#05.In the recaptured Gdańsk base, West Germain Huckebein battalion leader Circe Steinhoff berates the Schwarzesmarken for needing to be rescued. She gets into a fistfight with Annett, which is broken up by Katia. Irisdina reveals to Theodor and Katia that the whole reason for the joint mission is to improve the military's stature relative to the Stasi, which explains Gretel's obsession with appearances. Facing a second wave of 40,000 BETA, the Warsaw Pact forces plan a response that will put the 666th in the greatest danger, but will also prove their mettle compared to the EU and US' conservative tactics. Prior to the mission, Lise asks Theodor if he plans to oppose the Stasi, which he denies. As the battle begins, the West's area-suppression tactics appear to succeed, until Circe's group encounters a second BETA echelon. Gretel takes command of the 666th and leads a laserjagd to eliminate the Laser-class BETA, which will allow for decisive bombardment of the main BETA horde. The 666th leads a group of American TSFs into battle with the Laser-class, but are surprised to find them protected by the enormous Fort-class BETA. The 666th defeat the Fort-class, but their TSFs are badly damaged and are ferried to safety after the battle by the grateful Huckebein pilots. Later, while the joint forces enjoy their victory, elsewhere Beatrix and a man she addresses as "Director Schmidt" execute Marai, assistant to the disappeared Major Hannibal and the last person left to protect the 666th from the Stasi.