Chapter 2
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October 19, 2552 (Military Calendar)
Subject: Camera Feed 10
Issuing Officers: Admiral H.K. de Cortes, Senior Sergeant C. Z. Henderson, Commander S. Pier, Private J. R. Hernandez, Private A. L. Loisdottir, Aboard Alexandria Orbital Defense Station: Mars, Habitat Beta, 1st Floor
VIDEO:
In view on the left are two female soldiers, both in non-combat uniforms, implying that they are the Admiral and Commander, both taking cover behind a lifted area that would normally be a lunch area. One, however, has medals decorating her uniform, while the Commander only two medals above her left breast. To the right of the screen are two Grunts setting up a turret with an Elite barking orders, and kicking one of them. The Elite waves his arm towards an off-screen target and two Jackals come in, shields overlapping and march towards the Commander and Admiral. The Elite stays low with a carbine steady behind the small phalanx.
The Commander peeks her head and signals for the Senior Sergeant (who is noted by his ODST armor) to take a firing position up-front, using their makeshift cover as guard. The Senior Sergeant is using a sniper rifle in a prone position with only the barrel and part of his right arm and head sticking out from behind the corner. The Admiral says something, and the Commander then signals for the two Privates. The Marines are in their combat-uniform and take up firing positions behind a raised lunch area parallel to the Commander's and Admiral's firing position.
One of the Marines fidgets and fires his SMG into the phalanx. In quick retaliation, the Elite stands up from his crouched position and fires one round into the Marines stomach. The Marine falls to the floor in a pool of his own blood, and without the safety of cover. The other Marine screams out and tries to help his friend, but the Admiral stares him down from doing so. The Elite ducks behind the phalanx, but not before an S2 round from the Senior Sergeant's sniper rifle takes a piece of the Elite's shoulder. At this time the Grunts have finished setting up the turret, but panic suddenly when they see the Elite on the floor bleeding.
The Jackals break their phalanx formation when one of them turns to help the Elite, but dies when the Admiral takes a quick shot to the back of its head with a Battle Rifle round. The second Marine comes out providing bursts of SMG fire, sending the Grunts behind the turret. The Jackal makes the shield cover him, but as the Marine provided SMG fire for cover fire, the Admiral runs to around the raised area to where the Jackal is taking cover. Her step alerts the Jackal, but the Admiral takes one shot from her magnum and ends its life before it does anything. The Grunt who isn't manning the turret sees her and fires a few needler rounds at her. A few pierce her flesh and make tiny explosions ripping and burning the flesh of her right shoulder.
At this time the Elite's shield is back up. He jumps onto the second Marine, pinning him to the floor, and pulls out a plasma rifle. The Senior Sergeant takes two quick shots. The first one misses, but the second hits the plasma rifle, blowing it up in the Elite's hand. The Elite doubles over and fires two carbine rounds as he takes cover behind a wall. The Grunt then fires the turret madly, and the Senior Sergeant rolls out of his prone position behind cover. The Commander then fires a Battle Rifle round into the Grunt manning the turret, killing it.
The second Marine takes cover as the Elite reaches around the corner and fires the carbine blindly. The Senior Sergeant drops his sniper rifle and pulls out a magnum, firing four shots at the second Grunt, but missing all of them. The Commander disappears from view behind the raised area, and reappears with just her hand, grabbing the Admiral and pulling her into cover. The Marine lobs a grenade over the raised lunch area, backwards over his head. The Elite looks up at the grenade and attempts to make a diving roll, but is still hit by the blast, sending him tumbling end over end. The Grunt then fires faster without stop at the Marine behind cover, an easy shot for the Commander's Battle Rifle. The Commander runs out with her Battle Rifle steady and fires two rounds into the incapacitated Elite's head. The Senior Sergeant and Marine walk out from behind cover, weapons steady. The Marine shakes his head, and the Commander makes a gesture and the Marine walks toward the Admiral and helps her up. The Admiral nods her laughing and saying something, and everyone turns to look at her.
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