Extraction Phase

The Extraction Phase is the shortest and seemingly most simple phase of the game while actually being the most complex. This phase occurs when the round is won by one team or the other, and extraction refers to the fact that there is a short period before the players are removed from the level. This phase is actually the most complicated because there are a few ways that the Extraction Phase can be triggered, and they all have different details. During the Extraction Phase the surviving player(s) have an opportunity to recover used assets or scavenge assets from dead teammates and enemies.

Attacker Death
The simplest way the phase is triggered is simply when all of the Attackers are killed. Because the Defenders do not have a secondary objective other than defending the bomb, the extraction phase begins immediately after the final attacker is killed. Since all the attackers have died at this point the defenders are free to roam the level and collect equipment, so long as they continue to avoid the UAV.

Attacker Defuse
The most complicated part of the Extraction phase, triggered when the attackers successfully defuse the bomb. Normally this is done when all defenders are dead, but this is not a requirement, ending in some edge cases. Due to this the defenders could still be alive, and the teams are still prompted to fight each other during this brief period while the timer slowly expires. If the defenders repel the attackers or the attackers simply flee, the defenders are free to claim the gear without risk, but if not they might end up being overwhelmed by the attackers during this brief period and killed before they can salvage anything for the next round.

Bomb Explosion
This triggers the extraction phase, but not in the same way as the other two methods. It skips directly to a short timer in which neither team can do anything while they watch the building explode. The round is over and both teams extract in the state they are when the round ends. Sometimes attackers are prompted to give up on defusing the time, whether due to overwhelming numbers or running short on time; if this is the case they usually try to save any gear they can get their hands on or bait the defenders into their line of fire to remove as much gear as possible from their team before the round ends.