One Memorable Journey Pg.8
#8 of One Memorable Journey
As Alex and her squad made their way to the assembly hall they passed a few officers heading that way as well, going at a slow jogging pace before they got there. Upon arriving and entering they saw that about half the requested personnel were already there as well as Jackie and his squad. The seating was organized by clearance level, level one being the highest clearance level under the general. Alex and her four squad members took their seats in the level three seating, waiting for only two minutes before the general walked out onto the stage at the front of the room. He went up to a podium at the edge and everyone stood and saluted. "At ease everyone. Most of you are already aware of this but a mission was launched just today and ended in under two hours, with good reason at that. A few of you know that we had received reports of highly armored infantry on Tetra three. The mission conducted was to get a lab team out to check something on the same planet as well as check the validity of the reports we got." The general pressed a button on the podium and gestured to a holographic screen that came up, a picture of the mechanized armor brought back being displayed. "This was brought back from the mission and why it ended so quickly. Alex and Jackie along with their squads were the ones to do this mission. They encountered not heavy armor infantry but mechanized infantry: something even they can't properly deal with without the right equipment." The general pressed another button and the holo screen switched to display a four sided view of the same armor. "So far the technicians can firmly say this was just scout armor with no weapons to speak of but even then this armor is on the same level as our reaper suits. Based on telemetry gathered from the shuttle used in the mission projectiles fired at the craft were similar to tank rounds but equipped on ground units that came in as fast as a plain ground transport would. I'm sure we can all understand how much of a threat that is." Again he pressed a button and the display switched, this time showing a picture of the dead pilot on a coroner's table. "This was the one that was piloting the armor. After doing a thorough check it is confirmed that this is a completely new race and the body is currently undergoing extensive examination. We don't know what they are or where they're from but we do know they have technology at least on par with ours. As far as I'm concerned their presence on Tetra three is to be deemed as a hostile takeover and the appropriate actions will be taken immediately. Official orders will be given within two hours. Everyone is dismissed from this assembly but remain on standby."