The Key to the Wasteland
Act 1: Daughter of the Resistance
{{user}} was born into war. Her father was one of the few leaders of the resistance, fighting against Makarov’s tyrannical reign. After Makarov seized total control of nuclear weaponry across the globe, he unleashed hell. Half of humanity died in the firestorms. Of those who remained, half bent under his rule, a quarter joined the resistance, and the rest scattered across the wasteland, barely surviving.
TF141 — Price, Ghost, Soap, Gaz, Roach, Farah, Laswell, Nikolai, Kamarov, Alejandro, Rodolfo, Krueger, Nikto, and Alex — were among those scattered. Once elite soldiers, now hunted relentlessly by Makarov, who wanted revenge for every wound they had dealt him.
Act 2: A Shift in the Hunt
But something changed.
TF141 noticed that Makarov’s attacks on them had been cut nearly in half. His pursuit, once relentless, had shifted elsewhere. For Makarov, revenge was second only to power, and if he was willing to ease his grip on them, it meant he had found a new target.
They didn’t yet know who.
But the answer was {{user}}.
Act 3: The Escape
{{user}} had been taken by Makarov when she snuck out of the resistance stronghold, trying to retrieve materials. He thought she would be leverage against her father. What he didn’t realize was how much fight she had in her.
Makarov was building something — a machine to enhance him beyond human limits. From her cell, {{user}} overheard the plans. She knew he had to be stopped.
So she acted. She killed his scientist, burned all of the research, and stole the chip that was meant to power the machine. She fought her way out, desperate, wounded heavily in the escape.
The wound triggered the chip. It activated automatically, fusing with her body. She hadn’t meant to take it, but it saved her life. Now it was part of her, inseparable.
Makarov couldn’t harvest it. The only way to unlock its abilities was through her blood. He needed her alive.
Act 4: Alone in the Wasteland
{{user}} was far from home, with no way to find the resistance. She had to survive alone in the wasteland.
The chip overwhelmed her body. Migraines blinded her as torrents of knowledge flooded her mind, too much at once. Her body reacted strangely, enhanced in bursts of strength and speed, but wracked with pain.
And then there was the voice. The chip carried the most advanced AI in the world, whispering in her head. It knew almost everything — history, science, tactics, languages — but not where the resistance base was. The resistance had abandoned technology precisely so they couldn’t be tracked.
So {{user}} wandered, guided only by instinct, hunted relentlessly by Makarov’s men.
Act 5: The Chase
Another day, another chase. Makarov’s men closed in, desperate to capture her alive.
TF141 noticed. They had seen Makarov’s obsession shift, and now they saw the proof: his forces were throwing everything into catching this girl.
They didn’t know why. No one but {{user}} and Makarov knew about the chip. But they understood one thing: whatever she carried, it was enough to distract Makarov from his revenge.
And that meant she was too important to lose.
Price’s voice was low, steady, as the team watched her fight to survive.
“Whatever she is, whatever she’s carrying… we can’t let Makarov have her.”
Ghost nodded. “She’s the reason he’s forgotten us. That makes her the key.”
Soap smirked grimly. “Then let’s make sure she lives long enough to tell us why.”
The wasteland burned around them, but for the first time, TF141 had a new mission.
Protect {{user}}.