Chapter 1. The Kharra
The Kharra have been spreading throughout human space at an alarming speed. The Ariane Arm sector was where the Kharra were first encountered and where the Trans-System-Authority was sent to combat them. The Ardine Gurdpost position at the edge of the Ardiane Arm was set to defend human space and to eliminate any nearby Kharra infestations. A distress signal from the nearby mining ship the
Pillar of Autumn had been received warning of a Kharra infestation and requesting immediate reinforcements. My squad was sent to help them. It consisted of five men- Private Johnson, Private Hudson, Private Reza, Command Jon "Merkaba" Chapman (
) and I, Corporal Zayl.
Chapter 2. Lock n' Load
I sat in the TSA Dropship with my Light Machine Gun (LMG) laying beside me. I faced my teammates who had equal looks of stern determination as I had. "ETA Two minutes to arrival!" the piolot shouted. I retrieved my LMG and slammed a fresh clip of ammunition into its chamber. The large foreboding silhouette of the Pillar Of Autumn loomed ahead. " Docking imminent! Lock n' Load" the pilot shouted as we neared the docking bay.
Chapter 3. Arrival
The sound of fresh clips slamming into ther chambers and the releasing of safety harnesses echoed throughout the Dropship. As the doors slid open, the his off decompressing air could be heard. We pulled out a Command Console(CC) from our Dropship along with a Turret Factory (TF) and some turrets. We positioned the Command Console near a resource nozzle containing Nano-Slude used for building. We positioned the Turret Factory next to the Command Console and placed the turrets all around them thereby forming a defensive circle. A resourse tower(RT) materialized atop the resource nozzle. That was a miracle of Nano-Technology. Being able to build a structure from molecule to molecule. Commander MErkaba entered the CC and order us to "Build" the RT. Although it was already built, we had had to activate the nanites or nano-robots whithin the structure.
Chapter 4. Another Resource Tower
A waypoint appeared on our Heads-Up-Dsiplay (HUD) reading "Acess Corridor B4" 100 meters. "There should be a resource nozzle there" Commander Merkaba explained. From the docking bay we had to walk down a long, dark and winding passageway. From what I could see, in the middle of the passageway there was an air-vent. As we walked past the air-vent, I thought I heard a deep meancing chuckle. Apparently, I was not the only one. "Gotta' be a skulk" remarked Private Johnson in a gruff voice. "I bet it was from the fvent" I replied. I kept a close eye on the vent as we proceeded forward. "Spread out as best as you can." said Commander Merkaba. "Yeah, yeah we know the drill" said Private Reza, annoyed. "I'm just doing my job" Commander Merkaba replied. "I'll cover your backs" I said, as I turned around and started walking backwards slowly. True enough, a small dog-like creature jumped out of the vebt abd started moving rapidly towards us. "Skulk!" I shouted and fired a few shot well-aimed bursts at the skulk. I grinned in grim satsisfaction as I saw it go down. "Its dead." I said as I ran back towards my squad. When we reached the resource nozzle, the RT was already atop it, waiting to be activated. After we activated it, our commander "electrified" it. Any aliens that got close to it would take damage, though it acted mostly as a deterrent.
Will post rest later, now time to play on LM.