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Stage 1 |
Location: | TIU Spearhead (L1 Docking Bay) (2, 12) |
You are astonished to find the two TIU Soldiers who jumped through the Tactical Portal before you taking up a defensive position. |
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Sometimes curiosity does get the better of you. You ready your weapon and ask the Troopers what they are doing. They spin round and look confused and angry, 'What are you doing here, is this your doing?' You stare back at them in obvious bewilderment. One Trooper looks sideways at the other. 'You have no idea what we are talking about do you?' You assumed that the Troopers would be met and taken for debriefing and that apparently, that had not happened. You slowly shake your head and a feeling of dread starts to seep up from the pit of your stomach.
The Troopers get very edgy and start to immediately do a Field Check for Ammo and Medipacks. You blink in shock. TIU Soldiers only do this on the Battlefield or in Conflict Zone. They are not in a Battlefield so they must think they are in physical danger for some reason. You ask why they are so nervous. They finish the Check and start to cover the exits of the room you are in. You begin to see the signs of the Troopers setting up a Perimeter. The first objective any TIU Soldier does in a hostile location. They seem to settle down for a second when this is done. You walk up to one of the crouching Troopers and ask what is wrong - again.
He snaps off the safety on his Assault Rifle, then glares at you. 'We were told to cover the Tactical Portal and make sure that the Guardians didn't deactivate it. We also had a secondary objective, to inform our superiors if a heavily armed Clone Unit attempted to go through the Portal. Then you turned up. So we were going back to report the secondary Mission Objective status. We went through the Tactical Portal and were then attacked by the Dock Workers. I then saw one listening to his hand! But surely I must have been seeing things.'
You know that the TIU training means that their Troopers do not make such mistakes. You really don't want someone holding an Assault Rifle who can't distinguish a target. You should check out these Dock Workers for any strange implants or concealed devices. |
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Stage 2 |
Location: | TIU Spearhead (L1 Docking Bay) (2, 12) |
The TIU Troopers do not look at you for more than a second, 'Have you found out anything about why the Dock Workers are acting so weird?' |
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The Trooper takes the photo from you, 'I don't understand, this is totally against regulations. We are not allowed any tattoo which is bigger than your fist. And must be located above the elbow of your right arm. You will get a disciplinary for such a tattoo.' You then tell him that the tattoo is only visible when a Darkfire Gemstone is placed near it. The Soldier looks back at you dumbfounded, 'That would explain how they get past regulations, but why would you need a tattoo that disappears?'
You don't really want to guess at the moment, but you tell the Soldiers to use the Troop Portal and take the picture to someone on another TIU ship. You suspect that the Spearhead might have been infiltrated by an alien force. The Troopers nod. The Soldier then takes out his Datapad and adds another objective to their Mission Requirements. When he is finished he hands it to you, 'I don't know why, but you have a Captains rank. I need your thumb print to authorize the Mission Mod.' You see a red square on the small view screen, you press your thumb onto it and the Datapad gives a loud bleep. The Soldiers then quickly retreat back to the Portal and vanish in a ball of light.
You receive 175,934 Xp + 10 Skill Points |
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