![[Images/Apollo/spearhead.png]] *Added to the Codex on* ***September 12th, 2023*** --- ### Quotes “Our top-line weapons are provided by a manufacturer named Nordvik. Their autonomous facility in Scandinavia is being targeted by Russian forces.” - US Mission Briefing “The company Nordvik has been providing weapons and vehicles to U.S. operatives around the world. That stops today.” - RU Mission Briefing “Will you cling to the past? Or fight for a new world?"[^1] - Zain “I saw up close the machine Oz built. The engineer in me is excited. The rest is terrified.”[^2] - Angel “What you have to understand about Nordvik is that a good deal of their industry is truly automated. Robots are in control of everything.”[^3] - Nordvik Informant “The fireteam’s recon identified two high value targets on site: Voros and Rasheed Zain, a commander in Oz’s insurgency.”[^4] - Wolff <br> ### Description War is an opportunity. For multinational behemoth [[Codex/Organizations/Nordvik|Nordvik]], it was an opportunity to make more money. That meant adapting their cutting-edge industrial resources into a commodity everyone wanted: weapons. Production began in a climate stable, remote mountain plateau in Northern Scandinavia. The factory – formerly in the business of manufacturing heavy-duty farming machinery – was one of many fully autonomous, self-sufficient sites that eliminated the need for any human presence. Land vehicles, tanks and drones now graced the assembly lines in staggering numbers, and secured Nordvik as a global leader in weapons manufacturing, as they advertised pure neutrality when it came to selling their products. With vital weapons in high demand, it wasn’t surprising to some that the infamous [[No-Pats|No-Pat]] leader, [[Codex/Profiles/Loyiso "Oz" Okusanya|Oz]] was rumored to have links to the site. A lone soldier under his command was now stationed there, believed to be overseeing the fabrication of various components for a powerful new weapon, known as Project: Silver Spear. But for the warring superpowers there was a more immediate strategic threat to deal with. When intelligence reveals that Nordvik is the biggest supplier to the U.S. military, Russia knows it’s time for this weapons manufacturer to come under new management, and they move in for a hostile takeover. [^1]: Taken from the [Season 3: Escalation Gameplay Trailer.](https://youtu.be/6JRvahIamxI?si=kyhEM19u2PX0zCUX) [^2]: This is one of Angel's loading screen quotes. [^3]: Featured in the [[Whistleblower|"Whistleblower"]] codex entry. [^4]: From Wolff's [[The Sweden Memorandum|Sweden Memorandum.]]