Mission 9 : Operation Cold Adversary

Briefing:

1.Recon the surrounding area

2.(optional) find rare or unique resources

3.(optional) build the command tank

4.(optional) check up on Daring

5.(secret objective)

Pov Eric

[Audio Log #1]

“It’s has been fourteen days since we have arrived and so much has happened since then. The liberation raids, the Pit, the nukes, all were my choices. It feels so weird to make my own orders It’s almost as if I want to have a senior officer telling me what to do.*sigh*Why am I even recording these logs? Maybe I just want my memories to be remembered in case of a worse case scenario and I am killed. Anyway the Enterprise has been grounded for hours now due to the blizzard outside and with the temperature inside rapidly dropping, the engineers are working on a way to try to fix this mess. I don’t want to say this but I have been having strange flashbacks to a war, the same war from act of aggression. It’s almost as if there was another me there and when I shifted dimensions I … took control of his body. This is what scares me the most, am I still me or am I a different person altogether?”

Date: [L+14]

Time: around 5:00 pm

Location: Somewhere near the crystal empire

Thankfully whatever the guys from R&D came up with was working as everywhere in the Enterprise felt like paradise at 75 degrees, and as extra they made these small little machines that project either a heating or cooling field around the wearer. The best thing about the little machine is that it's powered by a gravity assisted kinetic dynamo meaning all we have to do is move and it stays powered and considering we're in a tundra I think we're going to be moving a lot.

On a different topic the engineers already have finished construction of the “base”, the base being only comprised of a defcon 3 HQ a couple of bunkers and a singular barracks. That brings us to where I am right at this moment sitting in the HQ looking at the reports that the initial scouts brought back, and so far everything was normal until I looked at the very final report. North of the base was a mountain that when the scouts well scouted they found an old mineshaft but that was not the weirdest part, the weirdest part was the machines scattered everywhere, machines that ran off of electricity. Placing the reports down I grabbed my tablet and ordered a convoy to be set up just outside of the base.

This convoy will be comprised of four Humvees, two ACEE’s , one blazer , and one thunderbolt. The infantry will mainly be comprised of deltas, and marines with no stingers due to two reasons. Reason one is with the snow and the cold, it could throw off the tracking of the missile and number two is the fact that we are going inside of a mine, and unless this is the largest mine I've ever seen then the stinger won’t even be able get a proper lock. Placing the tablet down I grabbed my coat along with the still unnamed heating/cooling device and made my way outside to join the convoy.

One uneventful ride later

With the Convoy reaching closer to the base of the mountain I could make out what once was a small outpost but was left deserted. The outpost itself wasn't all the impressive with a just a few buildings left standing next to a wide hole in the mountain. Spotting a ragged flag hanging off of one of the remaining buildings, Increasing the magnification on my cyber-eyes(™) I could see that the flag had some type of green and red eye with a black line going down the middle but the rest was too faded for me to see properly. With a sudden jolt I felt the convoy stop just outside of the outpost so I demagnified my eyes and opened the humvee door out into the tundra.

With the machines keeping us warm we didn’t need to bring heavy coats limiting our mobility so the soldiers have already started making their way to the opening of the mine shaft with me not far behind. Not but a few moments later all of the infantry were gathered outside of the mine shaft which was glowing a multitude of colors. Shrugging I went first with the troops right behind me, thankfully some of the soldiers brought flashlights and flares incase whatever is making the light stops.

Walking down the shaft the lights kept on getting brighter and brighter until it was almost blinding, luckily for me my cyber-eyes can dampen light so that no matter what I could see clearly. After a few more seconds the lights diminished and what I saw took my breath away.

We had entered a gigantic cavern that had crystals everywhere and not of one color either, there was crystals of all colors but the one that interested me the most were these storm grey crystals that sparked as if they had electricity coursing through them. The other thing that caught my eye was all the abandoned mining equipment strew everywhere including some sort of generators that are still producing energy using said grey crystals. Noticing a hole near the mining equipment I walked over and peered down and if I was already stunned from the cavern we’re in than I would be floored from what I saw next. Down the hole was a huge underground ravine with even more crystals of all color along with the storm gray ones. One of the soldiers tried to grab one of the storm grey crystals but all he got for his efforts was a shock so powerful it sent him flying. Sighing I started to make my way back outside so that I could get the eggheads over here to test these crystals and since we're in a magical world these crystals may do something interesting like I don't know shock a soldier into flying a large distance along with burning him …. maybe I should bring the medics as well.

One return trip later

After returning to the enterprise to bring the eggheads and some medics to the mine I had to return to the Ship in order to talk to the engineers about building the command tank, So here I sat In the R&D room waiting for the engineers to show up just sitting there totally wasn't bored or anything. Moments before I fell asleep in the chair a cough stirred me from my near slumber. Looking up I spotted a lone engineer standing there with a nervous expression.Standing up from my not so comfortable seat I was about to say something but was cut off as he made a hand motion to follow him. Deciding to humor him I followed him back down to the cargo bay/ Garage to see what he wanted to show me, when we finally reached the Carage (I don't know what else to call it) I could see that almost every single vehicle operators were all crowded around a … giant … tank …huh ... so that's what he wanted to show me.

Stepping into the Carage and making my way towards my new command tank one of the operators must have saw me as the crowd parted like the red sea to Moses allowing my eyes to feast upon the tank. As it stood I could see clear changes to the design I submitted to engineering earlier today as the length of the vehicle was increased by a bit, and the barrels seemed too big to be 120 mm, maybe around 150 mm and were glowing a soft blue, and the final thing I noticed was the small Bulbs on the back of the turret which by my guess are the anti-missile and aircraft lasers. Jumping and grabbing the edge of the tank I pulled myself up onto the top of the it before standing up. Opening one of the hatches I dropped down into the tank and the first thing I noticed was that it was not cramped at all, in fact there was actual leg room which is a rarity among most tanks.

Looking at where I landed and what I know about tanks I could safely assume that I'm in the commander’s seat but several things were out of place. First were the screens in front of me which were off at the moment, Secondly were the series of buttons right below the screens each of them being label such as the button that says “POWER” in bright bold letters. Pressing the button I heard a humming noise from the engine compartment before it quieted down and the screens in front of me powered up showing multiple things such as what's in front of the tank at the moment, a map of the area showing where all the other soldiers were, and the status of the tank at the moment along with some other less important screens. Looking back at the screen that shows what's in front of the tank I saw that all the operators had already cleared the area probably from the noise of the engine (or whatever is powering this thing) starting up.

Pushing on the map on a area just outside of the airship I was surprised when the tank lurched forward on its own driving until it reached the marked area on the map. Pushing again on the map on a area just outside the base the tank again lurched forward this time though I was ready for it and braced myself properly. Continuing with my practice of the tank I soon came upon a Hole in the ground somewhere south of the base, pushing a button labelled stop I waited for the tank to “brake”(do tanks even have brakes?) before opening the top hatch once again this time to climb out of the tank.

Dropping down into the snow I walked warily towards the hole but when nothing jumped out of the hole which to me looked more like a small cave than just a hole. Looking down the slight decline I swore I could see a slight metallic sheen just barely out of my line of sight. Taking a breath I started walking slowly down the incline trying my hardest not to lose balance and fall down like jack and jill in the old nursery rhymes. Reaching the bottom safely I could now see what was down here and to my surprise yet again I found what according to my memory were several UD-4L Cheyenne dropships sitting there with heavy damage to the fuselage from what appears to be a crash. Walking around to the backside of the dropships I spotted the ramps open, seeing an opportunity I walked up one of the ramps only to find a cargo hold full of dead soldiers. Spying a rifle on the ground I grabbed it and looked it over seeing if there was any major damage and much to my enjoyment there was no major damage mostly just dents and scratches on the body of the gun. Slinging the gun over my shoulder I Made my way back up to radio the base that we need a salvage team to salvage these dropships and weapons and armor they were carrying.

One salvage and mining team later

Apparently whatever those dropships were carrying must've been heavy as the salvage teams needed to bring in heavy duty vehicles just to pull the dropships out. Thankfully though we were able to get the dropships out but I had to return to the enterprise as the second wave of scouts were finishing up their report. Parking the command tank in the newly designated command tank position in the enterprise, I shut down whatever is powering the tank before jumping out and began my trek back to the bridge/command room.

Why can't we have teleportation yet.

Stepping into the bridge I could see a stack of folders aligned neatly on my desk I walked over and picked up the first one I saw which happened to be labeled extremely important.Opening up the folder I looked at the pictures first and saw some type of transparent dome covering a city and a close up picture showed that the city belonged to the Solar empire while another shot showed Solar Empire troops dragging what appeared to be crystal stallions of to trains.

Setting the folder down I had to think for a moment what they must be doing before it hit me, they were conscripting the stallions to the guard because of the constant string of defeats they must be nearing the end to their manpower(stallion power?) and must make up for it by conscription. Walking towards the table and booted it up. Opening a new file I titled it “OPERATION COLD ADVERSARY” smiling I set about designing a plan to free the city from the clutches of the Solar Empire.

Mission 9 Complete

Briefing:

1.scouted the area around the base and have discovered both a abandoned mine and a city.

1. The mine is full of unique resources and the egg heads can't wait to test the new stuff out

2. The New command tank should protect you from almost anything

3. [OBJECTIVE FAILED]

4. You have discovered several crashed dropships and the loot they contain within

Author's Note

Geez I'm so sorry this is so late but I had a terrible case of writers block. GAH!! I'm so mad at myself that I didn't do the thanksgiving special but I will begin working on the Christmas special as soon as I upload this chapter.