Grim Duty

Captain McShay stationed at the Staging Point on Palisades wants you to search for the remains of the downed special forces team scattered in front of the Bane Base to collect their dog tags.


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Briefing
Captain McShay:
 * I'm sorry I have to saddle you with this task but you're the only available soldier I know that can pull this off. We received word that a dropship carrying Captain Smithe and his elite special forces team has gone down over the nearby Bane Base. We activated their rescue beacons and unfortunately we've determined that their ship must have disintegrated at a fairly high altitude based on how far apart the signals are.


 * I want you to go out and collect their dog tags. You should find their remains near the locations marked on your map. Smithe and his men were exceptional soldiers so I don't want you to return back to me without their tags. Dismissed.

Collect Corporal Barbeau's Dogtags
Corporal Barbeau:
 * So they sent you to collect my dog tags eh? You think HQ can kill me by sending us on a suicide mission? Yeah, that's right... high command wanted me and my entire squad dead because we we've [sic] seen some shit that would blow your mind away. We're [sic] told HQ that we're not going to be doing their dirty work any longer. They said that we should take some time to think about it. Funny how our pilot set our dropship on a course to hover over this base right before ejecting safely. So what are you doing? Picking up our bones so you can get kudos and rewards? Well shove off. You're going to have to abandon your mission or take these tags from my dead body.

(Abandon Mission)

(Attack Barbeau)

Debriefing
ToDo

Choosing Abandon Mission causes mission failure. Following that, the player can take and complete either Following Orders from Captain McShay, or Secret Extraction from Corporal Barbeau.

The mission is an "easter egg" of sorts: the names of the dead crew are a reference to the 80s TV show The A-Team: John "Hannibal" Smith, Templeton "Faceman" Peck, H. M. "Howling Mad" Murdoch, Bosco "Bad Attitude" Baracus and Frankie Santana.