Southeast Asian Rainforest, 2025
It is a dark, humid night in the rainforest. The silence of the night is penetrated by the chattering and hooting sounds of the wildlife. The noise of an armored jeep adds to the noise as it drives toward a clearing in the dense foliage. In the clearing, a base camp sits, its portable labs, armories, and barracks glistening in the moonlight. The base camp belongs to a PMC-turned-terrorist group known as NERO. They have the most advanced army in the world, and they have declared war on the U.N. They are expecting an assault by the U.N. with Ares walker tanks or Phoenix VTOL jets, but the U.N. has a new, secret project to test. The guards hear a thudding noise coming from the jungle. Thinking that it is the Ares tank that they were expecting, they send their armored soldiers out to take down the threat. The thudding begins to become faster and closer. "That's not an Ares," says one soldier, "it's too fast." A roar rips through the rainforest. "Definitely not an Ares," says the soldier. The trees shake, and a large form rips through the trees. It is tall and scaly, with very short arms, three toed feet attached to muscular legs, and a long, thick tail. Its head has a medium length snout filled with curved, serrated teeth that shine in the moonlight, and small rust red eyes that shimmer with power.
It is also armored in a silver metal exoskeleton, with two mounted minigun turrets manned by two soldiers wearing strange looking combat armor. This is an armored T-Rex, and it's ready to kill. The soldiers open fire with their assault rifles, but the bullets bounce harmlessly off of the armor. The turret soldiers fire back and it tears apart the soldiers' bodies in an explosion of blood. More soldiers show up, and the T-Rex eats them with pleasure. The armored beast charges into the base camp. The soldiers manning the guns let bullets rip through the camp, tearing apart the rest of the soldiers. The gunmen switch to rocket launchers, and destroy the rest of the base. The sound of the explosions tear through the night, and the T-Rex lets out a triumphant roar. Overhead, a cloaked drone hovers, watching the whole thing.
On an island in the Pacific, a man sits behind a desk, watching the drone footage. He sends it to the U.N., who, after viewing the footage, video call him and say, "Oasis Base, you are clear for genesis. Project Meso is now underway."