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Post by linkin10362 on Apr 28, 2011 15:11:38 GMT -5
I'm not really sure, but he has been staring at us as long as we've been in here." Evan reached into one of his pockets and pulled out a device. Brian looked at it while Evan started to type in something. "What is that?" Brian asked, interested in the piece of tech. "It's a Tac-Pad that many of the high rank soldiers get to check up on missions, news, and also has a database for all the registered soliders. I'm going to try to locate who this guy is." Evan looked up to see that three other soliders were leaving with the man as well. Evan immediately recognized one as Randy and went to search up his team. "There we go, Randy's team consists of Nichol, Leonard, and Trevor." Brian looked closer and saw the pictures that where being displayed. "Well, it looks like our boy is Trevor. Can you get any info on him?" Evan typed some numbers in on Trevor's page and got to his bio. "Doesn't really have much on him in here, kinda a rule as he came in from Lifeboat. Family's dead though, I can see how that can change a man different ways." Evan put away the device and checked the time. "Lunch is about to end, I guess we can continue this discussion later. I'm going to have to report in and see if I have any more missions to do today." Evan got up and picked up his tray. "Oh right, I almost forgot." Evan turned back to look at Brian. "Would you like me to give the good word for you or not?"
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Post by zeidridge on Apr 28, 2011 15:25:47 GMT -5
Brian stood up and saluted, "I'd greatly appreciate that sir." Evan patted him on the shoulder, "I'll put the word in, but cut that sir bullshit out, we're all soldiers here. " He laughed as he walked away. Brian left shortly after, he spoke under his breath "I might get to see some action finally.." He thought for a moment, about his good friend Alec. "I coulda asked Evan to put the word in for him to, but... I'm not gonna having someone else die..."
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Post by linkin10362 on Apr 30, 2011 19:57:01 GMT -5
Evan walked into the commander's office and was surprised to notice other men inside as well. "Ah, I knew you would show up eventually Evan." The commander pulled out a chair and motioned Evan to sit. "I had these men do some checks around the land after your Locust talk started to have me thinking and they have come across something interesting. There is a small civilization a little south from here that has some Locust symbols around it. I'm not sure if this actually means there are Locust there, so I'm sending your team out to check it." Evan saluted the commander and then leaned forward in his chair. "Before I go out, I would like you to look into promoting Brian Rushing, do some checks around his profile and you'll see that he is a great solider that shouldn't be stuck as a private." The commander laughed and then handed Evan a paper. "Tell him yourself, that's going to be your backup team." Evan looked at the paper and saw that the commander listed Brian as a Corporal. "Pretty good, alright then. I'll be back soon." Evan started to walk over to the door, but the commander yelled to him. "Just to let you know, I sent another team to a village not far away from the Locust area. It was before I knew it was there, so I want you to make sure they don't get hurt if the situation takes a turn for the worst." Evan saluted the commander once more and took off to inform his team and Brian's of the mission.
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Post by Gamerbug94 on May 1, 2011 21:56:33 GMT -5
Trevor looked out the side of the King Raven. They were headed to a small village, on a mission to convince the stranded to join the COG, or at least give them some supplies. "This should be easy huh guys?" Nichol said grinning. "Dont get too confident...Stranded are unpredictable and dangerous." Leonard said. Trevor turned and gave a one eyed angry stare at Leonard. "Shut the hell up..." He mumbled, clenching his fist around his Hammerburst. "What was that Trevor?" Leonard said. "Nothing sir....just nothing" He said turning back. "We're about to land, get ready." Randy said. "Lets finish this soon, that break wasn't near long enough and we could use another one." Leonard said, readying himself as they hopped out of the Raven.
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Post by zeidridge on May 2, 2011 20:28:27 GMT -5
Brian waited around the corner from the Commander's office, and finally saw Evan emerge, he ran up to meet him. "So, what's going on?" Evan patted him on the shoulder, "Go ready your squad...Corporal." Brian's face lit up, but Evan continued, "We're going on a mission...The locust may have survived, and we know where they might be. I'll meet you in the hanger." Brian nodded, and headed toward the hanger. Brian walked quickly, Alec and Nathan were already in the hanger repairing king ravens. They turned to see Brian walk toward them with a grin on his face. Nathan put a wrench down, and asked "What's got you grinning Private?" Brian laughed, "Thats Corporal to you." Nathan laughed, "So you finally got that promotion, eh? Well call me up when you're a Captain." they all laughed for a moment before Brian continued, "Well when I'm an old man like you, maybe I will be." Nathan laughed again, "I might have over a decade on you, but I"ll still kick your ass! Now was that all you were grinning about?" Brian answered, "No, we're going on a mission. Grab your gear, we're leaving soon." Nathan sighed, "One of these fucking stranded missions?" Brian shook his head, "No.. Commander says there may be surviving locust, and we're going to clear the area if there are." They each nodded. Brian geared up, slinging his rifle and shotgun on his back, and grabbing some extra ammunition. Evan entered the hanger with his squad, Brian turned to him, "Ready when you are Major."
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Post by linkin10362 on May 2, 2011 22:37:08 GMT -5
The King Ravens took off in the direction of the Locust area with each team riding on a different one. "So the Locusts are back, eh? Looks like you weren't crazy after all!" James yelled to Evan, who was sitting on the opposite edge of the Raven. "First of all, fuck off. Second of all, we aren't even sure there are Locust here. For all we know it could just be some abandoned post that they used years ago." Evan shot back at James. "Come on guys, now isn't the time to have your panties in a bunch. I just wanted to let you all know that we only brought enough ammunition for a small group, so hopefully there aren't any Brumaks." Issac said, checking his clips for his Lancer. Evan laughed and pointed off towards the landing zone. "I'm sure if there were Brumaks, we would see them right now, so don't worry about it."
The two Ravens landed and dropped off the teams. "We'll be back in around an hour, keep Command posted on your progress and make sure to call for help if you need it. We already have enough people leaving the forces for you all to die." The Raven pilots then lifted off and flew away. "Okay then, let's check out the scenery here real quick." Issac took out some binoculars and searched around the area. "Seems this place is pretty empty. There is a compound 10 clicks to the north and other than that, it's just a mining town." Evan pointed off near the compound at something Issac missed. "Since it's a mining town, there has to also be a mine, which seems to be right behind that compound. We'll search the building first though and then proceed inside the mine afterwards. Let's get going teams!" The two groups prepared their weapons and headed off to the building.
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Post by Gamerbug94 on May 4, 2011 1:42:08 GMT -5
Trevor and his group stepped out of the ravens and walked through the small, mostly cleared jungle to reach the clearing where the Stranded were stationed. "I hope this goes well" Leonard said as they entered. Trevor stopped in his tracks and looked around. No one was there. "Hello!?" Nichol called out. Trevor clamped a hand over his mouth. "Shut the fuck up you idiot. Remember what I said about getting me killed?" He whispered. "Where is everyone?" Randy asked. "Yeah...who took this base out?" Said Leonard, walking over to a nearby makeshift home and peeking in the window. There was no one, no animals, no supplies. "Something is going on here...I don't like this shit." Trevor said. "Get on Radio with command right now Hamsun, this is to fucking fishy for me." He said. "I agr...agree with Trevor." Nichol said, gulping as he looked around nervously, his finger twitching on his trigger. "Fine...fine." Randy said. "Command this is Epsilon Squad, come in over?" He waited. No response. "Damnit...what is wrong with this thing?" He asked, pounding on the radio to try to make it work. "Try the local area channels, pilot might still be close enough, or someone at least." Leonard said walking over to another nearby house. Trevor moved to the side of a house, away from the center of town and Nichol followed. Randy switched channels. "Come in, this is Corporal Randy Hamsun of Epsilon, is anyone out there, I repeat is anyone out there?"
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Post by linkin10362 on May 9, 2011 22:01:33 GMT -5
The pilot that was circling the area head the call and answered it. "This is Raven 223. What's going on Epsilon?" Randy looked around the Stranded station. "There's nothing here at all. Stranded, food, supplies, ammo, everything else you could imagine, isn't here." The pilot wrote the info down and took the co-pilot to radio in Command. "Just hang on a minute, we'll have to relay the news to Command and see what they want you to do." Randy scratched the back and his head and slightly nodded. "Yeah..yeah that's fine. Epsilon out."
Evan and the rest of the group headed into the abandoned building. It was dark inside, but the light shining down from the ceiling windows was enough to look around. "Well, it seems that they all left in a hurry. There isn't anything at all in here..." Brian said as he scavenged through some cabinets. Evan looked around the room and motioned for Issac's attention. "You see anything that suggest their was a struggle here? Because I sure don't." Issac scanned the room and sighed. "Nope, nothing. But there is still the mines, there could be anything down there. They possibly took all their supplies down there with them, but for what reason I don't really know." Evan walked over a grated door and forced it open. "Seems like this is the way to the mines, I can see two paths though, so it looks like our teams are splitting up. Brian, Alec, and Nathan will go left and I'll take my team right. Make sure to have your comms set to hear both teams as we'll need to know what going on with both sides." All the soldiers prepared their equipment, readied their weapons, and then took off to their paths.
Randy jumped when his comm went off and immediately answered it. "Yes, this is Epilson. Did we receive new orders?" The pilot looked down at the notes he wrote and belched. 'Yep, you are going to head to another village not far away from the one you're at, there are two other teams there investigating some Stranded joint, Command thinks there may be Locusts there, so you might want to make sure your guns are loaded." Randy was stunned by the Locust claims, but shrugged them off. "Alright we've got it, Epsilon out."
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Post by zeidridge on May 20, 2011 23:53:50 GMT -5
Nathan nodded, "Rush, take point." Brian nodded, enjoying his newly-earned respect. They marched up the path, they approached a small compound built around a mine shaft, the group knew this was an entrance to the mine. Nathan contacted Evan on the tac comm, "Come in, this is Able, we've located a compound with an entrance to the mine, we aren't going in until further instructed." The group moved closer to the door, tentative of opening it. Nathan nodded, "Open the door, keep your guard up. Weapons free." Brian nodded and slowly began to open a door, then quickly snapped it open, he noticed a figure but it was too close for Brian to fire, he closed his eyes, and threw it off of him, he opened his eyes frantically, and looked down to see the skeleton lying on the ground. Brian panted. "Mother fucker..."
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Post by linkin10362 on May 27, 2011 15:14:59 GMT -5
Evan reached for his comm and signaled his team to stop. "Alright, we have also reached a entrance to the mines. You can proceed inside, we might meet up soon." The team then continued to move inside of their door, which lead to a office. "Start to look through all the desks and files, we have to figure out if there is anyone left here. I'll scout ahead." James and Issac nodded and then went to the desks, while Evan brought up his weapon and started to walk into the mine shaft. He eventually came across the main excavation room and climbed down a ladder. Evan looked on the ground and noticed in a corner that there was blood. He aimed the Lancer at the nearby shelve and started to slowly walk forward. "Is anyone here? Are you hurt?" Suddenly, a machete appeared from the edge of the shelve and soon the entire man could be seen, but his left arm was badly wounded. "Drop the weapon now, sir! Do it now or I'll fire."
The man continued to inch forward as Evan moved back. "I'm going to tell you once more, drop the weapon!" The man then started to raise the machete in the air and Evan got ready to fire, but another man grabbed him from behind. "SHIT! Get the hell off of me!" Evan struggled to knock the man over, but the other was now inches away from him. The machete man smiled and started to laugh and then readied himself for the swing. Evan closed his eyes, but heard a scream and a gunshot. He opened his eyes to see a bullet hole right in the man's forehead. The other man holding Evan was confused and it gave Evan enough time to knock him off and restrain him. Evan looked up and saw that Issac was waving at him and then went back to the office. "Bet he thinks he's a badass now, I guess he deserves it though. Now about you..." Evan knocked the man to the ground and pushed his foot on his back. "You're going to tell me exactly what's going on here."
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Post by Gamerbug94 on May 30, 2011 5:17:24 GMT -5
As Epsilon reached the fork in the path, Trevor gave a sigh. "For fucks sake, they could have at least told us which way to go!" He said. Leonard rolled his eyes. "Quiet. I say we split into pairs and search each path. If there were 2 squads of Gears here, I'm sure their commanders had the same idea." He looked down each path. "Oleman, You're with me, we'll take the left. Legrande, Randy go right. Coms open, report in when you meet up with the other Gears." Trevor looked at Leonard grudgingly. If this was a trap, they were fucked by splitting up.
"Sir, are there really Locust?" Nichol asked. "Who knows, be careful and dont take chances" Leonard responded. Trevor laughed. "I sure fucking hope there are, I'm sick of shooting my fellow human beings. Those useless, shit eating Grubs are just what I've been waiting to kill." He said shoulder his Hammerburst. He began to walk down the right path, Randy jogging to catch up with his shotgun out. Leonard and Nichol walked down their path, both being cautious of their surroundings.
Trevor and Randy soon reached the small compound noticing the mine shaft. "Think that's it Trev?" Randy asked, pointing with his gun. "Hell if I know, I better check it out, you stay here, you see blood, you get on that fucking radio and then start firing." Trevor said, he was honestly hoping to see some Locust, his trigger finger was getting itchy with all the walking he had been doing. He slowly moved forward towards the Entrance to the shaft, being sure to move quietly and low. He noticed motion out of the corner of his eye "That better fucking be you Randy..." he mumbled, spinning to face it and aiming his gun in that direction.
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Post by linkin10362 on May 30, 2011 18:33:02 GMT -5
James stared at the soldier aiming the gun at him. "I think it would be in the best interest for both of us if you lowered that gun." Trevor lowered the gun and looked around the room, noticing Issac in the corner rummaging through the desks. "What the fuck are you guys doing exactly?" Trevor asked. "We are looking for any signs of what happened in here, but it seems the answers are not hidden in this office, but instead in that person." James pointed over to a closet were Evan was talking to the Stranded that attacked him. "We found him down here with a buddy, they were freaking out and we had to kill one. Now we are trying to get any info we can get, but he seems to have gone insane."
Trevor smirked and then slowly walked over to Evan. "Let me try talking to him, if there are Locust here we need to know now." Evan shrugged and walked over to the corner and allowed Trevor to try. "So, why did you decide attacking a Gear was a good idea?" The man looked down and smiled. "They told us too, we had to stop you from taking what's theirs." Trevor leaned forward, interested in what he was saying. "Who's they?" The man tried to not look into Trevor's eyes. "They are the ones who rule this world, they are our leaders." Trevor punched the man in the face. "That's not a fucking answer, now who are the one's that you follow? I'm giving you one more chance." The man stared down to the ground and started to yell. Trevor got ready to hit him again, but Evan stopped him.
"I don't think he really knows anything. His mind is long gone, the only thing we can do now is actually go down into the mines and see if there is anything down there." Trevor knocked Evan's arm away. "Fine, let's get going then." He signaled Randy over to the ladder and everyone went down to the mines, leaving the Stranded by himself. Upon landing at the bottom, Evan saw that Brian's team and the rest of Trevor's team had also arrived at the bottom. "So what's going on now, have you found out anything?" Brian asked Evan. "We were attacked by some Stranded, but other than that, no. We are about to go down further into the mines and hopefully find an answer as to what happened here." Brian nodded and all three teams then went down the path to deeper into the mines.
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Post by zeidridge on May 31, 2011 12:26:52 GMT -5
The groups began heading deeper into the mine. Brian walked slowly, purposefully falling behind with his group behind him. Nathan shoved him a little, "Let's go Rush, I didn't put you at point so we could fall behind." Brian nodded "I know, but... Never mind, I'll pick it up." Brian couldn't stand the thought of losing someone else,Alec was pretty much the only friend Brian had left. Brian stopped, and turned to Alec. "Alec, I need you to do something." Alec was confused, "What is it?" Brian responded, "Call for an evac, and head back to base. I need you to report what we found." Alec was even more lost now, "But.. we haven't even found anything, why.." Brian interrupted him, "Because! I'm sure they're itching to know if we found locust or not, now go." Alec took a step forward, "No, Brian I'.." Brian snapped and shoved Alec "Get the fuck out of here!" He turned away from Alec and sighed,"P...Please." Alec nodded, "Oh..Ok, I'm on it." Alex turned and walked back out of the mine. Nathan and Brian started walking again. Nathan grabbed Brian's shoulder, "What was that about? We haven't found shit yet, and now we're down a man." Brian brushed his hand off, "Let's just... Let's get moving." Nahtan nodded, they began jogging slightly to catch up with the other squads.
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Post by linkin10362 on Jun 1, 2011 0:37:24 GMT -5
The group eventually reached an end to the mines and ended up in a large cave. "What the hell, how long have they been going at this. Not only was the way here long, but this room is huge. It must've taken them years to manage this." Issac yelled, looking around the room. "They don't really have much to do otherwise, working is their only pass time if they don't join the Gears." Evan stated. Brian walked over to a wall and stared at it for awhile. Trevor noticed and went over. "What the fuck are you doing? That wall look pretty to you compared to all the others?" Brian laughed. "No, this wall does look different from the others though.." The rest of the group walked over to investigate and started to try to take it out. After a bit of trouble, the wall collapsed and a secret passage was revealed. "Seems that they did some extra work and recovered the wall once they saw what was inside. Well...looks like we're going in doesn't it?" James asked.
The group continued down the passage and started to notice fumes in the air. "What the hell is all this? What the hell did they dig into?" Nathan asked. "It's pretty clear what's going on here now, can't believe I didn't think of it." Randy said. Everyone turned to listen to his explanation, but his only response was pointing forward. They all turned to see a giant sea of Imulsion in the cave along with several dead bodies on the outskirts of it. "The damn Stranded worked themselves to death on this mine only to reach the end and get Rust Lung. I agree with Nathan, we should've known this earlier, insanity is one of the final symptoms before death and what else would they have been mining here anyway." Evan sighed and reached for his tac-comm, but James stopped him. "No, Imulsion wasn't what they were digging for. When we were looking through the office, I found some of their shipping documents, this was one of our controlled Stranded outposts. They were working for us, giving us supplies, food, weapons, everything." Evan looked at James confused. "What exactly are you saying then?"
"Maybe they have been doing something to the things they sent us, adding Imulsion to it to make our men sick. There has been an increase of sickness recently and this would explain it." Trevor laughed. "So you're saying that the Stranded were secretly doing this to take us out so they wouldn't have to fight a war against us?" Jame nodded. "Yes, it all makes perfect sense when you think about it. Too bad it didn't work as they intended." He looked over to the dead bodies. "But anyway, we'll have to go report this to Command immediately, have to check with our other Stranded controlled areas to make sure they aren't doing the same. You would think that since the Locust are gone we'd be able to work together, but it seems we all have different plans.." Evan took out his tac-comm again and the crew started to head for the exit. "Command, we have something pretty big to relay, we could use a evac now." Command patched Evan to the Raven pilots that was still flying around the landing zone. "Yep, we are landing now. You better not keep us waiting!' Evan looked to the group. "Alright, let's get out of here. Double time."
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Post by Gamerbug94 on Jun 8, 2011 14:56:29 GMT -5
As Trevor sat in the Raven he thought to himself. The stranded were trying to poison us, I dont even blame them... He heard Nichols voice and stiffened. "Trev..." He said softly. He nudged him. "Why do you think the Stranded hate us so much...?" He looked out the Raven, not at Trevor. Trevor shrugged and leaned his head back. "No idea, maybe because we try to force them into our way of living, then shoot them dead if they don't comply?" He said. He shook his head and looked over at Leonard. "Nothing to add?" He said. Leonard laughed. "We already know I think you're views on the COG are all wrong, I'm done trying to change that." He said. Trevor closed his eyes. "Good point, dont bother me until we get back to The Nest." He said. The others in his group knew to listen.
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