COD: The First One's Story

Chapter 4: 115 Tests Begin

Moon Radio 5

Richtofen

Gentlemen, for two long years, we have toiled here and at Eagle's Nest to build up fortifications. For two long years, we have taken equipment to build up our labs. For two long years, we have worked under Group 935, believing that Dr. Maxis truly wants to help the world. For two long years, we've lived a double life. Today, that all ends. [Uncovers something, crowd stirs] I bring to you what this project is all about. What I have worked to keep from my enemy.

Groph

What is it, Dr. Richtofen? It looks... alien.

Richtofen

It is an ancient vril machine. And you, Dr. Groph, are now the lead scientist here at Griffin Station. [Crowd claps] You will be the one to discover how it works.

Groph

I first must discover what it does.

Richtofen

Nein, Dr. Groph. I know what it does. It is a direct connection to another dimension.

Groph

[Crowd uproars] That is preposterous!

Richtofen

No more preposterous than teleporting all of this gear to the Moon and building Griffin Station, is it?

Groph

I suppose not. How do you know what it does?

Richtofen

I have found many interesting vril artifacts here. I have decoded some of their language. All signs point to this device being a stable gateway to the Aether.

Schuster

[Crowd stirs] Dr. Richtofen, I'm aware of a project being run by Dr. Maxis at Der Riese, concerning vril.

Richtofen

As am I. I am going back to my post at Group 935 to continue the charade. I will be finding out just how much information Dr. Maxis has on vril. Once the machine is operational, I will enact my plan and return. Gentlemen, let the games begin! [Crowd applauds] Shh! The voices are so loud!

When Griffin Station was finally completed in 1943, Richtofen announced to the rebellious Group 935 workers that they were to work in Griffin Station from now on, and he revealed the pyramid, or as Richtofen called it, the Multidimensional Pyramid Device, or MPD. He assigned Doctor Groph to be the leader of Griffin Station, and Richtofen continued to work for Maxis. Maxis did not know what Richtofen had done, but he became suspicious. Richtofen also found some vril artifacts on the Moon alongside the MPD, like the Vril Generator. Richtofen led two lives. He had his real purposes and his guise at Der Riese. He enlisted in the Nazi Party, and he even became involved with the Illuminati, a secret organization bent on world domination.

Moon Film Roll 1

Groph

The log 1075. Dr. Schuster and I have spent countless hours with the pyramid device in attempt to understand how it functions. We have made little progress, until now. Today, we uncovered what looks to be some kind of tank with a glass-like front. The glass itself is-

Schuster

I've got you now, rat!

Groph

Kill it, Schuster! [Kills rat, strange noise]

Schuster

Did you see that?

Groph

Look, the capacitor is illuminated! The tank is filling-