Outpost 113
Majin
Join Date: 2003-05-29 Member: 16829Members, Constellation
Join Date: 2003-05-29 Member: 16829Members, Constellation
<div class="IPBDescription">The Tragic Events on the Secrect R&D lab</div> <u>Intro</u>
I am far from a great story teller, but I'm sure that if you continue to read on, your going to want to know, what happened to the main character and what's going to happen next! Outpost 113 is a story that will take you through some of the history of the Kharaa and the Struggle one man has to stay alive in a place gone stright to hell!
<b>Chapter 1</b>
Outpost 113
The TSA have been working extra hard lately trying to keep the media out of there faces when it comes to what’s happening in the Ariadne Arm. That’s not that reassuring or comforting when the Arm happens to be your neighborhood. I had been stationed on this outpost for almost a year now, Outpost 113 they called it, a Top Secret Research and Development facility tucked deep inside the Ariadne Arm, on a small moon in the forbidden sector of Sepiron. It was a rather large facility and would be any scientist’s dream, but it wasn’t home. It took a long time to get use to not seeing a blue sky when you look out the window, but I am so busy with my research I never have the time to do anything else, let alone day dream or stare out the windows. Work would have been a lot harder if not for the other 3 scientist’s stationed here with me. In total there is about 20 researchers working under the 4 of us, you never find much time to do anything else than study the new specimens, which are phased in on a regular basis.
I can’t sleep very well, always having nightmares, so I try to stay busy with my work. You always wonder if when you go to sleep tonight, will you wake with one of those nasty Kharaa at the foot of your bed. A Skulk peering at you from the shadows, waiting for you to go to sleep to ambush you without warning, I have nightmares all the time about it!
I remember the first time I saw footage of the Kharra, how absolutely frightening they looked to me. It wasn’t the last time I would end up seeing them, but I had no Idea at the time that the TSA had plans in store for me that would bring the Kharaa out of my nightmares and into my life.
I was 24 at the time, fresh from Med. School, had just graduated top of my class in exobiology. Dr. Scott Hudson, not bad for a guy who use to dream about being a starship captain as a child. Flying through space, you know doing all that Hero **** that you read in the si-fi books, always with my head in the clouds. Most of the people I use to hang out with always thought I wouldn’t amount to anything, but I sure showed them up! I was done with school but still hadn’t settled on wear to go next in life.
“Who the hell cares, I have the rest of my life to worry about that stuff,” I thought.
Right now I was going to enjoy me self and enjoy the freedom I had just gained, even if only for a short while. I didn’t waste much time with the living the free life, going out with friends and pals from school. Hadn’t gone out for a good time in 5 years thanks to my education so I was going to try to make up for it.
It all started on a Friday night, I was at this party that a buddy of mine was throwing, it was your usual 20 something party that your neighbors complain about the next day. I wasn’t much of a drinker and the music was a bit loud for my taste, so I left the party a bit early to go and get a coffee, and get some sleep. I guess I wasn’t as ready to get back into the “Free Life” as I had though. Anyway, I sat down at a local coffee shop and ordered a large Black, it was all I use to drink back in school, studying for the tests and quizzes on anatomy and other biology related things. It was late and I was one of the only people in the place. The door opens and this women walked in, all dress in black with two large guys in suites, also dressed all in black. She sits down beside me and orders a tea, I was minding my own business when she addresses me by name.
“Doctor Scott Hundson aren’t you?”
“Maybe, who wants to knows” I reply
“My name isn’t important, what is important is what I have to say” She says with a stone cold serious look on her face.
“And what might that be?” I ask her back.
“I work for the Trans-System Authority, We have a Job for you!”
I am no stranger to the rep that the TSA has, so I was just a bit on the side of cautious, as to what the TSA needed me for.
“What kind of a job, would you be needing a exobiologist for?”
“Something very important that might determine the fate of the Human race” She says, still with that serious look on her face.
She slides my an envelop across the counter and then gets up to leave
“Everything you need to know right now is in that, we will be expecting you!” She says and walks out of the shop.
I am more than a little confused so I open the envelop and pull out the paper inside.
There is nothing but an address printed in the middle of the page.
I get up with my coffee, put the paper in my pocket and go home to bed.
Continued in Chapter 2
I am far from a great story teller, but I'm sure that if you continue to read on, your going to want to know, what happened to the main character and what's going to happen next! Outpost 113 is a story that will take you through some of the history of the Kharaa and the Struggle one man has to stay alive in a place gone stright to hell!
<b>Chapter 1</b>
Outpost 113
The TSA have been working extra hard lately trying to keep the media out of there faces when it comes to what’s happening in the Ariadne Arm. That’s not that reassuring or comforting when the Arm happens to be your neighborhood. I had been stationed on this outpost for almost a year now, Outpost 113 they called it, a Top Secret Research and Development facility tucked deep inside the Ariadne Arm, on a small moon in the forbidden sector of Sepiron. It was a rather large facility and would be any scientist’s dream, but it wasn’t home. It took a long time to get use to not seeing a blue sky when you look out the window, but I am so busy with my research I never have the time to do anything else, let alone day dream or stare out the windows. Work would have been a lot harder if not for the other 3 scientist’s stationed here with me. In total there is about 20 researchers working under the 4 of us, you never find much time to do anything else than study the new specimens, which are phased in on a regular basis.
I can’t sleep very well, always having nightmares, so I try to stay busy with my work. You always wonder if when you go to sleep tonight, will you wake with one of those nasty Kharaa at the foot of your bed. A Skulk peering at you from the shadows, waiting for you to go to sleep to ambush you without warning, I have nightmares all the time about it!
I remember the first time I saw footage of the Kharra, how absolutely frightening they looked to me. It wasn’t the last time I would end up seeing them, but I had no Idea at the time that the TSA had plans in store for me that would bring the Kharaa out of my nightmares and into my life.
I was 24 at the time, fresh from Med. School, had just graduated top of my class in exobiology. Dr. Scott Hudson, not bad for a guy who use to dream about being a starship captain as a child. Flying through space, you know doing all that Hero **** that you read in the si-fi books, always with my head in the clouds. Most of the people I use to hang out with always thought I wouldn’t amount to anything, but I sure showed them up! I was done with school but still hadn’t settled on wear to go next in life.
“Who the hell cares, I have the rest of my life to worry about that stuff,” I thought.
Right now I was going to enjoy me self and enjoy the freedom I had just gained, even if only for a short while. I didn’t waste much time with the living the free life, going out with friends and pals from school. Hadn’t gone out for a good time in 5 years thanks to my education so I was going to try to make up for it.
It all started on a Friday night, I was at this party that a buddy of mine was throwing, it was your usual 20 something party that your neighbors complain about the next day. I wasn’t much of a drinker and the music was a bit loud for my taste, so I left the party a bit early to go and get a coffee, and get some sleep. I guess I wasn’t as ready to get back into the “Free Life” as I had though. Anyway, I sat down at a local coffee shop and ordered a large Black, it was all I use to drink back in school, studying for the tests and quizzes on anatomy and other biology related things. It was late and I was one of the only people in the place. The door opens and this women walked in, all dress in black with two large guys in suites, also dressed all in black. She sits down beside me and orders a tea, I was minding my own business when she addresses me by name.
“Doctor Scott Hundson aren’t you?”
“Maybe, who wants to knows” I reply
“My name isn’t important, what is important is what I have to say” She says with a stone cold serious look on her face.
“And what might that be?” I ask her back.
“I work for the Trans-System Authority, We have a Job for you!”
I am no stranger to the rep that the TSA has, so I was just a bit on the side of cautious, as to what the TSA needed me for.
“What kind of a job, would you be needing a exobiologist for?”
“Something very important that might determine the fate of the Human race” She says, still with that serious look on her face.
She slides my an envelop across the counter and then gets up to leave
“Everything you need to know right now is in that, we will be expecting you!” She says and walks out of the shop.
I am more than a little confused so I open the envelop and pull out the paper inside.
There is nothing but an address printed in the middle of the page.
I get up with my coffee, put the paper in my pocket and go home to bed.
Continued in Chapter 2
Comments
I like how you gave background and character development in one part, and also got the story rolling
just what are the R & Ding?
I awoke to the Sound of my alarm clock going off, sleepy I swat at it hoping to either hit the snooze button or destroy it in the process. I manage to nail the snooze and drift off back to sleep, a few seconds later, there is a buzzing again, I hit the snooze again, and realize its my videophone not my alarm. I switch it on
“Good morning Doctor Hudson”
It’s the women from the coffee shop
“How did you get this number” I ask her with an annoyed look and tone
“We know everything about you Doctor Hudson, now get dressed and go to the place in the letter, everything will be explained to you there”
The Phone clicks off before I can utter a word.
Without wasting any time, I had a shower, got dressed and hopped in my car, I was getting to the bottom of this, plus I had a feeling the TSA weren’t going to leave me alone until I did what I was told.
I pulled up to an old building in an industrial part of town, walked up to the front door which opened automatically, as if inviting me in. No doubt the TSA saw me coming from a block away. I walk inside and another door opens at the end of the hall, I walked down and realized its an elevator, I stopped out front of the elevator and stared at the reflection of my self off the shiny chrome surface of the back of the wall.
“Hurry up Doctor Hudson, I don’t have all day” a voice echoes through the hallway.
The women from the coffee shop again. I step inside and the door close, The elevator starts to move down, seemed like we were going fast and deep underground, it stops and the doors open. Two large men in black suites are waiting for me, we pass through a scanner and proceed down the hall to the end, one guy places his hand on a scanner and the door opens.
It’s a Bright White room with 3 other people sitting in chairs all looking as confused as I am. The men in the black suites tell me to sit down and wait here, they walk past us, open a door and leave, in walks the women in black.
“Thank you all for coming on such short notice.” She say as she sits down in a chair behind a glass desk with a computer on it.
“Why are we hear, what do you want from us?” ask one of the other people who were hear when I arrived.
“The four of you all have skills that we need.”
“Doctor Chambers is a expert on DNA.” looking as the man on the end, who asked the question earlier.
“Doctor Marcus, is biologist” referring to the women next to the first guy.
“Professor Stevens, teaches psychology and has written many books on animal instinct relating to evolution and has a degree in genetics.” refers to the man next to me.
“Doctor Hudson, is an exobiologist and has written a few papers on adaptation”
“The TSA have gathered the four of you hear because you are all the experts in your field or have knowledge on subjects that will prove useful”
“Useful in what” I ask
“What I am about to show you is strictly confidential and must not leave these walls, is that understood! This was recorded automatically by a transport ship in the Ariadne Arm section of space.” She turns on a recording log from the ship, and it plays on a screen to the left.
<i>`` (crackle, buzzzzz blip)``
30004632
June 15th
14:04:36 hours
TSS Maxton
A-1886451
``(In a choppy shaken up tone) Commanders Maxton’s log; we touched down at the mining colony in the “Andoria minus” area of the Ariadne Arm, to make our by-monthly drop off of supplies, they had not responded to our repeated communications, which was odd, but we figured they lost a Sat-Com up link again. I sent down the drop team in the shuttle. They said that they had to open the airlock from outside, due to the fact that no one responded, to there hails.
The team proceeded inside; there was small weps fire damage, a lack of power to most systems and not a soul to be found. Hapler said he found some kinda strange growth on the wall, like a wet mold or something, said it was all over the place. He wanted to get a sample and I ordered them back to the ship, Hapler said he saw something and went to get a better look and that it would only take a second. He went off to a vent and Bishop and Philos heard a loud scream coming from Haplers direction, they rushed to him and found a spike shaped thorn stuck in his back. Bishop and Philos rushed Hapler back to the shuttle and they Evcated, to the ship. Haplers in intensive care, but the doc says there are complications, some kinda infection is growing. I’ll report back when I have more information! Commander out``
30004633
June 15th
23:24:11 hours
TSS Maxton
A-1886451
``(Buzzz, Cracle, blip)``
``Commander Maxton’s Log; Whatever was on the mining colony seems to have gotten on this ship, must have happened when the shuttle landed. The internal sensors are going nuts. Haplers dead, he died a few hours after we got him back to the ship, we sealed him up in cold storage but now his body seems to be missing. The doc said that he had some kinda massive bacterium infection, which was changing him at a molecular level, mutating his DNA. Whatever happened to the Andoria Minus Colony is happening on our ship now, The crew is shaken up and 2 people are missing, The Computer can’t locate Morterson and Adcock, the sensors can’t seem to find them anywhere and I don’t know whats happening.``
30004634
June 16th
11:19:06 hours
TSS Maxton
A-1886451
``(Buzz, Buzzz Blip)``
``(Maxton in a Panicky tone,) It’s some kinda Alien, It’s killed 3 more people, its fast, really freaking fast, we have locked our selves in the forward half of the ship and armed our selves. I don’t know how, but it knocked out the power to the engines and the comm system, I don’t know what the Hell is going on. It’s got a set of really **** sharp teeth, ripped Anderson arm right off in front of me and some kinda bacteria, that causes burns and a infect…(explosion sound, follower by gun shots and screams)…. Buzzzz``
30004635
June 17th
04:42:58 hours
TSS Maxton
A-1886451
``(Buzz, Buzzz Blip)``
``(The screen is all blurry and staticy)(In a Shaken, but calm voice) This is (buzzzz).. Lt.Rogets, Captain Maxton’s dead, the Alien got him. The Alien got through the barricade, we couldn’t stop it (buzzzz)… there is only 3 of us left, its killed the rest, I’m not (buzzzz).. oing to stand by and let, this freaking thing get me, I’m going to set the (buzzzzz).. on self destruct, we can’t let this thing get out of the Andoria Minus sec(buzzzz).. we are going to move to the engine ro(buzzz)…and overload the fusion rea..(buzzz).. I’m setting it for 10 mins, that should give the emergency system time to transmi..(buzzz).. message. I have to go……(buzzzzzzzzz)``</i>
“The rest was captured by the on board cameras once the ship was set to Auto destruct” The women in black says, while there is a short break in the recording
<i>
June 17th
14:06:01 hours
TSS Maxton
A-1886451
``(Buzz, Crackle, Buzzz, Buzzz Blip)``
``(A Warning Siren is buzzing in the background)(Different cameras play different section of the ship, Showing a large blob like structure in a cargo bay, the walls look green and slimy, with many egg like things on the floor. Switches screens to a pile of dead bodies in the mess hall. Switches screens to a corridor with a strange shadowy image of an alien building a tower in a hall way)``
``(Computer Voice) Warning the Fusion Reactor will overload in 3 minutes, you now have 1 minute 30 seconds to reach minimum safe distance from the ship``
(Motion sensors detect Movement and the Camera Locks in on a Human firing wildly)
`` Die you (BANG!) mother ****, die! (BANG!)(BANG!) oh you want some of this (BANG!)(BANG!)(BANG!)``
``(Computer Voice) Warning the Fusion Reactor will overload in 1 minute, minimum safe distance has expired, you will no longer be able to obtain a safe distance from the ship!``
``(Zooms in on the Human) Your Not Getting Me, **** (BANG!)(CLICK)(CLICK)(CLICK) ahhhhhhhhhh (2 Aliens Swarm the Human and rip him apart)……(buzzzzzzzzzzz)..``</i>
The screen goes to static and the picture is lost.
I felt sick to my stomach, it was horrible watching it and I was sweating, my fingers gripping my legs. I wanted to run out of that room and go and hide in my bed, I was freaked out, but who wouldn’t be. The other 3 looked just as shocked and frightened as I was.
Continued in Chapter 3
sweet
man that was alot of work, and you updated it pretty fast
you've got even more development going, good job...
more please!
“As you have no doubt figured it out, that was footage of alien organisms that killed the crew of the TSS Maxton and no doubt the Mining Colony.” The women speaks up.
“What the Hell do you want to do with us?” Dr.Marcus shouts in an uneasy voice. Asking the question that was no doubt on all of our minds.
“What we NEED you for, is to head up a team of scientists to analyze, research and find a way to defeat these Aliens before they get out of control. It won’t be long before this ends up in the Media and we wanted to make sure that we have the needed researchers to aid any kind of attack that we might hope to launch against these creatures.”
“You want us you study these monsters, are you mad, I’m not putting my self in any position where I might get killed like the poor souls in that footage!” Proff. Steven protests
“You won’t be in any danger and the action will be taking place far away from where you will be stationed, it’s a level 10 clean lab facility, no one is even allowed in the sector without strict authorization from the TSA. You will have a team of researchers working under you and the projects will be up to the 4 of you.” The women in black tells us
“What if we don’t want to go?” I ask
“We are not forcing anything apon you, but as you saw, those aliens got on board, spawned more of them selves, started to take over the ship and killed a crew of 14, in less than 2 days! Imagine if they got to the inner outposts or planets, or even to Earth. I’m talking about the destruction of the known sectors, in a matter of years. You don’t have to help us, but if you decide not to, no one will be safe. The research you do at Outpost 113 might save millions or billions of lives, trillions of dollars and keep the Human race at the top of the food chain. All I am asking is that you think about it!” She states her case to us.
Dr.Chambers speaks up.
“Give us a minuet to think it over, would you.”
“Take all the time you need, go home sleep on it and we will contact you in the morning”
The woman in black says, as the 2 men in the suites come back into the room and escort us back to the elevator.
We were all on edge standing in that elevator, no one saying anything, the hum of the elevator as it zips back up to the surface, just staring at each other wondering what the other was thinking. The Elevator stops and the doors open, we shuffle out and go outside to the parking lot.
“There is no way in hell, am I setting foot in the Ariadne Arm, not me” Prof. Stevens yells out.
“Didn’t you see what they did to the people on that ship, what if, like she said, they get here?” Doctor Marcus rebuttals.
“We’ll I know I’m going, I’m not passing up a chance like this!” blurts Dr. Chambers
I hadn’t decided yet, so I just remained quiet, seeing what the others thought, weighing each of their arguments, trying to make sense of what I had just seen! I got in my car and drove home, the others did the same. I was playing over the images and the words in my mind from the logs, I kept seeing that person getting ripped apart, Seeing that dog like Alien tearing at his flesh, the pile of bodies, I tried to block it out.
When I got home I sat on my bed and held my head in my hands, trying to figure out what my next actions should be. It must have been late in the after noon before I moved from my bed to go get something to eat. I hadn’t been able to make up my mind, but the more I flashed in my head the pictures I saw, the less I wanted have to see them again. I sat in my room, eating a cold pizza from the day before. BZZZ BEEP BZZZ BEEP. I jumped out of my chair and dropped the cold leftovers. My vid-phone startled me. I turned it on it was a buddy of mine from school named Les
“Are you watching this?” He said in a startled voice
“Watching what?” I said confused
“Oh My Dear God, Turn on the news, you won’t believe what’s happened”
I turned on the T.V.
<i>``(News Broadcast, some reporter speaking)``
``Not sure exactly what has caused the destruction of the Austran Mining facility in the Ariadne Arm, but there are reports of some kind of Alien life form, other facilities have also reported some kind of infection and even worse other outposts can’t even be reached. The Death Toll is in the thousands and property damage in the millions, I think we are looking at an alien infestation in the boarder outposts of the Ariadne Arm. Sorces yet unconfirmed, but as you can see from these pictures taken from the security cameras, there is clearly some kind of creature captured here on tape….``</i>
I switch channels to another news network, same chaos.
<i>`` The destruction of the facility has sparked wide speculation that a race of Aliens might be responsible. The United America Federation is sending out ships to investigate and destroy any aliens that might be encountered. The NFO also has started talks with the TSA to allow them access to the Gates to enter the system and amount the damage to there investments, other small cargo companies have insisted that they also be allowed to make emergency pick-ups and rescue operati…``</i>
I clicked to another channel
<i>``The aliens clearly seem to be destroying the stations, maybe its because we trespassed on there part of space, but for whatever the reason, we can’t let this spread past the Ariadne Arm, we have to stop it…``</i>
I turned off the T.V. and it all sank in, what the women in black was saying, it was very likely that these aliens could destroy everything and everyone. I knew right there that I had to accept her offer and I hoped the other 3 would do the same. I knew the fate of the Human race might depend on what we can find out once we went to Outpost 113.
Continued in Chapter 4
you must have already writen all of this out
that was fast!
good work
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this is some good work
I was on the cargo level of Outpost 113, its just really a large airlock with a oversized phase gate, anything that is phased in, is sealed in this room, if containment fails the airlock automatically opens and sucks everything out into space. It was oddly quite, didn’t seem like there was any activity going on today, I was going over the manifest of this weeks shipment when I came across something that made my heart skip a beat. One of the live sample containers was broken and its contents missing, or I should say escaped. I quickly hit my emergency button on my watch….. Nothing happened, no alarms, no radio communication from central command, nothing. I tried to contact the command center.
“Comm come in, we have a class 2 Xeanomorph lose… Comm come in, I said we have a Skulk lose in the cargo bay, can anyone hear me…. Someone come in this is Doctor Hudson, we have a contai..”( THUD! Something made a sound behind the storage rack, which froze me in my tracks!)
I was having flashes back to the first meeting with The Women in Black, watching that log, seeing that man being ripped to shreds, my heart started to beat faster and faster, I was beginning to panic. I knew what it was, and I had the overwhelming urge to run like hell, but I knew that the Skulks eyes were motion sensitive and if I dashed away, it would surely take notice. I slowly backed up, heading for the security doors, if I could make it to them I could open the airlock. I backed up slowly. (Crash, Thud) Something had fallen right behind me, I freaked and started to run, The Skulk gave chace, I felt like it was right behind me, I was almost at the doors, just 20 more feet and I would be safe. I could hear the skulk grunting as it ran and the sound of its razor sharp claws tapping along the floor. I was almost at the doors; all of a sudden they started to close
“NOOOOO, Open the doors, open the damn doors, I’m in here, open the doors!” I screamed but to no avail. I turned around to see the Skulk, but it was gone? My heart started to relax a bit, though I was still freaked out, I knew it was somewhere. All of a sudden the doors started to open and I went into the scan chamber waiting for the outer door to open,
“Hurry, Hurry” I said in a impatiant tone
The door unlocked and I pushed it open, slammed it behind me. Panting heavily I engaged the airlock emergency button and opened the cargo bay doors. I started to relax, still leaning up against the door, sweat dripping down my face and back. I got my self together and turned around to go get help.
(GRRRR, CHOMP!) “AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH” I screamed as the sharp teeth of a Skulk dug into my shoulder. I fell to the ground batting it with my hands in an effort to get it away from my neck and face, (Slash, Slash) it drove its legs into my shielding arms, The pain was unbearable, blood was everywhere, I started to black out. Unable to fight it back anymore, my torn arms limp at my sides, it went in for the final kill!
“AHHHHHHHHhhhhh…..” I awoke to find my self in bed in my quarters, I was soaked with sweat, and my heart was beating a mile a minute.
“A Damn Nightmare, it was a dream, it was a dream, it was…. A..dream!” I told my self, my lungs felt like they were going to burst, I gathered my self and tried to relax.
I got dressed and went to get my mind focused on my research, it was about 3am in the morning, not like that made any difference, the Facility was busy 24 hours a solar day. I grabbed a Black coffee and left my quarters. I went out into the hall. The outpost was filled with long corridors that lead in all directions, filled with security gates and antipersonnel devices, if you went for a walk in an area you weren’t authorized to enter, you could end up dead. I never worried about that, I had top-level access, Level RED 5; there was only a hand full that did.
Dr. Chambers
Dr. Marcus
Dr. Stevens
The Admiral, Rathine Studaber
The Outpost Commander, Alex Hagger
The Top Level Security Personal
And Me
The Outpost was a huge vault, a deadly one at that, designed by the TSA to keep anyone or anything from getting in or out without proper authorization. This sector of the Ariadne Arm, was known as the Speiron String, made up of five small planets each with a small moon. It was closed off to normal passage, no one was allowed in the sector. If anyone did sneak in, two large Trebuchet Platforms on the outer edges would make sure they didn’t get very far.
I remember when the four of us arrived for the first time, just how awesome the Trebuchet platforms looked, how large the Outpost looked, and the amount of security that was assigned to it.
We had all been briefed on what we would be doing once we reached the Sepiron Sector and got to our new home “Outpost 113”. It was the four of us,
Dr. Philip Chambers,
Dr. Mitch Stevens,
Dr. Ellen Marcus,
Dr. Scott Hudson.
We had been in training for 3 weeks, “prep time” as the instructors called it. They had to make sure that we were physically fit and mentally sound before we were shipped out to the Facility. The Women in Black spared no expense in making sure that we got to where we were going with out any trouble. We were travailing on a the TSS Striker, a Nemesis class battle cruiser, one of the most powerful attack ships the TSA had. We passed through the Phase Gate and Jumped just outside the boundaries of the Sepiron String, Alarms started to go off and a voice came over the radio,
``You are entering a restricted zone, identify your self and transmit your authorization codes or you will be destroyed.``
Even though we were expected and arrived at the scheduled time and spot, The security staff for Outpost 113 still acted with the most caution and down right brute force. Making sure that no one would even want to think about trying to find out what was so special in the forbidden sector. It was reassuring, to know that things were being handled very seriously, but it was also very surreal.
I didn’t clue in for a bit, why they would need so much protection for just 1 remote outpost? Until we arrived at the labs! This was the most awe-inspiring sight I had ever seen, the Level 10 labs were state-of-the-art, and the reason for the security sunk in really fast. There were experiments in every lab, lab tecs would order a new sample and all of a sudden an Alien was Phased into a holding cage. Some of the samples were alive, most dead, but all were treated as a possible threat! If someone attacked the Outpost, they could get several Aliens, which in the wrong hands could be more dangerous then the most powerful attack ship. The Aliens, Kharaa as they had been nicknamed were being shipped in from places all over the Ariaden Arm as they were captured. I knew this would be one experience I wouldn’t soon forget.
Continued in Chapter 5
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Thanks for reading
Majin
you seemed to jump around a bit, from being in the lab, to coming to the lab thru the interplanetary PG, that kinda confused me, but good work nonetheless
Its a flash back to an earlier time, to fill in some of the details.
You have to remember, that where the story startts is in the Present time.
Scott has been on the Outpost for a year.
When ever you hear him say something like "I remember..." the next part is most likely going to be in the past again!
I had added text that stated that he was talking about the past "(remembering the Past)" and then other text to let you know he's back in the present " (present)" but I took it out, I was hoping that the reader would just have to re read through it again to understand.
Sorry if its a bit confusing.
It is really great cant wait for the rest of it.
it takes a couple read overs but it eventually all makes sense
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does more come out this thursday or next thursday?
www.CommChair.com
has now posted my Stories in a proper format.
head on over and check it out.
Also look forward to Chapter 5 and maybe 6 next Wednessday on <a href='http://www.commchair.com' target='_blank'>CommChair</a>
Or you will have to wait a day to see them on these forums, and I must say, its not as nice as the format over at commchair.
Thanks alot to everyone who has read my story and a Special thank you to everone who has posted.
more is comming all the time and I have already written up to chapter 8.
Thanks
Majin
I have uploaded the story to <a href='http://www.commchair.com' target='_blank'>Comm Chair</a> and the next 3 chapters can be found there under "Articles and Information"
I will upload the next bunch of the story on the forums tomorrow night after I email the story to my Home computer.
Until than, as I said, Head on over to <a href='http://www.commchair.com' target='_blank'>CommChair</a> and read the story. Sorry for the troubles!
Also I have now finished the entire Story of "Outpost 113"
Look forward to many more chapter in the near future, don't forget to head on over to Commchair to read them all in a nicer format!
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are you going to compile them into one giant release when it's done?
I tried commchair and failed...
Chapter 5
I continued to walk along the corridor, heading towards the labs, flashing my badge to the bots and security personal as I passed though check point after check point. I reached the decontamination room, where I was scanned and X-rayed to make sure I was clean of anything that might compromise the level 10 lab facility. I got into my bio suite and enter the testing area, I noticed that Dr. Chambers was awake and working with Mike, Mike was one of the researchers who was posted here when we arrived, he had a younger brother who had joined the Frontiersmen to battle the Kharaa. He was a very smart and knowledgeable scientist; he was also a hell-of-a card player.
“Good morning Doctor Hudson” Mike said
“Nightmares again Scott?” Philip asked
“Yeah, same dream again, it’s nothing, so what are you two working on?” I asked
“We are trying to create a synaptic pathogen using the bacterium glands from this Gorge.” Mike offered up.
“We have spliced the DNA of the stuff and are trying to introduce a type of cancer to the molecular structure and try it out on a living subject, to see if it will cause brain death” Philip stated.
“Interesting idea, but how do you plan on getting around the antibody defense in the bacterium?” I inquired
“That’s what were working on.” Mike stated.
“I’ll be over at my station if you guys need me.”
I said and proceeded to go to my computer and continue my research into the exoskeleton of the different evolutionary states that a Kharaa can go through. My research had lead to better ammo types for the Frontiersmen commander to assign to the marines. Higher Levels of damage if you will.
Most of my researches involved live test subjects and then killing them with different types of poisons and damages, I enjoyed the killing part, gave me a sense of satisfaction, watching the creature die. I studied the regenerative capabilities of the Hive’s and the Defense Chambers and other structures, always looking for a better way to destroy them.
The day was off to a good start; I was working away at the micron scanner. Dr. Chambers was working with his department doing genetic tests. Dr. Stevens was doing tests on a Fade’s Brain trying to see the results of stimulation to different sections. Dr. Marcus was helping a fellow researcher. I always like that about her, she was always willing to put a side what she was working on and assist someone else. Ellen was 24, a year younger than me, we had a lot in common, and usually spent our free time together. We never really talked about anything personal, whenever we started to; it would always lead into a discussion on Lerk mussel tissues or the web compound from a Gorge.
I was checking the results of a new test of mine, involving nannites armed with small amounts of explosives, when a Warning Alarm went off, it was the Incoming Cargo Ship warning. I had forgot it was the first Friday of the month.
The Ship was allowed to touch down in the cargo bay, I proceeded to head down to the cargo level to watch it land. The Usual detachment of TSA Heavy Soldiers were filling into the bay, the interior pod guns were all aimed at the ship as it touched down on pad 1. We were all watching from the observer’s station on the upper floor. It was a monitoring room that had a great view of the entire cargo bay from behind a triple reinforced window. Nothing was ever left for chance and even a routine drop off was treated with the same level of precaution as a “High Risk” delivery.
“I love this part,” A voice said beside me. It was Commander Alex Hagger, the Outposts Commander.
“Oh, Commander is there anything I can do for you?” I asked, I never knew how to act around him, I always felt like I should salute or something.
“Sorry to startle you Scott, I just came to watch my boys in action, precision, coordination, team work, that’s what makes a man a true soldier” Com. Hagger stated.
Alex Hagger use to be a Soldier with the Silver Berets, The most Hardcore bunch of soldiers the universe has ever known. He was in the same squad as Major Haverhill, who is now the High Commander of the Frontiersmen. A hell of a pair of soldiers they must have been.
The doors on the ship began to open, clouds of steam and smoke flooded the floor as they raised clear, Then the scanner probed the holding area of the ship. It was a cool looking green laser that paned from one side to the other, giving an eerie glow to the smoke and steam.
“All Clear” Shouted a soldier
The crew of the cargo ship began unloading the cargo containers; all were the size of a small bus and looked extra heavy duty then our normal sample containers.
“What’s in those?” I inquired to the Commander.
“A new surprise for you tech boys to toy with. Some new Kharaa Evolution that we haven’t seen before, It seems to be the Ultimate adaptation the hostile environments that they have been found in. We have dubbed it the ONOS.”
Chapter 6
The containment fields were up in the Class C specimen holding room, where the new Aliens were going to be kept. Nothing had ever been kept in the Class C holding room, nothing was ever powerful enough to need to be under such heavy confinement. I left the Commander in the monitoring room and proceeded to move down to the viewing area adjacent to the labs, from here I could get a view of the Onos pair once they were removed from their shipping container. I arrived just in time, the Heavy Soldiers were inspecting the room with the scanners, after they had finished, they left and the main door opened up. The containers slowly moved in, I got a good look at the size of the container it was just a bit smaller than the door its self. The front of the containers opened slowly and there was a surge of electricity at the back, this forced the new Kharaa to flee the container and into the confinement cell. The other one followed the first. I was shocked at the sheer SIZE of the Onos, it was around the girth of a small elephant and must have been about 12 feet tall. It had a large cranial plate covering it head, had long Fleshy strands coming from the back of its head, was very mussel bound and has a mouth large enough to swallow a man whole.
Doctor’s Chambers, Stevens and Marcus had joined me, all of which were as captivated by the Onos as I was. The two of them moved back and forth, testing the confines of their new prison.
“My god they look powerful” Dr. Stevens said with an astonished look on his face.
“To think that evolved from a Hive pod, into a Skulk and then eventually turned into this mammoth!” Dr. Marcus noted.
“When do we get to start testing it, Scott” Dr. Chambers asked me.
“Well we need to run some scans, then we need to find a safe way to get near it, once everything is checked out to be within protocol, we will begin testing on it.” I replyed
“Two of them, I can’t believe no one has seen these things before now!” An astonished Dr. Stevens, eyeing the second Onos.
“Well since there are two we can do all of the lethal tests on just one and keep the other alive for more testing.” Stated Mike who has joined us in the viewing room.
“Well I am going to go back and finish my earlier projects, Doctor Chambers, how about you run the scans of the pair of them and once they are complete, we will begin the “A series” of tests.” I informed the group and left to continue what I had started earlier
Nine hours had past sense the tests had started on the Onos pair. Kevin, one of Dr. Steven’s assistants came and informed me the tests were complete and the experiments were going to start soon. I headed over to the confinement lab. It was different than the normal labs, it was built with thicker walls and was isolated from the rest of the station, The Class C Confinement chambers lead to these labs and one of the Onos had been directed to the lab already by the time I got there. The one thing I didn’t like about these labs is that they were all rigged with emergency systems that were lethal, if anything went wrong, the rooms would implode and everything would be sucked out into space.
It was good for the Outpost, but bad new for anyone who was working in them, you had to be extra careful! I suited up and proceeded into the lab, the Onos was restrained with four sets of reinforced lock bars, these bars had a enough force to snap a support beam in two, they would be more than enough to keep the Onos under control. It had also been given a sedative to make it relax more, The others were waiting for me, minus Dr. Marcus who was monitoring everything from the operations booth.
Doctor Chambers began the procedures.
“Okay, first we are going to inject trace nannites into its blood stream, these will map out the circulatory system of “Goliath” then we…”
“I’m sorry did you call it Goliath” I interrupted.
“Yes Scott, we named this one Goliath and the other one Deamonous” Doctor Mitch Stevens replyed.
We would sometimes give a nickname to our test subjects, gave everyone a better understanding of which Kharaa we were talking about, when we would discuss our findings.
“Goliath is fine with me, plus it sounds better than Specimen 44521-5” I said.
Doctor Chambers injected the trace probes.
“Ok I’m getting picture now, they are replicating and continuing the map everything out.” Ellen’s voice came in over our intercoms.
“Next I am going to insert this nerve probe from the back of the skull, and try and intersect the brain stem.” Doctor Chambers continued.
He slowly inserted the probe, Goliath start to roar and move.
“Slowly…… Slowly… Almost there”
Doctor chamber was watching on a vid screen seeing how deep the probe was going, thanks to the trace nannites we could see how close we were getting.
“Perfect, ok now Doctor Stevens if you could begin the tests of the nervous system that would be perfect”
Doctor Stevens began to run through his check list.
All of a sudden Alarms began to go off.
(DOOOOoooo DOOOOoooo DOOOOoooo)
``(Computer Voice: ) Containment Failure in holding area Class C, Aliens detected``
(DOOOOoooo DOOOOoooo DOOOOoooo)
“What the **** is going on Ellen?” Dr. Stevens asked
“I don’t know, all of a sudden I lost my camera feed from the holding cell where the other Onos is and then the Alarms went off, I’m trying to get a hold of Command now!” Dr. Marcus said in a panicy voice.
“Everyone evac this room NOW!” I shouted
We all ran back to the airlocks and got out of our suits.
“Command has sent a team of Heavy Soldiers to the Class C holding cells, it seems the Onos emitted some kind of scream and then stomped the ground and everything lost power.” Dr. Marcus informed us over the headsets that we were still wearing.
We rushed up to the operations booth to try to see what was going on.
“Can you switch picture to the regular Specimen holding bays?” Asked Doctor Chambers.
“Yes I think so.”
Dr. Marcus switched over the camera feeds to the holding bay for all of the other live Kharaa specimens, they were all going wild, as if responding to the Screams of Deamonous, The Onos who had freed its self.
“Whats the condition of Goliath?” I asked
“The restraints are holding” She replyed
“Ok, lets get up to command and find out what the hell happened” An uneasy Dr. Steves suggested.
(Alarms still going off in the background)
We were getting up to leave the Operation Booth when the power went off
“Jesus, What now” I said
“Oh God, the powers down” Dr. Marcus said
“Don’t worry the back up should be coming on any second!” Dr. Chambers reminded us.
(BZZZZZZ, BZZZZZZZ, BZZZZZZZ, BZZZZZZZ another Alarm went off.)
``(Computer Voice) Primary Power Failure switching to secondary systems``
There was a slight humming sound as the emergency lights all clicked on; it flooded the booth with an ominous red light.
Chapter 7
“ROOOOAR, ROOOOOAR,” Goliath began to struggle against the restraints. It started to bend the bars as it tried harder and harder to get free.
“PHIL, BLOW THE ROOM, hit the emergency release button” I shouted to Dr, Chambers.
Dr, Chambers smashed the glass with his elbow and went to press the emergency implosion button.
“ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAR”
Goliath let out a deafening scream, which shook the glass and forced us all to cover our ears.
“HIT IT!” Dr. Marcus shouted!
Dr. Chambers pressed the button, but nothing happened, he pressed it again and again, still the room didn’t explode and get sucked out into space.
(EEEEERRRE)(SMASH, SMASH) The sound of metal bending and breaking as Goliath broke free and started the smash the containment wall.
“Ok lets get the hell out of here now, we need to get to the command center now!” I said, as we ran out of the booth and reconnected with the rest of the outpost.
“Command come in, this Doctor Mitch Stevens, we are heading to the command center from the Class C lab operations booth, the other Onos is Free, I repeat the other Onos is Free!” Dr. Stevens tried to contact Command with his watch communicator.
But we couldn’t get through. The halls were all dark, with the same ominous red lights flashing and casting shadows on the walls and floor. We could hear guns firing in the background over the various alarms that were sounding.
We made our way done the corridor heading towards the labs, to see if we could get up to command from the elevator outside the labs.
“God everything looks so scary.” Said Ellen
We walked a bit further down.
“Oh god is that a blood?” Mitch said
A pool of blood was clearly visible, even with the lack of light, the blood was recognizable, its red colour only further enhanced by the red emergency lighting in the hallways. No body could be found.
“Don’t think about it, just keep moving!” I said
We turned the corners and ran into a dead end, A security door had sealed shut. I tried to unlock the door with my Access card.
``(Computer Voice) Access Denied, Containment failure in Labs A1 through F6``
“Damn the emergency doors have gone down, everything is sealed up, we are going to have to find another way to the command center.” I said as we doubled back and headed towards the computer control station.
We continued down the corridor, we could hear screams and gunfire going on all around us. Turning left and right down one passage to the next, I felt like a rat in a maze. I was starting to get very nervous, not because I didn’t know where I was going, I knew quite well the way to go but I was getting nervous because I kept seeing the images in my dream again and again. We had reached the hall that lead up to Computer Control, it was oddly silent, we could no longer here the screams or gunfire that we could hear 50 meters back. We had made it to computer control, we could go though to the other end and use the lift that was in the main hallway to get up to deck 4, from deck 4 we would be able to get up to Command.
“Ok everyone be on your toes, and keep your eyes open for anyone or anything.”
I said to the other three; I felt I had to try and be brave so that the others wouldn’t be so scared. To tell the truth, I was shaking in my shoes. I opened the door everything was clear. The lights were flashing on and off from the monitors, no one appeared to be in the control room at this end.
Computer Control was really just a long passage with high power processors on each side of the walls and a row of them down the middle. It was about 80 meters long had lots of dark corners, normally it was bright and busy with people, but it had been evacuated due to the crises. Papers were tossed on the floors and the flashing screens made the shadows dance along the walls.
We walked slowly down the row of servers; turning left when it ended and then continuing down the next.
“Ahhh I can’t stand this.” Yelled out Dr. Marcus
“I have to get out of here, I can’t breath, it’s too dark, I can’t breath, I need to get out of here!” She started to freak out; she must have been claustrophobic.
I grab her arms and tried to claim her down
“Ellen, Ellen, look at me, its ok! Nothing is going to happen to us, the Aliens are all trapped behind the sealed doors, everyone is waiting for us, we just need to get past here and get up to Deck 2, its ok, relax.”
“Take a deep breath, count to 10 and we are going to keep moving, Ok, ok, your going to be fine, Mitch and Phil are here with us, nothing is going to happen if we stay together.” I said, trying to reassure her.
“Ok, (She took a deep breath) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5….”
She started to count to 10, as we walked further down the row. The buzz of the computers was claiming, like listening to the sound of the Ocean.
We reached the control office at the other end of the room. That’s when we heard it, a sound that we all knew, a sound that chilled our blood. It was the clinking sound of a Skulk, coming up from the row of server at the other end of the room where we had entered.
“Oh ****, its coming!” Shouted Mitch.
“Hurry open that door Scott, Hurry up man!” Philip impatiently demanded.
I pressed the button to open the door, but it wouldn’t unlock, I pressed it again and again but the door still didn’t open.
“Open it, OPEN IT HURRY!”
“Come On Open!”
“The Skulk is getting closer”
Their voices were growing unsteady, I tried to get it open but the door was jammed. We could hear the faith grunts of the Skulk as it ran down the rows, stopping only to get our position better with its enhanced sight, smell and hearing.
I started to pound on the door.
“SOMEONE, OPEN THE DOOR, ANYONE HELP!” I screamed.
The other started to pound on the door and scream with me.
“HELP US, SOMEONE!”
“HELP, OPEN THE DOOR, HELP!”
“OH DEAR GOD HELP US PLEASE!”
(clink, clink, clink, Clink, CLInk, CLINk, CLINK)
The Skulk was running now, no doubt getting closer, its grunts could be heard and it was coming closer every second. My heart was pounding my throat was sore from yelling and I was very scared for my life, my dream was coming true and I had never been more fearful in my life!
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excellent
I love how the onos did a primal scream, good tie in...
*waits for more to be posted here*
why do you like to pimp commchair.com so much?
Go to the site and read the rest of Outpost 113!
Chapter 9
We continued down the hall, gunfire could be heard on levels above us. We turned down the corridor that led to sub level access area 4, there was a elevator which would take us to the 4th level just down from there. We came up to another dead end; the security doors had sealed off the passage.
“Doctor Hudson, would you please open the door for us.” Requested the lead Marine.
How could I do that? I asked my self. My access pass, of course, I had forgot that I had Level Red 5 access, which meant I could unlock any door that wasn’t sealed to due to a structural failure. I walked up to the scanner and presented my Access card.
``(Computer voice) Access Granted, hello Doctor Hudson. ``
The door opened and we continued down the hall. A steam pipe must have been broken, because the hallway was hot and humid, water was dripping from the pips on the ceiling.
The corridor was long, with doors on either side, leading to things like Waste Handling, Auxiliary Control, Atmospheric Processing. We were heading to the end of the corridor where the elevator was.
(Clink)
“What was that?” Ellen asked
“I didn’t hear anything?” Mitch said
Bleep, Bleep, Bleep… The motion-tracking device began to detect movement.
“I told you I heard something!” Ellen said in an uneasy tone.
Bleep, Bleep, Bleep, Bleep, Bleep. The Device was emitting tones louder and faster as the detected movement got closer and closer.
“Get ready Marines” The leader, said to his team as they cocked their LMG’s.
“Here take this, shoot anything that isn’t human!” One of the Marines handed me his sidearm.
I was familiar with the model; it was the triple action 10 round standard sidearm for the frontiersmen. Auto cocking, and very powerful, it was a reliable handgun. A handgun, I had helped create new ammo for, which was aseptically designed to penetrate a Skulks thick skin and bone structure. I started to aim in the direction of the movement.
Bleep, Bleep, Bleep. They were getting close, really close.
“Looks like five signals, they are about 20 meters away coming from the left corridor, that room!” Stated the marine holding the motion tracker, pointing to the door to Air Conditioning room.
“Ok lets get in position, Doctor Hudson, you cover the rear!”
The Marines got into a triangle formation around the door, getting ready to cover it and ambush whatever was on the other side.
“10 Meters!”
“5 Meters!”
“GO!”
The Marines burst through the door, and we stayed in the corridor. There was no gunshots, no battle cry’s, nothing. The 4 of us, went over to the door and peered in. They were gone.
“Hello?” Ellen yelled out!
“Oh god, what happened to them?” Asked Phil
“Where did they go, What the **** happened to them?” Mitch said beginning to get uneasy.
“I don’t know, I don’t know, Shut up!” I said
I stepped inside and looked around, the power was out in here also, large storage tanks ran along the walls, with many different machines in between them. I wished I had a flashlight, it was hard to see clearly. The room was really hot, and the noise was really high. The coloured operation lights on the equipment were emitting the only source of light. We continued past equipment and pipes. There was a door at the other end of the room.
“This must have been where the Marines went.” I said, not knowing if they were killed or alive.
We opened the door slowly
“DOCTOR HUDSON!”
“Ahhhhhh” We all screamed as one of the Marines opened the door the same time I had and surprised us.
“Jesus Christ! I could have shot you!” I said
“Sorry Sir, we found some more people. They fled when we opened the door and we had to chase after them!” He explained.
We went out into the service tunnel that the door led to. The other two Marines were standing over five shaken up maintenance workers. They had gotten lost when the alarms went off and ended up being locked in by the security doors; they were trying to find a way out when we ran into them.
“We decided to try to get out by going through the Reactor room, there were Kharaa creatures all over the place, we panicked and started to run, we were running, we were just trying get away, we have been lost for about an hour. Thank God! We found you.” One of the workers explained to us.
“Okay, get up, your coming with us, were going to get out of here. These scientists have access cards; they can get us past the doors.” The Marine explained, referring to the 4 of us. We had to get out of here and fast. The Kharaa were no doubt closing in on us fast.
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wahhh!!!!!!! i wanna read more!
I will swing by commchair, but keep posting the story here!
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Uber! must ahve more!
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