Sherwood
Luna's Concubine
Three weeks have now passed since the crash of the alien vessel and the sudden appearance of the Earthly forest across a large swath of the Red Planet. During this time, the Spartans have been getting used to using their new rail guns and marveling at the sheer firepower that the tiny weapons now give them compared to the conventional energy weapons of the day. The biggest problem you have had is trying to get your targeting computers to play nice with the new technology, but the ground crews have been working overtime reprogramming the systems to recognize the firing characteristics of the Boom Guns with great success.
At the same time that this is going on, science crews are also working overtime analyzing the foliage that appeared seemingly out of nowhere. Theories of what has happened are springing up left and right, but all in all, no one really knows what to think. The most prominent thought running is that there is an alternate dimension that somehow crossed over into your world. Some have suggested the possibility of making a attempt to breech the barrier between worlds and explore the other dimension, but this has not been moving forward (yet).
It is currently 0930 and the Spartans are preparing for more live fire maneuvers when you are summoned into a briefing room. The base XO is there, waiting for you. "Good morning, Spartans. I hope you have had a good breakfast, because we have a mission for you. As you know, we have multiple science teams in the forest doing research and gathering specimens. One hour thirty minutes ago, one of these teams with twenty scientists and support staff failed to report in on schedule. A Tactical Corps infantry team was sent in to reestablish contact with the team at their last known position. The infantry squad found the camp that the team had set up, and this is what they found."
A video feed is then shown of the camp, and the place was ransacked; the temporary shelters that were set up are all ripped to shreds, and there are signs of MDC energy weapons going off, blasting into the trees. More disturbingly, there are splashes of blood on the ground, showing that there has been some casualties.
"At this point, the TC squad went in search of any survivors of whatever it was that attacked the camp, and now we are unable to contact the marines of Team Delta. We have no data on what it is out there other than that is has apparently captured or killed both the scientists and the infantry that went into the forest. Without any idea of what is going on, we are currently pulling out all of our science teams until we can say with certainty what has happened. Your priority is rescue and recovery, but any information you can gather is vital. The location of the camp has been uploaded into your nav computers so you can start working where Team Delta went offline."
At the same time that this is going on, science crews are also working overtime analyzing the foliage that appeared seemingly out of nowhere. Theories of what has happened are springing up left and right, but all in all, no one really knows what to think. The most prominent thought running is that there is an alternate dimension that somehow crossed over into your world. Some have suggested the possibility of making a attempt to breech the barrier between worlds and explore the other dimension, but this has not been moving forward (yet).
It is currently 0930 and the Spartans are preparing for more live fire maneuvers when you are summoned into a briefing room. The base XO is there, waiting for you. "Good morning, Spartans. I hope you have had a good breakfast, because we have a mission for you. As you know, we have multiple science teams in the forest doing research and gathering specimens. One hour thirty minutes ago, one of these teams with twenty scientists and support staff failed to report in on schedule. A Tactical Corps infantry team was sent in to reestablish contact with the team at their last known position. The infantry squad found the camp that the team had set up, and this is what they found."
A video feed is then shown of the camp, and the place was ransacked; the temporary shelters that were set up are all ripped to shreds, and there are signs of MDC energy weapons going off, blasting into the trees. More disturbingly, there are splashes of blood on the ground, showing that there has been some casualties.
"At this point, the TC squad went in search of any survivors of whatever it was that attacked the camp, and now we are unable to contact the marines of Team Delta. We have no data on what it is out there other than that is has apparently captured or killed both the scientists and the infantry that went into the forest. Without any idea of what is going on, we are currently pulling out all of our science teams until we can say with certainty what has happened. Your priority is rescue and recovery, but any information you can gather is vital. The location of the camp has been uploaded into your nav computers so you can start working where Team Delta went offline."
