Debrief

I managed to navigate the VTOL to the carrier safely. It probably wasn't the prettiest of landings anyone on deck had seen, but I only cared to still be alive after everything that has happened thus far.

It's hard to believe that I was dropped onto this island to help rescue some US scientists taken hostage by the Korean People's Army (KPA). Now, it appears that the KPA have been eliminated when some alien-like creatures launched out of a huge rock formation to freeze the island, then attack the remaining survivors. We were able to get a group of VTOLs loaded with US forces off the island to minimize the US casualties.

Man, I am really tired.

When I exited the VTOL, I saw Helena Rosenthal waiting for me. Additionally, I could see Psycho sitting on some boxes to my left. Directly in front of me was one of the bigger machines that I had faced for the last several hours in my attempt to escape from the frozen island. It appears that Psycho was truly psycho that be captured one of these machines and brought it back to the ship with him!



I spoke with Helena and she confirmed that Psycho brought the machine back with him. Everyone was certain the machine was disabled and/or dead. That's when we saw a huge arch of power pull from the top of the carrier and brought the machine back to life! The machine stood no chance being surrounded by soldiers and was pelted with tons of ammo in a matter of seconds. It was certainly dead or disabled now.

Helena was positive that these machines drew life from the power around them. Anywhere they could find a power source would translate into a new level of life for these machines.

I heard that Prophet was on board the ship as well. His Nanosuit was getting repaired. Before I could find Prophet, I was instructed to proceed to the Chain of Command. It was time for me to debrief on the events I had witnessed and the events my on board camera had recorded and transported back to Headquarters.

Psycho took the lead and navigated me down inside the carrier to the debriefing room.



Helena joined me in the briefing room. Leading the debriefing was Admiral R. Morrison. He thanked me for making it back to base alive and for the live video feeds they received from inside the rock. I didn't think I was ever going to make it out of that cave and I certainly didn't think anyone received my videos during the time. I am glad I was wrong on both parts.

Admiral Morrison got me up to speed on what has been learned thus far. The way Helena was acting, she had heard all of this information before. Heck, it was probably the work her father, herself and the rest of the US scientists had discovered before being taken hostage by the KPA. Now, it was property of the US military.



At any rate, they had determined a very high degree of change in the surface temperature within the core of the island. Namely, the rock where I became buried within shortly after saving Helena. From what I could tell, it looked like the temperatures dropped well below negative 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

The next animation demonstrated a 3D model of the structural area of the mountain housing the machines. The animation backed up the video images I had transmitted from my Nanosuit where an army of Extraterrestrial were living inside the rock formation.



As the Admiral continued with his thought process, he began toward hinting that a nuclear attack might be the approach used to eliminate the machines. Helena spoke up in total disagreement. She indicated that a nuclear attack is a huge unknown and could be ineffective in destroying the machines. More time was needed to study and understand the machines. I remembered Helena indicating that the machines feed from any other power source they could find. There's a lot of power within the punch of a nuclear bomb, I thought to myself.

The Admiral mentioned that they tracked a signal leaving the mountain and focused toward a star several million light years away. Then he bashed Helena for claiming these aliens were buried millions of years ago. I didn't make sense to him. I could tell he was really threatened by the situation.



The two continued their discussion, which led to a shouting match. Eventually, Admiral Morrison reasserted his power and ended the debriefing instantly. There were decisions to be made regarding the next steps. Those decisions did not include keeping myself or Helena in the loop. So, both of us were escorted out of the room.

Helena stormed off toward another section of the ship. I decided I would try to locate Psycho and Prophet.

I will be back in touch soon.

Nomad ... signing out.

Good Intentions

I found the area where Prophet and Psycho were located. A few minutes later, Helena came in to join us. She seemed a bit calmer now. Probably realized there was no reason to be upset, when there is nothing further she could do to change the Admiral's mind.

Prophet was sitting in a chair specially designed to perform maintenance on the Nanosuit. I could hear Psycho mention that Prophet had some enhancements made to his Nanosuit, but didn't understand fully what was said. At the time, I was hoping to hear from Prophet just how he survived being captured by the machines. How did he manage to escape?



I never heard from Prophet regarding what happened. He never came to me to ask about my experience either. Instead, he seemed to get into an argument with Psycho, then grabbed the alien gun he stole and moved quickly out of the room.

Before I had a chance to come after him, an announcement came over the loud speaker. All Special Ops personnel were to report to the bridge of the carrier immediately. Helena looked upset. She was convinced this was not going to be the good news she had hoped for. The Admiral might be reacting to a situation instead of honoring Helena's request for more information. Perhaps the President and Joint Chiefs of Staff wanted closure on this situation as soon as possible.



We made it to the bridge and quickly learned that Helena's suspicions were correct. Admiral Morrison was planning to drop a nuclear weapon on the center of the island. We also learned that Prophet had taken a VTOL and was heading into the sphere on the island! They considered him AWOL at this point, but it was very much unlike Prophet to head back into the sphere so quickly!

With the bomber approaching the sphere, we watched as the the bomb was dropped near the rock mountain cave I had escaped only recently.



The exposition sent a huge fireball into the sky. After the fire cleared, the ice sphere returned. Only this time we felt shock waves as it increased in size. The sphere was now several times larger than it was before. I thought to myself, Helena was correct. These things do feed on power!



I then saw dots emerge out of the sphere in our direction. As I remained focused on the dots, I realized they were more of those machines. They were not pleased and they were heading in our direction.



The machines came at us at full force. They were attacking the ship directly. When the first wave of machine hit the bridge, I was knocked onto my back. My whole body hurt from the steel from the ship that fell on me.

If I don't get up, I might not make it out of this situation.

I need to pull myself together. I'll be back in touch soon.

Nomad ... signing out.