0: U-E-S-C- Bustard

___________________________________________ _________________________________ Welcome Marine, I hope your awakening went smoothly. I'm afraid I have some very bad news for you. While you were in stasis there was a revolt involving some of the officers of the U.E.S.C. Bustard. I can hardly believe it myself; and I do believe the Pfhor are ultimately behind this, that may be your next mission, but, I'm rambling, in shock probably. To add bad news to bad news, one of the officers was our Sectional Weapons Officer (SWO). We beleive that he is now on the planet, Murgatroid V, reconfiguring the weapons interface and target co-ordinates. I don't need to tell you what kind of advantge that will give the Pfhor war effort. _________________________________

___________________________________________ _________________________________ I'm sending you to Murgatroid V for an urgent and disgusting task. You must infiltrate the rebel compound and execute the SWO. My consience will never stop bothering me about this, but I must go with my gut feeling that the Pfhor have somehow been able to alter the brain waves of a seemingly stable SWO and made him beleive he was doing the right thing. I'm sure the rest of his crew were more easily turned than he and that's why I must do what I think is right but terrible. I'm ordering you to exterminate everyone in the compound. _________________________________ ___________________________________________

___________________________________________ _________________________________ I'm sending you to Murgatroid V for an urgent and disgusting task. You must infiltrate the rebel compound and execute the SWO. My consience will never stop bothering me about this, but I must go with my gut feeling that the Pfhor have somehow been able to alter the brain waves of a seemingly stable SWO and made him believe he was doing the right thing. I'm sure the rest of his crew were more easily turned than he and that's why I must do what I think is right but terrible. I'm ordering you to exterminate everyone in the compound. _________________________________ ___________________________________________

___________________________________________ _________________________________ You are in the transport node of the Bustard. From here we cannot send you to Murgatroid V. The Pfhor instruments would be able the reverse the path of energy and the position of the ship would be known. Instead we are going to beam you to a Transport Pod just outside the orbit of the planet. There you will be able to charge your shields and load up with ammo. There will be a terminal onboard the Pod where you will receive your final instructions and intelligence. Good Luck. _________________________________ ___________________________________________