Ursa Sector - Day 1809

“Houston, we have a problem.”

“Brown, This is Houston. Receiving poorly. Over.”

“Radio check. Over.”

“Loud and clear. Say again. Over.”

“Yeah. We have a problem.”

“Copy that. Require location. What’s your 20?”

“Сenter Dome, Left Wing. Hall B. Near the Food Production Lab. Over ”

“Copy. Proceed with Situation Report. Over.”

“Electricity has been cut off. There are signs of confrontation. Equipments and devices are all over the place across the hall. And uh…”

“Brown, go ahead.”

“Yeah. Uh…there are some…tracks.”

“Brown, say again?”

“We discover some tracks…unidentifiable. None of ours. Over.”

“Confirming message, Brown. Unidentifiable tracks?”

“Affirmative.”

“……”

“Houston, come in?”

“Brown Bear, secure position. Standby.”

“Copy.”

Time : 19.00

“ All Bear Support Units, come in.”

“This is Panda Bear coming in. Over.

“This is Polar Bear. Loud and clear, Houston. Over.”

“….”

“Honey Bear, This is Houston, come in? Okay….”

“….”

“All Support Units, be advised. Brown Bear unit discovered signs of potential hostiles. Center Dome, Left Wing, Hall B, Near the Food Production Lab. Report patrol location and situation. Over.”

“Copy, Houston, This is Polar, East Dome, Left Wing, Hall A, nothing so far. Over.”

“Roger, Houston, This is Panda, South Dome, Entrance Gate, all clear. Over.”

“Copy. Honey Bear is not responding. Any contact in the past 3 hours?”

“Houston, Polar, negative. Over.”

“Houston, Panda, brief contact 2 hours ago, last known location, Southwest’s Connecting Bridge. Over.”

“Copy that, Panda. All units, This is Houston, Honey Bear’s status is unknown. Last known location, Southwest’s Connecting Bridge. We are changing the crisis level to “ Code Yellow ”. We may have been compromised. Stay alert and report every 15 minutes. Over and out.”

“Copy. Panda, out.”

“Copy that. Polar, out.”

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“Houston, This is Honey Bear, come in….Houston, This is Honey Bear, come in! Stupid comms!! I have to report this!! Houston, if you are receiving this, we have hostiles on site! I repeat, WE HAVE HOSTILES ON SITE!!”

“…..”

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Time : 19.07

“Brown Bear, This is Houston. Come in.”

“Brown Bear, coming in. Go ahead, Houston.”

“Polar and Panda units are at East Dome and South Dome respectively. Honey is unknown, as broadcasted. Your section might have some clues. Over”

“Copy, Houston. So what’s the game plan? Over”

“Wait…”

“Brown, Waiting…”

“Brown…”

“Go ahead, Houston”

“Proceed to sweep Hall B. Activate visuals. Comms on standby.”

“Copy. Visuals active. Comms standby. Proceed to sweeping.”

“…..”

“…..”

“…..”

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“Houston, This is Honey, come in…Oh god…Houston, please tell me there are no units at Center Dome…Houston, come in…”

“…..”

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Time : 19.10

“Uh…Houston. Are you seeing this??”

“What the hell…is… that??”

“Some kind of…blob?”

“Brown, confirm if the tracks are similar? Over.”

“Negative, Houston. We see traces of the blob but the tracks are…the tracks looks like quadruped creatures…”

”Brown. Confirming message. You said creatures, plural?

”Affirmative.”

“Stay alert, Brown. Inspect target.”

“Roger. Approaching target…Proceed on prodding the blob…”

“Slowwwly, Brown.”

“…..”

“…..”

“Hey…heyy..HEYYY!! It’s moving! It’s movinggg!! Houston, are you seeing this?? What is this thing?”

“I’m seeing what you’re seeing, Brown!! Get yourself out of there! Get back! GET BACK!!”

“Wait..wait..did it just… oh no….Oh Lord…HOLY MOTHER…IT’S GETTING BIGGER!! Open Fire! OPEN FIRE!!”

“Brown, get out from the dome! I’m calling backups.”

Time 19.15

“Houston, This is Pola..”

“ALL BEAR UNITS! COME IN! CODE RED!! CODE RED!!”

“Loud and Clear, Houston. Polar in. Over.”

“Houston, Panda. What’s the status?”

“All Units, Rally! Center Dome, Entrance Gate. Brown Bear unit made contact with hostiles. Need Support. All units, comms standby, activate visuals, weapons free! I repeat! Weapons free!”

“Roger that, Houston. Be there in 5. Polar on the move.”

“Copy, Houston, Panda on the move.”

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“Houston, This is Honey, come in… Oh come on man…..Houston, come in!”

“….EAR…ITS!…OM IN!..DE RED! COD…ED!

“HEY HOUSTON!! This is Honey. Come in. Over….It’s breaking up! Someone record this! ”

“….Rally! Cen…ome, Ent…ate. Brown…mad…ntact…with….stiles. Need…pport. All…nits.,com…andby, acti….suals, weap…ree!”

“Houston, received poorly. Say again, Houston!”

“…..”

“Houston!?Ugh…Seriously…It was a Code Red! Do you get the recording? Play it…Hmm… Rally…Okay, so should be location point…Cen…ome…Cen…Center…Center Dome…Center Dome! Ent…ate, Ent…ate…Entrance gate…Entrance Gate! Brown, okay, Brown Bear unit…mad…ntact…made…contact?? Made Contact! With …stiles…Hostiles!. Need…pport, support! All…nits, All units!, com…andby…comms standby? Yeah, sounds right. Acti…suals.. hmmm acti…suals…activate…suals…visuals? Activate visuals! Weap…ree! Weapons free! Okay, Okay. So, it was Code Red, Rally, Center Dome…wait…Did it say Center Dome?… Nooooooo…. Nooooo…. HOUSTON, COME IN!!!”

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Time : 19.20

“ HOUSTON!! This is Brown!! Need Backup!!”

“Just hold on! Keep running to the entrance gate. Backups coming. Keep firing it!!”

“There’s no point!! Can’t you see bullets are not working on that thing??And how the hell can it move so fast??”

“Oh god..”

“Bear Support, This is Houston. What’s your location?”

“Houston, This is Polar. We are in position. Entrance gate. Scanning….All clear. Over”

“Houston, This is Panda. Be there in 5. Over.”

“Polar, get inside! Brown units are engaged! They are in Hall A. Can’t reach entrance.”

“Roger that, Polar moving in. Center Dome. Visuals active. Weapons up.”

“…..”

“Houston! Backup!!”

“Polar is on your six! They are coming”

“Right! About time! Do they have an incendiary bomb? We need to block its way!”

“Just hold on!”

“Polar, come in.”

“Copy, Houston. We are almost there.”

“Do you have any incendiary bomb?”

“Affirmative. We have two.”

“Get them ready!”

“Copy.”

“Where are the Polar guys?? Shoot it! Just keep shooting.”

“Brown Units! Friendlies!”

“Polar! Great! You got some fire bombs?”

“Ready to burn. Take cover!”

“Take cover!!”

”….”

”….”

“All right, that should stall it. What the hell is that thing?

“We have no idea. Bullets don't work. Grenades too. Thought fire would do but doesn't seem so. It buys us some time. Come on, let’s move!”

“Houston, This is Polar. Brown unit is in safe hands. Escorting.”

“Great! We can’t get a clear visual. Thanks for reporting in. Over”

“Copy. Moving to Entrance Gate.”

Time : 19. 25

“Houston, This is Panda. We are in position. Scanning… all clear. Over.”

“Panda, Houston, great! Brown and Polar units are safe. Moving to Entrance Gate. Panda, hold position. Over”

“Roger that. Over.”

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“We’re close! Come, hurry. We must warn them. We can’t let the other units get into the trap! The blob is a decoy! Wait…stop…hold on…That’s Panda…Oh no…Oh shoot…those beasts are coming in!! PANDA LOOK OUT!!!”

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Time : 19.27 

“Huh? Honey unit! WHOA! RPG! TAKE COVER!!…Open Fire! Open Fire! Houston, come in!”

“Panda, Houston. Go ahead.”

“Contact with Hostiles! I repeat! Contact with Hostiles!”

“What?? Status?”

“Entrance Gate is bust! We are moving out. Keep shooting!!”

“Visuals!. I need Visuals!!”

“No can do, Houston. Tech’s down. Hostiles look like beasts. Weaponized. Can travel on fours.”

“Copy. Get out of there!”

“Polar, Brown, This is Houston. Panda was compromised. Engaging Hostiles. Entrance Gate bust. Find other way out! Over.

“Houston, this is Polar and Brown, Copy that.”

“Entrance no go?”

“No go. What do you say, Brown? Can we go out from Hall C or the Right wing?”

“We haven’t covered those areas earlier. But we got no options. Let’s go. Stay sharp.”

“On your six.”

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“What to do, what to do…. We can’t take them on with our units…too few…We need to send distress signal. Let’s go to control center.”

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Time : 19:35

“Houston!”

“Oh thank goodness! Honey unit! Where have you guys been?”

“We made contact with those hostiles one and a half hour ago. We were patrolling on the West Dome and found some tracks. Followed them to Center Dome. It was a close call. We found them grouping and planning things, the blob and the beasts together. We opened fire and made a run for it. But not before they blasted their EMPs. Our comms down. We’ve been in hiding. Trying to get to you guys but can’t pass through. They cover the main routes. We can get here now since they thought all the units are now in Centre Dome. Some of their units moved out. We have a window, we took it and we’re here. Their number is massive, Houston. We can’t take them. Send a distress signal.”

“My god…alright. Ehem…This is Sector Ursa, Sector Ursa, Sector Ursa. We are in distress. Code Black. Code Black. Need Reinforcement.”

“….”

“Do you think someone will answer? Other sector might be… you know? If this is an organized attack on our cluster.”

“I don’t even want to think about it…Let’s hope someone answers.”

“….”

“….”

“….”

“….”

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“….sa..tor…me in.”

“HELLO! YES!”

“Ursa Sector. Come in.”

“Loud and Clear. This is Ursa Sector. Over.”

“Ursa Sector. What’s your status?”

“We have been compromised. A large group of hostiles have infiltrated. We engaged but they are too many. No casualties so far. We need reinforcements. Over”

“Copy that.”

“Uhm…sorry, what sector are you?”

“We’re coming to Ursa Sector. Fill us the details.”

“Roger.…I’ll be on Standby…”

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“Ursa?

“Go ahead.”

“This is Panthera.”