Sly 5 Line of Thieves CH4

SLY 5: LINE OF THIEVES (4)

CINEMATIC CUTSCENE (SLY POV)
We had picked up a small plane part from the Cooper Vault, that belonged to my dog-fighting ancestor Otto Von Cooper. He was active during the second world war, where he stole from war criminals and corrupt military officers. Though he wasn’t physically capable unlike most Coopers, he made up with a huge technical knowledge and a plane with a gazillion gadgets…but Dimitri had informed us about the change in the Thievius Raccoonus…someone wanted to wage it’s personal war against the Coopers…well, they got one now.

SLY COOPER AND THE GANG IN: MASTERS OF THE SKY

MISSION/ WAR REPORT

Germany, World War II…The streets were patrolled by German shepherds with flashlights, eagles on the rooftops, as well as some bats, all in military gear. There were some tanks and airplanes patrolling the area as well.

Sly: Look at all of this…looks so gloomy and depressing.

Bentley: This is war after all. You expect anything positive about it? Now, because this timeline is still war-infested and chaotic, sensing something out of the ordinary is somewhat difficult. You better take some recon pictures.

Sly snuck around the place and started taking pictures of some of the tanks.

Bentley: Those tanks use tech that is far ahead of this timeline. Someone has been supplying them with future tech for sure.

Sly then climbed up to a high rooftop and tried to get a lock on a low-flying plane. He took a picture of that as well.

Bentley: My scans show the same results for the planes as for the tanks. More future tech. The patters is very clear now.

Sly finally took a picture of an odd-looking flag.

Bentley: That symbol isn’t in any database about the war I can find…I guess someone is breaking off from Germany to wage a war for his own needs. But we still have to be sure about it. We better start looking for a sign from Otto. Remember the DNA scanner we used to track Salim? You can use that to track Otto. Because of all the chaos outside, it’s the best tracker we can ask.

Sly snuck around, following the marker that the dna scanner left behind. He came across a garage, where he found a greasy wrench with his fingerprints on. Otto has been here, but he’s not there anymore.

Then he made his way towards the edge of a river, where he found some hair from Otto. But he still wasn’t there either. Finally, he came across a Bunker. He snuck past some guards and got in. There he found a raccoon in an aviator’s outfit.

Otto: I hope zey do no find me here.

Sly: Otto?

Otto: Gah! Don’t hurt me…Hey, you are not one of Totenkopf’s dumbkopfen…

Sly: I don’t know who this Totenkopf is, but I’m not one of his brainless goons. No, the name is Sly…a reliable source tells me we’re related. I’m here to help you with…the current problem.

Otto: Help? Oh, danke schön! I vas afraid I’d be done for…I can’t get my plane back on mein own!

Sly: If it’s stealing something back, you can count on us, gramps!

MISSION COMPLETE

CINEMATIC CUTSCENE (SLY POV)

Otto was very…affectionate towards the remaining team members. He also seemed nervous. Without his plane he felt out of his element. He told us about his ongoing rivalry against another German pilot called Totenkopf…a boar who wanted nothing more than to best my ancestor in a dogfight. He never succeeded, until his plane got upgraded with some future tech, no doubt supplied by Warek. I guess that with his future tech, Totenkopf believes he should be in charge and broke free from the German regime and create his own empire…I think we should ‘convince’ him to abandon those silly ideas.

CHALKTALK (Bentley narration)

Okay, we know we got a crazed up pork chop out there wanting to rule the world (of course)! We have to stop his plans at warfare. But first we need to get Otto’s plane back and upgrade it to be able to deal with the more modern tech. I detected something coming in from Africa, probably one of Totenkopf’s ‘hunting trophies’…one of them might come in handy. Sly, you get that hunting trophy, it will help us get the plane back. We better keep Carmelita around to cover you, in case any of the local artillery has set its sights on us…

MISSION: JUST PLANE OL’ SLY

Bentley: Sly, the building up ahead is where Totenkopf keeps is ‘hunting trophies’…of which I believe he didn’t actually hunt himself.

Sly: Couldn’t get a chicken with a cold if he wanted to. But what hunting trophy could be useful to us in any way?

Bentley: Much like the sabertooth skin, there is a tiger skin in the collection that a shaman enchanted…the tiger pelt skin should give you some very useful abilities which we’ll need to get Otto’s plane back. Just get the tiger skin.

Sly: It feels creepy to wear someone else’s skin.

Sly did as he was told however, snuck in the hangar, snuck around, avoided lasers and snuck by guards and snatched the tiger skin.

Bentley: The Tiger pelt has a feral pounce, just like the saber tooth tiger skin. Try it out on that unsuspecting guard.

Sly tried out the tiger pelt and with a single pounce One hit Ko’d the guard.

Bentley: The Pelt has a second use, you can spire jump over longer distances…just like Riochi’s Dragon Leap. Try it out!

Sly did so and found himself to be able to leap large distances, from spire to spire with the new tiger skin.

Bentley: OK, I found the hangar with the hidden plane, you just make your way there and use the tiger skin to get past security.

Sly left the trophy room, then went to the hangar. With his new tiger skin he pounced on guards and leaps long distances so he could reach it.

Bentley: It appears out of commission…Me and Otto will go there and fix it up…but I suspect some guards might come by and try to sabotage us…Carmelita, you’ll have to cover us.

Carmelita: Nothing but a little target practice to start the night.

As Bentley and Otto went to the hangar, guards, planes and tanks moved towards the hangar. Carmelita has to put all her shooting skills to the test to fry the guards and the circuits of the tech in the tanks and planes, but her shooting was once more superb and they managed to get the plane going.

Otto: Zis is vonderful! Now to inflict some payback! Lemme see, I fire using ze Square button, I accelerate using ze R1 Button and with L1 I can do a looping! Einfach enough!

Otto, behind his steering wheel, and with new ammo that can hurt the new tech, he had no trouble taking out all ten of the remaining assault planes. The old dogfighter felt in his element again.

Otto: Und zis is how we Coopers do it!

MISSION COMPLETE

CHALKTALK (Bentley)
Bentley: We showed Totenkopf good, but we still have only made a dent in his growing empire. And my sources tell me his plane will be a lot harder to take down then the others. Not only we need to upgrade our plane if we are to dent him, we also need to cut down his forces. First Murray must enter another race, to win a new engine for the plane. I hack the systems so he can enter. Another upgrade to the arsenal we need to steal from Totenkopf’s weapon stash, and my new RC boat, Robin’s arrows and Murray’s strength are what we need.

Then we need to cut down the pilots. I’ll be a bartender again and hand out my ‘special’ sarsaparilla to them so they are too wasted to properly pilot their planes. Finally, we save a few war prisoners from Totenkopf’s clutches so he has no more bargaining chips with the opposition. As much as I want to, we can’t end the war as a whole now, but we can end Totenkopf’s reign. And that’s what we’ll do.

MISSION: VAN-TASTIC RACE

Bentley: Ok Murray, I’m going to enter you in another van race, this time the price is an engine we can use to boost Otto’s plane. Normally there is no more room for another racer…unless I do some hacking and enter you.

Murray: It’s amazing what you can do with computers Bentley…I’ll be just as amazing on the track, I promise to get that engine thingy for Otto.

With that said, Bentley launched his RC Car, using it to quietly run past some guards to the computer, shooting some small bugs and rats along the way and uses it to connect to the computer, so he could hack from a distance.

COMMENCING HACK

Bentley was in his green shell code and immediately had to start looking for not one, but two keys to open the next gate. He had to blast a firewall to get to the first, and switch to Panzer to blast crystals to get the second one. He moved towards the next part, where he needed to pass another gate, but to do that he needed a new Code.

Bentley: Time to switch to my Spark Code. This code can grind on these data rails and collect these electric charges which I can open the gate with.

Bentley switched to the yellow top-shaped spark code, grinded along some rails, picked up some electric charges and then headed to the gate and used the charges to open it. During the next part he needed his Speeder code, and loop around two switches at once. He did so and he reached the terminal. Hack complete!

Thanks to Bentley, Murray could enter the race against several armored vehicles. But of course none was a match for ‘the Murray’ and the Cooper Van. With enough nitro boosts, some bumping into foes and some determination, Murray had no problem winning the race, and as a result they won the engine!

Murray: Oh yeah, you got pawned by the Murray!

Robin: Murray, you were wonderful with your horse-less car…I still don’t know what ‘pawned’ means…

Murray: It’s just a way to say I am victorious.

Robin: Oh, like you ‘pawned’ McGuffin!

Murray: Exactly!

MISSION COMPLETE

MISSION: WE NEED AN UPGRADE

Sly: Bentley, I see you got a new toy to play with?

Bentley: This is my RC boat. It’s equipped with a special harpoon which I can use to pull down certain objects…I need to pull down some poles so Robin has some platforms to stand on. We need her new ice arrows to get Murray inside.

Sly: How will she be able to do that?

Bentley: I’ll explain later. Now it’s my turn!

Bentley’s RC boat floated on the water, staying clear of big hungry fish and bombs as he pulled down some platforms so Robin could move over to a good position.

Bentley: Robin, we need your new ice arrows to freeze the water, so Murray can go in the back to steal the part of Otto’s flying machine.

Robin: Not a problem. Murray told me how he beat that grizzly bear in a round of ice skating…I wanna see how he is on the ice…

Robin aimed her arrows, and froze parts of the water without hitting any bombs or enemies, and Murray was able to cross to the other side.

Robin: You are nimble on the ice…strength and elegance.

Murray: The Murray can be destructive as a hurricane, but as gentle as the spring breeze…I got that last one from my Guru!

Bentley: Okay Murray, we need your muscle now, get the ammo and we can get out!

Murray had to carefully maneuver through without getting killed by the guards…though they end up at the bad end of the Thunderflop. Murray picks up the ammo and carefully carries it without getting hit and frying himself, and once he was out, the ammo belonged to the Coopers.

The big bad, the military dressed boar of a Totenkopf had come to check up on his stash.

Totenkopf: Vhat? Vhere is that special ammo? You dumbkopfs better not have misplaced it! Zose do not come cheap you know!

Murray: You know, all this gunpowder reminds me of chili…I perhaps could use it to make a spicy pizza, with chili, and then add some jellybeans for a sweet touch.

Robin: Sounds just as tasty as those burrito’s.

Bentley: I’ll just stick with cheese.

MISSION COMPLETE

MISSION: OH SNAP, IT’S A BAR FIGHT

Sly: Bentley, are you wearing that ridiculous mustache again?

Bentley: Hey, it helps with the bartender look. And we need someone near the bar to help them put to sleep. I managed to swipe some rare herbs that make them dizzy and tired, so that Totenkopf is down a few pilots.

Sly: It’s for a good cause, but it’s also quite the waste of some good lemonade…you are keeping a non-drugged glass for the rest of us, do you?

Bentley: Of course…if those thirsty dogs don’t drink it all.

Bentley entered the tavern, and from there it was the same mini-game as in the wild west, where he had to give enough drinks to the dogs in time, without them running off in impatience or without spilling any drink. But Bentley managed to serve them all their drinks perfectly.

Bentley: Uh-oh…the herbs have a side-effect on canines…before the drug kicks in, they first become aggressive…oh, they’re looking at me! Help!

Sly: Now worries, Bentley, me and Murray will help them a bit!

Sly and Murray came into the tavern, and together with Bentley they soon started in an all-out brawl where they kicked the tails of all the guards. It was a long fight but soon they managed to completely subdue them.

Sly: Maybe we didn’t need the herbs, they’re out cold.

Bentley: Yes we did, because even if they wake up, the herb extract is in their system for a while.

Murray: That was so cool! I didn’t have this much fun since that Bar fight in Australia…only without the possessed jacked up dingo near the end.

Bentley: Let’s just get out of here before someone asks what the ruckus is about.

MISSION COMPLETE

SAVING PRIVATE

Bentley: This is another jailbreak Sly, but this time it’s saving prisoners of war…and this time you don’t have to get caught to get in.

Sly: Good thing too…the Contessa spiced up her food too much and all we got in Tootpick’s prison are beans…since then I’m fearful every time Murray chows down on burrito’s.

Bentley: Before we go back to bad and smelly memories, to get at the prison, Robin first needs to set up a few arrow ropes for you to walk on, then you just have to use your sneaky thief moves and the Tiger Pelt power to get across. Me and Murray are on standby in case things go awry.

Sly: Always good to know you have my back…say, what they serve the prisoners here? Never mind! Robin, please be a good girl and give me something to walk on!

Robin: I’m on it, Sly!

Robin pulled out her arrow ropes so she could give Sly something to walk on, and Sly had no troubles at all getting into the prison. In there, there were a lot of guards patrolling, and a lot of flashlights and laser traps, but Sly had  his thief moves, and with the new tiger pelt he could also leap long distances so he had no trouble navigating. Up until…

Sly: Bentley, I don’t see a way around this laser gate…

Bentley: No problem. From where I am, I see the power supply…quite sloppy, I should be able to redirect the power using my lightning darts to create a new conductor.

Sly: I have no idea what you just said…but if it helps me, go ahead!

Bentley took out the Binocucom, switched to the lightning ammo and fired at the gate at strategic points with the shock ammo to redirect the power and shut it down. Sly could proceed. Sly saw some war prisoners in the distance, but there were some guards…they were placed so that Sly couldn’t move towards the prisoners without being seen.

Sly: Guess there is no choice…I have to brawl. Murray…

Murray: Did someone say brawl? Make way for the Murray and his fists of fury!

To say the least, the guards didn’t last too long against Murray and Sly. Soon they could release the prisoners.

Prisoner: Thank goodness…but who are you?

Sly: Just your friendly neighborhood thieving raccoon…and his amazing friend!

MISSION COMPLETE

MISSION: TANKS FOR THE MEMORIES

Bentley: Okay Otto, you and me are going to need to take down some of the fortified artillery. I have my chopper on the tanks, you take out the elite planes with the new ammo, okay?

Otto: Consider it done, herr Bentley! Zhey vill feel the wrath of the Cooper gang.

Otto’s plane was now equipped with a lock on feature that allows him to fire some heat-seeking missiles, which allows him to blast some armor of the elite planes and then make them crash.

Meanwhile, Bentley bombed the tanks using his RC chopper’s upgraded explosives. The tanks took more hits than the planes, but Bentley took them out eventually.

Otto: Take that, schweinen!

Bentley: I thought Totenkopf was the pig?

MISSION COMPLETE

CHALKTALK
Bentley: It’s time for operation Blitzkrieg, gang. We put an end to this one-man war and this is how we’re going to do it. First Sly sneaks in and lets me in, I’ll do some hacking to lower some major security, so the others can proceed. Murray’s weaponized van and Carmelita’s shooting should come in handy. Totenkopf will be cornered and he’ll probably fly off in his plane, from which Otto then can ambush him and shoot him out of the sky. Then if he’s on the ground, we’ll finish the job!

OPERATION BLITZKRIEG

Bentley: Okay Sly, you know the drill, we need you to do the sneaking, so I can do the hacking and the rest of us can do the more crude stuff.

Sly: I know I am the sneaky one but I enjoy the crude stuff as well, I want to see if my cane can actually damage such little brains as those of the guards…

Bentley: How can you joke at times like this?

Sly: Helps me stay sane.

Sly then snuck around the headquarters, using his tiger pelt costume whenever he needed to leap long distances or one-hit ko some bad guys. Eventually he made his way to a lever which allowed him to let Bentley in.

Then it was Bentley’s turn to sneak around, sometimes he had to put a guard to sleep and silently take it out, but he made his way to a terminal and was ready to hack.

This time it was Alter-Ego Hack again. He just did what he did best: have his avatar shoot the nanites, avoid lasers and collect ion bits. The main CPU fell soon afterwards.

Bentley: I’m done here…Murray, the upgrades to the van can be put to use now!

Murray: Awesome! High ho, Coopervan, away!

Murray’s van was equipped with a powerful new bumper. He used it to ram into the tanks that were patrolling. He needed to take a distance to build up the nitro boost and ram the tanks, but eventually they were all sent flying and crashing.

Murray: No one crashes parties…and tanks just like the Murray!

Sly: Totenkopf has sent out more elite planes, it’s up to you, Otto!

Otto: Have no fear! My plane vill not fall to these amateurs!

Otto once again showed his skills as an ace pilot and the planes started falling one by one, until Otto got them all. But then he saw another plane rise up, this one bigger then the rest, and a familiar looking boar behind the wheel.

Totenkopf: We meet again Herr Cooper. Still didn’t have enough of ze last beating I haff given you?

Otto: You cheated with your future toys, Totenkopf! But zis time ve are on equal level, no more tricks from ze future you can surprise me with, zis time ve fight with pure skill!

Totenkopf: I haff beaten you once now, I vill do it again, but zis time I won’t let you live! Auf wiedersehen, Otto Von Cooper!

The aerial fight began. Otto chased after Totenkopf, who had one of his guards to operate the weapons in the back as he flew the plane. Otto couldn’t be right behind him as he fired or he would be shot so he shot at him from an angle, shaving off his health. Once a third was gone, the fight turned harder…

Totenkopf turned up a forcefield, which Otto only could disable with a lock-on and heat missile before he could shoot again. He repeated his several times before another third of his health was gone.

Finally the last stage was the same as the second, only there were some heat-seeking missiles from Totenkopf, which Otto could dodge by loopings. But eventually using the same strategy, Otto shot down Totenkopf’s plane, the latter escaping by parachute!

Totenkopf: Curse you, Otto Von Cooper!

Totenkopf landed on the ground near his fortress, Sly on his tail.

Sly: You’re not going anywhere, warmonger!

Totenkopf: Another Cooper? Now I haff zwice ze headache! I can’t take out Otto, but I vill take you out instead!

Totenkopf moved up to a bunker, a large part of the field electrified so Sly couldn’t just move towards him. Totenkopf has a gun, and fired at Sly, but missed. The gun overheated and Otto couldn’t use it. Sly used this to his advantage to take out his Tiger pelt, pounce over a long distance towards Totenkopf and knock him off. They were inside the bunker now, in a large open space, where they fought one on one now.

Totenkopf was angered. He rushed at Sly, who just moved out of the way to dodge. As Totenkopf came to a screeching halt, Sly whacked him with his cane. Totenkopf tried to punch and ground pound, but Sly stayed clear and kept whacking. After a third of his health was gone and he fled again.

He went down a corridor and stomped the ground, leaving a huge pit with spikes in between him and Sly. He had another gun and fired, Sly having to dodge them again and then waiting for the gun to overheat. Sly brought out the Tiger pelt again, this time using the Dragon Leap to cross from one point to another before finally pouncing on Totenkopf.

Then it was back one on one, but Totenkopf didn’t change much to his strategy, he just called upon some guards to assist him, but they were easily handled by Sly or Totenkopf would accidentally hit them with his attacks.

The final stage, Totenkopf had another spike pit in between him and Sly, this time much bigger. Sly just had to wait for the gun to overheat again, dragon leap using the tiger pelt, and he just got to a small island in the middle of the spike pit as Totenkopf resumed gunfire…there Sly waited again for the gun to overheat before he could dragon leap and pounce onto Totenkopf.

Then it was the final stage, one on one, Totenkopf still charged, punched and ground-pounded, and still had guards at his disposal. But this time he brought in dynamite, and Sly just had to stay clear from the blast radius. Soon enough whacking with the cane and the health was brought down to zero.

Time for the final beatdown. Triangle, and Sly uppercuts Totenkopf. Totenkopf charged, but a quick press of the X and Circle button and Sly was on his back. Square and he pounded on Totenkopf’s head. Totenkopf tries shaking Sly off but Sly holds on tight. Then with the use of the analogue stick Sly made Totenkopf run into walls over and over again before he was knocked out.

Totenkopf: Heil…me…ugh!

From a distance, Penelope has watched it all.

Penelope: Why did we bother wasting time with him, just another fool with delusions of grandness…just like you are…why won’t you stay put? I won’t stay put  until I’m back…you can’t hurt them…they betrayed you! No, they betrayed you, you’re not me! I am, and I’m more real then you…You’re not! GO AWAY!!! I must never lose control again…Warek must help me suppress her…

MISSION COMPLETE
CHAPTER COMPLETE

CINEMATIC CUTSCENE (SLY POV)

Totenkopf was down, and he was taken in…he was guilty of several war crimes, as well as treason against his own country…for treason they pay the ultimate penalty. But Otto, being the good guy he is, and what you’d expect from a Cooper, saved him that fate, leaving him alive but stranding him on an uninhabited island, far away from any civilization…he will have a lot of time to think about his actions.

Otto was once again the war hero he was known for and the timeline was restored for now. Until Dimitri contacted us again, saying something about a dead men’s chest and a bottle of rum. I guess we have ourselves another pirate adventure, this time in the past. We just had to pick up a dubloon from the museum before we got back on track and in time…