Chernobyl Containment Zone: Chapter 3
"Folks as you know this is an extremely radioactive zone, or so you were led to believe. It actually is a crash site for one of the ancient ships, and underneath the powerplant is a source of energon. Energon we are not sure exactly how it works, so if you do find the ship, use extreme caution and radio as well as use flares to mark the site. Do not under any circumstances attempt to go into the ship, until orders are given that it is safe. Alpha and Bravo you will take the east side of the containment area and stick with Optimus Prime. Charlie and Delta you will follow my lead and we will approach from the West. Rumor has it that the Ruskie forces are trying to locate this energon source as well. Word also states they do not know what they are seeking, and may be following Galvatron. Do not engage, we do not need another war on our hands. Is this clear? Dismissed."
Captain Micha l. Fram. was a distinguished and intimidating young man stading at a good 6'3" . Hailing from Toledo, Ohio he was excited to be on a new mission in his life. Most of his military career he was tossed around from odd job to odd job, and finally felt this was his chance to truly shine and redeem himself. He just hoped he could get this mission over quickly with no mistakes, so he could head back stateside to witness the birth of his first son. His wife, Halle Kristie Fram was 5 months along and knew anything could happen with her husband being deployed. Luckily she had her best friend Ellie Oranik-Cetra just a few minutes away working up in Sun Valley. They had all gotten jobs 3 years ago in Yellowstone when things went south. Luckily Micha decided he was going to go into the Military and was quickly promoted through the ranks thanks to his natural leadership ability and charismatic personality. They found some nice ranch land in Bellview and all moved together along with Ellie's husband, Carl Cetra.
Micha had begun setting up a perimiter, snapped out of his daydream by sticks cracking to his left. He knew they would have to move quickly as there were still massive amounts of radiation being poured out of Reactor #4. The government had them set up base camp the closest they could be to the reactor without risking overdosing or being overexposed to the radiation. It also helped that Optimus Prime brought in specialized metals which they placed inside their clothing to emit a safe low level lead radiation blocking material. This allowed the soldiers to move freely about the Chernobyl zone without fear of being overexposed to radiation, or even having to cover up. The option was there for those soldiers who did not trust the specialized materials.
On the other side of the containment zone, Lieutenant Carl Cetra was busy setting up his perimiter. He too was lost in his own thoughts of his beautiful wife back home, and his two year old twins. Emily Rose, and James Patrick. "Sir, we have finished establishing the perimiter, and are clear to being setting up camp. Snapping out of his daydream he began moving to help his troops set up their base camp. Two basecamps: Basecamp Explore which Captain Fram and Optimus would be leading and Basecamp Investigate in which Lieutenant Cetra would be leading.
As far as the Ukranian and Russian governments knew, the US Military was there on purely an explorational level. They were observing the decades of decay to the reactors and the nuclear power plant itself, as well as observing the grounds around Chernobyl for the affects of the radiation. The Russian military was there simply to observe the U.S. Military to ensure they were not breaking any laws or disturbing any areas.
Captain Frams team was to explore the actual reactor site and the underground tunnels, while Lieutenant Cetra's team was to explore Priapat and the abandoned buildings. Permission was granted to drill holes into the ground if need be to take "samples" of the soil, which would be passed on to Optimus or one of the other Autobots assisting. They would actually be testing for traces of energon, and proceed to use the underground system that was from Chernobyl to Priapat and the basements of the buildings. The teams would rendevous in the actual nuclear plant weather or not anything was found.
Russian soldiers had been monitoring when they discovered the Americans had found a secret tunnel and were going to investigate when their leader fell over, dead. It seems that Galvatron had betrayed them, sending in his own decaptacon scouts once the American soldiers had found any secrets. He promised the Russians safety from the radiation, but lied to them. Now here all the Russian soldiers were getting radiation poisioning. Team Delta under Lieutenant Cetra's command found the group and assisted as best they could. Communicated to Captain Fram what had occured, and Optimus Prime warned that there could be deceptacons watching.
Not wanting to risk losing an important find, Optimus marked and sealed the secret tunnel, as well as ordered the American troops to assist the Russians with their injured until they were back out of Chernobyl area. He also left a scout team of Autobots to flush out any remaining Deceptacons, which unbeknownst to him had cleared out much earlier. Galvatron was still very week from being rebuilt and his scuffle with the humans had left him extremely vunerable. His scouts had picked up an even larger source of energon back in the United States.