However, the force is quickly wiped out by a Chimeran spire attack, which infects all of the soldiers with the Chimeran virus, soon after landing in York. Nathan Hale, as part of the United States Army Rangers 12,000-man task force to help liberate Britain and to retrieve a secret weapon that the British claim can be used against the Chimera. The game starts in July 1951, with the protagonist, Sgt. 8 Controversy with the Manchester Cathedral.