After-Action Report: Operation Thermopylae

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+ DEPT OF ARCHIVES AND REVISION 
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++ OPERATION THERMOPYLAE
+++ AFTER-ACTION REPORT 
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+ [[span style="font-size: 150%; color: maroon;"]]ATTENTION[[/span]]

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> **THE FOLLOWING AFTER-ACTION REPORT HAS BEEN CONDENSED FROM THE ORIGINAL. FOR AN EXTENSIVE REPORT OF OPERATION THERMOPYLAE, CONTACT THE OVERWATCH RECORDS AND REVISION CENTRE.** 
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On March 5th, 1990, it was determined that Ethics Committee Liaison Arlo Becker Hammond was acting as an informant for the Clear Skies Initiative, sharing with them high-priority meeting points and locations of key Persons Of Interest invaluable to the Foundation's Overwatch Command, Ethics Committee, and RAISA. 

Hammond had been in contact with Clear Skies for several weeks before Operation Thermopylae after private message logs were uncovered by an MTF Iota-10 operative embedded within the Clear Skies Initiative, revealing that Hammond had been informing the Clear Skies of the locations of valuable personnel. These revealed that Hammond's daughter, Doctor Vanessa Hammond, had been injected with a foreign bacterial infection that was not known to the Foundation database, at that time. It was stated that if Arlo Hammond supplied a continuous stream of information relating to the relevant departments of interest, an antiserum would be procured and provided to his daughter.

On March 6th, Arlo Hammond fled Protected Area-03 in the Western Territories, Australia, after discovering that his personal terminal logs had been accessed by MTF Iota-10 agent "Mr. Magenta". It is believed that he travelled to Siem Reap, Cambodia, where the Clear Skies Initiative has a facility disguised as a rice plantation.

From the backlogs of Arlo Hammond's terminal, it was discovered that Ethics Committee Supervisors Evelyn Scheingart and Carson Langly were embedded Clear Skies agents, having operated within the Foundation for 31 and 32 years respectively. It is theorized that these agents are directly responsible for the assassination of the Fifth Overseer in 196[[span class="dblock"]]9[[/span]].

Mobile Task Force Beta-1 ("Cauterizers")[[footnote]] Highly classified task force specializing in dealing with suspected cases of enemy infiltration within Foundation personnel and possible information leaks to other Groups of Interest.[[/footnote]] was deployed, and supervising officer Commander Henry Parker deployed with nine Beta-1 operatives and Iota-10 agent, "Mr. Magenta" to terminate Arlo Becker Hammond. On March 7th, the team deployed and Operation Thermopylae commenced.

Special Agent “Nobody” was deployed ahead of the Beta-1 forces to prepare for their arrival and secure a landing zone.


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+ __EXECUTIVE SUMMARY__

__**Deployment Location:**__ Outskirts of Siem Reap, Cambodia
__**Deployed Field Officers:**__ CDR Henry Parker //(Beta-1)//, LCDR W[[span class="dblock"]]inston[[/span]] B[[span class="dblock"]]esson[[/span]] "Kepler" //(Delta-1)//, COL Charles B. Hollender //(Iota-10)//
__**Deployed Task Forces:**__ 3
__**Duration of Operation:**__ 0300 to 0530 hours
__**Date of Deployment:**__ March 7th, 1990
__**Scope of Operations:**__ Terminate EC Liaison Arlo Hammond, extract Dr. Vanessa Hammond

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+ __CLEAR SKIES INITIATIVE__

The Clear Skies Initiative first made contact with the Foundation in 1949 after the start of the Cold War, sprouting from the chaotic imbalance in the world. The group slowly claimed territories and began utilizing front companies to conceal operations. Their primary goal is to eliminate anomalous entities and phenomena from the world, and groups that utilize the anomalous. They have allied themselves with the Global Occult Coalition, and have an uneasy alliance with the Chaos Insurgency. Since 1949, the Clear Skies Initiative have spread from Central Europe to several countries in the Middle East and branched to areas in Eastern Asia.


It has been determined that the Clear Skies Initiative have a personnel count of an estimated 130,000. After Operation Thermopylae, it was discovered that the Clear Skies Initiative have embedded agents rooted in several Foundation departments, and have been removed.


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+++ __Personnel deployed for Operation Thermopylae:__


> ++++ __Beta-1 ("Cauterizers")__
> __Juno-1-1:__ {{[*https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/we-concerned-few Commander Henry Parker]}}
> __Juno-1-2:__ {{Lieutenant Yuri Kozlov}}
> __Juno-1-3:__ {{Sharpshooter Iris C. King}}
> __Juno-1-4:__ {{Recon Operator Carter Brecht}}
> __Juno-1-5:__ {{Field Medic Henry Wallcroft}}
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> __Juno-2-1:__ {{Captain Kyle G. Auger}}
> __Juno-2-2:__ {{Corporal Mikael Semenov}}
> __Juno-2-3:__ {{Technical Specialist Emile Ridley}}
> __Juno-2-4:__ {{Demolitions Expert Aaron McIvor}}
> __Juno-2-5:__ {{Sharpshooter Louis D. Dietrich}}
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> ++++ __Iota-10 ("Damn Feds")__
> __Juno-Actual:__ {{[*https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/operation-galvanic-ukulele Colonel Charles B. Hollender]}}
> __Special Agent "Nobody":__ {{Micah Adler}}

Overwatch elements operating in Operation Thermopylae consisted of Level 5 Overwatch Supervisors and Superintendents that are part of the Overseer's personal Overwatch teams.

Mobile Task Force Delta-1 ("Saint Olga's Reprisal")[[footnote]] MTF Delta-1 is a team of six commando operatives hand-selected by O5-9, the Department Overseer of Pursuit and Suppression, to perform operations including extraction, infiltration, elimination, and sabotage. They are mainly deployed against hostile Groups Of Interest or humanoid Reality Benders.[[/footnote]] remained on standby if the forces deployed for Operation Thermopylae failed to accomplish their task.

> ++++ __Delta-1 ("Saint Olga's Reprisal")__[[footnote]] Hover over redaction to view names.[[/footnote]]
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> __Apostle-1:__ {{Team Lead W[[span class="dblock"]]inston[[/span]] B[[span class="dblock"]]esson[[/span]] - ("Kepler")}}
> __Apostle-2:__ {{Technical Specialist C[[span class="dblock"]]harlie[[/span]] J[[span class="dblock"]]ansen[[/span]] - ("Soap")}}
> __Apostle-3:__ {{Sharpshooter J[[span class="dblock"]]avier[[/span]] K[[span class="dblock"]]alt[[/span]] - ("Callisto")}}
> __Apostle-4:__ {{Field Medic J[[span class="dblock"]]oseph[[/span]] Mc[[span class="dblock"]]Knight[[/span]] - ("Phobos")}}
> __Apostle-5:__ {{Grenadier A[[span class="dblock"]]braham[[/span]] H[[span class="dblock"]]ackman[[/span]] - ("Corvid")}}
> __Apostle-6:__ {{Reconnaissance Scout G[[span class="dblock"]]ene[[/span]] N[[span class="dblock"]]ess[[/span]] - ("Xerxes")}}

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> **MEMORANDUM FROM THE NINTH OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE[[footnote]] The Ninth Oversight Committee oversees the Department of Pursuit and Suppression and manages the deployment of all Task Forces and vehicle divisions under the supervision of the Ninth Overseer.[[/footnote]]
> FROM:** THE OVERSEER
> Had the agents from MTF Iota-10 not discovered the treason committed by the Ethics Committee Liaison, several department heads or an Overseer would now be compromised. The discovery of the treachery rooted in the Ethics Committee from this operation has made a large dent in the Foundation's capabilities for the next few months. 
 

__**Operation Status:**__ Successful
__**Friendly Casualties:**__ 4
__**Estimated Hostile Casualties:**__ 34
__**Vanessa Hammond:**__ //EXPIRED (body unrecoverable)//
__**Arlo Becker Hammond:**__  //[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/personnel-expendable-part-i TERMINATED, (body unrecoverable)]//

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