Onboard a biological warship, alien troops are being amassed for inspection by their overlord. Among them, a former human pilot trying desperately to remember his name. Several times, he thinks he can almost hear it echo in the back of his mind, but the unintelligible shriek signifying a call to attention sets his thoughts solely on the task of passing inspection. From one of the cargo orifices, and flanked by a pair of slavering horrors, emerges a young woman in a very out of place dress uniform. She walks along the ranks of mutants, making sure everything is up to code, when she suddenly stops in front of the ex-human. A sense of panic washes over him as she closely scrutinizes his presentation, working its way up to sheer terror as she glares right into his three eyes.
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WALT.Meanwhile in the briefing room at Valhalla, the real Lieutenant Ashford nearly falls out of his chair as his commanding officer looms over him.
: Were you
sleeping? Now I have to start all over!
Bell walks back to the front of the room, where she was previously giving her briefing, and takes a sip of water before restarting her speech.
: As I was saying, some Huits either ignored the memo to come home, or they burned it. Either way, we've got a problem with renegade Deltans pillaging and burning everything around their bases of operation. Under normal circumstances, we'd simply let them throw their tantrum and sweep in to clean up once they've burned themselves out, but under normal circumstances there wouldn't be Deltan FOBs in Aesthian territory. We need to move in fast and wipe these suckers out before they kill any more of our people and destroy our infrastructure. Today, we'll be hitting their base here, near Stavanger. Medium density metropolis. Nice churches. Go Cyclones. Et cetera.
She brings up a map on the screen and points to the marked area.
: This base is on the front lines of the EP incursion originating from the south, and would be a rather risky target if the base commander hadn't pissed off his former allies to the point where he's trading blows with them as well. Making matters worse for him, the Empire wants his rampage stopped just as much as we do, and have sent a token force of their own to either take him out or bring him in. Personally, I don't think either side cares about bringing him in as much as taking him out; and I doubt the Huits, the "good" Huits, anyway, will lose any sleep if he dies.
The screen changes to a higher magnification image of the Renegade base.
: Your objective will be to take out enemy aircraft to allow for ground forces to move in and capture the base. These folks are cut off from home and aren't receiving any supplies or reinforcements, so they won't be coming for you at full strength, but don't assume that this will make them easier to beat. Anyone have any questions, or do I need to start from the beginning again?
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