Sixty Seconds to Midnight

You relay the information back to your Control as quickly as possible, and receive your instructions back almost immediately: You are to use the tracking device to locate Zane's HQ, gain entry, and foil his plans by any means necessary, capturing or otherwise neutralizing him. You're assigned a seaplane for this mission, which will be waiting at the Agency's New Orleans field office along with any other gear you care to requisition.

Do we get Mission Budget, Gadget, and Field Expenses now? How many EXP to next level?

The waters of the Caribbean stretch forth below you, as the tracking device counts down the miles to Zane’s headquarters. Abruptly, it appears on the horizon, a patch of green surrounded by the deep blue of the ocean. It’s a small island, only about two hundred meters of vegetation separating the beach from Zane’s stronghold, a super modern fortress at the heart of the island. From your vantage point, you can see the high walls that mark the boundary line between natural and manufactured. Halfway along the shore, you see a large sewage outflow pipe.

Angelique guides your aircraft down, and as you hopefully slip below any radar, you check your gear, retrieving the inflatable raft stowed in the back. You dump it into the water and pile in, and head toward the shore. Once there, you're going to have two immediate goals.

First, you're going to need to avoid the regular patrols. Second, you're going to need to decide how to approach the compound. There's three obvious options (obvious doesn't necessarily mean wise): The main gate could be assaulted, the ventilation system could be infiltrated, or the sewage outflow.

You manage to get to the beach and pull the boat ashore. A quick visual inspection tells you that to the best of your knowledge, the jungle has no security devices in place, but you do see a patrol pass in the distance. However, Zane’s headquarters is not as vulnerable. The jungle has been cleared fifteen feet away from the steel walls. Motion sensors are placed at thirty-foot intervals along the walls, and you can bet they set off alarms somewhere if there's anything out of the ordinary. The exterior ventilation shafts are about fifteen feet up those walls.

To get to them, you'll have to time it right to stay unnoticed by the guards, and you'll have to find a way past those motion detectors.