0: Killing under the crescent moon

terminal 0

unfinished

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Oh BOY!!!!!!! Trouble! Raining down from distant stars! Galaxies screeching to be heard! Hello Black. Welcome to your Insurrection! I had hoped I would never be reactivated, but since I am here, things must have gone wrong. Very wrong! Let me start by saying you are known as the quintesential Marine. Having been Commander of a Special Elite group, the Colonial Raptors, your endurance and quickness have become the prime standard at the Academy. You are the envy of many. When you were reported missing it was a dark day for the Space Marines. Recruits started dropping out and all hope for the future of the Academy appeared lost. Let me advise of the current situation. You may want to sit down for this because I can hardly believe it myself. You see, I am spawned from you.!!!!!! How do you like them apples!!

To go on; about sixteen years ago, your former commander, Elgen Phsi Matrix, wiped your memory. I’m still trying to find data as to why. The year before you had gotten word of some hanky panky in your group. He was so worried about your findings that he formulated a plan to eliminate you. Boy, is he going to have a conniption fit when he finds you are still breathing!!! Luckily, you were on to him. Not only were you able to download your memory bank into my CPU, but you also made arrangements to keep yourself alive. You always did have a mind for the future. Some people even thought you could predict it. There were even those who thought you were the son of a God. I guess people will think you are a God if this Insurrection succeeds. When you subsequently disappeared, many in the Academy felt they should rebel against Matrix.

After Matrix wiped your memory, your old buddy Jarvus Van Epps, currently commanding the Rebellion Force, retrieved your body before your memory was reprimed. Unfortunately, you will never get your full memory back. That is why I am here; I hold all of your memories, I will reinstall them when the time is right. I don’t want to blow your mind right now because you already have much to grasp. You programmed me to activate when your life signature came into contact with this com-terminal. I must say, it’s about time you showed up. Commander Jarvus went underground after hiding your body. He attempted to transport you to the remote planet of Zooloo, but your ship, Dark I, somehow slipped out of orbit. You have been bouncing around in space for years. It appears as though you have remained well preserved, Hyper-Sleep has been very kind to you.

OK. OK. More reality! You are in the Drudge System, on the planet Cool. Why this particular planet!? I have no clue. I was told only that Commander Jarvus would contact you here. You did very well against his “enemy surprise”. Commander Jarvus was testing your skills to see if you still have it. Obviously you do. One time You were sent to a roaming space cruiser with 45 hostiles on the bridge. You were so quick to react the aliens didn’t stand a chance. I think you took them all out in less than 1.5 minutes. Your Mission for now, explore this planet and wait for Commander Jarvus to contact you. I have no other data for you at this time. Oh yeah! I forgot to tell you my log-on, you can call me Jabber. Jabber Out!

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terminal 1

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Alpha Black! How the hell are you? Commander Jarvus here. Boy is it good to see you. It took some doing, but you’re out as promised. I know; I know, 14 years late but at least you are again among the living. Your old buddy Matrix is not only still around, he is now more powerful than you can imagine. There is much to tell. I will update you as we go along. For now it’s standard KILLING TIME! Commander Matrix has become Battle Lord of many sectors. He is trying to change our way of life. You know fun, fun, fun. He considers himself a Supreme Dictator and plans to monopolize all business trade and military functions. Worst of all, he promises a PC in every home!!! No way can we let him accomplish that!! Since he has become War Lord, he feels himself to be unstoppable. He has been manufacturing military drones to keep order throughout those sectors under his control. We need to stop him and you, my friend, are the Marine to do it. Before your memory was wiped you stumbled on information about Matrix’s devious mechanations. You were not sure exactly what it all meant. You noticed that some of your Raptor mates were starting to change. They would go on leave and when they returned it was as if they had been transformed. Some of them even tried to cross you. Once you denied everyone’s leave, causing Matrix to believe you knew about his secret project. You guys never did see eye-to-eye. This whole area has been a training ground for you to sharpen your knowledge on some of his military forces, creations spewed from the Devil himself! Now it is time. I am sending you to Area 89. The area has technical information that needs to be obtained to help us win this war. Area 89 is heavily guarded so I will try to send rebels and ammo as needed. When you took leave to search for data on your Group’s radical transformations; Matrix was ready for you, he captured you. He wanted to make you his ultimate fighter. Thank God I got to you first otherwise you may have been ordered to hunt me down! Prepare for transport . . . Commander Jarvus Out.

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