Prologue
"Redemption, this is Red Hawk 203 permission to dock over?" The man piloting the shuttle asked.
Redemption; a standard issue Heavy Cruiser made by the smartest and forward thinking engineers of Super Earth, it comes equip with enough heavy weapons, vehicles and turrets to launch a massive offensive on one planet no matter how overrun it maybe, its triple barrel cannons attached to the belly of the magnificent beast is capable of glassing an entire region of a planet if given the green light.
"Red Hawk 203 this is Redemption you are free to dock over," the man on the radio said.
As the transport shuttle neared the massive beast its belly slowly opened allowing a gap for the shuttle to ascend. As the shuttle finally reached the docking area the gap below the aircraft finally closed, allowing the shuttle to finally land. The doors of the shuttle finally slid backwards towards the engines letting its passengers exit the craft.
The man that came out of the shuttle was a fairly built man and stood at a whopping 6'1 making him the tallest in the squad; he wore the standard dark military fatigues, his armor is a metal chest plate with a yellow border around it and it had a combat knife attached to it, shoulder pads albeit one is a bit longer than the other, leg and arm braces, his helmet had two flashlights attached to the top of it with a 'T' visor and surrounded by grey metal and bordered by yellow, lastly his cape reached all the way to his Achilles heel with three curved stripes at the top of the cape.
"Captain, congratulations on your successful mission," a private said before giving a strict salute.
"At ease private," he said which made the private's stiff shoulders relax.
"Admiral James wants to see you," the private said.
The Captain simply nodded and headed towards the main deck of the ship. As he walked across the hallway several members of the ship saw him and immediately saluted, to which he ignored as he brisk walked his way. After a while he final managed to reach the main deck.
Inside the main deck were three people; on the left was SSgt. Michael Cadbury, he is responsible for all of the strategems being deployed on the field and also the one who explains what some it does, he wears a heavy armor that had a grenade attached on his shoulder pad, his head was bald and he has a light beard growing, his eyes though black always sparkle when a conversation leads to weapons. To the right there was Dr. McCarren Westfield also known as the lead researcher of Redemption. She wore red glasses and a classic white lab coat, her face always depicts seriousness and her hair was tied up like a bun. She is also responsible for researching all of the new discoveries they make as the Captain is plunged into different planets and also knowing the weak spots of enemies. Lastly at the center of the deck stood a dark man wearing an admiral hat and a full yellow cape his face had a deep scar on his left eye and all in all the atmosphere when being around him is always serious. But that serious face he wore was removed upon seeing the person who enters the room.
"Captain Michael, good work at making those Bugs suffer," The admiral said to which he only replied with a nod.
"Unfortunately though we have another mission for you," he said somberly.
"Its fine, give me the details," Michael said through his mask.
The James sighed heavily before finally giving the mission details. "Our scanners have found a new planet. Report shows that cyborgs are attempting to take it,"
Michael immediately perked up at the word cyborg. "Take us there… now," he said.
The admiral nodded and looked to the pilots who were already typing in the coordinates of the planet. While the pilots were doing their job the admiral turned to face Michael who was facing the window and staring into the deep space.
"Michael… beating yourself up isn't going to bring him back," The admiral said somberly.
"Admiral, you know that I'm not going to stop until all the cyborgs are dead," he said with finality in his tone.
"Sir, were ready for jump," The lead pilot said before James could get another word to Michael.
"Launch!" Michael said.
The pilot nodded and activated the launch button. The entire room started to shake then finally the entire crew of Redemption jerked at the sudden launch.
It's still my ship Captain. James thought.