Operation Eight/Grim Tidings

[armored_mother]

[1]

[Cora just got some confirmation back from Britannian HQ and got things double confirmed with the doctors on board. The findings on the Tunnel Stalkers and the Ascended... were quite grim indeed. Cora's espression was strained as she looked over the papers before she just tossed them aside.]

Those...sick sons of...

[Her voice was labored - like she was struggling not to feel sick out of the utter disgust that was running through her. Photos, documentation, autopsies, DNA comparisons. The Monsters in the tunnels used to be humans. Some of them were members of Exvoritam Filios true... but a great majority were innocent civilians reported missing by family and friends. The youngest of them was barely midway through his teens.]

Damnit...

[The process that twisted them was irreversable, and even if it was, the trauma inflicted would have long lasting reprecussions. Cora leaned against a wall - her hand covering her face as she recalled the other bit ofinformation included.]

E-115... Just where did they get this stuff...

[The Codename slapped onto the energy producing mineral that was implanted into all of the Stalkers, as well as the Ascended. Presumably tied to their abilities. Most of the samples were in Britannia, but a few were left on the Chalice as well. Preliminary studies were still trying to place things about it - but what could be confirmed was that it is not of this Earth.]

[2] [DULLAHAN COMMANDO: REARMED] (OoC:*SHOT*)

[To say that getting everything set up for the arm hurt like hell was an understatement  - Losing it in the first place though hurt a lot more. In any case... Cora takes a deep breath with her eyes shut - carefully moving her new limb as she opened them again - reacthing it out towards a light and watching every motion she made.]

So... I guess I now know how Oxide feels by about a quarter... how does he put up with this...

[With that she's back on her feet, testing her balance before she rubs her neck with her meat arm.]

Right. Who's got the steadiest hands on the ship and is good with paint? I need that tattoo I lost with my old arm back a.s.a.p.

[She has a small grin on her face... it's been rough. But its time this mother bear got back on her feet to smash the crap out of things.]

Comments

[armored_mother]

That's... the short of it. The people back home are trying to figure things out without giving the virus more cures to adapt to...

Idris, this isn't exactly your field but - do you think you can try to come up with something? Anything?

[link_to_revival]

[A disease that, to save one, would force you to doom others to die. One that struck at one's muscles and lungs... This was all outside of Takeda's field too for that matter.]

... Takeda couldn't be doing this on his own. It would require... you'd have to spend your lifetime thinking up and designing a nanomachine system like this, and Universal Alloy is worthless without mastery of String Theory on top of that.

He's getting help. I don't know from whom but either he's using someone's notes or they're in league with him and Blitz Valhalla. Someone left fingerprints all over the design of these things, we just need to figure out who.

And until we can figure out who...

[She lets out a weak sigh.]

The best we can do is treat the symptoms rather than the disease itself. If we're lucky, the virus will at least not adapt to that too.

[armored_mother]

Lets hope so. The science crews were aiming for cures rather than walls - so maybe it could work... maybe...

[One would shudder to think what would happen if they didn't even have that.]

Its got to be someone with a lot of influence. If they've got Volshoft working for them and no one else...

Any names come to mind?

[link_to_revival]

Not off the top of my head though... but I think if I dig deep we might be able to figure this out.

Prior to Second Impact, Universal Alloy was billed as being able to help countless scientists realize otherwise impossible things. Things like metal that turned heat and pressure into electricity or superconductors beyond what we've ever seen.

If I can get access to any information about contracts and grants Britannia was planning on following the success of the Tritech Plan... I might... might know what we'll be up against.

[armored_mother]

Good enough...

With all the surprises they've thrown at us, just having an inkling would give us an edge...

[link_to_revival]

Fortunately we have surprises of our own though.

The grenades I was able to warp in at Madrid could at least incapacitate Typhon, and they pretty much cover all the needs one would have for them. I think... that means the armory the Node's connected to is automated. And at the very least, it's on our side.

[armored_mother]

For now maybe... We might need a contingency plan if anything happens to that armory of yours.

Automated or not, things might get ugly if the plug is pulled.