Counter-Attack

Counter-Attack
Next level	Retreat
Game	Killzone: Liberation
Objective	Regroup with Sgt. Rico Velasquez on the front lines

"The trenches are being attacked by the Helghast. Fight them before they take over."

―Mission Briefing

"Vekta City was not the end of the struggle, but the beginning. Our fight against the Helghast invaders goes on!"

―ISA Command

Counter-Attack is the first mission of Chapter 1 of Killzone: Liberation.

Summary

The battle for southern Vekta is intensifying. Orchestrating his attack from a secret location, General Metrac is poised to seize the ISA base at Rayhoven, which holds a massive cache of weapons. Reinforcements led by Captain Templar are sent to hold back the enemy while the ISA VIPs secretly meeting at the base are evacuated.

Plot

Two months after the ISA victory on the Space Defense Platform, the Helghast are left scattered by the Earth fleet. However, Emperor Scolar Visari has tasked General Armin Metrac full command over the remaining forces and ordered him to strike back with a new wave of destruction. Together with his brutal Lieutenant Tendon Cobar, Metrac slowly captures ISA bases in the south. He sets his sights on the ISA base at Rayhoven.

Meanwhile, ISA leaders and scientists are secretly meeting at Rayhoven to decide the fate of southern Vekta, and perhaps the entire war. Jan Templar is sent to help the ISA forces to hold off Metrac's attack and thwart the General's plans while the ISA VIPs at the base are evacuated. As Templar fights through the trenches he is reunited with his ally Rico Velasquez.