Be Careful

May 15, 2008

Xenet 71.43.1 System Msg

TTY31201.05.15

Network Connection Enabled
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I finally made it to Palisades yesterday. A pretty green squad leader had picked me up for some patrols on the northern end of the area, and it was supposed to be heavily infested with Bane.

We ran into a few Thrax, but the 6 of us overpowered them easily. After about 2 hours of walking we ran into a group that had taken cover behind some rocks. The pistoleers were keeping us down while the grenadiers stopped us from trying to get any closer. One of the other soldiers, didn't catch his name, got a good shot on a grenadier. We heard him scream and what sounded like his gun going off. The quietness afterwards got us curious, so we snuck closer.

We saw the grenadier with a burn mark on his face, and it looked like 2 more Thrax lying beside him. Some of us chuckled, the adrenaline of the battle wearing off. Our squad leader knelt beside them checking to make sure they were dead. She accidentally kicked something the pistoleer had dropped, and it sprang to life. I saw what was about to happen, but our leader didn't. The necromite sprang up, and dived into a corpse. I jumped away as it exploded, even still the heat was scorching. I landed with agony, feeling the 2nd degree burns all over my body. I could barely move, and the screaming I heard told me others had survived at least.

The specialist had been spared most of the blast, his hazmat suit protecting him more than the rest of us. He opened a wormhole back to base, and did what he could to help us through it. I saw the squad leader before I went through, a blackened heap still smoking.

- Billy Glass