Everything is Permitted
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MISSION 19
ACT 3, MISSION 02
Fighter squadron: Falcata Wing, Fedayeen
Description: Laporte infiltrates behind enemy lines to eliminate the traitor that killed Elder Lin Taudigani.
Background
"If you are Fedayeen, you've always been Fedayeen."
With those words from al-Da'wa, Laporte is initiated into the secretive cabal of harnessed sociopaths. With no uniform discipline, no clear command structure, and the run of the frigate -- except for CASSANDRA in its Frame 16 sanctum, guarded by a platoon of combat armor -- it is clear that the Fedayeen is no ordinary combat unit.
As Laporte gets to know the other Operators on her wing, Thorn and CASSANDRA have found the mole that betrayed the UEF's Vasudan diplomatic mission, killed Elder Lin Taudigani, and betrayed the Wargods to Admiral Steele. Elder Svetlana Henriksson was originally selected to meet with Admiral Recamai to open diplomatic relations with the Vasudans, but she opted out, saying she was too ill at the time to travel. Apparently, this was a ruse; she transmitted the details and itinerary of the plan to Steele, who set up an SOC op to derail the talks. In addition, her close friendship with Admiral Netreba gave her access to Second Fleet's military plans, allowing Steele to use the turned mole in the GTVA to feed the Wargods data that would lead them into a trap.
Henriksson's rationale for turning traitor appears to be twofold. First, she is convinced that the GTVA will inevitably win the war, and wants to minimize the loss of life. Second, she is convinced that Shambhala -- the code name for the Elder's end-state contingency -- is a reckless gamble with humanity that may cause its extinction.
The Fedayeen attempted to capture Henriksson on Luna, but the SOC managed to extract her to the GTCv Fortitude. She was badly wounded during the extraction; she is being moved to Artemis Station for treatment and debriefing. As the information she holds about the Federation and Shambhala would destroy everything the Council would hope to achieve, al-Da'wa has unilaterally authorized Henriksson's termination.
Laporte will take a single Ainsarii fighter to Artemis Station. From there, she will hack into their communications system using backdoors left during the Fall of Jupiter. Once she has the encryption keys, Laporte will determine which transport Henriksson is on by listening to her transmissions to Admiral Steele and vice versa. As they are using directional transmissions, Laporte will need to monitor the signal strength of the transports whenever a transmission is sent or received.
Once Laporte determines which ship Henriksson is on, she is to destroy it, and escape capture by Tev forces once they go on alert.
