Again, sorry for the wait; I'm doing a Wii Virtual Console playthrough of Majora's Mask.
*Teary Smile* S-Someone other than me actually edited/added to this work's trope page. It finally happened… Speaking of which, check out the trope page to see that I now have Books 26 and 27 planned for eventual creation: "The Daemon's Mask" (Legend of Zelda; subject to change) and "Red Like Roses" (RWBY).
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-CHAPTER START-
Raynor's Raiders flagship Behemoth-class battlecruiser Hyperion
Sara System, 0.25AU from Sara Prime
April 21st, 2504
The Starshot and the Hyperion held position in interplanetary space, as the crews performed various actions. The two Protoss-built teleportation terminals that linked the two ships' common rooms were frequently carrying people back and forth between the two vessels. On the bridge of the Hyperion, Matt Horner and James Raynor talked, Tychus and the six members of Gamma Team listening in.
"There's no telling what the Zerg will throw against us this time" Horner said. "Sir, we need to make sure our hardware and munitions are up to the challenge."
"Yeah, I'll check in with Swann down in the armory" Raynor replied. "Knowin' him, he's already got upgrades for us."
"I hate to ask, sir, but is there a reason that convict Findlay is still on my bridge?"
"Easy, Matt. Tychus is one of my oldest friends. He helped me out of a real bind a few years back. I owe him."
"Well, you friend has a criminal record as long as-"
"As long as mine? Believe me: if Tychus Findlay wanted me dead, I'd already be a stain on the floor."
"Understood, sir. I'm gonna talk with Arum and Holland; try to decide what our next move'll be."
James nodded and then headed down to the armory. There, amidst all the machinery, he found Rory Swann, a squat, wide man with a black handlebar mustache, and a pincer-like tool for a right forearm and hand. He turned and spotted Raynor, and smiled.
"Hey, everybody!" he shouted to the workers. "Our glorious leader has returned! Hey man, what's up, cowboy?"
"What do ya got for me, Swann?"
"The usual. Buildin' up our standin' forces."
"Bringin' my troops and hardware up to speed, huh?"
"Yup. But buildin' an army on the run ain't cheap. You brought credits this time, right?"
"Look, I know money's been tight, but that artifact we just picked up from Mar Sara's gonna solve everything!"
"Yeah, I've heard that before, brother."
"It's different this time."
"Yeah, I heard that one, too."
-Mini-Break-
"Just how bad is it, Matt?" Raynor asked as he walked up to his friend.
"Zerg are attacking all over the sector, sir" Horner replied. "Mengsk has pulled his navy back to protect the Dominion Core Worlds, leaving the fringe worlds to fend for themselves. It's a nightmare."
"There's no way we can stop a full-scale invasion with just two capital ships and a few thousand people."
"Best we just stay clear, partner" Tychus said. "We can earn ourselves a fortune workin' for Moebius while this whole thing blows over."
"You don't get it, convict" Matt said darkly. "This isn't gonna just 'blow over'. The Zerg won't stop until we're all dead!"
"Don't worry, Matt" James said. "We ain't sittin' this one out. But we're not exactly in tip-top shape, either. We'll earn some cash and build up our forces so we can make a difference when it counts."
Raynor walked over to Tychus. "Sorry we can't stay out of it, buddy, but a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do."
"Understood, Jimmy" Tychus replied with slight exasperation. He looked around. "Man, this is one helluva ship you got here. How'd you get a hold of a floatin' palace like this?"
"The Hyperion was Mengsk's flagship back in the day. Me and Matt decided to 'borrow' her when we parted company with him. This old baby's seen us through some tight spots."
He walked over to the holo-console, Teana joining him.
"What's our general status, Matt?" Raynor asked.
"We've picked up a distress call from the planet Agria. There's a colony there under attack by the Zerg. Your buddy Tychus lined up a mission retrieving another artifact. It's on a Protoss shrine world called Monlyth."
"The artifact can wait" Teana said. "Those colonists need help, and it doesn't look like Mengsk's folks are lifting a finger to help them."
"Right you are, Lanstar" Raynor said. "Come on, Matt. Let's go be heroes."
-SCENE BREAK-
High orbit over Agria
"Thank you so much for responding to our distress call, Commander" said a young glasses-clad woman on the bridge's main viewscreen. "I'm Dr. Ariel Hanson, and I represent the people of Agria."
"Pleasure to meet ya, doc" Raynor said. "Call me Jim. What's the situation?"
"The Zerg have overwhelmed our planetary defenses. The colony is lost. For the past 12 hours, we've been evacuating people to the nearest starport. But the Zerg attacks have become so intense, we can't get any more through. If you can guard the highway, we can start sending the remaining groups every few minutes."
"Don't worry, Doc. We'll get your folks to the starport safe & sound."
"I pray you're right, Mr. Raynor. The Zerg are far more terrible than I imagined."
"We'll send armed dropships with flyer escort to the starport," Colonel Holland contacted her, "and we'll bring the people we pick up onboard our ships. I'll see if we have some bombers and ground-attack aircraft to spare to keep the Zerg in check, and we'll also be bringing the Starshot into the upper atmosphere, about 30,000 feet up, so if a larger Zerg force comes in, the ship can swoop in and blast them with its ventral guns."
"Understood. The Zerg forces here have very little in the way of airborne creatures, so you shouldn't have too much trouble, Mr. Holland."
"Very good. Gamma Team, prepare for deployment. One, Four, Six, you'll drop in with Raynor's men and make your way west with them to the colonists' base. Two, Three, Five, you'll be deployed to the starport in the northeast, make sure it doesn't fall."
-SCENE BREAK-
A Koprulu Terran dropship – a D43-TC "Seagull" – flew in, dropping off two "Firebats", two combat medics, three red-armored Sangheili, a red-Mjolnir-armored Spartan, a dark-green-ODST-armored (with shields) figure, and a lean-built alien girl clad in simple yet slightly revealing clothes and an energy shield. The squad moved west down the road, torching a few Zerglings that got too close, and soon reached a barricade manned by colonial marines.
"Thank God you're here" Dr. Hanson radioed. "I'll give you full control of the main buildings so you can help us evacuate the colony."
As the team set up camp in the base, four UNSC AV-14 Hornets flew in from the southeast, setting down and ready to defend the base and/or escort the colonists. A platoon of marines with medic support emerged from the barracks, freshly suited up and ready to go, while SCVs began construction of perimeter defenses.
"The first convoy from Larks' Crossing will be moving out soon" Hanson radioed. 22 of the 36 Koprulu Marines, all four Firebats, a Sangheili Major with a needle rifle, and Marie & Ahsoka got ready, and soon a large armored vehicle with a .50-caliber machinegun on its roof rolled out, and civilians began piling aboard. After about five minutes, the armored transport's rear hatch sealed shut, and the huge vehicle began moving, the platoon of armed escorts moving alongside it up the road. The first few minutes of the journey were rather quiet (excluding the growl of the transport's engines and the marching of 29 pairs of boots).
"Look at these structures along the sides of the highway" Marie pointed out. "Nobody's manning them."
"Someone had the right idea," Raynor said, "buildin' bunkers to defend the roads… but why are they empty?"
"The Dominion military abandoned them when the Zerg attacked" Dr. Hanson replied. "They didn't give a damn about this colony or its people."
"Sorry to hear that, doc. At least these bunkers are in a good spot. I'll see if we can get 'em manned."
Most of the ensuing trip was fairly boring. However, around two-thirds of the way to the starport, a force of Zerg finally attacked the transport. Massed assault rifle fire from the marines quickly cut the attacking Zerglings' numbers in half, while Ahsoka used a double Saber Throw to reduce the little buggers down to just four, which were quickly head-shot by Marie's DMR. The Hydralisk leading the pack, meanwhile, went down to a headshot from the Sangheili Major's needle rifle.
As the group neared the starport, another pack of Zerglings emerged behind and gave chase, and the driver floored it, the marines staying back to provide cover fire. Four marines manned a nearby bunker, cutting down Zerglings from in there; unfortunately, the majority of the pack continued pursuit of the transport, the armed escort troops running & gunning as they moved with the vehicle. Suddenly, though, 90mm explosive shells went off amongst the Zerglings, blowing them to bits. The two M808 Scorpion tanks guarding the top of the starport's access ramp used their cannons once more to wipe out what remained of the pursuing Zerg, leaving the transport free to park near a waiting D77 Pelican. The passengers and crew disembarked and boarded the dropship, which closed up and took off, heading for the Starshot. Their task done for now, the escort platoon started hurrying back toward the base in the southwest.
"The next transport will be ready to start taking civilians in soon" Dr. Hanson radioed. "Please get your men ready, Jim."
10 minutes later, the escort force made it back just as the transport was almost done filling up; four of them had remained at the abandoned bunker closest to the base, a little ways up the highway. Some of the more tired members of the escort force switched with those who had stayed at the base, including Marie switching out with Teana. One of the Hornets joined the escort force as well. The transport and escort soon rolled out; the Hornet flew on ahead to use its guns to help the marines in the bunker take out another attacking pack of Zerglings, and then rejoined the transport. The rest of the trip was uneventful, with no further attacks as they reached the starport; the transport's people got aboard a waiting T-52 Phantom to take them to the Hyperion, while the escort force hurried back to base.
The escort squad worked its way back to base again, and again they switched out, Ahsoka trading places with Marie while the Hornet switched out with two others. The third transport headed out, the Hornets using their heavy machineguns to wipe out a pack of Zerglings about halfway up, and then their missiles to take down a Zerg Overlord. As they neared the starport, a quintet of Hydralisks emerged from the ground in an ambush. Marie and Teana each killed one, with massed fire from the marines and the Hornet taking the other four down, but four marines died to their high-velocity armor-piercing venom-tipped projectile spines. The rest of the trip was quiet, and the civilians boarded a Seagull and a Pelican to be taken up to the Hyperion.
"Sir," Horner radioed Raynor down at the base, "we've just detected Zerg organisms entering the upper atmosphere. I can't give you an exact fix, but they're heading your way."
The fourth transport was ready to go less than a minute after the escort force got back to base, Teana taking Ahsoka's place in escort duty. The convoy set out as a pair of recon teams returned to the base with samples gathered for Dr. Stetmann's research. The trip was quiet at first, but halfway there a Zerg drop-pod slammed into the side of the road, disgorging a large pack of Zerglings that rushed the transport and its escorts. The two Hornets' machineguns and missiles killed around a third of them, and the transport's roof-mounted .50-cal turret took out half of what remained. Teana and the marines fired rifle grenades to wipe out more, and the two Firebats' flamethrowers toasted the rest; not a single member of the escort team was lost. Up ahead, another Overlord went down to the Hornets' missiles, and the transport gunned it the last hundred meters, racing ahead of the escort team, who held back and started the other way as the two Scorpions covered the vehicle's advance. The civilians were soon aboard a pair of Seagulls bound for the Starshot.
"Sir," Horner radioed, "I'm picking up seismic disturbances closing in on your position. I think it's some kind of tunneling Zerg."
"Wonderful. It's just like 'em to keep things nice and interestin'."
"We're almost done, Commander" Hanson said. "The last convoy will be starting out soon."
Soon enough, the final APC rolled out, with all three Gamma-Team escorts and all four Hornets accompanying it, while the base began evacuating, personnel & vehicles being extracted by multiple dropships while all mobile buildings lifted off and flew out as well. As the convoy reached the one-third mark, the ground began to rumble. With a roar, a huge worm-like creature burst up from the ground off the side of the road, lowering its head to the ground and disgorging a pack of Zerglings. The beasts managed to surround one UNSC marine, who disappeared beneath the wave of chitin as they tore him apart in seconds, his screams being very quickly silenced as blood and body parts went everywhere. The rest of the marines and Gamma Team unleashed a concentrated storm of bullets that wiped out the Zerglings, while the Nydus Worm went down to several missiles from the Hornets.
At the halfway mark, another Nydus Worm full of Zerglings emerged, but the Raiders had built and manned a bunker here, and the marines inside helped divide the Zerg's attention, catching them in a crossfire with the escort force's help, while the Hornets killed the Nydus Worm. As the convoy reached the starport, two Nydus Worms emerged on either side of the road, but the Scorpions immediately began shelling them and their cargo, and a pair of Pelicans swooped in and loosed a barrage of Anvil missiles that blew the huge worm-beasts open, following up with a storm of chin-gun fire to shred the Zerglings. The dropships then picked up the Scorpions and took off for the Starshot. The civilians piled on into a CXL "Hercules" Heavy Transport, while several Phantoms and Pelicans lent their guns to holding off the Zerg and picking up the soldiers. Gamma Team was the last to board, hopping in Echo-419 right before it rocketed up and away, heading to the Starshot, with the Hercules close behind it.
"We lost the colony," Dr. Hanson radioed, "but my people got out alive… thanks to you, Raynor."
A horde of Zerg pursued the retreating transports, but were quickly outpaced and left in the dust. Seconds after the final ship boarded, the Starshot and the Hyperion broke for high orbit, preparing to jump out.
-SCENE BREAK-
Bridge of the Hyperion
"Great job, sir" Horner said as Raynor stepped onto the bridge. "Dr. Hanson's offered to stay on with us for now, and I think her skills will be invaluable."
"It's hard to believe I'm even here" she said.
"Great to have you, doc" Raynor said. "How you plannin' on pitchin' in?"
"Well, your medical facilities are medieval compared to the Starshot's, and your science expertise is nonexistent. Perhaps I should start there?"
"Ouch. Well, I guess you might be able to teach Stetmann a thing or two. Welcome aboard, doc."
-Mini-Break-
Cantina – 34 minutes later
Raynor, Teana, and Kaede sat at a table, the latter munching on a chocolate bar; Tychus stood nearby, with the mercenary contractor "Mr. Hill" seated on a nearby table. As Raynor waited for confirmation of his recent hiring of ex-Confederate mercs, the television overhead chimed with a news update, which the trio turned their attention to.
"Donny Vermillion, UNN. We've got Kate Lockwell on remote feed from Agria, a fringe world. Are you there, Kate?"
…
"Okay, we seem to be having a sound problem with - …I'm being told that Emperor Mengsk is going to address us directly. Let's take you to his announcement, already in progress."
The screen switched to the dictator at his podium, an old marine standing behind and to his right.
"My finest military minds are being brought to bear, and it's my pleasure to announce that they'll soon be led by the hero of Torus himself, General Horace Warfield."
"Warfield?" Raynor said. "I thought he retired years ago."
"With General Warfield at the helm," Mengsk continued, "and our finely-honed Dominion military under his command, I have every confidence that this new Zerg threat will be contained very soon."
The screen switched back to Anchorman Vermillion.
"There you have it, viewers" Donny said. "With Warfield in command, the Zerg swarm will be defeated in no time. Up next: Raynor ups his campaign of terror – just as the Zerg reappear. Coincidence? You decide… after these messages."
"So…" Teana said. "You think this guy's in on it, or is he being strung along like most of the Core World civilians?"
"Definitely just another sucker" Mr. Hill replied.
"So, Tychus," Raynor turned to his old buddy, "you meet Dr. Hanson yet?"
"Sure did" the big man replied. "I asked that sweet thang if she'd like to give me a physical. No harm in askin', right? I think she's got her eye on some pansy-ass, though."
"Yeah? Who might that be?"
"Oh, I dunno. Some white-knight kinda guy, came chargin' down to save her colony, maybe? Damn, Jimmy – you never could read the ladies."
James scoffed as he finished his snack, heading back up to the bridge afterward. There, he found Dr. Hanson wrapping up a conversation with Mai.
"I've heard a lot about you, Commander" the doctor said as she turned to face Raynor. "The Dominion always portrayed you as a criminal – a terrorist. There's more to you than it seems."
"Well," Raynor replied, "with the Dominion bein' what it is, someone's gotta stand up for the little guys. It sure ain't gonna be Mengsk."
"It doesn't seem like the Emperor cares at all. My people from Agria, and displaced populations from across the sector, have all fled to a refugee staging area on Meinhoff. There are reports of violence and disease spreading throughout the camps, but the Emperor's done nothing!"
"I'll look into it, doc."
"Still," Mai cut in, "after years of living as the… property… of one tyrant, I'm glad to finally have the chance to help bring another down a few pegs."
Raynor smiled, and then turned to Matt.
"It sure felt good rescuin' those folks," he said to his ship's captain, "but there's millions more out there that need help too."
"We can't be everywhere at once, sir" Horner replied. "The important thing is that we set an example and gave them hope. Every time we help folks in need, it's another step on the road to a better future."
"I know, Matt. But it's been four years and we're still no closer to bringin' Mengsk down. Now with the Zerg back in the mix… your 'better future' needs to hurry up and get here, or there's gonna be no-one left to see it. For now, though, let's go check on Dr. Hanson's people."
-SCENE BREAK-
High orbit over Meinhoff
"So what are we lookin' at, doc?"
The group was gathered around the holo-screen, which showed several structures with purple vine-looking things growing on them. Dr. Hanson turned to reply to Raynor.
"Our readings indicate some kind of bio-infestation is spreading through the refugee camps. Even the buildings are being covered by it!"
"I've seen this kinda thing before" Raynor said as he stepped closer to the screen. "It's a Zerg virus. All we can do is burn it out. Every one of those infested buildings has to be destroyed."
"But… where are all the people?"
On cue, the screen switched to a night-time street, and several humanoid forms shambled out.
"Oh no… Those… things are infested refugees? This is a nightmare…"
"Yeah…" Raynor replied as more and more infected came into view. "This ain't good at all…"
It switched to a recording of sunrise, showing the infected humans burrowing as the light came.
"It looks like they burrow underground by day, and emerge only at night."
The screen then showed several who didn't make it underground by the time the sun rose; they burst into flame and died.
"The virus must make them vulnerable to the high UV output of Meinhoff's star."
"Then we'll hit the infested buildings by day, and protect our base at night. Don't worry, doc; we'll contain this thing."
"We'll have to work quickly" Shion said. "This planet rotates pretty fast, and has a really short day-night cycle."
[AN: I spent over an hour trying to come up with a plausible scientific cause/reason for Meinhoff's absurdly fast rotation that wouldn't render the entire planet uninhabitable. The only thing I could come up with, though, is "Because the plot says so". Sorry.]
-SCENE BREAK-
Meinhoff Base
SCVs got to harvesting. Bunkers had been built and manned at the two choke-points, with marines, Firebats, and medics. Teana, Ahsoka, and Rex were at the northeast choke-point, Marie, Kaede, and Tychus were at the southeast, and Shion, Mai, and Erohn Kilkar were near the humongous mound of debris blocking the southwest entrance, just in case. One Warthog was positioned on a raised area containing a sensor tower, while another Warthog and a Hunter pair sat in the center of the base, where they could head for any of the three entrances at a moment's notice. Raynor (with a UNSC SRS99 sniper rifle) and Sangheili snipers (with T-50 particle-beam rifles) were perched on the sensor tower's raised platform. Up ahead, the sun descended in the sky much, much quicker than it did on Earth or similar planets, nearing the horizon already.
"Nightfall in 30 seconds" the Adjutant announced. Everyone readied themselves, inspecting & readying weapons and checking to ensure that the Antlion anti-personnel minefields that Marie had ordered set up were operational and receiving signals. Each of the Mgalekgolo went to one of the two choke-points, ensuring that their arm cannons were in beam configuration. The light quickly faded.
"Now remember: we gotta hold out until sunrise in 20 minutes" Raynor said. "Brace yourselves; this could get ugly."
Soon, a horde of shambling Flood-esque infested colonists came charging in out of the darkness toward the camp.
"Please…" one of them said. "Kill me…"
The Elites up by the tower opened fire first, their particle-beam rifles firing. Fortunately, Zerg-infested humans did not have decentralized organ functions like Flood Combat Forms did, so headshots were the name of the game here. A tightly-clustered group of Infected approaching from the southeast got blown to bits by a few mines. At the northeast passage, Teana used Mirage Rifle on 3-shot-burst fire mode, scoring head- or neck-shots and quickly racking up kills. Rex's dual blaster pistols and the plasma repeater Ahsoka carried got plenty as well, but the real stars of the show were the two Firebats stationed on either side of the bunker; with the range upgrades to their flamethrowers, they burned through the Infected by the cluster.
Things were just as busy at the southeast entrance, Kaede and Marie using their DMRs to pick off many of the Infected at range, with Tychus and the other marines shredding them with assault-rifle fire once they got closer, supported further by blasts of flame from the Firebats and particle beams from the snipers. Corpses littered the rocky path as the Infected were cut down en masse, their poison-tipped claws rendered useless by their insufficient speed, unable to get close enough to deal any blows before the projectiles took them out.
At the 10-minute mark, a wave of drop-pods came in, depositing a trio of Hellions painted with Raider blue, followed by a factory structure making its own landing in the middle of the base.
"Hey, hotshot!" Swann radioed. "I got schematics to build them Hellions you saw on Mar Sara; should be good down there!"
Sure enough, the Hellions' long-range flame projectors made the defense job much easier, igniting the highly flammable Zerg bio-matter that made up the Infected's bodies. The Hunters' cannons sent green death rocketing into the enemy ranks, and rifle bullets of numerous calibers tore through infected bodies. Before long, the sun rose, burning away the surviving horde and the corpses of the fallen.
"Rise and shine, boys" Raynor said. "Now it's our turn to do some damage."
A squadron Hellions was quickly assembled and rolled out from the factory, and set out into the surrounding area to put the torch to any infected buildings they found. Back at base, everyone restocked on ammo and reset traps, preparing for the next nightfall, which came all too soon, the sun setting again just as the Hellion squadron returned to the base. Again the Infected horde attacked both chokepoints, this time bolstered by large, armored figures wielding assault rifles. One of them brandished a claw sprouting out from its shoulder as it rushed at Tychus, who blasted the mutant with his shotgun.
"Infested marines?" he said. "Aw, hell; I don't care for that notion one bit."
"Attention: Scans are picking up a unique Zerg bio-signature" the Adjutant reported. "It appears to be a burrowing creature that is underground during the day and emerges only at night."
"Sir," Horner said, "if you can kill one of those creatures, Stetmann can study it and perhaps learn something."
"Y'know," Tychus said, "I think I saw this in a movie once…"
"We're not gonna be stuck here for 28 Days, are we?" Marie snarked.
The horde continued their attack, the Warthogs, Hunters, and snipers taking them out at range while Firebats and Hellions incinerated anything that got close, with the marines and Gamma members killing anything the above two groups missed. After another harrowing 20-minute night, the sun rose again, cooking any Infected survivors. A force of 10 Hellions took the opportunity and rolled out, clearing the west and southwest structures before retreating back to base just in time for the next nightfall.
At the southwest barrier, Shion, Mai, and Kilkar startled as something slammed into the other side of the debris pile, shaking parts of it loose. Whatever it was, it sounded huge. It struck again, and a brief flash of reddish-pink chitinous flesh was visible in the gaps between bits of rubble. Finally, a third blow sent the makeshift barricade's components crashing down, to reveal a huge and hideous thing. It had dark-pink flesh, thick and durable like natural armor. Its body had several large bumps along the back, looking like the shell of a tortoise. Four long, thin legs tipped with spearing spikes held the creature high up off the ground. But most disturbing was how human its upper body looked. Large, muscular arms tipped with thick claws were attached to a uncannily human upper torso, topped by a hairless head with a mouth with huge fangs and tusks beneath eyes that looked almost totally unaltered.
"Good God, what is that… thing?" Dr. Hanson radioed. "Did that… used to be a person?"
The aberration roared and charged at the southwest defenders, its steps spearing into the hard-packed earth that made up the base's ground here. Five Hellions rolled in from the center of the base, turning their twin-linked heavy flamethrowers on the beast. The abomination flailed and roared as the fire engulfed it, quickly burning through its hide. After several seconds it collapsed, and the Hellions kept up the fire for a while after it stopped moving, just in case, thoroughly roasting it. They then turned their flamethrowers on the regular Infected that shambled in the monster's wake.
Soon enough, the sun rose again, and the Hellion squadron rolled out, burning down the southwest sector's infested buildings while a force of Firebats cleared out the northeast. The two forces then performed a pincer-shaped clearing trip, working their way toward the southeast sector, where they found and burned out a large Infected base. The Hellion force found a massive Zerg creature hiding in the shade, and killed it & harvested samples from it. The group then set to burning the last remaining Infected buildings in the area, finishing mere minutes before sundown.
"You did it, Jim!" Dr. Hanson radioed. "I knew you wouldn't let us down! Now I've got to get my people somewhere safe."
"Ain't gonna be so easy, darlin'" Raynor replied. "This whole sector's crawlin' with Zerg."
"There gotta be somewhere out there these monsters haven't touched… some undiscovered paradise just waiting for us."
The colonist transport ships finally flew in, picking up the surviving civilians and flying them out.
-CHAPTER END-
Next Time: …I still haven't worked out the full revised mission order yet. Stay tuned to find out!