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54th SFMC Expeditionary Unit: Episode I (part 2)

"The Crucible"

Summary:
The Marines of the 54th continue through the tower that they have found their way into. The bodies on the wall are wearing CAP Marine uniforms. A very large insectoid creature is discovered in a mess hall of the tower, which promptly takes Pryde and Wallace out of commission. Private First Class Anya Rostof and Marine Captain Jack Rostof find a radio room and call for extraction from a CAP shuttle while 3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla leads a fire team against the giant insect. The Marines make their way to the top of the tower where they are to be extracted from, and although they seize control of the shuttle that rescues them, they are overtaken by a large swarm of more monster insect-like creatures. They all wake up, however, to find themselves in a room aboard Starbase 8, with the Captain informing them that their training is now officially over.


Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::BEGIN SIM::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::You are all in the tower, in the room just after the lift, Bodies with their stomachs hanging open stuck on the walls with some sort of mucas::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::These are CAP MArines, you can tell by the uniforms, broken phaser litter the ground::
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:::He looked around and clicked on the Flashlight of his DEP 10:: Lights on - spread out and secure the perimeter.
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::Theres three ways out of this room, the way you came, a steel door to the left, and an open door straight ahead::
Private First Class Anya Rostof: [T1] ::Blinks a little bit and scowls she was sick of this place already. Small form shifted taking readings.:: [NOIP] We better keep moving staying still in this place is not a good idea. ::her voice firm.::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::Glances over the corpses, holding his MX-1 at the ready:: We need to get off this planet. These were Marines, they were once Starfleet Marines like us.
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:::he shined his light - which was also done by aiming his weapon at the door then used hand signals, possitioning two marines in a knelt possition aiming on the door they came in, one on the steel shut door and one on the slightly open door::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:[CO][All] Hold positions.
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::A loud sound, like the scurrying of many feet is heard above, coming closer::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::Its comes closer, and closer, till it seems like it right on top of you, then it ceases::
Private First Class Anya Rostof:[T1] ::Tilts her head slightly scanning and keeps scanning trying to get anything good. Blinks when it stops.::
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:::he kept his aim on the door ahead of him that he helped guard with his fellow underling:: [CO][Capt] We got possible baddies above and a few ways out. awaiting orders.
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:::looking around to his men:: stay sharp.
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:[CO] ::Nods slightly, we need to find a radio room.
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:[CO][1PL] Advance through the open door.
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[CO][capt] Roger that.
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:::he used signals to have his men converge on the open door, opening it slowly as all but the two rear aiming inside and at the door, shining three lights inside and around::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::The Radio Room door opens as Shakla's men approach::
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL] Brings up his DEp-10 and takes aim, shining the light around as he examined the inside of the room::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::As Shakla Enters, a sound like metal being ripped and torn apart is coming from the MEss hall::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:[CO][1PL] Hold your Position, Wallace and Pryde, investigate.
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL] ::did so, though he didn't like being a sitting duck::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:[1PS] ::Pryde slowly walks up to the door, and it opens automatically aswell::
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL] [CO] Sir - I've already got two men on that door, if anything visits it's getting interlocked fire from both directions at once. And I'd rather not stand half in a doorway waiting to get bitten off at the hips.
Private First Class Anya Rostof:[T1] ::Quack. Scans around the area again sharpening the frequencies.::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:[CO][1PL] The Door is not in your Arc of fire, don;'t worry about the Mess hall
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::Inside the Messhal is a very large insectoid creature, it has 8 limbs, the second to the top being massive blades::
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL][CO] I'm worried about what might be hiding inside this radio room as i'm a standing target from holding my possition - request permission to sweep radio room rather than be a still target
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::All in all, the creature is about 15 feet high, and 7 feet wide::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:[1PS] ::Pryde fires off a grenade from the MX-1 at the creatures midsection::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::The Grenade explodes, but when it does, the creature is charging at Pryde through the smoke::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:[1ST] ::Fires through the door from behind Pryde at the Creature::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::The Creatures is not stopped, it breaks through the door, landing on Pryde and Wallace, and thats the last you see of them::
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL] ::holds his possition inside the radio room with his team just outside the radio room door::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:[CO][1PL] Now open fire.
Private First Class Anya Rostof:[T1] ::Makes no noise, Her face blank as she continued to scan shaking her head now and then.::
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL] Roger that. Open FIRE! ::letting his four man fire squadopen up on the insectoid with verything::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::The Creature jumps back up to its feet, blood all over the ground. The creature's Carapice is like Armor, and it charges at Shakla' group::
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL] ::he himself takes a possition using the radio room doorway for cover, him and his four marines unloading fire into the target::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::TOne of the Creature's legs in shot off, and it falls, but gets back up::
Private First Class Anya Rostof:[T1] ::nods a little bit and checks through the area for more of the creatures.::
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL] Keep firing - blow all it's legs off, let it try to slither to us! ::then taking aim to destroy it's legs::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::Its stabs one of the Blades into one of Shakla's Marines, and then it runs back into the Messhall, taking the Marine with him::
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL] ::that was him and his bravado, the real audie murphy "lets get em" type of person.::
Private First Class Anya Rostof:[T1] Eyes... ::She said softly almost inaudiable.::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::Some crashing can be heard in the MEsshall, then it stops, and all is silent::
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL] Freakin piece of crap - ::taking one of his marines MX-1s and taking aim, firing it into the mess hall::
Private First Class Anya Rostof:[T1] ::Shifts slightly scanning into the messhall from a low to the ground position.::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:[CO]::Walks up behind Shakla:: [1PL] Get on that Radio, and call for someone to get us.
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:[CO] Extraction now.
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL] roger that. Recommend we baracade inside the radio room. Give it as much fire as possible if it tries to get at us again
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL] [CO] than I suggest our rescue should bring a few DEP-100s with them.
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:[CO] [1T] PFC, get to the Radio room
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:[CO] We are in CAP space, we will probably be rescued by CAP.
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL] My guys - inside the radio room, take up firing possitions. Check your power cells and reftresh them.
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL] ::still inspecting the radio equipment:: what kind of junk is this?
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:[CO] ::Enters the Radio room, going over to the main console, waiting for Anya::
Private First Class Anya Rostof:[T1]::Moves into the radio room as ordered:: [CO] either way... we will need to get to them. If we are cornered... ::She trailed off her own subordinate joining her.::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:[CO] Thats what we have Technicians for.
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::The Radios are untocuhed, this room is the complete opposite of the horror scenes seen in other places::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:[CO] Try and close that door. ::Points at the Radio Room door::
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL] Well i hope the Tech is over five hundred years old. I haven't seen radio wave communication equipment since I hopped a pakled ship to crash it into a cardassian cruiser
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:[CO] Best Radios you can get for your money today.
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL] ::he pointed to two of his shooters and pointed to the door:: Get on it - and try not to get yourselves turned into bug food
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:[CO] PFC, call for Evac. Don't identify yourself as Federation or CAP
Private First Class Anya Rostof:[T1] ::Nods and checks power for the radio room before setting up sources to do so. Working quickly. Ignoring the men.::
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL] ::he shook his head:: when I get back to the ship remind me to cary a Bajoran hand phaser from now on. If I had it with me I'd of cut that bug in two.
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::The Radios hum to life, static is heard::
Private First Class Anya Rostof:[T1] ::Checks the frequensies finding an open and usable one from this position. Scowling faintly.::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::Radio traffic can be heard, although, its mixed with static::
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL] ::he laughed at the radio equipmnt:: how we ever survived before subspace communications.
Private First Class Anya Rostof:[T1] ::Works to boost the signal just a little more.::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::You can make out Federation standard being spoken::
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL] [Squad Members] ::finish closing the door and return to firing possitions::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::"Yeah, so three men walk into a bar, they shoulda ducked"::
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL] I think I've heard that one before. ::laughing lightly::
Private First Class Anya Rostof:[T1] ::nods a little bit frowning. Then opens the waves.:: Any reciever do you copy over.. ::She spoke firmly into the transmitter.::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:"This is CAP Independence, recieveing loud and clear"
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:Identify yourself as a CAP Marine, say we are the last survivors and we need extraction.
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:Have them lock onto this signal
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:"This is CAP Independence do you read?"
Private First Class Anya Rostof:[T1] [CAP Independance] CAP Marines Requesting evacuation. ::Even letting a little static go through.::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:"Roger that, My god! You are there? We are on our way now"
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:"We will pick up from the Landing Dock on the top of the tower"
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:"Do you read?"
Private First Class Anya Rostof:[T1] Copy that. ::She said then nodded.::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:"CAP Independence, out"
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:[CO] To the top then.
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL] Looks like we got a ride - though they may be pissed off we're not who we said we were.
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:[CO] Kill everything that moves.
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:[CO] We are going to steal the shuttle from them.
Private First Class Anya Rostof:[T1] ::Looks to Captain Rostof and nods. Standing up she collected her power source.::
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL] that'll look really good on a starfleet report - and how exactly do we get to the roof?
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::The doors open by themselves::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:[CO] Those only open if someone is outside it.
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL] Men, firing possitions. ::taking aim on the door::
Private First Class Anya Rostof:[T1] ::blinks facing the door already. That phaser pistol lifting.::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::Nothing appears after about 10 minutes::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:[CO] Grenade.
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:[CO] bounce it off the wall so it goes to the right.
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL]::does just hat, taking the grenade, activating it and tossing it so it bounces off the wall and goes right in the hallway::
Private First Class Anya Rostof:[T1][NOIP] Whatever it is... it's smart. ::She mumbled softly.::
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL] Smart enough to wait outside for a grenade to drop in it's lap?
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::The Grenade explodes and a large figure falls across the door::
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL] If it was smart - it'd just bum rush us and we'd all be dead in a matter of seconds.
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::Still holding the dead Marine::
Private First Class Anya Rostof:[T1] ::Blinks a little bit and crouches low scanning.::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:[CO] Open fire on its corpse, it could be a trap.
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL] I don't trust it. Men - unload on that thing, don't leave any of it connected to any other part of it.
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL] ::he loved a good fire team. Tell them to shoot something and they simply do. So smple but affective::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::After two minutes of sustained fire, much of the creature of in pieces::
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL] Cease fire.
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:[CO] Tough critter.
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:[CO] Back to the lift.
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL] Yes - I'll see what I can do about adding a bajoran phaser to the DEP-10s so we can cut it to pieces if we need to next time, right from the git
Private First Class Anya Rostof:[T1] ::Nods a little bit leaning forward with the scans going. Looks behind her and makes sure she has a power source for the lift... that she can rig in... just in case. Tucks it in one of her pockets and nods that she is ready.::
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:Prepare for battle. We're not dyin in this place Fire at will!
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::As the Marines begin firing, larges flies can be seen getting shot to pieces and falling from the air::
Lance Corporal Adian Pryde:::fires freely into the mass of insectile creatures around him laughing inwardly, knowing this could be his last battle::
Private First Class Anya Rostof:[T1] ::Sets up something neat snatching equipment up and linking it making a strange looking item then lifts one end. Electricity flowing through it.:: [NOIP] Bug light ... ::Laughs.::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::One of the flies stabs into a marine, lifting him up, and dropping him back on the LZ::
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL] ::he had no intentions of dying to insects. he took out his grenade, and burnt off a bit before tossing it into the thick of the swarm so it explodes with optimal placemnt and kill radis inside the swarm::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::The grenade explodes, but the hole in the Swarm is quickly replaced by hundreds more::
Private First Class Anya Rostof:[T1] ::She set up the arc of eletricity it should jump from creature to creature stunning them. That was the idea anyway.::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::The Shuttle breaks through the swarm, the entrance ramp opening as it was landing, a CAP Marine running out yelling "Get in!"
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:[CO} Everyone, get on!
Lance Corporal Adian Pryde:[1PS];;realizing frag grenades would be useless now, he grabed an incedniary grenade and lobbed it into the mass to where it would explode in the middle of the swarm::
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL] Marines! Onbaord the Ds and hustle the ::bajoran swearing:: up
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::The Grenades explodes, again, making a whole for all of 2 seconds::
Lance Corporal Adian Pryde:[1PS]::hops into the shuttle and continues to fire into the swarm with his DEP 10::
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL] ::he covered as best he could. tosing every nade he had on him and firing in aves through the swarm while on his way to the DS::
Private First Class Anya Rostof:[T1] ::Bolts on nearly dragging the second Tech with her. Sending up another arc of electricity.::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::The Marines all make it on the Dropship::
Private First Class Anya Rostof:[T1] ::Then she turned around to face the CAP marines. Grinning a little.::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:[CO] ::As he enters the drop ship, he shoots the CAP Marine in the face pointblank with his MX-1::
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL] ::he then takes aim on the CAPers:: Sorry fellows -
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:[CO] To the cockpit, take the ship.
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::There was only the 1 marine, Pilot, and Co-Pilot::
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL] Roger that. Two shooters - upfront, if it has or reaches for a gun - blow him away
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:[CO] Keep the Pilot and C-Pilot alive
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL] ::marching behind what is left of his squad, only two live members now but they still moved like professionals::
Lance Corporal Adian Pryde:[1PS]::runs into the cockpit and places the barrele of his DEP 10 to the side of a random guy head and pulls the trigger happily::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::The sides of the shuttle are ripped open, and the flies swarm in::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::The shuttle flips on the LZ::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::More holes open in the shuttle, more flies, darkness::
Lance Corporal Adian Pryde:[1PS]What will it take to stop those iritating insects!
3rd Lieutenant Nosh Shakla:[1PL] ::lands on his backside after getting fliped but then cralls to the hatch and kicks it out:: EVERYONE OUT
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:::The Darkness fades away, and you realize you are on Strbase 8::
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:[CO] Enjoy your shots Marines?
Private First Class Anya Rostof:[T1] ::Gasps a little bit and hangs on. Her head shaking a little bit.::
Lance Corporal Adian Pryde:[1PS]What is this crap?
Marine Captain Jack Rostof:[CO] You have completed your training.