Colossus By Design: Season 2 - Log 89

[March 25, 2166]
[Global Union of Divisions Post-Human Correctional Facility - Site 5]
[Houston, United States of America]
[Colony State - Canadian Super Nation]

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Site 5. As one can tell by the name, it was the fifth site to be designated a Post-Human holding facility; it's now under the control of the terrorist organization representing the Human offshoot that calls itself the Order of Homo Novus.

An elite team composed of the Civil Defense Force's finest and specially picked members of the Storm Covenant, the remnants of the Children of Monsters, is being led by the legendary General Rico Rasczak; they've managed to infiltrate the complex from the northeastern patrol tower. The team has begun its journey through the maintenance tunnels, with the mutated form of Cevat Lockhart leading the way.


(General Rasczak): So, Lockhart, what are those super senses of yours telling you?


The mutated remnants' leader briefly stands up on his hind legs from his quadrupedal position; the tentacles on his back perk up and scan the air like miniature radar dishes. All of a sudden, the tentacles all face directly west, and Cevat's pupils widen. Soon after, he turns around to face those behind him, speaking with a monstrously booming yet simultaneously calm and collected voice.


(Cevat Lockhart): There is...... a strange feeling in the air.

(Pvt. Elliot Bergen): Like what?

(Cevat Lockhart): I...... I can't quite tell. I'm not as experienced with this form as some of the others. Professor?


One of the other mutated Storm members edges her way to the front of the group, coming face to face with Cevat; it's Agnes Ackermann, the group's resident biometaphysics expert. Just like the other FEV mutants, she speaks with a monstrous but elegant voice.


(Agnes Ackermann): Hmmm...... It feels like...... conflict. Fighting. Perhaps the Post-Humans are repelling an assault of sorts?

(Sgt. Alina Chekhov): [COMMS] Sir, do you read?!

(General Rasczak): I read you, sergeant. What's the situation topside?

(Sgt. Alina Chekhov): [COMMS] There's action going on within the prison confines! Post-Humans are throwing their powers around like crazy! There're firefights all over the complex!

(General Rasczak): I specifically ordered our forces not to engag--

(Sgt. Alina Chekhov): [COMMS] It's not the G.U.D.! It's...... I can't quite.........


All of a sudden, several holes are blown through the walls of the maintenance tunnel that the infiltration team is in; the group is quick to hug the walls, making sure to keep out of sight. The general gives a silent hand signal to Private Bergen; on his signal, the private pokes his head out of one of the blast scars, careful to not be too conspicuous.


(General Rasczak): What do you see, Bergen?

(Pvt. Bergen): The Post-Humans! I see them fighting weird robot things!

(General Rasczak): Robot things?

(Agnes Ackermann): MOVE ASIDE!


Agnes Ackermann suddenly shoves Private Bergen aside, sending him flying away. Before the other G.U.D. soldiers can do anything, she puts her finger to her mandibles, shushing them up. Once they quiet down, she motions them towards the other blast holes to take a look for themselves at the commotion going on outside.

And what a commotion it is. From the maintenance tunnel the infiltration team is inside of, they can see the Order's lower-ranked members engaging in combat with Mimetic forces; elemental projectiles are thrown around, and particle beams and hard-light rounds are being dodged left and right. Both sides seem quite evenly matched, with neither managing to land any lasting damage on either.


(Agnes Ackermann): Mimetics!

(Cevat Lockhart): What exactly are "Mimetics", professor?

(Agnes Ackermann): Ancient mechanical intelligences built by the Atlanteans, predating even Gamera and the others!

(General Rasczak): Well, what the hell are they doing fighting the Order?

(Agnes Ackermann): No idea, but-- LOOK! ON THE SCREEN!


The good professor of the Storm Covenant points towards the large holographic monitor overlooking the courtyard; the screen is showing Mary Stoker, Bloody Mary herself, broadcasting to her followers from the warden's office.


(Mary Stoker): [BROADCAST] RESIST THE MACHINES, MY PEOPLE! DO NOT LET THEM OVERWHELM YOU! YOU ARE HUMANITY'S NEXT STEP IN OUR EVOLUTION AS A SPECIES!

(Pvt. Bergen): Sir, the warden's office!

(General Rasczak): Right. Let's move people!


The infiltration team moves quickly but quietly through the maintenance tunnels; they're unable to see anything else but very clearly hear the heated battles raging throughout the correctional facility. Finally, the team reaches the end of the tunnel. Cevat Lockhart uses his strength to break straight through the concrete wall; the rest of the group are quick to take up armed positions.

The group finds themselves in the warden's office, but instead of coming face to face with the leader of the Order of Homo Novus herself, they find the woman already subdued, kneeling down with her hands behind her head. Behind her is a massive Mimetic Keeper, brandishing its metal-coated hard-light war ax and keeping it trained on Mary Stoker's neck.


(Mimetic Keeper): Good evening, representatives of humanity. I have apprehended this anarchist for you to bring into custody.