Old Shadows Part I: Before Dawn

Old Shadows Part I: Before Dawn is a chapter in When the Cold Breeze Blows Away. In this chapter, after receiving messages from General Shepherd and Lieutenant Ava, they ask them that Grand Alliance bases were being attacked by an organization who identified themselves as the Manticore Special Forces Corps, which is also part of the Coalition of the Red Star.

As the Grand Alliance is needed the Preschool Girls' help to face that new enemy, they began launching Operation Manticore by heading to an enemy base in Estonia.