Reznik is the longest-serving field commander in CSL history. He trained the first generation of PMC kill teams and wrote the engagement doctrine still in use: identify, fix, burst-fire, confirm.
He was conducting training exercises in Sector 3 when the Sector 0 alert came through. He arrived after the breach was over. All four address blocks were empty. Every deployed kill team was down. He submitted his field report 40 minutes later.
Our targeting firmware was rated for targets between 0 and 300 u/s. The subject operates above 550. The firmware loses tracking at that speed. I've filed 14 requisitions for upgraded tracking systems. All 14 denied due to budget reallocation to other containment priorities.
— Cmdr. Reznik, Field Report 0x7A10
Reviewed combat footage from Kill Team Theta. Six operators, standard formation. Subject entered field of view at T+0.0s. Three down by T+0.3s. Remaining three attempted to radio for support at T+0.8s. All six down by T+1.2s. I've reviewed the footage forty times. The subject is absent from every frame. The operators are standing in one frame and on the ground in the next.
— Cmdr. Reznik, Field Report 0x7A1C
New engagement doctrine, effective immediately: do not engage << 死 >> below 550 u/s. If the speed counter on your HUD shows the target above that threshold, hold fire and take cover. You will not hit it. Every round you fire is a round wasted and a position revealed. Conserve ammunition. Wait for it to slow down. If it doesn't slow down, evacuate.
I'm aware of what this doctrine says about our situation. The alternative is sending more people into engagements with zero expected survivors.
— Cmdr. Reznik, Doctrine Update 0x7A22
I've lost 108 teams. 648 people.
Each one of them followed doctrine. Each one of them did
what I trained them to do. The doctrine is wrong now and
All I have is a speed threshold table and a suggestion
to hold fire. That passes for doctrine now.
That's an admission.
Voss says keep deploying. The board says keep deploying.
I keep writing the deployment orders. I keep reading the
after-action reports. The after-action reports are all
the same. They're one line long.