by NinjaLegendDoom » Tue Jul 23, 2019 4:09 am
As I return to the crew shelter from my interviews with various individuals about Subjects One and Two, I find a steel footlocker on top of my bunk. None of the crew remember the individual who dropped it off; the only evidence a quickly scrawled note on the touchpad near the locks.
Use this information wisely. Our talk will have to be postponed... but I hope to see you soon. The note is followed by a scrawled ancient Terran bird. As I had planned to make this holo-report with as much video evidence as possible, I will include the three tapes contained within.
VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED!
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The video is merely labelled "Test Alpha, results".
Two Identical surgical beds are prepared, the white metal and muted padding are obscured by a male and female. Both are shaved bald, each has a tattoo with the number One and Two. Behind their necks are pairs of antennae. One man in a white coat who is scrawny but with a strangely deep voice begins the log.
"This is test alpha," he boredly drawls, "One of Forty, Two of Forty you will be given a test drug to improve your reflexes."
One chimes in with her melidous voice, "You mean Uno and Mack and no longer good enough?"
Two speaks in a distant voice, "I'm disappointed Prof..."
"Stop it. Uno and Mack will see an improvement as well. Please sit still."
Two assistants enter wearing white coats, holo lenses cover one of their eyes displaying diagnostics for the best placement for the injection.
"I'm not so sure of this," Two is speaking more directly, his forceful but still teenage voice quivers.
"We have tested this on twelve control subjects. It will be over faster than you can sneeze."
The medical assisstants sear a small patch of skin on each of their arms sterile with medical lasers, followed immediately by plunging in the needles.
At first both subjects sit dazed... when they suddenly start screaming!
"MAAACK!!! HUTCH WHAT THE HUTCH-" Subject Two's voice dissolves into screams. HIs voice seems to be rising higher in pitch as a black substance seems to be drawing intricate tattoos from the injection site.
One's eyes are filled with tears, "U... N.... O.... WHY DOC-" Her voice fades into intense screams followed by tremors shaking her body.
"Seditives, STAT! We'll lose them to pain..."
The orderly next to One is on top of her game. She quickly pushes a full syringe into One's arm. She goes limp, but has blood foaming from the corners of her mouth.
Two's orderly is not as lucky. In his flaling, two punches the man across the face, forcing him to his knees. Two's body seems to stand of its own accord. The lights start to flicker around Two, as his body launches through the observation window, lacerating his scalp.
The antenna on Two are gone, and One's antenna are shriveled and black. The Video Skips ahead.
"Two this is Five. Skip and I want you to come back," says a pleading voice into the radio.
We appear to be in the cockpit of a Timber Wolf frame. All systems are green, and it appears to be outfitted with an EMP Frame Retrieval System. A group of four zealot frames shield the view of the Erebus Rain forest, each armed with frame stunning weaponry.
"I am no longer one of you," the text appears on the HUD of the main viewscreen, "Leave."
A shadow passes the cockpit. One of the zealots reels back, its arm severed at the elbow. Its stun blade impacts the Zealot to its left, sapping its movement capabilities. Two zealots open fire with blue white lightning from their heavy weapons. The operator of the Timber Wolf changes his scanning to infrared to see the heat of a frame.
The Conscript is punching towards the timber wolf, who fumbles out of the way.
"Three, I'm down. Request evac," states a small quivering voice.
"Four, cover Six. Five, take the hutching shot!"
The Conscript appears to react faster than the Timber Wolf. The Wolf's sensor dish flies in front of the viewscreen, the pilot is heard to struggle with the controls. The cockpit turns in time for the phase sword to miss the pilot.
"Skip will not warn again. Mack would not want you to fight," the pilot's voice is no longer pleading.
The pilot flips the lever over his head and the Timber wolf clamps onto the Conscript's arm. A slight nudge of the controls and the indicator shows a direct hit from the Wolf's elbow cracking the Conscript's power pack. The view is upended as the warning indicators show both of the legs severed below the ankle and above the knee.
The pilot hits a switch and is greeted on his viewscreen by a Conscript flailing on top of his Frame. Stuggling to stand back up.
"LET... ME.... GO! One is waiting for me!!!"
"Sorry... friend."
At point blank range the Timber Wolf fires its weapon. The Conscript and the Timber Wolf are bathed in white hot lightning, lighting the clearing enough to show two Imps scampering into the underbrush. Five's viewport goes black and his control board explodes in a shower of sparks.
"Administering anistetic, Shrapnel detected," the pilot's suit chimes in their direction.
"Command, we have him. Two is apprehended! Need medical attention and evac," Three chimes in without a second thought.
The video again breaks to blackness, a small afteraction report pops up.
Subject Four Condition: Stable, Frame needs repairs.
Subject Five Condition: Stable, facial scarring from damaged electronics. Frame needs Overhaul.
Subject Two condition: Coma, side effect of EMP on Injection. Frame under study.
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Kei's Notes:
1. The ancient bird is known as the Corvus Corax (Common Crow, or Raven), and is used by a local rebel faction known only as ACE (Anti-Corporate Entities).
2. During the Duncan rebellion on Titan, the SU developed the EMP frame Retrieval System, a baton like weapon whose sole purpose was to incapacitate rebel frames to capture rebel elements. Used widely by security and police forces on the outer rim due to a rise of Driving Under the Influence of Peach Ale.
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