Post by khamar on Jan 18, 2009 18:17:18 GMT -5
It had been a 2 weeks since he returned to the ORION. Life went on as usual for the most part. But he had a girlfriend now. Excepting the fact his wife was dead he moved on to date EMT from the med labs. To say they hit it off was a understatement. They practically lived together now.
It was late in the night. Rothgars room was dark. The calming sounds of the sea from a sleep machine sounded. There was a beep and groaning Rothgar rolled over to hit a intercom on the bedside table. Without opening his eyes he said sleepily.
"Sargeant Glasscock speaking" It was EVA. "Sargeant, prepare for a mission to the surface of the planet. You will be briefed further on a need to know basis" Rothar opened a sleepy eye to look to his girlfriend suggled up against him. "Ok, give me some time to get ready" Kissing the sleeping women in the bed on the forehead he sat up to start putting on his uniform.
A hour later he was on a dropship with 9 other soldiers going through the planets atmosphere. Inside the dropship everything was painted in a red light. Rothgar looked over his battle rifle to make sure it was working right. Instead of the normal heavy class infantry power armor he usually wore. This time Rothgar and the others in the dropship wore the light infantry class armor.
It was nothing but a light weaght armored vest and helmet with a green visor over there left eyes that fed them visual data and targeting. On every soldiers back were packs with supplys. What looked like a gauntlet of sorts on there left forearms were computers with a built in keyboard and foldable screen. It held the usual goodys favored for scout missions. Like a GPS and cloaking system to bend the air around them redering them practically invisible to the naked eye.
All that Rothgar and the others knew was that the ancient alien artifact onboard the ORION was reacting to something. EVA did a scan of the planet and discovered a engergy signal that was a exact duplicate of the one they had in the cargo hold coming from a desert. The the ORIONS specters were being sent to recon, find, and secure the said artifact. Unfortunatly there was a heavy sandstorm going on.
As the Dropship landed in the sand its ramp lowered. The lights turned green and Rothgar stood up to stop near the ramp and look back to his men. "What? You waiting for a invitation? Lets go Specters!" He waved a hand to run down the ramp into the blinding sand wipped winds. The green visor over his left eye turned on and Rothgar could see clearly now. There was a temple looking structure not that far away. "Dont remember being told about that in the brief...." A private said into his helmet mike.
All the men led by Rothgar went to the temple entrance and stopped as they noticed a stone door blocked there way. "What do we do now?" A corporal asked. A private chirped in. "how about we knock and say open says a me?" Rothgar yelled at them. "Cut the chatter people, maintain radio silance. Rothgar pointed to his squads breach man and gave the hand arm signal to blow it.
The soldier went up to the stone door and pulled a breach charge out his pack to set it up. The squad fell back and the charge was detonated with a loud boom. Returning to the now opendoor they squad turned on the flashlights on there rifles as it was pitch black inside.
Rothgar looked to the runes and picturegraphs on the corridoor wall. "This is a shadow dragon temple..... I wonder if sis knew about this place?' before he left this planet many years ago his sister was in training to be priestess. Wether she passed the training and was one now eluded him.
The squad met another obstackle in the way of another blocked door. Rothgar recogized the shadow dragon runes on the door. "Stand back" he told his men and took off a glove to cut his hand with a knife. Flicking his hand to splatter blood on the door he chanted with a faint hiss near the end. "Vlasta mo ra...." With a crack the door came apart in near squares to allow passage. "What the f*C@ was that sargeant!?" A private demanded. Rothgar wispered with a angry voice. "Damit private! I said keep you voice down. It was a blood ward. Someone or something inside does not want us in there. Its a defence magic taught by shadow dragon priests and priestess's."
Taking point with his men in a tight formation Rothgar said to them. "Stay on you toes men. Turn off your lights and activate the night vission optic and cloaking device. Keep your eyes open for the temple guardian.... the stream of lights from there weapons flicked out and darkness surrounded them. Each soldier turned the night vission on and could see through there left eye visor clear as day. With hum sounds the air bent around them. Should any light source happen to appear. They would be invisible.
Moving further into the large chamber they found a pedastel with a circle of gold bowls burning insence. In the middle of the circle was a giant metal colum with strange red glowing writing. "The philosophers legacy" Rothgar muttered to stare at its buety. Hard to believe they found one here. Opening up the gold out screen from his wrist comp Rothgar typed on the keyboard with his free hand. A blue beam of light shot out from the wrist comp and scanned the ancient artifact that dated before the big bang.
"Its almost identical to ours" He said to his squad. "But there is writing differences. our scientists are sure going to enjoy decoding it"
Calling on there secure freq to the ORION Rothgar told EVA. "EVA, you were right. we found another marker." EVA"s voice came back. "Roger. Making preperations to send down supplys and more men to set up a base camp. Secure the a LZ for the dropship."
Rothgar looked back to his men. "Bravo team fall back and secure our bird a LZ. Alpha, stay here and fan out." Rothgar wondered where the temple guardian priest or priestess was. Surely they would not take kindly to the intrusion of this place they considered a holy ground. Or the artifact they seemed to worship
It was late in the night. Rothgars room was dark. The calming sounds of the sea from a sleep machine sounded. There was a beep and groaning Rothgar rolled over to hit a intercom on the bedside table. Without opening his eyes he said sleepily.
"Sargeant Glasscock speaking" It was EVA. "Sargeant, prepare for a mission to the surface of the planet. You will be briefed further on a need to know basis" Rothar opened a sleepy eye to look to his girlfriend suggled up against him. "Ok, give me some time to get ready" Kissing the sleeping women in the bed on the forehead he sat up to start putting on his uniform.
A hour later he was on a dropship with 9 other soldiers going through the planets atmosphere. Inside the dropship everything was painted in a red light. Rothgar looked over his battle rifle to make sure it was working right. Instead of the normal heavy class infantry power armor he usually wore. This time Rothgar and the others in the dropship wore the light infantry class armor.
It was nothing but a light weaght armored vest and helmet with a green visor over there left eyes that fed them visual data and targeting. On every soldiers back were packs with supplys. What looked like a gauntlet of sorts on there left forearms were computers with a built in keyboard and foldable screen. It held the usual goodys favored for scout missions. Like a GPS and cloaking system to bend the air around them redering them practically invisible to the naked eye.
All that Rothgar and the others knew was that the ancient alien artifact onboard the ORION was reacting to something. EVA did a scan of the planet and discovered a engergy signal that was a exact duplicate of the one they had in the cargo hold coming from a desert. The the ORIONS specters were being sent to recon, find, and secure the said artifact. Unfortunatly there was a heavy sandstorm going on.
As the Dropship landed in the sand its ramp lowered. The lights turned green and Rothgar stood up to stop near the ramp and look back to his men. "What? You waiting for a invitation? Lets go Specters!" He waved a hand to run down the ramp into the blinding sand wipped winds. The green visor over his left eye turned on and Rothgar could see clearly now. There was a temple looking structure not that far away. "Dont remember being told about that in the brief...." A private said into his helmet mike.
All the men led by Rothgar went to the temple entrance and stopped as they noticed a stone door blocked there way. "What do we do now?" A corporal asked. A private chirped in. "how about we knock and say open says a me?" Rothgar yelled at them. "Cut the chatter people, maintain radio silance. Rothgar pointed to his squads breach man and gave the hand arm signal to blow it.
The soldier went up to the stone door and pulled a breach charge out his pack to set it up. The squad fell back and the charge was detonated with a loud boom. Returning to the now opendoor they squad turned on the flashlights on there rifles as it was pitch black inside.
Rothgar looked to the runes and picturegraphs on the corridoor wall. "This is a shadow dragon temple..... I wonder if sis knew about this place?' before he left this planet many years ago his sister was in training to be priestess. Wether she passed the training and was one now eluded him.
The squad met another obstackle in the way of another blocked door. Rothgar recogized the shadow dragon runes on the door. "Stand back" he told his men and took off a glove to cut his hand with a knife. Flicking his hand to splatter blood on the door he chanted with a faint hiss near the end. "Vlasta mo ra...." With a crack the door came apart in near squares to allow passage. "What the f*C@ was that sargeant!?" A private demanded. Rothgar wispered with a angry voice. "Damit private! I said keep you voice down. It was a blood ward. Someone or something inside does not want us in there. Its a defence magic taught by shadow dragon priests and priestess's."
Taking point with his men in a tight formation Rothgar said to them. "Stay on you toes men. Turn off your lights and activate the night vission optic and cloaking device. Keep your eyes open for the temple guardian.... the stream of lights from there weapons flicked out and darkness surrounded them. Each soldier turned the night vission on and could see through there left eye visor clear as day. With hum sounds the air bent around them. Should any light source happen to appear. They would be invisible.
Moving further into the large chamber they found a pedastel with a circle of gold bowls burning insence. In the middle of the circle was a giant metal colum with strange red glowing writing. "The philosophers legacy" Rothgar muttered to stare at its buety. Hard to believe they found one here. Opening up the gold out screen from his wrist comp Rothgar typed on the keyboard with his free hand. A blue beam of light shot out from the wrist comp and scanned the ancient artifact that dated before the big bang.
"Its almost identical to ours" He said to his squad. "But there is writing differences. our scientists are sure going to enjoy decoding it"
Calling on there secure freq to the ORION Rothgar told EVA. "EVA, you were right. we found another marker." EVA"s voice came back. "Roger. Making preperations to send down supplys and more men to set up a base camp. Secure the a LZ for the dropship."
Rothgar looked back to his men. "Bravo team fall back and secure our bird a LZ. Alpha, stay here and fan out." Rothgar wondered where the temple guardian priest or priestess was. Surely they would not take kindly to the intrusion of this place they considered a holy ground. Or the artifact they seemed to worship
