Starship Troopers.

[Morgoth]

Dima caught up to the rest of the troop."I got dibs on bug-gaurding duty. I have just been put through all hell", he said, speeding off toward the bug area.

 

[Cryo]

"Oh no you don't Private Zelin. You have 50 more hours of simulation training to do! Malone, you get first shift. Then Raynor, Sanders, the New guy, Alex, Louis, Flores, Jacobson, Davenport, Then you'll get your chance private Zelin."

 

[Morgoth]

"Goddamnit!" he muttered and ran off towards simulation.

 

[Maniac9538]

He walked into the barracks and pulled off his power armor, wincing as he did...though he was 24 his back was a criss-cross of battle scars ontop of one another. Cracks his neck as he heads for a bunk for a few hours of sleep after 39 hours without sleep. Stared up at the ceiling for a few nightmare ridden hours of sleep. Rose and went walking through the ship, needing to clear his mind and work through his details. Finds a secure line and calls to SiCon HQ in Hawaii. When it prompted him to he entered his callsign and a ID code to gain access to his higher ups. When the screen flickered to life with the call, a tall man stood behind a lady, both staring at the screen, When seeing them both he knew something was wrong. He saluted and was put at ease by the man. 'Sgt. Williams we see you made contact with the squad. Excellent, we were quite glad you joined them in time for this mission. Be careful out there we know nothing of this new bug, have you gotten anything on it.' He nodded 'Downloaded it's memories from one that was getting "frisky", seems this new type of bug is deadlier, harder to kill and the scary part, can think on it's own and put up a psy block on any attempt to read it's mind or damage it's mind. In other words it learns and adapts to be the perfect killer.' Says the next part very softly 'Like me.' The man now spoke 'Williams watch these bugs if one escapes kill it and take it's memories, just be careful. We have reports of the Queen trying to chase that ship down.' He nodded 'Free to kill her?' Both individuals looked at one another. 'Negative.....the crew and MI troops down there are expendable, if the Queen's ship does attack and boards, find a spot hunker down and guide the ship to Oahu, sending out code Alpha, Delta Niner. You understand?' Lou grit his teeth in anger, he wasn't here long but these troops were good, damn good....people he'd trust to watch his back when in battle, so this order pissed him off royaly. His voice just audible 'I understand' saluted and the screen cut off ending the call. Walked out and went looking for lt. Wolff, no luck in finding him, so went down to the hold and walked up to Vixen who was guarding the bug. 'uhhh hi.'

 

[Cryo]

Wolff walked into the Medlab. "Seargent, I need to have a private word with you!" He was refering to the new guy, and though calling him seargent confuzed Vixen, it horrified Lou. He followed the LT into his private quarters.
"You mind telling me what is going on?"
"I don't think I understand what you mean Leutenant Wolff!"
Wolff pushed a button on his vid-screan. 2 immages came up. one of lou, and one of the two high officials he was just talking to. Wolff let the transmission play for a few moments befor shutting it off.
"THat's what I mean."
Lou paled. "B-but, how'd you get that...sir?"
"All squad leaders are required to monitor their troops calls. You can guess the reasons. Now black ops. are run with more than just one person infultrating a troop and sabotauging it. I've dealt with it before, and he is still training in the VR chamber. Allready I am ready to order a canslation of all my missions. Now are you going to tell me why? or am I goingto have to report this recording to General Redwing herself!? I remind you that there is only one get out of Jail free card, and Zelin's allready used it."

 

[Maniac9538]

Lou grinned. He tried to play it off but this guy was good, so he was gonna shoot straight with him. 'Sir the Queen's private Transport is after this ship, I was told by Black ops despite my anger towards their thinking was that if this ship were to be taken control of, that you and the crew were expendable and take the Queen and the new bugs to Oahu. that's part of the mystery Black Ops loves to use.' Looks up for a moment, then back straight into the Lt's eyes. 'I'm not your normal trooper either, I was genetically created, some psionics were used as well as some of the world's best warriors and fighters. I learn and adapt to any new situation instentaniously, letting me go out on my own and kill, recon or do what ever for 3 days with no sleep. The new bugs? Consider them my half brothers....somehow the bugs got our technology of genetic inhancement and using human clones made these bugs at facilities deep in space, they can adapt to any situation, they can block Psi attacks and they are as intelligent as a normal human being, so in other words they can flank group, fan out and converge into one area. I tried to find you earlier but I was unable to do so, so I went down into the hold where you found me. the only reason i'm giving you any of this is because I like this squad...first group of people I feel like I can truly trust.' Stares down the Lt. hoping he can absorb all the info he just gave him.

 

[Gateleader]

Alex sat in a storage bay. She was trying to meditate.
~Well, well well, looks lke you caught me a new bug.~
~What do YOU wnat.~
~I've sent you some help. An old friend. He's with the bug now.~

Alex's eye snapped open. HE ouldn't. She reached out with her mind. HE DID! Damn it! Why him? Anyone but him! alex knew Woffli would want her to talk to Maniac, but she couldn't. It hurt to think about him and what could have been if she wasn't a chiken when it came to men.
Bugs she understood. Troops she understood. But the male mind she would never understand.
sighing, Alex made her ay to Lt. wolfffie.

 

[Morgoth]

Dima had only his marinda rifle and 3 three grenades. the bugs had claws and teeth, but there were 16 million or so pouring off that hill. This was not good. Then he saw the brain. He threw the grenade and it landed right on the thing. The brain exploded, sending the other bugs into complete dissaray and confusion. He began to shoot with his rifle. The bugs, hungry and iiotic, began to feed off their own dead, making them easy targets for Dima. He finished them off and took off his helmet, smiling. "Leiut..." he started. Then, noticing the lieutenant wa gone, he sped out of the room to find him.

 

[Cryo]

"Your intel must be confused. The queen is too valuable to the bugs to be anywhere near humans. Let alone participate in an invasion of a single starship. Also, there is only one transport bug traveling near here. And not anywhere in our vicinity either. No, don't tell me about the mind block thing. It's not our psychics that tell us about the location of the transports." Suddenly Dima burst into the room.
"Sir, I completed the sim. within your paramiters"
"Good private. now for inturrupting me, you have to do it again 3 times. And there won't be a brain this time!"
"yes sir..." Dima walked back to the sim. room, wondering how he knew about the brain..."

"Furthermore, if Intel predicted the queen or even simply a bug force to try to take over this ship, we would be informed, so we coulb be prepared, with tranques, dummies, blocks, an Toxin b-3. Troopers are valuable and rarely deemed expendable. THat's what civilians are for. Now I'm sorry private, but genetically enhanced or not, you are not going to be allowed to do anything unless I, and only I tell you. That means your "secret" mission is hereby dismissed. Now sit down!"
He did so.
"Alex, please come in here"
Alex heard the com and walked into Wolff's quarters. SHe was expecting this, but tried to keep her composure all the same. "yes sir?"
"Alex, are you qualified to perform a Section 1 and 2?"
"Yes sir, though I rarely perform it"
"private lou here is going to open his mind for you to read. If you come into any resistance, Give him a section 2."

OOC; a section 1 is a mind read, to learn everything a soldier knows. A section 2 is a mental prison. ! hour of mental hell, distorting and enraging every sence, making him unable to think or concentrate for the time it is enacted. Section 2's are very effective in making someone obediant.

 

[Maniac9538]

Cracks his neck and looks at Alex. 'Be careful in there you may not like what you see.' relaxes hism ind shutting down his own psionic blocks and letting Alex enter his mind.

 

[Moneytalks]

Vixen was just about to respond to the new guys "uhhh hi" when Lt Wolff addressed him as Sargeant? For once her usual reserve had broken and her face registered her surprise. They had left her to continue her guard duty over the bug, but even she had to admit... she was intrigued. Then Alex had arrived and quickly entered the other room also. "Damn!" Vixen thought to herself. What the hell was going on?

It was four hours before Raynor came to take over guard duty. "Any probs there lil' lady?" He asked with his usually cocky confidence. "Negative Sir," Vixen responded her eyes briefly flickering to the closed door of Lt Wolff's office. "Well something's sure got yer attention girl!"
"Huh? Oh... " she shrugged, "some sort of meeting, that new guy and now Alex is in there... you know the intel officer?" She frowned remembering the feeling of having someone flicker over her own mind. Raynor grunted, "yep now her... damn hate people being inside my head..." He laughed, "damn as if I ain't screwed up enough!"
Vixen allowed herself a small smile, "aww Sir... you ain't crazy just because you're a good solder."
He nodded sagely... "yup well glad someone thinks so, now get outta here Malone!"
"Yes Sir!" She saluted stiffly before leaving the bug in Raynor's capable hands.

As she left the area she stretched, suddenly realising how tense she had been. Guard duty sucked, but even she knew better than to let her guard down. She had been fully alert for the complete four hours. She'd keep on doing it as long as she was ordered to. She wasn't going to feel sorry for herself just because it wasn't terribly exciting. She walked past the VR room and noticed someone was running a program still, Dima she thought shaking her head. Why couldn't that guy just follow orders? It was guys like that that made it hard for her to trust her team.

Sighing she continued on to grab a meal.

 

[Cryo]

OOC; don't worry morgoth, as soon as I'm done with Alex, and the new guy (I can't ever seem to remember his name) I'll let up on the harsh treatment.

 

[Maniac9538]

OOC: Lou or just Maniac....either suits me fine.

 

[Gateleader]

Alex entered Manic's mind.
~Relax. This won't hurt.~
~So you say~

Alex started at childhood. she did this so both of them could ajust to her probe. She saw Lou as a child playing with his friends. She skipped ahead to his teens.
~My, my, my, we were busy as a teen,~
She felt him laughing.
She moved on into hs training. She watched him go into his frst battle. She watched him kill. She watched him play and make love. SHE ALso saw who he reported to.
alex gasped and yanked her mind out of his. The pain was blinding but she had to.
" You work for HIM." was all she said to Lou.
"What do you want to know, Lt.?"

 

[Maniac9538]

'Yeah, you think I like working for HIM? What I did for HIM? For all I care He can go to hell and burn for eternity for all the people I lost, losing my very soul for His damn missions'

 

[poohlive]

There, after about 8 hours he was finished. Alex had to leave, so Derek was set to clean all the weapons himself. He felt good though, finally completing the job set at task. Derek fell into his bunk, then immediately went to sleep.

 

[Moneytalks]

Vixen's wrist com blipped at her. She sighed and answered. "Malone here"
"Private Malone, you have a communication coming through please hold."
"Who is it from?"
"It is a code black communication Private"
"Wha?... Who?..."
"This is General Hayworth's secretary, I'm putting you through now..." came the familiar sing-song voice. Vixen groaned, she wished she had the guts to just hang up.
"How's my little girl then?"
"Sir, thank you for your concern Sir." Vixen decided protocol was the best defense.
"Well..." the large man laughed, "they've been training you well I see, you haven't been this well behaved since highschool."
"Sir, yes Sir!"
"Enough already!" The voice was angry, "girl you are severely testing my patience, you should be grateful that I'm bothering to check up on you at all, if your mother could hear you now... she'd be most hurt."
Vixen clenched her teeth at his tone, he always knew exactly which buttons to press with her. "Yes Sir, I'm sure... however, I'm on duty, I can't spend much time on personal calls."
"If you hadn't been so stubborn that wouldn't be an issue, what on earth possessed you to break your mother's heart and join as a grunt for God's sake? She's been fretting about you non-stop since you joined, fearing for your very life she is!" His voice spoke volumes, she was selfishly inflicting cruel and unusual punshiment on her own mother just to spite him.
"Sir, I'm sorry if she's fretting, but what's done is done now, if you have nothing further, I must get back to my duties." She switched off her com-link. She straightened her shoulders defiantly. God damn it... maybe she had something to prove, but she wasn't going to let him manipulate her anymore.

She reported for maintenance duty. She listened stoically as the head of engineering told her how to help repair the damage the bug attack had caused to the hull of the ship. She was already a skilled engineer before she had joined and the head of engineering was taking full advantage of it. She picked up the few tools she would need and crawled into the ventilation shaft to start her work.

 

[Morgoth]

The stupid bugs were really getting to Dima. He knew every strength and weakness they had by now and even knew how they moved depending on their sounds. He had led them into a tunnel and thre in his grenade, causing a cave-in, killing the majority of the bugs. The rest began to clear away the rubble as he advanced, firing.

 

[Cryo]

OOC; whoever's controlling Alex, please tell me what's insude lou's head. Or, better yet, maniack98, take on alek and tell me what you know. The sooner this is done with, the sooner our next mission comes to play

 

[Gateleader]

Alx turned to Wolffie." He is an Intel. rat. They give him a mission and he does it. He works for Him. He's here for the same reason as me. To test your troops and to find the X4 bug."
Alex didn't tell wolffe who HE was.
"Who is this HIM your always talking about."
Alex sighed."HE is my father. Head of Intelegence. Lou, here is on of his lackys. My father finds out info on someone and uses it against them. In truth that's why I'm here. To find out the dirt on you so my Father can use it aginst you. The bug missionis secondary. Lou is here to makesure the bug gets back and to make sure I don't srew up."
"Again." Lou added.

Alex couldn't even look at Wolffie. She could feel the hate and cofusion in him. She waited for the outburst that was coming.

 

[Cryo]

"What did he mean by again?"
"Uh.. I was there to monitor Razak in his first command with Echo squad. Razak left that mission missing an arm, I left barely alive. Blame is still something tossed about by everyone on that mission, so it is unanymously forgotten."
"I knew about your mission here Alex. General Redwing herself went over it with me. you have prooven loyal and obediant when it counts though, so You I will let go. As for lou, your purpose is unfounded and unnecesary. Genetically enhanced or not, if your not 3 hundred and six percent into the mission, then you are a danger to the entire squad, therefor I am leaving you on starbase Juno 6, where you can rejoin your intel brothers and sabotauge another unit! Dismissed!"
the two left Wolff's quarters. Alex fealing extremely relieved, Lou angered.
Dima was shooting down some hoppers when the VR sim. suddenly ended. Wolff was on the horn asking for him. He rushed to his quarters, wondering what punishment was in store for him now.
"Private Zelin"
"Yes sir?"
"Private, your training is over for the day. Grab a few hours of shuteye then take over guarduty of the Bug."
"But sir!"
"Private, sleep in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5!"
Dima slumped over and landed on the couch. The hypnotic signature was placed in everyone, and very usefull for mission longer than a day when a bunk wasn't available. Wolff let him snooze as he went over plans for entering and exiting the transport bug alive.

 

[Gateleader]

Alex igmored the hate coming out of Lou. She could feel the hate inside him curning.
Alex turned around and knocked on Wolffie's door.
"Come!"
"Lt.," she said entering,"I just wanted to...."
Alex grabed her head as his thoughts hit her. HE Stare at him. Quickly she put u her mental shields.DAMN! How had she let them slip.
"Alex?"
she waved him off andst in a chair."Sorry,"she croake out,"I was just coming to say thank you."
"Whyyou did our job. That's all there is to it."
"No thank you. Everyone else I know blames me. No one has ever saidit wasn't my fault." Alex walked over to him and kissed him on the cheek. SHE TURned and walked out.

 

[Maniac9538]

He didn't hate Alex, he didn't hate the LT he hated Alex's father the man who created him. The man who shoved it down his throat everyday of his existance why he was created. Walked to ALex and rests a hand on her shoulder. 'you know you're not completely right about me Alex.' Gazes at her, had this crush on her since he saw pictures of her on her fathers desk. 'I'm not your fathers total lackey, his orginal mission was to kill all of the crew including you and fly it back to Oahu. I ignored him, you saw in my mind, you know the truth....you know how much I hate him and why Alex.' Looks down 'And I guess on how I feel about you as well since you saw into my mind.'

 

[Cryo]

The leutenant was suprised by the sudden show of emotion by his psychic. He chose not to comment on it though. The more a trooper feels about their unit, the better they'll fight for it. Another hour went by uneventful. Wolff decided that Dima had enough sleep. "Private, wake up in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Dima!"
"I don't need sleep yet sir!"
"Privite, check your timer. you were out for 4 hours!" he did, and looked shocked. it's amazing how effective a hypnotic signature can be. "no go and resume guard duty of the bug. We arive at Sicon HQ in 4 hours. Dismissed!"
"Yes sir!" Dima got up, still a little bewildered, and walked to the medical station. Raynor (or whoever currently has guard duty) was just filling the mantis's body with more tranques. "Ok, take a hike. It's my turn!"
"Suit yourself." he said, leaving the comotose bug in Dima's able hands.
A message came over the Com then. "Attention Wildcats, We will be ariving at the Juno starport, currently servung as Temporary Sicon HQ. Shore-leave will be limited to 5 hours and comertial decks only. That is all"

 

[Maniac9538]

Walks to Lt Wolffi and slautes 'I'm here for this squad. Screw Black ops, screw my mission for those uncaring bastards. And screw Alex's father, I hate that man but he controls me, if I don't do his mission he can kill me with a flick of a switch, but screw living. Even if I'm point man and am going to die anytime we go out into the field I'd be happy to die knowing I was helping this squad out.'