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Personal Log: 04/15/2285

This is Paladin Christos Pantapoulos, Carolina Brotherhood of Steel, Identification Number 99010. A day ago, Reconnaissance Squad Veritas was inserted by Vertibird into West Columbia. As soon as we arrived over West Columbia, our gunship suddenly began to fail. The left began to sputter, and we went into a death spiral. We crashed through an apartment building, which caused the wing to be torn off. The stricken craft then plowed into the street, digging a deep furrow in the crumbling asphalt. The Pilot, Lancer Sergeant Weber, the Copilot, Lancer Knight Hahn, and the left door gunner, Knight Abbott, were killed on impact. Knight Koll suffered from a broken elbow, and Initiate Ruhl had his left leg pinned under the Vertibird. We had to leave Ruhl behind, luckily he wasn't wearing Power Armor. I ordered Nagor to detach the minigun from the right door, and to carry it. She reluctantly obeyed, citing the fact that her capability to fight effectively would be hindered by the heft of it. I told her that it would be okay, and that we would cover her if she covered us. Things began to go downhill from here. We moved further into the city, tracking the signal, when I noted something very strange; the streets were completely deserted. It wasn't the fact that the area was ruined, that had happened 208 years ago, so people should have been inhabiting the ruins, but it was completely deserted. I began contemplating why this was, when my question was answered by a loud roar emanating from the ruins. A horror that had not been witnessed before emerged from the wrecked buildings. It, it was as if someone had taken a Centaur, given it legs, and enlarged it. It was at least 7 meters tall, and 3 meters at the shoulders. It had two arms on either side, and a fifth arm hanging limply from its chest. It was sickly pink in coloration, and had tufts of reddish-brown fur across its body. It stomped into the street, and roared again. It charged us, plucking Knight Weber up like a toy, and throwing him at a wall. I ordered Nagor to concentrate fire on its chest, to try to incapacitate it. Scribe Corwyn shouted for us not to kill it until she could take a few photographs of the creature, but I was only concerned with killing the thing that had broken every bone in Weber's body. Knight-Sergeant Torelli launched a mini-nuke at it. The warhead detonated, and it briefly disappeared in a in a bright flash. The flash dissipated, and the wall was coated with blood and bits of the monster. Corwyn was yelling at us that she hadn't been able to take a picture of it for the record, but I told her that like all abominations, there were bound to be more of its kind. I dashed over to Weber, removing his helmet. It was dented, and when I removed it, Weber's skull was caved in. We retreated to the wreckage, expecting to find Ruhl dead, but he was very alive and very agitated. He shouted several expletives at me, and I just chuckled. Grabbing a shovel, I dug the area below him out, and dragged him out. We retreated into an Apartment building, just as people began to reemerge. We hid in the building, waiting for Corwyn to manage to make contact with headquarters. I sent Knight-Sergeant Nagor and Knight Gordon to guard the entrance. The locals were curious, but when they saw the firepower we were packing, they backed off, and tried to avoid us as best they could. I just hope that there are no Planters here. This is Paladin Christos Pantapoulos, Carolina Brotherhood of Steel, Identification Number 99010, Signing off. █