Operation Highjump

WAR IN NEW SWABIA, 1947

It's been two years since the surrender of the Third Reich in Europe, and the United States had sent an expedition to what was previously claimed by the German's as New Swabia. The first time during Operation Nanook in 1946, they found nothing out of the ordinary and left soon after, claiming that their 'research goals' had been accomplished and they had no reason to stay. The second expedition came a few months after with an entire task force of ships from aircraft carriers to destroyers. Unbeknownst to the public who thought they were going to Little America, they were actually headed to the supposed site of a secret German base for arctic and weapons research. What a small expedition team found shocked them, a research facility frozen in time, seemingly left perfectly as it was in 1945 when the surrender happened. A Haunebu flying saucer hung from the ceiling, left there either on purpose or one which had been too damaged to fly. The truth was that all the research had been moved to a base further south, hidden underneath snow, ice and rock. However, this team never made it back, they had been caught and captured by a detachment of grenadiers from the unknown Bunker Complex Ritscherberg. This team going missing was enough to spur the Navy (and Marine Corps) to set up a base which was named Big America.

Ritscherberg, which was previously just a small research base during the original New Swabia, had grown into a thriving city underground. They had heard news of the surrender and were aware of their mission: Hold out as long as possible and keep the Reich alive. This brings us to the barracks of Ritscherburg where Lilly Rohrbach is on her way home from teaching class. Lilly was almost back to her barracks when she is stopped by Standartenfuhrer Manfred Adler with an interesting proposition. Rumors about the SS on the 31st floor had been spread from the day that she had gotten there. Will the horrific stories of the SS told by inhabitants of the bunker turn out to be spooky stories meant to scare the children, or will they turn out to be real? Follow Lilly through her journey from her humble beginnings as a school teacher to what she will become in the future.