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Wake up! Time to fly!
Ok the few pictures I managed to salvage have been inserted where I THINK they would have been so here is the next to last post of the story...
Installment 28 permalink
8-6-2043 13:00 Three levels below Beta Complex.
Alpha-1 calls Alpha-2 on coms unit to request Teleport coordinates to alternative control panel in Alpha Complex. As Alpha-2 relays the coordinates Alpha-1 relays a quick sit rep to pass on to the team. After Teleporting to Alpha Complex a security check is done and relayed back to Alpha-1 stating the O.K. to proceed. With the co-ords so close only two doors need to be breeched to get to next target area. No alarms are sounding yet in the housing complexes as the plan had succeeded in drawing all Asteroid Security
to the main shopping complex and the control room where most guests access the domes from.
No locks on first door as expected. Twenty five meters to the left is the target room where teleport controls should be. A quick check around the corner shows two security personnel guarding the door. A natural assessment of the threat shows they are only armed with Justifier MK II's and Maddox III blp pistols. Seeing such a weak show of force Alpha-1 determines that the likelihood of a critical hit from any of those weapons is slim he crosses the threshold and takes the two in an unarmed fight dropping both in a matter of seconds with not one round fired.
The advantage of surprise has worked in his favor as a technician was dumb enough to open the door to see what the thump was he heard when one of the security team had fallen against the door. Alpha-1 quickly neutralized the technician and moved to secure the remaining technician before he could sound any alarm.
8-6-2043 13:00 Jon Jacobs private office.
Looking on the monitors in his office Mr. Jacobs sees the chaos and damage happening in the three areas under attack. As he yells into the com at the security teams coordinator to start recruiting hunters to help secure the loose mobs he is contacted by a "Special" Security Team Leader who states that all is secure within the labs below the main shopping complex where all the main problems are so far.
8-6-2043 13:00 Outside Jon Jacobs private office.
Ms. DeBorg' reaches for her personal com devise and presses a few icons and is linked directly to a satellite which transmits her call back to the space station on the other side of calypso from the Asteroid. When her call is finally answered and transferred to her Boss she begins to relay the happenings here on the Asteroid and asks for instructions as to what should be done. Ms. DeBorg' is told to contract the first captain of a spaceship able to get her to the space station and call back once she is clear of the asteroid.
8-6-2043 13:30 I arrive at Crystal Palace
Upon arrival at Crystal Palace I am surprised by the amount of excitement and activity as news of what is happening on the Asteroid has already reached here. Many of the upper level hunters are negotiating transportation as fast as possible to the Asteroid so they can "get in on the FUN".
I am stopped by several of the hunters I have met in the past and asked why I was not going to the Asteroid to help. I inform most that I am heading to Calypso to retrieve all my gear as my trip to CND was for pleasure and the possibility of meeting Neverdie for a business preposition I had regarding rental of one of his dormant domes. I almost felt bad not telling several of them not to go but knew I could not jeapardise the entire operation and let it be known I am involved and know others working in this resistance
movement.
Now to make it look as though I am in a rush to get to the teleporter so I can get my gear and get back to CND as fast as possible.
8-6-2043 14:00 Billys underground facility.
Alpha-3 teleports into the secure facility at a predetermined time to keep the security in place and only momentarily interrupted for his arrival. Billy meets him immediately upon his arrival in a debriefing room to get caught up with all the activity Alpha-3 can confirm personally. Billy informs Alpha-3 all is going as planned so far with only the minor deterrence for Alpha-1 due to Alpha-2's injuries.
They both have a laugh as the talk through what it must be like in the main shopping complex on CND getting over run by Atrox. They try to imagine all the unprepared shoppers trying to hide in the tiny shops with no doors between them and the Atrox.
Hopefully within the hour the final assault will begin as the Daspelators and and larger Atrox and other odd mobs get transported into the labs underneath CND. That will disrupt any plans they have for taking control of Calypso with the new mutated monsters they are trying to create in those labs. Hopefully some of the technology they are working on can be salvaged and made public after this is all done. New personal teleportation devises with accurate targeting, new mind-force weapons that have been withheld, and most of all the nano technology that can be used for medical not warfare purposes.
8-6 2043 14:00 Teleporter control room under Alpha complex.
Alpha-1 has finally secured the control room and has hacked the controls to gain access to the telepads needed to complete the mission. He calls Alpha-2 on the com and instructs him to use the north telepad in the beta complex shopping area and he will transport him directly to dome seventeen to release the attractant, then send him from there to dome twenty for the final release of the spray.
8-6-2043 14:00 Dome Seventeen
Alpha-2 materializes at the north telepad and assesses his radar for Daspilators within range. Only five in the immediate area. None close enough to be an immediate threat but close enough that Alpha-1 will need to be fast in rerouting where that teleporter sends them after Alpha-2 is sent to dome twenty.
They do a few fast run through's of what needs to happen timing each try to determine how fast the combination of transports can be done. They determine that twenty three seconds is needed just to move Alpha-2 safely out of the dome. Another 13 seconds to run a scripted program to reroute and disable the telepad in dome seventeen. That is the critical time because the chance of a Daspilator making it to the telepad before that script has completely run and putting it right on top of Alpha-2 in dome twenty.
A back up plan is made for Alpha-2 to run straight south as soon as he Teleports into dome twenty. This will put a little distance between the telepad and gain a few seconds for a disoriented Daspilator to have to find, and make the decision to attack Alpha-2 and not one of the mobs in the immediate area of the telepad. This also gives the gun turret a chance to put a few rounds into the Daspilator further distracting it from going for Alpha-2.
8-6-2043 14:13 Forgotten space station
Unknown 1: Is there any word on the assessment of threat to our project yet?
Unknown 2: We will know more when Ms. DeBorg' departs the asteroid and gives us a final report.
unknown 1: I don't think we have time to wait. Jacobs has lost all control even of his own Asteroid. How he did not see this happening right under his nose I will never understand. I say we purge the entire facility and retrieve our data and equipment later before it is all lost. If that facility gets discovered with the immanent investigation all will be lost and our cover here blown.
Unknown 2: we will always have our final say regardless of what happens. Many DNA from the original colonists are still on file here and we can start a new on any planet of our choosing. The robot forces can start terra forming any number of planets at our whim and we can rebuild another Calypso just as we did here.
Unknown 1: I suppose you are right. I am just leery of unresolved issues and loose ends.
8-6-2043 Dome 20 14:15
As he materializes in dome twenty and begins his run south Alpha-2 sees a large group of un armed civilians huddled near the gun turret for protection from the larger mobs in the area. After a few seconds he determines that the script had run fast enough to make the switch. He quickly calls Alpha-1 on his com and gives him a sit rep on what he is seeing and awaits new orders. Alpha-1 tells him to send all those people to the other transporter in the far end of the dome and continue the mission as it would take far to long to rewrite the code for the transporter changes.
Alpha-2 assumes a controlling tone and authoritatively instructs all the people to transport to the far end of the dome as he is going to shut this one down as a security protocol. The people seem hesitant to want to leave the safety of the turret but were soon motivated as one of the smaller Dasplators had gotten close enough for the to activate the very turret they used for safety. As soon as the gun fired when the Daspilator broke the plain of the hill up to the televator they seemed to find the motivation to follow Alpha-2's instruction.
As the last person disappeared into the teleporter Alpha-2 pulled the pin on the remaining attractant and keyed his com to tell Alpha-1 to start the escape script and he would meet him at the hangar containing the cargo container they were to escape in.
8-6-2043 Underground facility. 14:25
The screams from the laboratory scientists, workers, and security personnel were all that was transmitted through the coms system to Jon Jacobs office because of the dead communications specialist slumped over the console keeping the channel open. Breaking equipment, gun fire, screams and the sounds of fire crackling was all Jon Jacobs heard as he could not see past the body slumped over the camera of the com system.
8-6-2043 14:26 Forgotten space station
Hearing the same thing that Jon Jacobs was and seeing their com system with an incoming distress signal from the under ground facility the decision is made to purge the asteroid of all atmosphere in all domes, passageways, and living quarters. The labs main security system had already activated and was filling its space with halon dispatching any breathable atmosphere that would contain any fire AND kill any living creature within its secure walls.
Unknown 1: It is time to turn off the containment field on Akil and let the robot force clean any life from Calypso. Send the signals now. Dispatch four drone ships to find us another planet suitable for terraforming and report back daily until one is found and we can start all over.
Unknown 2: And reload Ms. De'Borg's DNA and start her retraining as well.
Installment 28 permalink
8-6-2043 13:00 Three levels below Beta Complex.
Alpha-1 calls Alpha-2 on coms unit to request Teleport coordinates to alternative control panel in Alpha Complex. As Alpha-2 relays the coordinates Alpha-1 relays a quick sit rep to pass on to the team. After Teleporting to Alpha Complex a security check is done and relayed back to Alpha-1 stating the O.K. to proceed. With the co-ords so close only two doors need to be breeched to get to next target area. No alarms are sounding yet in the housing complexes as the plan had succeeded in drawing all Asteroid Security
to the main shopping complex and the control room where most guests access the domes from.
No locks on first door as expected. Twenty five meters to the left is the target room where teleport controls should be. A quick check around the corner shows two security personnel guarding the door. A natural assessment of the threat shows they are only armed with Justifier MK II's and Maddox III blp pistols. Seeing such a weak show of force Alpha-1 determines that the likelihood of a critical hit from any of those weapons is slim he crosses the threshold and takes the two in an unarmed fight dropping both in a matter of seconds with not one round fired.
The advantage of surprise has worked in his favor as a technician was dumb enough to open the door to see what the thump was he heard when one of the security team had fallen against the door. Alpha-1 quickly neutralized the technician and moved to secure the remaining technician before he could sound any alarm.
8-6-2043 13:00 Jon Jacobs private office.
Looking on the monitors in his office Mr. Jacobs sees the chaos and damage happening in the three areas under attack. As he yells into the com at the security teams coordinator to start recruiting hunters to help secure the loose mobs he is contacted by a "Special" Security Team Leader who states that all is secure within the labs below the main shopping complex where all the main problems are so far.
8-6-2043 13:00 Outside Jon Jacobs private office.
Ms. DeBorg' reaches for her personal com devise and presses a few icons and is linked directly to a satellite which transmits her call back to the space station on the other side of calypso from the Asteroid. When her call is finally answered and transferred to her Boss she begins to relay the happenings here on the Asteroid and asks for instructions as to what should be done. Ms. DeBorg' is told to contract the first captain of a spaceship able to get her to the space station and call back once she is clear of the asteroid.
8-6-2043 13:30 I arrive at Crystal Palace
Upon arrival at Crystal Palace I am surprised by the amount of excitement and activity as news of what is happening on the Asteroid has already reached here. Many of the upper level hunters are negotiating transportation as fast as possible to the Asteroid so they can "get in on the FUN".
I am stopped by several of the hunters I have met in the past and asked why I was not going to the Asteroid to help. I inform most that I am heading to Calypso to retrieve all my gear as my trip to CND was for pleasure and the possibility of meeting Neverdie for a business preposition I had regarding rental of one of his dormant domes. I almost felt bad not telling several of them not to go but knew I could not jeapardise the entire operation and let it be known I am involved and know others working in this resistance
movement.
Now to make it look as though I am in a rush to get to the teleporter so I can get my gear and get back to CND as fast as possible.
8-6-2043 14:00 Billys underground facility.
Alpha-3 teleports into the secure facility at a predetermined time to keep the security in place and only momentarily interrupted for his arrival. Billy meets him immediately upon his arrival in a debriefing room to get caught up with all the activity Alpha-3 can confirm personally. Billy informs Alpha-3 all is going as planned so far with only the minor deterrence for Alpha-1 due to Alpha-2's injuries.
They both have a laugh as the talk through what it must be like in the main shopping complex on CND getting over run by Atrox. They try to imagine all the unprepared shoppers trying to hide in the tiny shops with no doors between them and the Atrox.
Hopefully within the hour the final assault will begin as the Daspelators and and larger Atrox and other odd mobs get transported into the labs underneath CND. That will disrupt any plans they have for taking control of Calypso with the new mutated monsters they are trying to create in those labs. Hopefully some of the technology they are working on can be salvaged and made public after this is all done. New personal teleportation devises with accurate targeting, new mind-force weapons that have been withheld, and most of all the nano technology that can be used for medical not warfare purposes.
8-6 2043 14:00 Teleporter control room under Alpha complex.
Alpha-1 has finally secured the control room and has hacked the controls to gain access to the telepads needed to complete the mission. He calls Alpha-2 on the com and instructs him to use the north telepad in the beta complex shopping area and he will transport him directly to dome seventeen to release the attractant, then send him from there to dome twenty for the final release of the spray.
8-6-2043 14:00 Dome Seventeen
Alpha-2 materializes at the north telepad and assesses his radar for Daspilators within range. Only five in the immediate area. None close enough to be an immediate threat but close enough that Alpha-1 will need to be fast in rerouting where that teleporter sends them after Alpha-2 is sent to dome twenty.
They do a few fast run through's of what needs to happen timing each try to determine how fast the combination of transports can be done. They determine that twenty three seconds is needed just to move Alpha-2 safely out of the dome. Another 13 seconds to run a scripted program to reroute and disable the telepad in dome seventeen. That is the critical time because the chance of a Daspilator making it to the telepad before that script has completely run and putting it right on top of Alpha-2 in dome twenty.
A back up plan is made for Alpha-2 to run straight south as soon as he Teleports into dome twenty. This will put a little distance between the telepad and gain a few seconds for a disoriented Daspilator to have to find, and make the decision to attack Alpha-2 and not one of the mobs in the immediate area of the telepad. This also gives the gun turret a chance to put a few rounds into the Daspilator further distracting it from going for Alpha-2.
8-6-2043 14:13 Forgotten space station
Unknown 1: Is there any word on the assessment of threat to our project yet?
Unknown 2: We will know more when Ms. DeBorg' departs the asteroid and gives us a final report.
unknown 1: I don't think we have time to wait. Jacobs has lost all control even of his own Asteroid. How he did not see this happening right under his nose I will never understand. I say we purge the entire facility and retrieve our data and equipment later before it is all lost. If that facility gets discovered with the immanent investigation all will be lost and our cover here blown.
Unknown 2: we will always have our final say regardless of what happens. Many DNA from the original colonists are still on file here and we can start a new on any planet of our choosing. The robot forces can start terra forming any number of planets at our whim and we can rebuild another Calypso just as we did here.
Unknown 1: I suppose you are right. I am just leery of unresolved issues and loose ends.
8-6-2043 Dome 20 14:15
As he materializes in dome twenty and begins his run south Alpha-2 sees a large group of un armed civilians huddled near the gun turret for protection from the larger mobs in the area. After a few seconds he determines that the script had run fast enough to make the switch. He quickly calls Alpha-1 on his com and gives him a sit rep on what he is seeing and awaits new orders. Alpha-1 tells him to send all those people to the other transporter in the far end of the dome and continue the mission as it would take far to long to rewrite the code for the transporter changes.
Alpha-2 assumes a controlling tone and authoritatively instructs all the people to transport to the far end of the dome as he is going to shut this one down as a security protocol. The people seem hesitant to want to leave the safety of the turret but were soon motivated as one of the smaller Dasplators had gotten close enough for the to activate the very turret they used for safety. As soon as the gun fired when the Daspilator broke the plain of the hill up to the televator they seemed to find the motivation to follow Alpha-2's instruction.
As the last person disappeared into the teleporter Alpha-2 pulled the pin on the remaining attractant and keyed his com to tell Alpha-1 to start the escape script and he would meet him at the hangar containing the cargo container they were to escape in.
8-6-2043 Underground facility. 14:25
The screams from the laboratory scientists, workers, and security personnel were all that was transmitted through the coms system to Jon Jacobs office because of the dead communications specialist slumped over the console keeping the channel open. Breaking equipment, gun fire, screams and the sounds of fire crackling was all Jon Jacobs heard as he could not see past the body slumped over the camera of the com system.
8-6-2043 14:26 Forgotten space station
Hearing the same thing that Jon Jacobs was and seeing their com system with an incoming distress signal from the under ground facility the decision is made to purge the asteroid of all atmosphere in all domes, passageways, and living quarters. The labs main security system had already activated and was filling its space with halon dispatching any breathable atmosphere that would contain any fire AND kill any living creature within its secure walls.
Unknown 1: It is time to turn off the containment field on Akil and let the robot force clean any life from Calypso. Send the signals now. Dispatch four drone ships to find us another planet suitable for terraforming and report back daily until one is found and we can start all over.
Unknown 2: And reload Ms. De'Borg's DNA and start her retraining as well.