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Frontier War - Mission 3B Destroyer Of Worlds (Act.3)

Sat 07 May 2022, 03:31

Frontier War Campaign
MISSION 3B
Destroyer Of Worlds (Act.3)
On Counterweight Station


The Counterweight Station

The climber car arrives at The Counterweight Station. It locks in place securely. A huge explosion is heard on the planet and the ascent cable comes off. A light blinds the control room. The Ariarcus colony has just exploded. They all descend to level C of the climber car. They open the Hatch. The Station is wrecked. People dead on the ground in blood.

Horns rage and warning lights flash red. Station APOLLO reports a repeating message. "Danger, the gravity stabilizers have failed. The station is adrift and falling. The system must be reset immediately", (says APOLLO). "I have the station maps on my p-dat. We go straight forward and it's the operations center over there", (says Ms. Eckford). Motion detectors signal nearby presences.

They arrive at a junction and the operations center's door is in front of them in the west direction. The door is locked. They will need the cutting torch to open it. The corridors are dark, only the emergency lighting works. Forms advance from north and south directions. "We're going to be trapped here, Paxton, open that fucking door. Get ready to shoot north and south. Civilians must be protected", (says Corporal Biehn). Xenomorphs are coming from every directions and they are unleashed. The marines open fire. The 12 civilians leave in direction of the climber car (east direction). Marshal Hyams, Doctor Litvin and Private first class Winston go in their direction to protect them. 3 xenomorphs come out of the ceiling (ventilation ducts) and they pounce on them.

Paxton eventually opens the door and they enter in the operations center. Litvin, Hyams and Winston are torn to pieces before their eyes. The 12 civilians fail to close the door of the climber car and several xenomorphs attack them. At the same time, a xenomorph comes out of the ceilling and violently grabs Ms. Eckford who loses her weapon. The xenomorph brings her into the ventilation duct without anyone being able to react. She dies screaming in horror. They open fire on the xenomorph but it's too late.

The group enters the operations center. Paxton uses the cutting torch to weld the door. They are safe for the moment. Matthews, biehn, Tanya, Botos and Davydovich inspect the room. Lance opens his p-dat to find a map and set a link with APOLLO. Jenette, Paxton, Ricco, Coles and Wright are watching. Matthews, Tanya and Biehn regroup with Lance and discuss what action to take.

Lance says the only way to get the gravity stabilizers working is to get the reactor back on line in engineering. We have to go to the 4th platform on the backup command post. There are 2 shuttle platforms but there are no shuttles left. There are no escape vehicles (EEV) left. We must try to get in touch with the Mantis El Diablo so that they come back to pick us up in one of the 3 airlock gates of the station. Lance tells them. To get to the engine room, we can take the maintenance tunnel above us and arrive directly on the 4th platform in engineering. They find weapons and ammo. They take the opportunity to eat and rest. The 2nd squad is reformed with Wright as the leader, Davydovich as the smartgunner, Coles as the comtech and Botos as the sniper. Lance will take care of the map directions and Paxton will be in charge of getting in touch with the El Diablo.

Lance uses the APOLLO terminal to detect tracers (PDTs) of people on the station. There is no active life on the station. Motion detectors indicates several movements in engineering. "All right people. We will walk the perimeter. I know we're all in strung out shape but we all stay frosty and alert", (says Corporal Biehn). "It looks like we're heading into the abyss of hell over there", (says Jenette). "We have no choice. We must stabilize the station. We don't know when the El Diablo will pick us up", (says Sergeant Matthews).

The group engages in the ventilation system. Paxton makes attempts to join the El Diablo (Mantis crew) but receives no response. Biehn is using the motion tracker, nothing to report. Lance takes care of guiding the group towards the 4th platform (engineering).

Engineering

They arrive on the 4th platform. They open the hatch. The place has several control panels. Lance gets busy restarting the cooling protocols and then activating the reactor. The floor is made of metal mesh. It's an open air room. They have an overall view of engineering. What they see down there is terrifying. The motion detector indicates a great deal of movement on the floor below. Xenomorph (soldiers) sit waiting while smaller workers fix resin onto captured humain victims. The xenomorph Queen (there is no other word to describe it) sits in there and they can see the chains that once restrained her. In the midst of it, Wright sees the synthetic Jaell in pieces. Her head is cut off. A white liquid surrounds her inert body.

The Queen looks up by instinct and she sees the group. Her soldiers xenomorph are already moving on platform 1 and 2. "We have a big problem", (says Paxton, seeing the xenomorphs coming in their direction). Biehn gives the motion tracker to Matthews and he goes down to the 3rd platform with Jenette, Ricco, Wright, Davydovich, Coles and Botos. Paxton remains on the 4th platform and makes attempts to join the Diablo. Matthews and Tanya are watching. Lance continues to work on the reactor. "It's time to make your mamas proud ladies", (says Jenette).

The marines are ready. They open fire with every weapon they have including M56A2 Smart-Gun, M41A pulse riffle, M240 incinerator Unit and U1 grenade launcher. "No, don't use grenades. We're just under the primary heat exchangers. We don't want to rupture the cooling system. I'm talking about a thermonuclear explosion here", (says Biehn). The marines aim their weapons over the edges of the platform and shoot the xenomorphs as they come up. A xenomorph rips a hole on the 3rd platform floor and drags Coles down. She falls into the darkness below. She dies screaming. A xenomorph shoves Biehn against a wall and attempts to use its bite to open his skull. He is miraculously saved by his armor. Ricco kills the beast. They have killed at least six xenomorphs and wounded several others. The first wave seems to be over.

Lance completes the reactor reactivation sequence. Paxton receives an unexpected call. "Here's the Mantis El Diablo. We have just docked at platform airlock A. All survivors come join us. We will wait for you", (says Captain Wincott). "It's good to hear from you. We are with the 2 squads in engineering. It's a xenomorph nest down here. We're on our way. Do not go out. The station is dangerous", (says Lance). The marines breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the Mantis call.

Then, they see the xenomorph Queen coming up on the 3rd platform. She has climbed up to meet them. She tries to get on the platform but she can barely fit there. They open fire with every weapon they have including rocket propelled grenades this time. The intense firepower hits the Queen and sends her backwards. She falls into the flames and smoke below.

Without hesitation, Lance leads them in the ventilation shaft that opens onto the station's main corridor. Airlock A is at the end in the west direction. They run and they are all exhausted. They arrive at the hatch. The door opens, Captain Wincott and Lieutenant Hope welcome them. Biehn looks back in the dark corridor, nothing. They are safe. They all enter the El Diablo. The hatch closes.

"Final report of the special marines mission on Ariarcus Colony. AWOL Wojcik, Carvalho and Reese are dead. Mission marines Giler, Rolston, Coles, Winston are dead. Colony personnel Ms.Eckford, Colonel Meyers, Officer Jaell, Marshal Hyams, Deputy Dodd, Doctor Litvin are dead. Fort Nebraska and the colony are mostly destroyed. We are heading back to the USS Tambitam. This is the Mantis El Diablo, mission support transport, signing off".

This is Game Mother signing OFF.
 

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