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.
