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[Insanegame27]

Ricardo packs a variety of eggs as possible into his last containment unit and heads back.

[PaPaj]

"The only thing that i am going to say, is that this won't end well"

[JaxtalMK2]

Kaito would back off as Ricardo left, keeping his weapon trained on the egg chamber for a few moments to be sure we weren't swarmed, before turning and hurrying along with the others back to the gate.

[vkiNm]

The Spiderbeetles must not have enough intelligence to understand what a bomb is, as they appears to be overtly defensive to their queen and did not stop the squad as everyone begins to double time it back to the gate room.

Ricardo himself have managed to stuff three eggs into the container, just to be safe. Giving it plenty of space so it's not squeezing against each others.

Danh sees that finally... FINALLY everyone is heading back to the gate and.. are those eggs in the cage on Ricardo's back? he really is bringing back more of those things!

[Insanegame27]

“Open the gate. Lets get home.”

[Bill Chompski]

"Taking those things anywhere but back to those godawful tunnels is a fucking mistake." Danh grumbles, waiting for the gate to open, knowing full well no one else agrees.

[PaPaj]

"Danh, i actually agree with you on this one, we dont know what are these things capable of."

[JaxtalMK2]

"Yeah, and that's why we're bringing them back for study. To be fair we /do/ know a good bit about what at least one of them is capable of, as it's been being studied. Now how about we open the gate and go home. Unless we'd all prefer to sit around and blow up."

[Insanegame27]

“They’re contained, and I really hope that our scientists are competent enough to keep them that way.”

[retromach]

The team practically collapsed from exhaustion as they appeared, weighed down by close to a metric ton of biomatter and refuse between them, at Akras Mars. The lights flickered and flashed as the portal behind them destabilized, and closed. The lights returned to normal, and researchers in full protective gear came up to start scraping samples off of the suits.

Spiderbeetle eggs were rushed to medical. After an hour or so of sample taking, the team was at last allowed to get out of their suits and recover. A few days later, the mission report was concluded. Perhaps you read it alone, or perhaps you met up together at the pub to read it.

[retromach]

Mission 3-Anya Report

The Akras Board of Directors considers this mission to be a great success. Despite damage to Akras' property, no major injuries were sustained by Akras personnel. The detonators were placed correctly, and the excavation team has begun work on digging out the gate. The demolitions team were able to return with spiderbeetle eggs, which will have a high value at auction, and samples of the alien digestive fluids, which may hold clues to their biology.

The discovery of either a parasite or symbiote living within the hive's food stores raises important questions about the reproduction of hives - could that massive creature contain a larvae small enough to be contained within a young queen? The team collected all of the samples that would be needed to answer these questions, no doubt providing a high sale point to the academic community.

Each Astronaut was awarded 5kc.

Danh Loi, Demolitions Specialist - 100 shares

Mr. Loi provided his usual level of excellence on this mission. While his personality disorder remains a barrier for him, bringing him into conflict with other members of the team, and creating a hostile work environment, he demonstrated a firm commitment to the mission on multiple occasions, actively vetoing attempts to abandon it and taking tremendous personal risks to minimize the risk of failure, including wading through digestive fluids, entering a dangerous cluster of aliens, being subject to experimental psionics, and working through an 18 minute firefight on a live bomb with a mis-set timer. He was able to do this while maintaining extreme combat effectiveness and making frugal but excellent use of his grenades. Akras once again recommends Mr. Loi to take a course in non-violent conflict intervention.

Kaito Yoritomo, Gauss Specialist - 70 shares
Mr. Yoritomo's file here will be brief, but this should be considered as a positive recommendation. Throughout the mission, he acted with quiet professionalism and good tactical acumen, making effective use of his weapons. He was able to coordinate his shots well with the team, working in tandem particularly well with Danh, who frequently struggles with interpersonal interaction. He provided realistic assessments of the team's abilities, and prevented unnecessary risks from being taken.

Ricardo de Castillo, Spiderbeetle Wrangler - 60 shares
Mr. de Castillo's performance in this mission was mixed. While he initially took command, the stress of the situation quickly rattled him. When Vigil was in danger, he leaped into digestive fluids to engage the aliens at point blank range, instead of providing fire from better footing along with the rest of the team. This was likely an effort to draw attention from Vigil. Once Vigil was placed under quarantine, de Castillo's attitude changed, and he began to suggest deviation from the demolition schedule that would have led to total mission failure, including attaching bombs to moving aliens, and abandoning efforts to set up demolitions at the most critical point in the hive. He was, however, the source of valuable scientific finds, including scans of a colossal alien parasite or symbiote, and spiderbeetle eggs. Ricardo also escalated his conflict with Danh on this mission. Akras recommends that he take a course in non-violent conflict intervention.

John Boiy, Archaeologist - 25 shares
Mr. Boiy's newly discovered psionic abilities received their first field test on this mission. Akras notes that he made minimal use of these abilities, and encourages him to be more proactive in future - in particular, it's noted that the larger spiderbeetles may lack wall-climbing abilities, and pinning one to a far wall may have trapped it. Boiy's lack of tactical training was apparent in this mission, as he seemed at times unaware of what he should be doing, and struck an ally with his firearm. He attempted early in the mission to use his knowledge of biology to plan out a good use for the pheromone grenades, but the team ultimately opted against his experimental plans. This was much to his detriment, as a scientist with psionic abilities, his capabilities are very much experimental. Akras encourages Boiy to be more forward in future about field testing abilities and equipment, and to either make better tactical use of psionics and/or to purchase training in gun combat.

Vigil Henderson, Martial Artist - 60 shares
Mr. Henderson was not able to complete the mission after becoming injured. His circulatory system was exposed to alien digestive fluids, and he required a little over four hours of surgery. This injury was sustained while gathering valuable samples of an alien digestive chemical, unwittingly provoking the hive. Despite an initial panic in which, waist-deep in thick biomatter, with his half-ton suit's servomotors unpowered, he attempted a series of kicks to clear himself of attackers, Mr. Henderson was able to repair his suit with an autodoc's power supply and return to Akras for treatment. Despite an exemplary performance on resource acquisition, there were a number of problems on this mission. Mr. Henderson began this mission by escalating a personal conflict with Mr. Loi, threatening to make tactical decisions on the basis of his personal relationship. He also interrupted tactical planning at times to advertise his home business.  Akras requests that Mr. Henderson firmly separate his two jobs, confining the conflicts and advertisement of his martial arts academy from missions. It is recommended he take a course in non-violent conflict intervention.

[retromach]

Mission 4 - Combined

The gate activated remotely, while you were suiting up. This had been expected. The rings spun, the anomaly grew, and, like it did when reaching out, it twisted into a vortex. A train shot out of it at about 30km/h, moving swiftly but not dangerously up the corridor, bearing excavated earth from New Australia. The portal closed up behind it as you finished equipping, and the procedure to call out to a new gate began.

Dr. Langdon began your briefing. "We're calling an unknown gate, so we don't really know what to expect out there. The good news is that recent advances in four dimensional scanning discovered in the Rigel system have enabled us to study the gates well enough to know that we cannot call a gate that has been damaged. Wherever you're going, you should be able to safely return home."

Post mission loadouts below. Armor is the standard Armored Space Suit.

Limited Items:
1 Demolitions Kit
2 Gauss Rifle
1 Laser Turret
1 Sample Kit
1 Autodoc

[Bill Chompski]

Danh is somewhat glad proper work came up. Work that isn't talking to rich people or poking at those shitty bugs.
Obviously, he picks up the demolitions kit. Aside from standard gear, he packs six plasma grenades.

[Insanegame27]

Ricardo packs light. By light, he means his bow, his knives and machine pistols.

[JaxtalMK2]

Kaito would be sitting in the back, listening intently. Another unknown world... anything could be there, it was somewhat intriguing really. Getting to see these new places, meet interesting creatures, and shoot them usually.

As for his kit, he had the Gauss rifle slung on his back, and a MAG-PDW, with a knife sheathed at his hip, and a pistol on his vest, just in case. Always good to have holdouts after all.