-Rough landing-
Nathaniel awoke hearing the voice of a woman screaming his name. He felt like something had just collided with him at tremendous speed. All his bones screamed out in pain. Seconds passed while he collected himself before he remembered he should respond that he was okay. “Y-yeah?” he replied while having trouble masking the pain. “I’m okay, just feel like I was dropped from several stories up.” His suit was quickly assessing the damage but came back negative. Whatever happened, it did no damage to the suit itself.
“Ah, good to hear you are alright. You disappeared from our sensors for quite some time. Did you make it safely to the surface?” The female voice replied again over the radio. He remembered that this was the voice of his commanding officer, but for some reason, her face and name escaped his mind.
“Yeah, I’m down on the surface, must have blacked out for a moment because I don't remember landing here.” His mind was hazy, while he could remember the mission, a simple recon job on a uncharted planet, he could just not remember anything from the last couple of hours, as if they did not happen. “How long was I off the grid?” He replied, the question of his missing memory had to wait till after the mission. It could just be a glitch in his brain.
“Thirty minutes, no static or anything else out of the ordinary, you where just gone. You sure you’re alright?”
“Having some trouble with my memory, last couple of hours are vague to say the least, suit checks out fine though. Running a diagnostic on my body but nothing so far.” Feeling the need to reassure his commanding officer he replied again. “I’m fine, don't worry about me. Now tell me, what are we looking for on this planet? I know you are hiding something from me.” Nathaniel carefully looked around him to get a idea of his surroundings and possible dangers.
“There have been a lot of rumors that mercenaries, and other shady groupings are talking about this place as if it is haunted. We where in the area, so the higher-ups asked us to check it out.” The voice replied calmly enough for Nathaniel to understand she did not believe these rumors.
Nathaniel turned around and looked at his surroundings. “Well, guess I have to inspect the area then, I take it the others are doing fine?” he referred to the other soldiers that landed on the planet. The woman did not reply back, the HUD however, did suddenly display the information of the other soldiers and their relative location to him. “Guess she is busy.” He said to himself as he made his way deeper into the woods.
His suit scanned each centimeter of his surroundings as if the worst kind of enemy could hide behind the next leaf or flower. Nathaniel got so annoyed by the constant stream of messages appearing on his HUD that he turned off the verbose messaging and set his suit to only notify positive hits. The woods started to get thicker and thicker and he suddenly realized that he could not see further then several meters. “Excellent place for an ambush…” he muttered, just as he finished his suit alerted him to a nearby contact.
Nathaniel awoke hearing the voice of a woman screaming his name. He felt like something had just collided with him at tremendous speed. All his bones screamed out in pain. Seconds passed while he collected himself before he remembered he should respond that he was okay. “Y-yeah?” he replied while having trouble masking the pain. “I’m okay, just feel like I was dropped from several stories up.” His suit was quickly assessing the damage but came back negative. Whatever happened, it did no damage to the suit itself.
“Ah, good to hear you are alright. You disappeared from our sensors for quite some time. Did you make it safely to the surface?” The female voice replied again over the radio. He remembered that this was the voice of his commanding officer, but for some reason, her face and name escaped his mind.
“Yeah, I’m down on the surface, must have blacked out for a moment because I don't remember landing here.” His mind was hazy, while he could remember the mission, a simple recon job on a uncharted planet, he could just not remember anything from the last couple of hours, as if they did not happen. “How long was I off the grid?” He replied, the question of his missing memory had to wait till after the mission. It could just be a glitch in his brain.
“Thirty minutes, no static or anything else out of the ordinary, you where just gone. You sure you’re alright?”
“Having some trouble with my memory, last couple of hours are vague to say the least, suit checks out fine though. Running a diagnostic on my body but nothing so far.” Feeling the need to reassure his commanding officer he replied again. “I’m fine, don't worry about me. Now tell me, what are we looking for on this planet? I know you are hiding something from me.” Nathaniel carefully looked around him to get a idea of his surroundings and possible dangers.
“There have been a lot of rumors that mercenaries, and other shady groupings are talking about this place as if it is haunted. We where in the area, so the higher-ups asked us to check it out.” The voice replied calmly enough for Nathaniel to understand she did not believe these rumors.
Nathaniel turned around and looked at his surroundings. “Well, guess I have to inspect the area then, I take it the others are doing fine?” he referred to the other soldiers that landed on the planet. The woman did not reply back, the HUD however, did suddenly display the information of the other soldiers and their relative location to him. “Guess she is busy.” He said to himself as he made his way deeper into the woods.
His suit scanned each centimeter of his surroundings as if the worst kind of enemy could hide behind the next leaf or flower. Nathaniel got so annoyed by the constant stream of messages appearing on his HUD that he turned off the verbose messaging and set his suit to only notify positive hits. The woods started to get thicker and thicker and he suddenly realized that he could not see further then several meters. “Excellent place for an ambush…” he muttered, just as he finished his suit alerted him to a nearby contact.