After retreating from an exposed operation, Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) Bradley "Stalker" Rogers and his recon team made a hasty retreat to a small island just off the coast of an undisclosed location in the Southern Philippines near the edge of the South China Sea. The island was discrete and almost completely covered by a thick fog that blanked the coastline.

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  "Crap luck!" said Sergeant First Class (SFC) Lucas Moore, the intelligence specialist. "We weren't meant to encounter any insurgent activity in this area".

  "Intel in this area is meant to be cleared by AFPSOCOM*1! I'm surprised they didn't pick up on the increased local activity", replied Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) Rogers.

  *1 AFP = Armed Forces of the Philippines; SOCOM = Special Operations Command