As the Argonaught gracefully and yet gallantly soared through the sky, it lit the desert of the real up like a single candle in the endless abyss. Three hours before, the High Council of Zion just assigned them along with another ship, The Baldur, to scout out 3 lab facilities that were destroyed in the past week.
Councilor Hamann stood up and spoke, "The High Council is assigning two ships to scout out what remains of Three of our Five lab facilities. Upon taking this mission you shall be awarded merit and trust among the High Council and your fellow captains and comrades Are there any captains willing to risk their lives to find out and then salvage what is left of these labs?"
The Captain of the Argonaught, Archiox, rose up immediately to volunteer. He'd do anything to honor his fallen comrades who were in these labs. He'd also do anything to honor his crew and honor Zion. "Captain Archiox of The Argonaught wishes to volunteer himself, his crew, and his ship to honor Zion by doing this duty."
The Captain of the Baldur, Inertia, immediately stood up for she was friends with Archiox and his crew.
"Captain Inertia of the Baldur wishes to volunteer herself, her crew, and her ship to honor Zion by aiding the Argonaught."
Archiox gave her a wry glance and she gave him one in return. They left the room after the meeting and Archiox asked "Why are you doing this Inertia?" She responded "Because I choose to.
I don't want to risk you getting hurt. Besides, You're probably going need my help. Those bases will be teaming with sentinels." He said quietly, "If you insist."
The Argonaught was within about ten miles of this first lab facility when Archiox decided to get some reconnaissance information about what has happened and what the base was used for. He advised Inertia do the same.
"Base Code 327981------- 'Project Rewrite' Project Leader- Chyron
Lab Assistance: Alexa, Nonaka, Rox, and Raul. Lab study: The capture and 're-informing' of machines.
Machines after the 're-informing' ultimately 'decide' to side with Zion and help defend its cause. 10 machines have been reprogrammed. Lab access:52904137-------."
About 5 minutes later, they landed right near the location of the base. Even on the outside of the base, they noticed glass shards were all over the place. As they moved further and further into the base, the glass became blood tainted.