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OPERATION SUMMARY
Operation Designation: OASIS
Mobile Task Force: Mu-13 “Ghost Busters”
Supporting Unit: (REDACTED)
Primary Location: Central Saharan Exclusion Zone — Submerged Vessel codenamed The Sand Ship
Mission Type: Final anomaly clearance; crossfire engagement with hostile force

1. Objective

Conduct final clearance and containment verification of a suspected dormant vault located within a preserved galleon embedded in the Saharan desert. The vessel, identified as The Sand Ship, was referenced once in recovered Blackwood correspondence:
“When even the sea abandoned me, I buried her in silence. But silence holds its own ghosts.”

Historical accounts suggest Lord Theodore Thomas Blackwood attempted to “outrun death on dry water” aboard this vessel in his final years.

Objectives:

• Confirm vault is non-reactive
  
  

• Recover any surviving anomalous artifacts
  
  

• Apply denial protocols
  
  

2. Assigned Assets

Role

Name & Call Sign

Notes

Operation Commander

Lt. Raphael Saint-Jude

Command authority and arcane oversight

Occult Analyst

Agent Miriam Loch

Inscription recovery and ritual detection

Sweep & Secure

Agent Donner

Structural integrity and threat response

Rear Watch

Agent Vincent (“Blackwood”)

Assigned under observation; probationary standing due to prior psychological instability in vault environments

3. Operational Chronology

— 05:41 hours – Insertion
Site accessed via sand breach exposing upper deck of the vessel. Hull bearing thaumic markings consistent with late Blackwood-era warding glyphs. Vault entry achieved through broken cargo hold.

— 06:02 hours – Psychological Breakpoint
Upon contact with the second deck, Agent Vincent began exhibiting visible signs of panic. Helmet cam recorded him whispering: “It’s breathing. The ship is breathing.”
Vincent then turned and fled the vessel for the third time in his Mu-13 deployment history, breaking formation without cause or contact.

— Squad Commentary

• Agent Donner: “That’s three. Is this his thing now?”
  
  

• Agent Loch: “Every time we open a vault, our Blackwood finds a reason to run.”
  
  

• Lt. Saint-Jude: “He’s still more consistent than our proximity alarms.”
  
  

— 06:12 hours – External Contact
Outside the vessel, Vincent encountered an unaffiliated Foundation operative: Captain Secretary, embedded in the region on a separate mission to track a high-value defector. Secretary engaged without formal greeting, citing incoming hostile movement from the southern ridge.

Secretary: “Twelve insurgents. You panic again, I leave you here.”
Vincent: “No panic.”
Secretary: (Draws weapon) “We’ll see.”

— 06:18 hours – Hostile Engagement
Twelve Chaos Insurgency scouts attempted to breach the vault. Secretary executed four precision eliminations in the opening exchange. Vincent remained in cover, provided accurate suppressive fire, and eliminated a confirmed hostile on their left flank. Notably, he did not freeze, retreat, or deviate from position under fire.

— 06:27 hours – Encounter Conclusion
Remaining insurgents withdrew or were neutralized. Secretary issued no further instructions. Before departing, he retrieved a spare round from Vincent’s vest and returned it with an unspoken nod.

4. Recovered Anomalies (Highlights)

Crate

Description

Observed Effect

SHIP-04

Carved whale-bone globe

Rotates toward observer’s death site

SHIP-08

Jar of sealed black ink

Whispers names of future traitors to the holder

SHIP-13

Candle with no wick

Flickers near intense regret, cannot be lit

All items secured and placed in containment-grade transport vessels. Vault declared neutralized.

5. Casualty & Damage Report

• Foundation: No personnel injured
  
  

• Hostile: 6 KIA, 3 wounded, 1 MIA (environmental hazard), 2 fled
  
  

• Collateral: One Insurgency vehicle destroyed; no site damage sustained
  
  

6. Post-Action Assessment

Agent Vincent has now fled from active vault sites on three separate occasions. His behavior continues to generate derision within Mu-13. Despite demonstrating composure under conventional combat conditions, his psychological response to spectral or residual environments remains unfit for long-term deployment in anomaly-heavy units.

Squad Commentary:

• Agent Loch: “Maybe he’s just allergic to ghosts.”
  
  

• Agent Donner: “We should start making him go in first—save the rest of us the trouble.”
  
  

However, Captain Secretary’s evaluation differed. During exfiltration, he delivered the following statement directly to Lt. Saint-Jude:

“He broke rank. Then he held a flank. He ran from ghosts, but not from fire. That tells me what I need. He’s coming with me.”

Agent Vincent has been transferred to (REDACTED) under Secretary’s direct command. Request was not submitted. It was stated.

Filed by: Lt. Raphael Saint-Jude
Clearance Level: 3
Addendum: A final inscription was found carved into the helm of the vessel, signed in Lord Blackwood’s jagged hand:

“Tried to outrun death on dry water. Turns out he’s faster in sand.”

Vault sealed. No further access authorized.

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