The year is 2153. March. We’ve been fighting these damn rebels for weeks now to stop em from landing on Titan. Last I checked, we’ve lost 2/3rds of our platoon and now Lt. Fruitcup is somehow in charge. We’ve taken Foe’s Hammer down to the moon surface for some R&R and to await further orders. Its nice here. Easy to forget what’s going on miles away. Im sure this place will be overrun sooner rather than later but the ICC has a militia stationed here so it shouldn’t be a rout.
Lt. Fruitcup contacted ICC and received word from Col. Spears that a representative from Hyperdyne, John Allen, would be arriving on Titan soon to escort us to the Eyesore system where we would be looking into the disappearance of some 50 civilian employees of Hyperdyne that were subcontracted by Weyland . Apparently Weyland specializes in atmospheric conditioning technologies and Hyperdyne works in Artificial Intelligence. I couldn’t care less. I do what I am told. I’m a gun and meatshield to this team. Been demoted so many times, I lost count.
Allen decided to escort us with his half dozen bodyguards. If there’s a problem, I am sure they’ll be the first to fall. I don’t even think Allen is armed. Just another suit. We went into cryo for the trip and emerged outside of Eyesore I…a ringed planet ,damp, terrestrial. The rings were really just loads of junk circling the planet. Lt. sent a message planetside while Corporal ‘Captain’ Krunch scanned the planet for life. No sign of life…I’m not surprised. Civies shouldn’t be out this far without military support. I was surprised when Lt.’s message was returned by a guy named Craig Wilkes. Told us everything was fine down here and not sure why communication had cut off. When we asked to land planetside to look into things, his response was a bit too terse for my taste. The hair on the back of my neck is standing up. I hate body hair.
We landed on a gravel landing area… the only ship in sight…not far from some sort of admin building with a tower overlooking the landing area. Signs point to habitation but nothing in view. Lt. ordered us into the building to find an office entry area…abandoned…with a blood stained wall. Doc confirmed it was blood and we found a few bullet holes. Doc’s keen eye located some blood drippings on their way out the northern door. Krunch opened the door briefly and noted it led into the colony itself. We decided to look into the rest of the building before venturing out into the colony. The suits and Lt were playing with the computer’s contents. Seems like it confirms the presence of our targets arriving planetside as well as a slew of recent departures..all of them Weyland employees. Something isn’t right here. We headed through an eastern door to secure the rest of the building. Nothing significant beyond a lift leading up to the tower. This room was a clusterfuck. Completely burnt out and clearly intentionally lit. Nothing workable. No radio. No files. How the fuck did they contact us with all this damage?? Lt. figures he can juryrig the mechanical stuff to get it working again. Nothing here is going to help. Next stop…climb the ladder to the roof of the tower. Once atop the tower, we had a clearer view of the colony and Doc swears he saw something or someone running towards a large building near the back of the colony. Only problem is that building is about 1/3rd damaged. Another fire maybe? Damn I love fire.
Heading back down to the first level to head to the North. Maybe we can find whats left of these employees, get paid, and get the fuck out of here.
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