The Heart of Ashurbanipal:

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*Onsen - Japanese hot spring or resort built around a hot spring

Intro:

The World Court convened this month and ruled to empower a multinational agency for the preservation of antiquities. With the recent activities of terrorists and the destruction of not just national treasures but sites and artifacts that are considered treasures of humanity. This group will possess the rights to enter any nation under threat and handle those threats with extreme prejudice. A team of handpicked historians, archaeologists and anthropologists have been chosen to aid military forces in rescuing said treasures.

The scientific liaisons have undergone combat training with firearms and basic military...