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1. 1 - Sygnus - Mar. 22, 2002, 03:55PM - Read 1283 times |
The Trinity Colony is warned of impending Solar Flare activity and the Marines are detailed with clean-up operations
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The story begins. Our heroes are marines of the United States Colonial Marine Corps cruiser USS Gaines, waking up from hypersleep after a long and mostly uneventful police patrol of the remote colonies. They believe their next stop will be home and shore leave, so they sleep peacefully.
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Duff Beufort is called out to find two prospectors who had not responded to the general flare period quarentine.
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One by one, the members of the marine troop thaw out and step from their cryo tubes. They are few in number. At the executive end, we have Lieutenant Norman Fleming, the unit's commanding officer. The troops are under the leadership of Sergeant Gary Moore. His corporals are Alexandra Brimstone for the infantry unit, and pilot Daniel Duarte for dropship ops. The dropship gunnery chief is Private Robert Sabo. The ground troop privates are demolitionist Michael Morrison, APC driver Kenneth Berliner, comtech Nino Vitelli, medic Aishwarya Patwardhan, and smartgunners Jarod McKenzie and Joshua Booths. Rounding out the military personnel is the sophisticated android Leon, in a science support capacity. The motley outfit stretches its legs and jaws.
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Between bad food and bad language, the orders come through: check out the Korea, an ailing supply ship on an emergency return course to Rodina station.
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Quaid and First Squad are tasked to assist Duff in finding the missing prospector - Skullet.
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The marines get the lecture of a lifetime, as the Sarge and the LT try to prepare the troops for what they might be facing: possible contamination, crazy crew.
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First squad meet Duff at the Johnson/Skullet habitat to assist in search and rescue operations.
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The Gaines draws up close to the Korea. Comtech Vitelli scans the supply ship and investigates the findings. The marines work on their individual assignments before disembarking.
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First Squad finds Johnson's body and fail to explain the occurance. They follow the tracks Skullet's rover made to find something completely unexpected.
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