It has been several years since the destruction of the floating colony orbiting Saturn, Titan Station, and all seems to have gone to hell. Almost every colony now a days have a so called marker test lab. Markers are actually the source of all our power, the so called miracle fuel that enables us to have unlimited energy. But it is also believed by unitologists that such a source of power is also a holy relic of some kind in their religion, but hell do they even know of the horror a single marker could cause. They give off this signal that morphs dead flesh into grotesque creatures otherwise known as necromorphs, and they come in various forms. One thing we know though, their intent is to make more "vessels" for other necromorphs to be born, in other words kill and infect.
Unitologists believe that this isn't something to be taken as a bad thing, instead, they have this twisted idea that becoming one of those things is the passage to the cycle of rebirth, the next stage in evolution as they call it. They have taken a lot of drastic measures to aiding necromorphs in securing more "vessels". There have been many cases where people have been brutally murdered, and there seems to be no limitation to victims, even women and children have been slaughtered cruelly. Cases of large groups of people committing suicide in public areas have also occurred, most likely unitologists making vessels out of themselves. Death is all around, murders, suicides, I can't imagine what's next.
My name is Roy Cross, Earth Government Special Forces, holding the rank of First Lieutenant, my team and I have been transferred to Goliath station to aid the local forces. Reports say that there have been multiple cases of mass murders and suicides over the past 3 days, and things are getting out of hand. Earth Gov. deployed my team, otherwise known as Raptor team, and we're about to enter a whole new level of hell.
Raptor team composes of 5 people including myself,
Corporal Fred Lansik, age 25, he used to be E.O.D (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), and has this love and passion to blow things up. Armed with a burst fire machine gun and a under barrel grenade launcher, he's the team grenadier, very good also in dealing with large numbers, and I'm pretty sure we'll need someone to handle crowd control, of course with tear gas grenades and not frags or incendiaries.
Sergeant 2nd class Diego Caedo, age 32, used to be an instructor in close quarters and now he's the team's breacher. Armed with a shotgun with an under barrel mounted force gun, basically anything that comes close would be in for quite a surprise.
Private Lars Desmos, age 20, the new transferee, the rookie of the team armed with a standard assault rifle. He's yet to see actually operations and combat to actually become seasoned to this line of work, but his scores in training were top notch, so there's a chance he'd actually do well.
Sergeant 1st class Sarah Guntram, age 21, Raptor team's second in command, and also my childhood friend. Never thought we'd end up working together especially after we were separated after I hit command school. She's armed with a pair of SMG's and each under mounted with a revolver modification. She's also the team's engineer, so she has a knack for experimenting or constructing new toys for us to play with.
And then there's me, Lieutenant Roy Cross, age 23, Raptor team's leader. I carry an old favourite of mine, the triple barrelled pulse rifle, customized to use the same crowd control functionality as the older model, in where you point your rifle to the sky and the 3 barrels will start pointing in different angles and start spraying bullets while the barrel rotates on its own.
The whole team aside from Sarah and I wore the specialized white military armour, while I, being the commander of the team, got access to the latest special forces suit. A bit odd that we're special forces but not everyone is issued a special forces suit. Well anyway, that's Raptor squad for you. Right now, we're in a military class cruiser about 5 minutes out from Goliath station, now proceeding to docking. The whole team preps up for arrival as they get their gear together.
"Nervous rookie?" asked Fred.
"N-not really." said Lars in a somewhat shivery tone.
"Yeah he's nervous. Haha!" laughed Diego. "Have you read the case reports? All bloody and grotesque! Maybe our first assignment would be matching someone's hand to the correct body, if there still is one anyway hahaha!"
"W-what? No way!"
"Relax kid they're just playing with you." Said Sarah. "Just follow our orders and we're all good."
"Yes ma'am..."
"60 seconds to arrival! All troops prepare for arrival!" announced the pilot on the intercoms.
"Alright you heard him!" I said. "Don't leave anything behind!"
"Yes sir!" the team said in unison.
The cruiser then docks into Goliath station's starport and opens its doors as we, and other teams proceed to our rendezvous point for our mission.
"Alright, first things first, link up with local forces, we've been assigned to help investigate in a crime scene." I announced to the team.
"What kind of crime are we looking at here sir?" asked Diego.
"I don't know but it has a lot of corpses around, could be murder or suicide, we've yet to know."
"Well son of a bitch..."
"Gotta love the tourist spots eh?" joked Fred. "All the walls painted in blood and brains!"
"Screw you Fred!" exclaimed Diego.
"Alright lock it down, both of you!" said Sarah.
The team was then approached by a man accompanied by 2 men in security armour.
"Are you Raptor team?" asked the man.
"Yes sir! We're Raptor team!" I said. "I'm Lieutenant Roy, this is my team, Sergeant Sarah, Sergeant Diego, Corporal Fred and Private Lars."
"Glad you're here! We could use the hand!" said the man as he shook my hand. "I'm Captain Gerald! Goliath Security Division! Come with me! We'll fill you in as we make our way to the crime scene!"
"Yes sir! Raptor move out!"
"SIR!" said the squad in unison.
We followed the captain to board a police van and we were debriefed on what's been going on in Goliath station. As we were on the way to the scene, we had to pass through a series of security check points.
"Tight security eh Captain?" said Sarah.
"Yeah! Goliath station's been gone to shit now a days, about 70% of the station have been quarantined." Explained the captain.
"What?! More than 50% of the station?!"
"Yeah! It started off as 20%! That was only last month! Look at how much it has grown! We'd mind as well abandon station! But we have orders to stay and hold the line as Earth Gov sends reinforcements! In any case, meaning you people! I hope you guys are as good as they say!"
"Mainly terrorist threats sir! Of course that's what else could it be?" said Diego.
"You'll know when we get there... But one thing's for sure, we can't handle it anymore. Aside from unitologists, I suspect there's something else here."
"What do you mean sir?" I asked.
"It could be..."
"We're arrived sir!" said the driver.
"Alright..." said the Captain as he took a deep breath.
"What is it sir?" I asked.
"The moment I open those doors, well, I just hope you guys didn't have lunch."
The team looked at each other in confusion as the captain then proceeded to open the door of the van. As we stepped out of the vehicle, well, let's just say it's nothing anyone would want to see.
"HOLY SHIT!" shouted Diego.
"I-I-I can't take this... I'm going to throw up" said Lars as he held his hand on his mouth.
"What the hell..." I said.
Here I thought looking at the descriptions and photos in report cases were bad enough, but to actually see it for myself. There are bodies all over the place, with their blood staining every bit of the floor, and even on the walls. Just by looking at the bodies, I can't even identify who's who, as if someone blew their faces out with a shotgun. There are even severed body parts lying all over the place. This really confirms the gruesome reports that have been very common recently, to see it for myself, I feel like I'm in hell.
"Welcome to the dead zones of Goliath station..." said the captain. "At least... one of them."
"T-There's more than one?!" I exclaimed. "Aw hell, we're in for a load of shit today guys."
