Shut Down
Welcome to Halo Corp
"Anderson,
Maximillian Anderson of SOLDIER, First Class, reporting for duty!"
The rookie member of SOLDIER stood in salute to a scientist, his
uniform highly reminiscent of the old Shinra Infantry suit.
"Yes,
yes I know." The man in the lab-coat chuckled, "I was told you'd
be assigned here on high security for your initiation into SOLDIER.
Welcome to Halo Corp." He offered his hand to the lad, "At ease,
boy. My name is Dr. Eric Calvin, Head of the ReCon project, amongst
other things."
"Just call me Max, sir." Max eased off his
straight posture, kneeling a little to grab his bag, he'd be living
in Halo Corp while he worked there so he had various items with him,
mostly clothes for when he was off duty and materials related to his
specially crafted machine-rifle.
"Well then, Max, the directory is just down the hall to your left, finding the dorms will be easy then, you will be situated in room 25-B, I hope your time here is a comfortable one. I'll send an assistant down to guide you around the facility, I hope by then you'll be getting to know the place well enough, I hear you're remarked upon for your ability to turn most any situation into an advantage for yourself. I hope we won't need to test that theory, but in case we do, please do your best to protect this facility."
"Yes sir. I'll go and set up now." He saluted Calvin before proceeding in the way he'd been told. The facility was pretty well made, things were well cleaned the walls looked secure, difficult to damage. And the smell was pure air, no taste at all not even from the refined steel all around. The air had to be purified a lot he guessed, since this was a place of research and development.
The
white walls were covered in glowing bright blue lines, seeming to
fade out before a new wave of light spread out across them again.
Cameras were placed at vantage points and frequently at corners and
along the centreline of the ceiling.
He stopped at a large
opening, in which he could see down a railing at far lower levels,
but it was here he could also see the directory, and sure enough it
clarified a few things for him, pointing out on a map where he was in
the building, and various locations close to his location lit up so
he knew where he was going, but it seemed like the barracks weren't
far off.
He
walked close to the railing, eyes over the edge, that was quite a
fall to take, but he wasn't bothered, there were various locations
below where he could grab railing or outcropped structures and us his
moment to save him.
His attention turned forward again. The other
soldiers here were stone-faced; some maybe even a little pale, what
had them so spooked? Those who saw him saluted, recognising him from
a few missions a while back.
"At ease," Max would tell them,
eventually finding his way to the Barracks, moving down the stairs to
his room, the furthest on his line of rooms. The door hissed, the
centre spinning about once, and splitting apart before the doors slid
apart in three sections, allowing him access to his initially bland
seeming room.
"Hmm… I guess it's got potential." The male
joked to himself, stepping in, the door closed behind him, the
earlier process now played in reverse before locking. He'd heard
only the occupier or specially cleared people could access the rooms,
so he figured this one was made for him.
He looked back at the
door for a small moment before looking forward to the room
again,
"Guess I better unpack."
