104 Prelude to Kwalasha
[Classification: M.A.Rs Clearance Level Needed]
[Subject: Colony Disappearance]
[Mission Briefing: During the Conflict with the bugs in the Second Bug War, Director Alexander Solair introduced the Concept of Psykers in the Battlefront. They been proven successful, and Terran Command decided to conduct Research Behind the Director Behind...While some proven Successful thanks to the Xeno "Eldar" Knowledge about the origins of Psykers, such as the Warp and taken countermeasures...
However, there are some that wished to exceed beyond the limits of humanity and have more disastrous results...To cover the Blunder United Citizen of the Federation Have Ordered Director Alexander Solair to find the Federation Colony "Lex" a Earth like planet Terraformed a Year ago that is located near the Bug Controlled zone, it housed all Research About the Warp and has stopped all communications and power was not emitted from the orbital platforms... Ignis Corps are to investigate the Sudden Halt on the Transmission...]
[Objectives:
Federation Orders:
1: Assist the construction of a Forward operating base on the planet so that the More Ignis troopers will land and Provide you with Reinforcements, Orbital Bombardment is out of the question.
2: Scout all Silent Colonies and Reactivate the Transmission Towers...
3: Reactivate the Mobile infantry Airfield as beside it, is the research facility that is needed to make the war end faster...
4: If the Civilians are proven hostile you may be authorized to use exercise extreme lethal force
5: Gather whatever Researchers that is alive for interrogation for the missing communication, If they are deceased Gather all the Research Data and notes...
M.A.Rs Director orders [Secret]:
1: If there is any Abnormalities, Inform me Directly
2: If there the Mobile infantry Garrison on Lux have been compromised, eliminate them and burn their corpses...
3: If Chaos have been confirmed, Destroy Every Evidence and Kill all the Researchers even if one is Innocent...
4: If all Conventional Weapons are useless, Use the unconventional, you are able to use the Prototypes MS on the Field that my Cogboys cooked up provided that you take the Airfield "intact"...the Titan production is strained at the moment...]
[???]: Howdy! We are invited here on this wild ride, and we are here to bring you some chaos and a Bit of dread... Not that Chaos, enjoy as we tossed ourselves into the Unknown, how we all become perpetuals, fighting the Endless war for Humanity, And I will see you around...
Several Acclamator and a Command Venator Appeared within Distance of Planet Lux, As the War Progressed the Ships that is combat worthy were sent to the frontlines as All the Supposed "Warhammer" Class Ships are sent to defend the important theaters of war and these ships are "Budget" Class ships classify as Top Priority as the Bugs are Evolving to Handle Space Flight and now Have Bug in space, This Operation also used to discern if this Ships are viable to be mass produced for the Federation...
[Venator Hangar]
(???): "Well, You guys are very professional for a bunch of Guys we are about to toss on a planet with no Communication."
(???): Well Jay, it helps calm the nerves for the newbies.
[This is Captain James and we are reaching the optimal orbit for the landing drop, Get your sorry asses out of my ship! Yes, I am also talking to you Tails! If I see you summoned a Exotic Butter from the warp, I will Send your sorry ass to the Airlock!]
(Jay): Alright Guys we are now Commencing the Drop, Is everyone ready?
(???): Ready for some fun times together!
(???): What is our Long range and short range?
(Jay): Gem, Short range is 66 and Long range is 69, relay it to the rest of the corps.
(Gem): Roger, Wilco
The Rest of the Ignis Corps marched toward the Valkyrie Transports ready for the drop.
As the Hangars opened and The Thrusters of the Planes glowed Red Hot and flew from the ship as they descended to planet side....
Several Dormant Orbital Platforms that scattered around Lux began to activate and began firing on them...
(Cpt.James): We detected Activity of the orbital Defenses and Receiving a lock on signals on the the Transport ships, Fighter Squadron Take them out!
Several Wings of Thunderbolt Fighters launched to assist the landings... And managed to destroy the Orbital Defense Platform in record time as the Landing Force is About to Enter the Planet orbit
(Pilot): Scratch one platform... Why are they beginning to attack us? Aren't we Humans?
[Operator]: There were no life signs detected in the defense platforms...Return to Base, Refuel and wait for further orders...
The Ignis Corp was looking at the Skies as Metal and Debris is falling from the ground...
(Jay): Pilot, dodge it as fast as you can!
The Valkyries dodge several metal debris and their pilots cursing the Thunderbolt Pilots of making a mess for them to dodge, they managed to escape the debris falling and almost reached the Local FOB..
(Pilot): Reaching the Local Forward Observation Base in Five minutes... What the Hell!
(Cpt.James): What the situation?
(Pilot): We are being Attacked! M.I Signature Munitions! Locking on Us!
(Cpt.James): Take Invasive Action, we will try to Hail the Garrison to stop.
Flaks and Missiles greeted them as Several Valkyries shot down... Some Plunging into the Water below...
(Pilot): Command, the Local Garrison is still attacking us, Starting Emergency Landing!
The Valkyrie Crash Landed into a Forest of trees just 5 Klicks south of the Landing point...
(Pilot): Fck, Transmission is dead... You Guys Are still Kicking?
(Jay): All are accounted for... What the Hell just happened?
(Pilot): Dunno, We were about to land at the Fob, and they attacked us... This bird is busted... So Better Protect My sorry ass, until we get further confirmation... and I get a new bird up in the Air!
(???): Raptor, any Confirmation on the ground?
(Jay): Sir, the Local M.I Garrison is attacking us... Should we take the Easy way or the Hard Way?
(???): Since they didn't know the communication blackout, you take the hard way... If they Still Attack you, You have permission to go the Easy way...First regroup all the missing squads in the forest... They might be needed if the Garrison is "Uncooperative."
(Jay): Will do. Gem Get the Voxcast ready and alert the Squads to regroup...
[Meanwhile]
(???): Gwonk you there? Damm... we didn't make it to the LZ...
(Gwonk): Doing fine Cypher... Ugh...
(Cypher): Damm... you got a Spike pierced your ass... Jage Call in the Medic, I will place a Tourniquet on his wounds...
(Jage): On it...
A Radio message was being sent to all the surviving squad...
(???): [*Bzzt* This is Boomboy Squad, Anyone that is still alive, travel on sector D-237 to regroup...The Landing Force behind us is now providing Artillery and Armor support...]
(Cypher): I See Jay is Still Alive... Lucky him... Gwonk after we toss healing potions on your ass, we will be moving soon...
(Gwonk): Thanks man...
Most of the Squads That survived the Crash, join to the designated location...
[Meanwhile at the FOB...]
A Garrison of several Thousand locally trained Soldiers stood attention in a Dazed Manner as they waited for the Commanding officer of the base...
A Federation Colonel Stepped out from his office as His Eyes was Filled with Red Miasma...He Grinned as He awaited the Foe beyond the Base...
[Time skip]
Ignis Corps Was Attacked by the Garrison once more affirming, that they are now label as hostiles and they beelined with a Armoured Company to the Town Nearby that supplied the daily necessities to serve as a Staging point... Something feels off...
(Cypher): Jay... I think we are not alone, this is something more than the Bugs..I get the Shivers that We all knew something is bad coming...
(Jay): Our orders was to check for supplies in the town and make it a Staging point and asked any information from the locals... Wait who's that!
He pointed out a Figure that hidden in the shadow...
(Jay): Emerald, Lion and Pip, you three follow me!
They chased the shadow as it lead them deeper in the town...Where they found what's left of the townsfolk... A Mound of Flesh and Bone piled up and a Single Child stood in their way..
(Lion): Welp, there goes the locals...
(Jay): Hey there little guy... Why don't you come with us?
(???): I don't wanna!
(Jay): What's your name?
(???): Jericho...
(Jay): Okay Jericho where are your parents?
Upon hearing that word the Boy twisted and Turned, The pieces of the Mound flooded around him as his eyes turned into Red...
(Jericho?): Mama Just Killed My Dad!
Punching Jay Power suit making a Dent making him crash into a wall...
(Lion): Shit! Stop it, while I get Jay from the rubble!
Lion and Pip opened fire at the Beast like monster until Emerald Tossed Several Thermite and Plasma grenades to halt the beast as they dragged Jay out of the plaza to the Armor Column
[Armored Convoy]
While Jay Rushed to chase the shadow, the group was Being looked upon by "supposed" town folk in the Main Street...
The Group aimed at the Windows of the House as Several Figures stared at them Silently in the Dark rooms that is draped by the curtain, Only their Faces were to be seen, Sunken Eyes and Sharpen teeth...
They saw the Trio dragging Jay out, they immediately began open fire as the "Civilian" Immediately attacked them...
They were Possessed by some sort of entities... Small Arms weren't effective as they only halted them, not outright killing them... One Chimera Shot Stubbers rounds against the crowd, some of the shells ripped limbs of the Crowd whose thought were uncaring, and they didn't even realize that there is blood spewing out of their amputated limbs like a Fire hydrant... It was only till they use Holy Hand Grenades and Sanctified Demon Rounds they repelled the Transformed Civilian... [Mental note: Never give them Grenades.]
Tails was Dragged off from his squad by the surviving assailants into the Governor Mansion...
The Armored group was crippled as several Chimeras had their Hulls was pierced and their tracks melted and some Warp sorcery pierced several Soldiers, sucking their flesh out from their Arms...
[Governor Mansion]
Tails woke up in the mansion with his weapons removed, baffled why he was dragged by the Locals... He Patted his body for any weapons and found only a Bowie Knife that he hidden in his Armor Spine... He Slowly open the door and walked silently in the Empty Hallways and Corridor of the Governor Mansion... He Passed by the Study Room... and he felt a certain something calling him...
He opened the door, and a Book was calling him...
(???):"Come Closer and touch it.... Feel the power... that is locked away from you..." A Voice beckons Tails to touch the book... just when he was about to touch the book the Voice in his comms jolted him awake...
(Jay):"Tails, Where the Fck are you?" Rubrix Raptor Yelled at him...
(Tails):"I'm at the Governor Mansion..."
(Jay):"Alright, Stay at the lobby so that we could pick you up, The locals are getting Feisty again....Screw you that is my Cheese!"
The Call ended with a explosion in the receiver end...
Tails thought "Just a Little Touch wouldn't hurt can it?" He went back to the Study room and Gave it a little Poke....
That Poke was all that the being in the book needed to possessed Tails...
Jay Team reached the Mansion with Tails standing in front waiting for them ...
(Jay):"Tails you good?"
The Yellow faced Soldier Nodded Slowly as he joined the Squad... Emerald and Lion became more suspicious of the newest entry to the team and Kept an Eye on him...
They managed to take the Town and Made it a Artillery site for Basilisk and Griffon Mortars to drop shells on the Fort, Ignis traveled door to door in brutal urban combat as the "possessed" as the M.A.Rs called it can only be killed with Anti-Demon rounds and Lasguns were out of the Question as they were issued were the Standard Template, not the Powered up version of the Kyber Crystals installed that been given to Alexander Soldier's recruited by the System, these folks have lost their souls... Since the Occupants were dead, They kept a Few Trinkets of the locals such as Pip gathering 41 Swiss watches and the rest of Ignis Corps looted the food, Medicine and Toys, Now Stationed their field command at the Local Waffle House...
(Jay):"Alright, We are in possession of the Town of Lo and We are currently have two paths ahead... One is to assist the takeover of Fort, now designated as Fort Frypan or We should Assist the Takeover of the airfield "
(Cypher):"How about this... Jay, You take Half of us to take over the Fort, while We will take over the Airfield .... Surely it can't be that hard right?"
What was a Sound Plan at the time... Was the Worst plan...
Cypher group was Attacked by a Cultist group, known as the Chaos Insurgency that consists of the Scientist, Researchers and the Test Subjects from the Research Facility, them believing that the Warp is the supreme authority to humanity not the Federation, And Jay was Attacked by the Possessed That kept their Training, how they repelled the Assault under controlled by a Artificial Psyker gone rogue, despite being controlled is horrifying in a Sense... Casualties from the Fort is over 300% as limbs and Blood was Splattered on the Triage Area in the town of Lo...
(???):"Medic! The Morphine!"
Screamed out one Soldier as He felt his life fleeting away...
(???):"This must be a Nightmare... Sometimes I dream of Cheese raining from the Skies..."
(???):"Mum, the Sky is falling"
Most of the Soldiers were Shell shocked and suffering Insanity by the Illusions and Images given by the Psyker...
Jay was Speaking Directly to the Director...
(Jay): Sir... We now Confirm that this place is filled with Chaos... and We took the Airfield with Heavy casualties and We Got the Commander in Charge, Seems he was infested with Psyker overdose, we managed to Kill him... Thanks to the prototypes you sent, it was life saving, But we lost them... Shall we be ready to Sent the Battle data?
"Alright send me the data, Prime the Nox Domini Protocol...Ignore Federation Command, the Planet is Lost...Proceed as Plan" Alexander Agreed
Nox Protocol... it was a one of more darker protocols that Alexander Kept from the Federation from knowing...
While Vulkan Protocol was to engulfed the planet in flames and Make a Communication Blackout to prevent the Bug Spies from escaping to Orbit, the command is still able to stopped Midway, if the infestation was over, Nox Domini Protocol is Akin to a Emperor Firetide Attack emitted from the Golden Throne, Using the Blueprints of the Golden Throne, it is now Compressed to a Single Demo charge, Engulfing the Planet with Psyker Energy making it radiant planet for at least 5 years till it subsides, Killing everyone both the materium and the immaterium alike in the Vicinity of the System where it is exploded, there is no retractable orders even by the Director himself, everyone is associated with guilt of being tainted... Ignis knew that...And they Have a Job to do...
The Planet somehow knew that there was a death sentence carried out.... And it revealed it's true Colors... The Reality On the planet was Twisted and Turned almost into a Primordial Demon World.... Structures morph into fleshy substance, the landscape is turned into a Nightmarish Realm where the air have Parasites in them, The once though to be Destroyed Orbital Platforms were all held together with strands of Nerves and Blood veins it launched Harpoons of Harden Flesh as it attacked the nearest ship, all the Inhabitants that either went mad and followed their instinct on the ground rushed towards the ones that were not joined into the hive mind...
[Outskirts of Lo]
In the plains just before entering the town, The Charge have been set... Ignis nervously set fortifications as the best they could, they watched the Skies as the one of the Acclamator filled with veins, Came Crashing down in the Distance... They Checked their Ammunition, Despite the 59x Ammo Perk that Alex Gave to his men... the Amount Ignis shot was Staggering to say the least...
(Jay):"The Charge has been set to 1 hour, we will bleed they dry, Here they Come!"
He pointed out the Innumerable waves of Demon, Possessed and the Cultist all converging to the one place
They found notes and files in the Research base next to the Airbase that The Federation also used this place for Cloning and Bioweapons Research, aside from studying the warp, in the event the war against the bugs is dire and their mess is added to the Plate as the Cloning Vats are now producing clones in rapid pace that it became cancerous in nature, Warp like entities possessing the Souless husks making the Bioweapons more deadlier than anticipated...
(???):"What the Hell are those! Cocaine Bear!? That thing is 8 Feet tall"
(???):"Hell it's after the Wounded, Stop it! "
(???):"Protect the East Flank, they are being overrun..."
(???):"Grenades, Grenade spam "
(???):"Where are my legs! Wait, Legs Come Back!"
(???):"What are those! Lickers! Avoid those Tongues!"
(???):"South side is filled with Crab People! Fck get the Flamers over here! I Want some sea food barbecue."
(???):"Oh Shit, the Leman Russ is Burning! it got my loot!"
(???):"Holy hell they took out Terry! Chimera is blown up!"
(???):"We are running out of health Potions!"
(???):"If we live through this Jay, I owe you a Beer!"
(???):"Where the Hell is Logis!"
(???):"Dead, a Grenade went off where they Stationed..."
(???):"Somebody is sabotaging us?"
While they fought off the Swarm of Flesh, Tails was Acting strangely as he went to the Charge point...
"Shite, Emerald Get Lion and Stop Tails from messing with the Charge! Shoot him if you have to!" Yelled Jay as he Shot a Demon with a Shotgun...
The Duo Nodded and Left their station and chased after Tails...
Tails in his mind, he was fighting off the demon that possessed him, his body twitching and turning as His body was dragged to the Charge Zone...
(Tail?):"Get off me, Arrghhh"
(???):"No can do... I live once more, I don't want to die!"
They Fought over the Control of the Body, and Tails had finally had enough.... His Eyes turned red for a brief moment and Devoured the Demon...
(Lion):"Tails whatever the Fck you are doing stop it now!"
(Tails):"Sorry, I just had a to get a Ammo Pack..."
(Emerald):"Well get back to the front!"
They went back to the Frontlines and They were soon overwhelmed by the sheer numbers that even the Basilisk crews opt to aim at the ground level to attack scoring a Hundreds of kills in a Single Blast....
Several Beams of Light shot down from the Skies Scorching the Land in the distance, Ignis with shockwaves felt, the Fleet Managed to destroy the Orbital Platforms once more....
(Cpt.James):"This is the Captain We are here to provide you with assistance"
The fight Rages on until the Timer on the Charge stopped to Zero...
The world was engulfed in Psychic Flames... Everyone that participated in the ops was killed as their souls supposedly burned along with their flesh on the ground while the fleet was also killed as their souls were ripped from their flesh...
High command began questioning about the incident, Only for the Issue to be swept away under the rug....As Alexander slammed them for thinking of using Citizens for Bioweapons and There was a Chemical Leak that mutated the entire population...
"Huh? Aren't we dead?" Jay looked at the ceiling...
(???):"Welcome back to the living Jay"
Jay turned toward the voice and Say the Director Face to face...
(Jay):"How am I..."
(Alexander):"Still alive? Simple you are now a Part of the Program of creating Artificial Perpetuals... Though your ascension was a buggy mess...
(Jay):"How So?"
(Alexander):" Well it's complicated, It would seem that when you die, you will come back within a few Seconds in a Safe zone and you retain your memories with some quirky traits... But stay here for at least a week before you being shipped out again... Tails has been sent to the Psyker institute... You really got a Untrained Psyker....
(Jay):"I thought he was Clowning around..."
He sigh as the Director left him...
But a Respawn cheat? Now that's a Blessing or a Curse...
The rest of the week Jay took several examinations and he was good to go.... he was greeted a voice from behind...
(???):"Jay, About that Beer I owe ya"
Jay turned around deadpan to the person...
(???):"It's me Barney from Black Mesa"
"So this is what the Director mentioned...."
They were Shipped out to Kwalasha with newer weapons and been Reinforced with fresh blood as they prove their worth...
Ignis Casualties and equipment Lost Prior to the Explosion:
3x Artillery Companies
2x Mechanized Division
1x Prototype Mobile Suit Squad of 5
1x Acclamator
54x Valkyries transports
