Week 2 Insurrection Mission- Into the Reclamation Citadel 1

The floating isle of Serpenthead bobbed above the Lava seas of the dimension of Kyrpos.
On it was a manufacturing factory of the most malicious design. It was normally pumping up clouds of black fumes, as the Necromancers inside turned corpses of Quall N’drone Warriors into Dead Quall. But with the doors of the Reclamation Center 1 closed the flow of material to make the intelligent undead soldiers, had stopped.
On the obsidian beach of the floating island stood Lot Mannings. Lot had been a Kasanthian Nightmare Slaver since the age of six when he had used his pet nightmares to tease and taunt the other children and the staff in his school.
Right now he sat out sunning under the Red Sky. It was bright but there was no Light Leyas in Kyrpos and the Vampyr’s cursed flesh did not burn. He was in a pair of boardshorts and his Nightmares were fishing with raw pieces of meat.
It drew a pack of the Aquatic Nightmare that Layne Yr had from the Border Wars which she made swallow artifacts that protected them from Lava, as well as a bellyful of Frost Generators and hurled them down into the Fire Seas. They were swimming down there in dangerous deadly packs. However since the Frost Generator was deep inside the gullet of a Nightmare it could not extend its nodes to create a network which would create an obsidian isle. However its mere presence in packs of two of more would instantly kill Quall N’drone. They wouldn’t see them & wouldn’t hear them through the lava. How the Nightmares even survived were a mystery, but Lot knew from the sadistic experiments of his youth that Nightmares didn’t need to breathe and they ate for pleasure not for sustenance.
They were drawn by the hunks of Flayer meat from failed restorations.
Lot commanded a nightmare which had the beaked head of a vulture, “You, see if any more Quall bodies have come to the Surface.”
Since the Research islands had been created, and the Nightmare predators seeded these lava seas, there had been thousands of Quall corpses that just floated to the surface. All had been shipped into the Reclamation Citadel.
Lot picked up his commcrystal and tapped it. “Hey any word on when Production is going to continue. We might need more meat to keep the Nightmares down in the magma fed.”
He stood up yawned and looked down into the churning depths as hundreds of the nightmares were churning up the magma. Even if the nightmare was killed, it would just release a frost generator to begin spreading out its tendrils creating increased networks and an obsidian isle.
As Lot watched the “aquatic” Nightmares thrash and wondered how many miles around the islands they covered in their hunting patterns.
“Hello?” asked Lot.
“Yes, all is well in the Reclamation Citadel. It now serves a higher purpose,” said the strange voice from an alien breathing apparatus, “Soon production can start, but you must unbar the doors and let us out”
“Huh?” asked Lot.
A strange alien creature rose up in front of him. It has six tentacles each ending in an organic spikes with a humanoid body. Lot took in its strange alien visage and suddenly everything became sweetly scented. He was on a beach under a beautiful sun. It reminded Lot of everything he missed as a Vampyr.
However actually what happened was the creature rose up. It possessed his mind, and as he stood there it sunk three of its tentacles into Lot’s belly and deposited eggs that had been gestating inside its own body. A few moments later the eggs used the stomach to go through its final phase, draining a bit of its host’s lifeforce but not killing it. Small creatures, juveniles burst forth from Lot’s stomach. And Lot lived through it.

It was the perfect symbiotic organism to the Quall.

It was the Neliff.


<Tactical Assessment of Neliff Infestation>
The Neliff have taken Reclamation Citadel 1,
Stats for Neliff will be available by Sunday.
However mission starts today.

There are at least 1,000 Neliff, and there were 40,000 Quall Bodies, 150,000 Flayer bodies and 100,000 Pit Mongrel Bodies. If the Neliff have been bringing them back they could have a sizable army inside. There are also signs they have been opening energy bridges, though if so there is no knowledge of what they are sending through.

Refer to Kyrpos (Land of the Quall N’drone) in the Dark Refuge Core Book for more information on the dimension itself.

Only TRILAT has access to schematics and layout as well as defenses.
(Ask Prime)
State specific numbers of ships sent, and specific number of troops you are deploying and for what purposes.

The goal for the TRILAT is to recover the base with the minimum loss of life, the goal for All Others is to help or hurt their efforts.

This mission is open to All Players.
Post your plan to this mission on either the defenders or attacker's side here on this thread only. First person to post gets a single extra repost later to launch secret attacks, ambushes etc. All other players get one post only. This thread will be locked at 11pm E.S.T. on Friday April 16th. Only actions listed on this mission will count as locked in for player actions.

You are encouraged to set up threads in your own factions to discuss this matter.

Captain Orig appeared. He teleported onto the top of a nearby Obsidian Crag, and had an armored megaphone.
He placed it to his fanged reptiliod mouth. The Da'uhnb roared!
"Neliff you will not be allowed to return to our reality. Your kind cannot be allowed to spread. While we usually only focus on Demons, and you are clearly just a very malicious alien, we have decided to call in friends trained to take you out.
We have called the Falosini and requested their aid. When they and their armies of Children of the Falosini arrive, you will be cleansed in the purity of lightning."

Send 10 Da'uhnb in to form up sentry posts near Beacon City (specifically) outposts, announce our presence and offer our help against the Neliff.

If Garmin Fe and Beacon City are open to it, we will coordinate our later attack/counter attack with their soldiers. Not with Unity or Kasanthian Troops

--too excited can't wait till sunday--

Alerts went up on the Arcturus Warship "Redemption", capitol ship of Garmin Fe's armada. Soon after a prerecorded message was sent through a secure line to Unity Prime.

"Dear Prime, I don't want you to think that I have no trust in the Unity Consensus, or its technological abilities, but I have always seen the Reclamation Citadel as a liability that needed to be mitigated. As such, I made preparations for an occasion such as now without your knowledge. As we speak my men are moving in on the citadel. They have orders to coordinate and work with our allies. If I am not able to command, you will superficially be in charge of my forces. I say this because you will not be able to dissuade my commanders from their primary objective, that is, all activity within the citadel will be shut down."

Soon after the Da'uhnb appear, my men will begin to execute their initial orders. Two Arcturus Warships, two-hundred Sagitae fighters, and seventy-five Jotun Mark I fighters under my command will move within range of the citadel and attempt to control the airspace. Meanwhile, a squad of elite technomancers will board a specially designed skiff and covertly make their way to the underside of the floating island.

Once the technomancers are in place, they will begin to access the frost generator network that comprises the whole of the island. Working as swiftly as they can, they will disengage the various of limiter protocols found within its programming. As the limiters are released, the generators will absorb greater and greater amounts of ambient heat.

At 0 degrees Celsius (273 Kelvin), temperatures reach freezing. Masses of water particles will begin to crystallize. The survival of most living species begins to become difficult.

At -15 degrees Celsius (258 Kelvin), nearly all unmodified earther plant-life will die if temperatures are sustained.

At -20 degrees Celsius (253 Kelvin), most species will find it impossible to avoid hypothermia without some form of protection.

At -100 degrees Celsius (173 Kelvin), traditional CPU systems will expire due to temperature stress.

At -215 degrees Celsius (58 Kelvin), your average air mixture (Nitrogen, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, ect.) will begin to liquefy at normal atmospheric pressure.

At -273 degrees Celsius (0 Kelvin), all molecular activity stops. Only hydrogen can maintain a non-solid state at this temperature while under normal atmospheric pressure.

Once the Da'uhnb concur that losses will be at a minimal, my forces, backed by my allies, will force their way into the Citadel. The objective will be to pacify those inside. My forces are advised that the testing of the frost generator's limits were only confirmed in our own plane of existence. Their may be difficulties and they are to attempt to adapt as needed. Allies wishing to join in the invasion have the option to have shard heart implants. However, the implants are permanent and they will be required to answer to Beacon City command from then on as it would be a sign of their citizenship.

Under the advisement of the Da'uhnb, we will take all precautions to interfere with the enemies ability to control thoughts.

I will be sending in 10,000 Red Fist Quall Commandos with my impregnation lances and my Lava generators to lay to waste any forces that stand in the way of riding the universe of the Neliff threat. The Neliff were absorbed by our race and we will do so again for they were once the greatest ally to Warmonger and this can not happen again. I will be taking fingers from my soldiers to bring back if anything happens i do not want to loose anymore of my people. If anyone use the frost generators upon my people we will use our lava generators to counter them. The impregnation lance will be used upon the remaining Neliff so once the enter back into the fold we can find out where the other Neliff went to. Hopefully once impregnated we can learn where the other Neliff are so we can attack them as well. The impregnation lance will also be used on anyone that tries to attack us. If attacked upon we will use our lava generators in addition we will use death blast on any remaining soldiers that dared to attack us. We will bring back those killed by us with just enough health that they are aware of what's happening but can do nothing to stop as my Quall us their lances upon them. If things get hairy for my Quall they will hide in shadows till things simmer down then attack again.

I will also since the Neliff use mind control if it is possible to pour my thoughts into the 10,000 Quall sort of like when a ship is attacked they put all power into the shields and remove power from necessary functions. I want to use my telepathy with the 10,000 soldiers and only a small amount on my other Quall and horn dogs. I will also like to warn my family before hand so they can mentally prepare for the sudden loss in the telepathic connection. I will also have my whole family communicate with all the 10,000 soldiers so to overwhelm the mind control of the Neliff.

Le-a sends a message out to all groups involved in dealing with the Quall Threat

This is a Warning. We are here to end the Neliff threat that the Trilat via Unity Prime caused after we told him of the dangers of bringing back those absorbed by the Quall. I hate to say I told you so who am I kidding? I love saying I told you so. This warning is to the other forces dealing with the Neliff threat do not get in our way and we will not get in yours. Fighting is only going to feed warmonger. However, if we are attacked upon we will defend ourselves with all with have. After we kill you which we we will bring you back from the brink of death with just enough health so that you are aware what is happening as my Quall will joyfully use their spears piercing your heads.

Remember that I warned you so if you do not listen to my warnings you will learn the hard way why we are feared among your races. I am rooting for you not to listen so I may have my Quall whisper into your ears just before they use their spears upon you that our great Queen relays a message to you told you so!!!

Mission Specific personnel.:

Fireteam Alpha consists of light leyas using Sgt Major, shadow leyas using rifleman/ grenadier, two shadow leyas using riflemen and a light leyas using heavy weapons gunner.

Fireteam Beta consists of Corporal, a light leyas using rifleman/grenadier, two shadow Leyas using riflemen and a shadow leyas using heavy weapons gunner.

Equipment load out consists of Alpha: Sgt Major's Sniper Rifle, assault rifle with underslung grenade launcher, carbined assault rifles and light machine gun.

Beta: Assault rifle, Assault rifle with underslung grenade launcher, Carbined assault rifles and light machine gun.

All personel have 2 frag grenades and an EMP grenade. Sgt major and corporal have smoke grenades as well. Grenadier has 2 HE grenades for launcher and 1 AP round.

Corporal is a technical specialist.
This mission is total black bag mission. Stealth and guile are key. As there is a full blown invasion taking place only engage those that directly engage and avoid that at all costs.. The key is to locate the Choir. We have the schematics of the citadel.

As soon as the hostages are found teams will go to find the data. As I was informed that the security systems include video we can use that for onsite intel. Hacking is not an option as this is Unity hardware we are talking about. We will get harddrives and any other data collection device that is not nailed down.

Chill defenses are on complete so the extreme supernatural cold should be of no issue. Any samples of the other life forms will be collected. Living if possible if not then parts and parcel will due.

The MJ 2 will be used to drop off and extract. Full sensor and leyas baffles will be in place.

The defenses of the island surrounding the citadel were huge, stark. Monolithic structures hummed, ready to tear invaders to shreds. Smaller gun turrets sat on rails, ready to launch kinetic death upon those who would approach. Line after line of Praetorian infantry stood at attention, their shields at the ready and their long plasma lances at the ready.

There was an understanding amongst the consensus. The Quall were well equipped to deal with the Nelif, as they had once before. The Unity did not yet have the time it needed to make a sufficient defense against the Nelif.

The Quall were honored foes, the first opponent the Unity had fought which did not resort to cowardly tactics. Even now, they walked forward, risking their lives. The silent legions of the Praetorian parted, allowing the Quall to pass.

A messenger probe was sent to the blue scaled alien with an...armored megaphone. The Unity consensus shuddered as one at the thought. An armored megaphone? Did the blue scaled aliens have NO taste?

"Captain Oreig. We would ask you to consider your current ostentatious tactical position of not aligning with the particular elements which could most help your cause. we can defend your forces, and your allies, from the counter-attack if it comes. Further, we could provide you schematics of the citadel. We will do these things, defending with our static defenses, if you but ask. Further, our contingency plan is to obliterate the citadel if it cannot be salvaged. As you are working in good faith, we will warn you if such an eventuality occurs."

The monolithic defenses hummed, ready to fire on the charge they once protected if the command was given by Prime.

Prime watched the situation from his lab. He would not be with the Mercs in the flesh, but he would in spirit. He would remotely hack defenses to allow them through, and he has provided them with a particular mechanical key through which he can directly manipulate machines, if need be. If the worst looked to happen, he was prepared to destroy the citadel.