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Unfortunate Discoverys, Part Two/The Hanger
Posted By: Bloodwraith<mcase_6@msn.com>
Date: 13 January 2005, 5:06 AM
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9/22/2552 0513 Hours
Enroute to suspended alien structure.
Clouds of red and orange were suddenly disturbed of there endless cycle of wisping around in the wind of the gas giant as three pelicans roared toward a large, unatural object that hadn't been disturbed in ages. Everyone sat in aww at the sight of it, a large, grey facility, running who knew how many miles across. Suspended under it, by a large cable, or what closer observation had revealed, at least three cables strewn together. The smaller, suspended structure was there target. It had a large central tower, with other buildings rooting out from out. A few outer towers had what looked like mesmorizing, blue lights covering the wall of them. The pilot of the lead pelican anounced over the intercom to the other pelicans. ''Okay everyone, were about 1 mile out and by captains orders, well be landing on that platform of that outer tower there. We've detected a door outside.'' The captian then came on. ''Okay everyone, the pelicans will go back to False Hopes, so well be all on our own. We'll be able to communicate to ship though, but only with the main radio. The magnetic field of this planet is to strong to permit communication to base from your personal radios. McGreen out.''
One by one the pelicans dropped down, using there landing gear to stay on the ground so the scientist could unload there equipment. In another half hour the gear was out, and the pelicans left, making McGreen feal alone. He walked over to Srg. Harvego. ''Srg. I want you and you squad to go to the door and open it. When we go in I requast you get your squad to go in defensive formation around the scientist.'' ''Don't worry sir, we'll take care of it. Hell, with our weapons,'' as he brought up a Battle Rifle'' we could hold our own against a covenant armada. We've got SMG's, Battle Rifles, frags, magnums, shotguns, even rocket luanchers.'' '' Well lets pray we don't have to use them''
As soon as the gear was packed up, carried by backpacks, who everyone wore, they went to the door earlier opened by Harvego's marines. Half the marines went in first, followed by the scientists and the captian, and trailed by the other marines. Mcgreen patted his two magnums, one on each of his sides, and felt reassured that he wouldn't go unarmed. Kelly noticed this and said ''Sir, calm down, you act as if there are covenant here.'' '' Please, call me Peter, Kelly. It doesn't hurt to be on the safe side.'' '' Well sir, I mean Peter, I see nothing harmfull here, just old things waiting to be studied and understood. If there was Covenant here, we would know.'' McGreen, a little anoyed at being lectured by a scientist, said nothing. Up ahead Harvego yelled, ''Theres ramp leading down up ahead, with two belts up ahead with what looks like spent fusion cells being carried on it.'' ''All right Sargent, we'll go down that way, and find a place to call HQ.'' The expidition went down and soon went under the ramp. Up ahead they came to a dead end, with an elevator in the middle. Kelly went up and exclaimed ''Look at the elevator, the hologram must be the controls. Interesting, these controls, they seem so familar. In fact, this whole facility seems familiar. Justlike the architecture in the underground structures we've found on Reach before it was destroyed.'' She brought out a small tube, one McGreen recognized as a portable hologram that carried AI's. Earlier, the captain gave Kelly permission to take the AI along.
Julius appeared on the hologram. Kelly said ''Jullius, we need you to interface with the controls to take the elevator down.'' A moment later he said, ''There, that circle, that takes the elavator down.'' Everyone Piled in, marines and scientists, making the elevator quite cramped. Soon they were on there way down. What they came across suprised them all. A large room, With a platform rising 2 feet of the ground on the first floor. There was a walkway that spanned the walls and rose above the first floor. The second floor housed doors, leading to various parts of the facility. On the ground, there where moving walkways that carried the barrels they saw before, some filled with glowing blue gas. The walkways went off edges, dropping to who knew where. But pherhaps the most magnificant thing was a large hanger door, large enough to easily bring a pelican in. The door was mainly glass, giving a view of the outside, turning the inside a reddish hue, almost like blood. Some scientists gasped, and McGreen said to the Sargent, ''This looks like a good of place as any to set up a headquarters. We could also bring a pelican in from False Hopes, park it in this hanger. That way the pilots won't have to fly back and forth every time we need a ride to somewhere on this structure. Once we get camp set up radio in. I imagine the pilot won't be to happy he has to leave the gormate dining on False Hopes, but he'll manage''. Everyone one laughed, knowing it as a joke, because the food on ship could be compared to eating insects.
An hour later, a small base was set up on the upper levels of the hanger. Cots were set up, portable computers placed, and the main radio, the only one capable of communicating to False Hopes. Marines slept in sleeping bags, preffering them to the bulky cots, and the weapons were stored in collapsable boxes, creating a sizeable armory. A pelican was called in, and was now parked in the middle of the hangar. Standing in the middle, McGreen made an anouncment. ''Could I have everyones attention, thank you. The plans for the for today call that two groups of scientist to explore our new surroundings. Three marines will go with each group, while the rest stay and keep an eye on our headquarters. Tommorow we will explore another tower. We've decided on one of the blue-walled ones. We will assemble here in aproximatly 0030 hours.
Among those who stayed and guarded the HQ was Sargent Harvego. The captain went to lead one expidition and Bourne the other. For a half an hour, the marines did nothing but sit and play cards. Approximatly thirty minutes after the expiditions left, machines appeared. ''Sarge, look!'' said a young marine ''What is it, marine? It better be good, I was in a good daydream!'' Then he saw it for himself, or rather he heard first. A mechanicle humming, sounding almost like a fast moving car in a tunnel. ''Marines, get into defensive position, form a perimiter and stay hidden behind these pillars.'' He whispered. Then he saw them, floating machines, with protruding like fins on the sides. He recognized a laser on the front. There were eleven of them totale, all flying around as if they had no purpose. ''Permission to engage target, sir?'' A marine asked. ''Negative marine, lets see what they do first.'' he whispered in replie. One of the machines saw them, and came to investigate, more came, and each one came within inches of all the marines. Each one studied the intruders face, and, satisfied, they all left into a hole on the wall.
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