ground (as directed) to call in your extraction. Now, the guards make one final push to stop you. You must hold your ground until the chopper arrives. Duck down and call out incoming enemies to each other. Use every gadget you have to repel the attack for several seconds.