Kurosaki's Mission; Part I
Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 8:42 pm
May 4th, 2182: Briefing Room, Space Station Gateway, Earth Orbit
SGT Ichigo Kurosaki sat in a small briefing room with 4 other marines he had never met; all Corporals; and a represenative from the Weyland-Yutani Corporation; a.k.a. "The Company"; by the name of Oscar Black. There was a 'window' in the station from this room and the bright blue and white sphere of Earth was clearly visible. It calmed Ichigo down to look upon and helped to keep the horrible memories of his squadmates getting cut down around him back on Icarus out of his mind...
Mr. Black cleared his throat and Kurosaki and the other 3 marines turned thier attention to him at the front of the room. Black spoke up; "Good morning marines; you've been ordered here today due to your impeccable records of service; your abilities to utilize stealth and the fact that you have all been under fire and conducted yourselves admirably."
Black began to pace back and forth as he continued; "For all of these reasons, you have been chosen to undertake a very 'special' mission"; Black clearly pronounced the word 'special' very carefully.
"Some time ago; the BioCyte Corporation purchased, thru a series of fronts of made-up individuals and dummy companies; a believed-to-be played out mine on the Forge Colony. Recently, some of our more 'sensitive' sources of information"; again he placed special emphasis on a word; this time; 'sensitive'; "-have reported that this mine has been occupied by some kind of Scientitsts or Technicans and a couple of dozen of well-armed mercenaries. We're not entirely sure what's going-on here, but due to the fact that we know they are supplying the insurrectionists on Icarus and Alexandria with arms and support; we'd like to find out."*
"Rather than send in a larger number of marines; we've decided to be a bit more discrete and send in the four of you; under the command of SGT Kurosaki here; to quietly Infiltrate the mine and discover what it is that they're up too." Kurosaki suddenly feels the eyes of the other 3 marines on him, taking his measure, before they return thier concentration to the Corporate rep.
"You will each be assigned a data-disk with all of the info we have on the mines and the mercenaries employed there; but your primary mission is to obtain intel on why BioCyte has sent Scientists and well-armed Mercenaries to a 'supposedly' played-out mine. It's possible that they are just hiding the fact that there are richer veins of ore than they want anyone to believe; but BioCyte is not a Corporation that tends to concern itself with mining interests; so we're almost certain it's something else entirely. Be carefull marines; and whatever happens; they must NOT know that 'The Company' or the ICC is invovled in this operation. Therefore, you will NOT be in uniform or carry any USCM-issued equipment for this mission.** Your datadisks will cover what will be available to you. Good luck to you all."
*You get the distinct impression that he's not telling you everything he knows.
**You have been assigned to this mission by some higher-ups in the USCM with the implied threat that if you do not go on this mission; your career as a Marine is over. The available equipment amounts to the civilian equivalent of M42 scoped Rifles; M4A3 pistols; Ithaca Shotguns and M39 SMGs. Smoke grenades and Flares are available; but no more powerful explosvies; A very light Kevlar vest is it for armor and headset comms that can connect with each of the other squad mates to a range of about 1 mile. Medical Equipment and Knves are available, as are welders; but no Comms or Motion Trackers or heavier weapons. If there are other equipment options you'd like to know about, feel free to ask me.
The datadisk also provides information on the mine and the mercenary unit "The Reavers"; see the Mission 2 posts for that info.
The other Marines I'm just going to name CPL Jones, CPL Smith and CPL Chan for now; if I get another player, they might take over one of these positions; but for now, they are all NPCs.
Next post; with a quick jump in time, coming up soon...
SGT Ichigo Kurosaki sat in a small briefing room with 4 other marines he had never met; all Corporals; and a represenative from the Weyland-Yutani Corporation; a.k.a. "The Company"; by the name of Oscar Black. There was a 'window' in the station from this room and the bright blue and white sphere of Earth was clearly visible. It calmed Ichigo down to look upon and helped to keep the horrible memories of his squadmates getting cut down around him back on Icarus out of his mind...
Mr. Black cleared his throat and Kurosaki and the other 3 marines turned thier attention to him at the front of the room. Black spoke up; "Good morning marines; you've been ordered here today due to your impeccable records of service; your abilities to utilize stealth and the fact that you have all been under fire and conducted yourselves admirably."
Black began to pace back and forth as he continued; "For all of these reasons, you have been chosen to undertake a very 'special' mission"; Black clearly pronounced the word 'special' very carefully.
"Some time ago; the BioCyte Corporation purchased, thru a series of fronts of made-up individuals and dummy companies; a believed-to-be played out mine on the Forge Colony. Recently, some of our more 'sensitive' sources of information"; again he placed special emphasis on a word; this time; 'sensitive'; "-have reported that this mine has been occupied by some kind of Scientitsts or Technicans and a couple of dozen of well-armed mercenaries. We're not entirely sure what's going-on here, but due to the fact that we know they are supplying the insurrectionists on Icarus and Alexandria with arms and support; we'd like to find out."*
"Rather than send in a larger number of marines; we've decided to be a bit more discrete and send in the four of you; under the command of SGT Kurosaki here; to quietly Infiltrate the mine and discover what it is that they're up too." Kurosaki suddenly feels the eyes of the other 3 marines on him, taking his measure, before they return thier concentration to the Corporate rep.
"You will each be assigned a data-disk with all of the info we have on the mines and the mercenaries employed there; but your primary mission is to obtain intel on why BioCyte has sent Scientists and well-armed Mercenaries to a 'supposedly' played-out mine. It's possible that they are just hiding the fact that there are richer veins of ore than they want anyone to believe; but BioCyte is not a Corporation that tends to concern itself with mining interests; so we're almost certain it's something else entirely. Be carefull marines; and whatever happens; they must NOT know that 'The Company' or the ICC is invovled in this operation. Therefore, you will NOT be in uniform or carry any USCM-issued equipment for this mission.** Your datadisks will cover what will be available to you. Good luck to you all."
*You get the distinct impression that he's not telling you everything he knows.
**You have been assigned to this mission by some higher-ups in the USCM with the implied threat that if you do not go on this mission; your career as a Marine is over. The available equipment amounts to the civilian equivalent of M42 scoped Rifles; M4A3 pistols; Ithaca Shotguns and M39 SMGs. Smoke grenades and Flares are available; but no more powerful explosvies; A very light Kevlar vest is it for armor and headset comms that can connect with each of the other squad mates to a range of about 1 mile. Medical Equipment and Knves are available, as are welders; but no Comms or Motion Trackers or heavier weapons. If there are other equipment options you'd like to know about, feel free to ask me.
The datadisk also provides information on the mine and the mercenary unit "The Reavers"; see the Mission 2 posts for that info.
The other Marines I'm just going to name CPL Jones, CPL Smith and CPL Chan for now; if I get another player, they might take over one of these positions; but for now, they are all NPCs.
Next post; with a quick jump in time, coming up soon...