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Dagger Team 1, copy. I keep losing you.

How long till my backup's here? Working on it. Stand by.

Say eight to ten minutes. Advise you stay put.

I can't wait for backup. Send them in behind me.

Davis, maintain your position. They're on their way.

Dagger Team 1, you seeing this? There's some kind of disturbance here.

Davis, what is that? What are you seeing?

What the hell?

Davis.

Davis, what's your status?

Davis, come in!

Got you.

... gonna get a late start. Right, well, it's a closed session.

Most of the specs stayed the same...

Dr. Osbourne, call 204. Dr. Osbourne, 204.

They're issuing temporaries for that R and D, as far as I know.

Is that part of the same badge or...? I'm pretty sure.

All right. How's it going? Hey. Hi.

We'll get everything. Marty was already in? Yeah.

And she's working on that project?

They'll be done in about a week. I was gonna say...

Don Taylor, report to Laser Laboratory Building B, Laser Lab.

Okay, I'll take a look.

Where have you been? Solving problems. You look... dusty.

Sometimes you gotta get dusty, Efrem. Test the pulse? Yeah.

Went down to the vault, asked Johnson for some tetracene,

but apparently, we don't store it. It's outdated and expensive as shit.

It got expensive. Back in the '90s, it used to be cheap.

So, if you look hard enough... you can still find some lying around.

You find a street gang that slings tetracene?

Industrial printer cartridge, $14.99 back in the day.

Get me a mount, would you? Here you go. Thank you.

You gonna tell the suits you're running this on a 20-year-old part?

I'll show them it works and say:

"That's the difference between a prototype and a production model."

Okay. Concavity is spun to zero.

Lens track is hot.

Alignment is keyed in.

You are good to go. I'll let you call it.

If you think about the applications on other materials, it could be significant.

Metals, for instance, can be shattered with very little effort or noise.

Concrete, rubber... they're all vulnerable to violent temperature changes.

Yeah, this project started as a request from SEAL Team 6.

After the siege in Rwanda, they came to us asking for the capability...

to flash freeze or boil the enemy's water supply.

Now, this device could have driven the enemy out.

And you... tried this on living things?

That wasn't our intent here, initially.

We'd like you test it.

Any volunteers?

Well... we'll give it a try.

Gentlemen, why don't we go sit down? We'll talk over the next steps. All right?

Yeah. Right this way.

What do you want, a clean conscience? Test it with a slab of beef for all I care.

What I want is to use it for what we originally designed it as. A deterrent.

Nobody said anything about microwaving people's lungs. It's war.

It's the business we're in. Remember what you sold it to me as when you hired me?

Defense. And that's still partially true.

But war is good business. So is human trafficking.

We work for DARPA, Mark. We work for the government.

"I don't know what weapons we'll use in World War III,

but World War IV will be fought with..." "Sticks and stones." Albert Einstein.

He worked for the government. Mm-hm. That's right.

And if you ask him, I don't think he thought that was his finest hour.

I'm sure he has feelings about flash-boiling human flesh.

Ever think about prosthetic limbs with full sensory feedback?

Ah. Prosthetics... don't win wars.

Did you hear that? That is the empathetic scientist in you dying.

Hmm. Did you brief your guys on how to operate the ray?

I did. Good. Then you can start packing.

Can you be more specific? Mm-hm.

About these goggles. Your... hyperspectral goggles

being deployed by Special Forces in Eastern Europe in the Moldovan War.

I'm aware. I read the field reports. No, you have not read this report.

Orland called me personally. General Orland.

He said things are very... sensitive down there.

And they're... seeing things.

Okay. Like what?

They won't tell me.

They won't share the video feed. They won't discuss what they're seeing.

They just want the lead engineer down there to advise and consult.

Look, you invented these goggles to keep our guys safe.

Well, now they need your help. Think of it as defense.

Let me reboot the guidance system. It's locked tight. We have to pull it out.

All right, let's go. Move it out.

Mark Clyne? What? You the guy that designed the helmet cam?

Yes. Mark Clyne. James Orland. Come with me.

A lot of new boots on the ground here. The country's in chaos.

The insurgency is mostly remnants of the military dictatorship

that ran this place until about two months ago.

And their popular support is primarily in the north part of the country...

near the Russian border, and here in the capital.

The problem is their forces are well-trained.

They're threatening to turn this whole thing into a civil war.

Moldova. Russians had it, lost it.

It became independent, but it's struggling internally.

On the one hand, you have an insurgency,

made up of the regime's former elite soldiers.

They're well-trained and dangerous.

On the other, you have most of the population,

who are tearing down the regime's flags and demanding a new government.

Civil unrest, as complicated as it is, is a business we're familiar with.

We like to think we're good at it.

But this thing your camera found...

it's a whole new piece of business.

I can't send this video to EUCOM. I'm just afraid they'd think it's a joke.

DOD doesn't have a sense of humor. Typically not. Hook us up.

I'm sure there's a scientific explanation for what's on these,

but until you tell me, I'm not sending it up the chain of command.

You done? Yes, sir. Get out. Seal us in. Wait outside. Sir.

Nobody here has been able to make heads or tails of this.

It's thrown a wrench into our entire operation

for reasons I'm not at liberty to discuss with you.

I can tell you we need answers fast.

Do you mind? You spotted that quick.

Five different helmet cams picked up something similar in the last three weeks.

At first, our signals intelligence tech wrote it off as interference.

That's not interference.

I don't think you'd fly me all the way here for interference.

Wanna tell me what you're thinking? I want you to tell me what you're thinking.

I don't know what I'm thinking... yet. But there is an explanation.

That was the first sighting. Three others just like it.

The last was different. It involved a member of Delta Force,

that makes it particularly sensitive. This is Fran Madison with CIA.

What Special Ops does here is done under CIA covert operations.

You need to sign this before we go any further.

What is this? It's an SCI oath.

You're acknowledging it's life in prison if you reveal anything you're told.

Cue up the Davis file, please. Yes, ma'am.

Three days ago we conducted a raid in mid-city.

Our communications were intermittent, and a guy got separated from the group...

where he ended up killed in action.

He got closer than anybody. Too close.

Dagger Team 1, you seeing this? There's some kind of disturbance here.

Davis, what is that? What are you seeing? What the hell?

Sergeant Chris Davis. Three-tour combat vet. Best of the best.

In the last few weeks we've been finding bodies around the city

that were killed in the same way. The autopsies defied all explanation.

Their internal organs were frozen

and yet, their skin was burned and corroded.

The only response from the allied Moldovan military contact is shock, confusion.

And there's anger.

There's teenagers spray-painting "genocide aratare" at kill sites.

Genocide...? "Aratare." It's a local myth. The ghosts of war.

"As nightmarish as." That's the literal translation.

That's very poetic. Well, they're superstitious. They somehow think...

the horrors of the war have kicked up something unnatural.

We hope you have an alternate theory. What do you think?

Think you need a new name for them. Beyond that.

Give me a copy of the data, some time... That's not possible.

You want me to figure this out right now?

We want your assessment. I don't have one yet.

Then, I think we have to send our working theory up the chain of command.

I don't wanna do that. Okay. What is your working theory?

The agency thinks this is some kind of cloaking technology.

Insurgent soldiers wearing active camouflage.

In this country? Something that advanced?

CIA knows a few groups in Europe and Asia could be working on active camouflage.

DARPA's worked on cloaking technology. We're years away from a prototype.

Maybe somebody beat you to it. DARPA is the leader in the field.

Are you certain of that? The regime spent heavily on weapons research.

Corruption, loose legislation. You're a military lab and want obscurity?

This is a great place to work and hide. Okay.

Let's say it is cloaking technology.

How do you account for cause of death? A shock delivered to the victim.

I think you're reaching. Our business requires us to make suppositions.

My business requires us to prove them.

Your technician's job is to find glitches, so, he sees glitches.

Your job is to find the enemy, so, you see the enemy.

Locals believe in spirits, so they see spirits.

Everyone is biased, in one way or another.

So, my answer to you right now is that we lack data to support any theory.

Okay.

What do you need to make a more definitive statement?

First, you need a better shot. That's what I'm looking for, a better shot.

How?

Right here, sir. That's it.

I brought this from DARPA. A hyperspectral camera.

A more powerful version of the helmet cams your guys are using.

It sees deeper into the spectrum of light.

Visible or invisible, if something's there, this'll pick it up.

Can you mount this thing... on a Delta vehicle?

I don't see why not. All right, good.

We run missions into the city every day.

I'll put you with our field tech, tell him how to operate it.

I wouldn't put a tech in between this camera and myself.

So, you wanna operate it?

If you want that kill shot... you'll need a fast reaction time out there.

Next mission, you ride with Delta.

They're gonna get you close to this thing. You get me the kill shot...

you can go home to Virginia without unpacking.

Got a bad rotor, you gotta swap that out.

Weld it onto the front panel.

Well, well, well. Toll, check that out.

What's this guy up to, man? I don't know. Believe this guy?

If it works. For real.

Heard you're installing a camera on our truck.

Which was fine until you ripped out that 50 cal.

You're taking down a gun to put up a camera?

It's the only place large enough to mount it.

You guys get that, right? I know it sounds like a terrible idea.

We prefer to dance with who brung us... Dr. Clyne. You get that, right?

"Dance with who brung you"? No, actually, I don't.

This truck has saved our lives, many times. I understand.

You guys know Dr. Clyne's team built that truck?

Clyne works over at DARPA.

I've worked closely with his group. Been to their facilities in Virginia.

Good to see you, Dr. Clyne. Good to see you, Captain Cabrera.

They retrofitted these trucks with tougher, lighter weight armor.

They designed the mechanical loaders that do the heavy lifting,

so you boys don't strain yourselves too hard. Matter of fact, Dr. Clyne himself

developed the thin weight Kevlar body stocking that literally...

Protects your balls.

So, I would think there'd be nothing but goodwill in this group for Dr. Clyne.

Major Sessions. Captain, have your men fall back.

Get back to it. Get her done. This is Dr. Clyne.

He's worked with us eight or ten times over the last five years.

You ever go out with the assault team?

No, sir. He's a good man, major.

That's great. I'm just not a fan of taking tourists on combat missions.

Sir, I'm not a tourist. If you're not carrying an M4, you're a tourist.

I'll carry one, if you'd like. We gotta get Dr. Clyne out in the field

to track the target force and get a kill shot.

How long before this equipment's operational? A few hours.

Is it gonna work? If we get close enough.

Let me tell you something. Sergeant Davis... he got close enough.

That's the best Delta that we had.

Make sure your equipment is top-notch this time.

They were like brothers. I get it. Okay.

Evening, doc.

Hear you two hit it off bigtime.

She can come off a bit intense. Yeah. So can you.

I'm just here to find this thing.

You're willing to go on a combat mission to find it.

She is, too.

She's under a lot of pressure from D.C.

They want an answer and it's her job to give them one.

Saw your names on a mission roster. I knew this was a top priority...

but for them to embed you both...

Well, you don't have to worry about me.

I'm not worried about you, doc. I'm worried about it.

She's hoping it's cloaking technology.

What do you think it is?

Something no one's thought of yet.

Gentlemen, yesterday at 1800 hours,

Utah Team left here on a recon mission to Durlesti,

when they were engaged by insurgents.

We managed to hear most of their chatter during the firefight,

but come were unreliable. Target is a five-story apartment building here.

We think what's left of Utah Team is being held on the fourth floor,

in the northwest corner apartment.

We're gonna be knee-deep in an insurgent-held area. So, we should expect a fight.

One last thing.

Before our guys were grabbed, they radioed in that they saw

what we're calling hyperspectral anomalies.

Your mission is a quick extraction. You get our guys and you get out.

However, if engaged, neutralize the anomalies in the area.

Neutralize them?

How? Yeah, what are we dealing with here?

We believe these are enemy soldiers in advanced electronic camouflage.

So, be surgical when you fire. If we don't really know what they are...

Excuse me? Would you like to add something?

If they are wearing cloaking technology,

you need to bring it back as intact as possible.

Dr. Clyne and Agent Madison will be on mission with you.

Dr. Clyne will be monitoring your helmet-cam feeds

from the second MRAP vehicle in the convoy.

Major Sessions will lead Dagger Team 1 to do the extraction.

Stay on come. Get your gear.

Partner, let's go. AJ, front and center.

Weapons check, Billy. You got it.

Our ride not smooth enough for you?

And you call yourself hard-ass.

They really need to repave these roads, man.

All right, guys, we're coming into the abandoned zone.

Expect a heavy insurgent presence.

Okay.

I've got an insurgent body here.

I got Agopia from Utah Team. Confirmed KIA.

None of these guys appear to have taken any rounds. No entry or exit wounds.

Alessio here. Moving to the fifth floor.

We got movement. Toll, check your 2 o'clock.

Where? We don't see anything.

That's it. Right there. You're right on top of it.

It's a motion signature. There's something under that tub.

Lewis, the tub. I want you to flip over the tub.

Toll, I want you on what's underneath. I'm on it.

One, two, three.

We have Comstock alive and conscious.

Repeat. We have Sergeant Comstock from Utah Team.

Hey, buddy.

Where's the rest of your team? They're upstairs.

But they're all gone. Got under their skin.

What got under their skin...? I saw it.

But...? Blanket.

Like a frozen blanket.

Okay, where is the rest of Utah? Oh, they're dead.

Yeah, they're all dead.

We're all dead.

Where are the bodies? I told you, they're on the top floor.

Oh, you haven't seen it.

I've seen it. You know I believe in God, John.

This is the opposite of God.

Wait. Who's this? Can you tell him to turn back?

McFadden, turn back. Give us a view of that room.

Nothing's there. I'm standing right here.

Mac, we're both staring right at it. It's in the middle of your view port.

What? That? It's a smear. Probably these piece-of-shit goggles.

No, no, no. Tell him to put them back on. Mac, put the goggles back on.

Mac, do it now.

What the...? Take the shot.

They went right through it. Did he miss? He doesn't miss.

Major Sessions, we have a KIA. McFadden.

A hyperspectral target is on the fifth floor, northwest corner.

Switch to heavy rounds or 203s.

Whatever you have to do to bring this thing down.

Tell them to pull out.

There!

Get everyone out now!

Tell them to pull out now. No, we're not leaving empty-handed.

I guarantee you're leaving empty-handed.

Come on!

Grenade!

We need support! Get out.

All units evacuate now. Let's go. Get back to the truck.

This room right here. We can still grab him. Let's go! Move!

Let's go, let's go, let's go. Go!

Here. Here, Jim. Hold on. Here.

Evacuating via south face! I got Talbot, Comstock, Riedel and Shaire.

Five men down!

We gotta travel together and we gotta stay tight. Can you do that?

Oh, Jesus. Go!

Come on. Come on. Move. Move, move.

You got him? Let's go.

Get out of the way.

Where? Right there! Where is it?

In front.

We gotta get in. Move.

Help him in. Come on! Get in here! In you go.

No. No.

Go, go! Move! Get in.

Hey! Go, go!

We're in! Go!

Hold on, where's Cabrera? Where's the captain? Talk to me. Did you see him?

Come on, talk to me, man. I saw him die. What? I saw him die.

I'm going home. Yeah. I'm going home. Hey, hey, hey. It's okay.

Look at me. Look at me.

Did you see it? Yeah.

You saw it. How close did you get? I was in a room with it for hours.

That tub saved my life.

I could feel it.

Okay. I could feel it.

Land mines! Hold on!

Hey, buddy, look at me. No, no, no.

Shit.

Open the door.

Yeah.

Come on. Now, move. Come on.

Both drivers are dead.

Archer Lima 2. Hit a land mine. Both vehicles destroyed.

We are...

three clicks southeast of target building.

We are losing your transmission. Your transponders are down.

No shit. Our vehicles were just blown to hell. We need to find cover.

I can't hear what you're saying. Clyne, leave the camera.

Come on, Clyne.

Go, go, go.

Move, move.

Cover. Let's go. Get up, get up.

Come on. Go, go, go.

Where you been?

Clear. Who's injured?

Diaz? I think my ankle's broke.

We need an airlift. I can't get a signal to base. Keep trying.

Com. Get over here. Get over here. Yeah.

Archer Lima 2. Archer Lima 2.

This is Dagger Team 1, over. I'm good. I'm good.

Can they get in that way?

You all right?

Archer Lima 2, this is Dagger Team 1. Do you copy? Over.

Hey.

How you doing? You're bleeding. Hmm?

Okay.

You hit your head.

You hit your head.

Did you black out?

Yeah, I guess so.

Major.

She hit her head pretty bad. Let me see.

Pupils are huge. Sir, I'm sending but they're not receiving.

I'm hearing a click back as soon as I sign over, but no answer. Keep trying.

She's in shock. Keep an eye on her.

Archer Lima 2, this is Dagger Team 1. Do you copy? Over. ... over there.

Thanks. Yeah. Where's everyone else? Where's the rest of Utah?

I'm Sergeant Chen. I was with Utah.

We were the second team in last night. There was eight of us.

Do you have confirmed KIAs for Utah? Well, I can tell you this much.

Sergeant Comstock won't be on your Christmas card this year.

You saw insurgents kill Comstock? Insurgents? Is this guy for real?

What rock were you under? I was the radio operator.

We lost come. I was stuck in the truck the whole night.

I never saw the active camouflage. Active camouflage?

Even if there was a such thing, and there's not...

how does a human wearing active camouflage walk through walls?

Or through three mags of armor-piercing ammo?

I saw Pat pump 150 rounds at one of them.

This thing's killed at least 19 of our men.

And we have no idea what it is.

Clyne.

You saw it.

What was it?

Human.

Had a human form.

It looked at me, it was conscious.

Like a person.

Is there anything that explains what you saw?

No.

Let's pull together all the functional goggles that we have.

My goggles were wasted in the crash, sir. Yeah. Mine, too. They're trashed.

Forget the goggles. We can't recharge them anyway. So, what do we do?

How are we supposed to see them? Maybe that camera can still help us.

If we get to an elevated position, we'd have a better vantage point.

Help me with this?

Let's go. Let's move out. Move.

They're everywhere.

Something's stopping them.

Some sort of black sand. I fell in that sand.

I had to... pick it out of my hand. Let me see it.

Little, sharp pieces of metal. They're iron filings.

It's pure iron. Yeah.

And there's a trail of it... all the way around the building.

It's a barrier. Someone put it there.

I don't think we're alone. Let's stack up and sweep upstairs.

Point and shoot? Point and shoot.

Breach! Breach!

I've got kids. Clear. Clear. All clear.

Tell them to take the long wall.

Ask them where they got this, and who else is here.

Ask them if there's anyone else in the factory, and do they have guns.

She says they're here alone. Only that one gun. No soldiers are here.

No one at all. Major Sessions.

What's the problem? This factory has a transmission tower.

It puts out a huge signal. So, what's the problem?

Everyone within 20 miles will hear our conversation with base.