Side Quests & Activities

Unlock the full potential of your campaign by mastering the critical Side Quests and optional activities that directly influence the game's ending. Unlike standard missions, these require collecting evidence found across main operations to reveal key suspects and codes.

Operation Chaos

To successfully complete this mission, you must decrypt a floppy disk by gathering evidence from "Nowhere Left to Run" (Coded Message), "Brick in the Wall" (Numbers Station Broadcast), and "Redlight, Greenlight" (Front Page of a Newspaper).

• How to Complete: Access the CIA Safehouse computer. Use the newspaper to find your city name, then cross-reference the Numbers Station audio to find your code. Use the Coded Message cypher to find your city’s unique broadcast frequency.

Operation Red Circus

This mission tasks you with identifying three Soviet moles. Evidence is hidden in "Brick in the Wall" (Dead Drop List), "Echoes of a Cold War" (Audiotape), and "Desperate Measures" (Ledger).

• How to Complete: Compare the dates, locations, and genders across all three pieces of evidence. Only three suspects will match all criteria; mark them on the evidence board before launching the mission to ensure the "canon" successful outcome.

Optional In-Mission Objectives

Many main missions feature secondary tasks that provide deeper lore and achievements:

• Brick in the Wall: Locate and rescue or silence the informant, Richter, to alter the mission's debrief.
• Redlight, Greenlight: Photograph 6 hidden maps of Soviet outposts located throughout the mock-American town to earn the "Fire Control" challenge.
• Desperate Measures: Explore the KGB headquarters to find multiple ways to frame Charkov, including poisoning, map room deceptions, or prisoner manipulation.

Collectibles: Evidence & Arcade Machines

Keep a keen eye out for Intel (documents and tapes) that flesh out the Perseus conspiracy. Additionally, you can find playable 1980s Arcade Cabinets (like Pitfall and Barnstorming) hidden in levels like "Break on Through," which become permanently playable in the CIA Safehouse once discovered.