Colossus By Design: Season 2 - Log 114

[May 17, 2166]
[Holding Cells - O'Connor Station]
[U.A.C. Extended Colonization Facility Beta]
[Viking 1, Mars]
[Open Territory - U.A.C.]

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The holding cells area is an odd one out for such a high priority section of the U.A.C.'s semi-permanent Mars colonization facility as O'Connor Station. However, with all of the lucrative research projects being conducted at this high profile institution, it would make sense that disgruntled and/or greedy employees might try to cross the head of this operation to turn a profit, hence the need to maintain a partial incarceration unit in the event that corporate theft were to occur.

As of the last few hours, only five inmates inhabit this sector of O'Connor Station, and even then under their own power: the awoken Kree.

Ronan the Accuser and his warrior guard recently awoke from an advanced state of stasis and have brokered a deal with the U.A.C to speak to the director of the Mars installation, and perhaps work out some terms for their aid in the advancement of research into Kree culture, history, and technology.

Each individual is being held in his own cell, though each one has been allowed to request that modifications to the living chambers be made to their desires, to the best of the ability of site personnel. Curiously, though, all four of the Kree warrior guards have asked that any and all accommodations to their living spaces to make their stay more comfortable be removed, leaving the rooms with a simple metal bed and latrine.

Ronan's own specifications are only stranger, as the Accuser has asked for all material objects from the room to be removed and several key stone tablets be placed around him whilst he maintains a meditative stance on his knees.

As all five Kree individuals are meditating, they suddenly snap out of their trances and stand up simultaneously. The security guards stationed to watch over the inmates stand at attention, saluting towards the general direction that the Kree are now facing in their cells. As they do, a long shadow, indicative of a rather tall person, moves down the hallway; it now looms over the security guards stationed in front of Ronan's room.

A calm and cultured synthesized voice is the one to greet the guard detail.


(Director Samuel Hayden): Open up the cell. I'm here to speak to their leader.

(Pvt. Chen Lin): Yes sir!


The security guard by the door controls turns to it and inputs a specific code. The doors open up, and the head of all operations himself steps through. Ronan, quite surprised at the appearance of the being before him, is nonetheless patient and makes room for the big man. However, he has to look up a bit, as the man known as Samuel Hayden is quite tall, over eleven feet tall and thus towering over Ronan's mere seven feet and eleven inches of height; he also happens to possess a robotic body that's much more simplistic and primitive looking than the sleek and near-Human aesthetic going for Synthetics.

Indeed, he looks much like a prototype Synthetic exoskeleton, possessing a slim-looking frame with a boxy chest and head, bone-thin arms and legs, and a few tubes sticking out of his torso. Of course, he also possesses a sleek white and grey rounding of the sharp angles, as well as a blue stripe of light running down the centers of his head and chest, an aesthetic that more than compensates for the primitive-looking technology.


(Ronan): You are the leader of this installation?

(Director Hayden): Indeed I am. My name is Samuel Hayden, and I'm pleased to meet you.


The Director extends a hand to Ronan, who reluctantly shakes it, clearly a bit uneasy at the circumstances surrounding the moment.


(Ronan): I've grown accustomed to your "shaking hands greeting", as well as the implementation of an artificial race into the general populace, but even I have to admit that your....... condition...... is quite curious.

(Director Hayden): A fair point. I can't imagine the kind of culture shock an alien like yourself would have awakening to such a strange new setting.

(Ronan): Actually, it hasn't been too bad. The Humans seem to be quite advanced, even compared to my own people. And, since I am the one entering this new society, I can deal with acclimatizing myself.

(Director Hayden): Very well. In fact, I'd like you to take a walk with me. I'll give you a tour of the facility, and we can talk as we move through. However......


Director Hayden looks over at the Kree warriors in their cells, whom are all watching the meeting between this strange machine and their religious leader intently.


(Director Hayden): I have to ask that we leave your guards here.

(Ronan): Very well.


The two men step out of the cell, and the security guards reseal it. As Ronan steps out, he lifts his fist into the air, with the pinkie and index fingers raised. This seems to get its message across to his personal guard, as they return to their original meditative position. After setting his guards straight, the Accuser points his open palm forward, motioning for him and Director Hayden to go off on their tour.

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[Viewing Port 3]
[Containment Section - O'Connor Station]

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At one of the viewing ports in the Containment Section of O'Connor Station, Ronan the Accuser and Director Samuel Hayden are walking together through the hall; passing employees all take quick glances at the two. As it turns out, the Director physically walking around his facility's various sectors is a rather odd sight in and of itself, with this strangeness only being compounded by the big man giving a tour to a recently awoken member of the formerly extinct alien species that archaeologists at Lennon Station were studying.

The Director puts his hand out to stop Ronan, then points to the window. The pair turn to the viewing area of this particular sector. As they stare out at the Mars surface, a large compound eye suddenly comes from the left direction and obscures the entirety of the viewing window before moving slightly off into the distance, revealing the full head of a giant mantis: a member of a species of Kamacuras; the creature takes a few brief moments to stare at the two onlookers before walking away.


(Director Hayden): What do you think of our little petting zoo, Ronan?

(Ronan): Magnificent beasts, I must say. Extremely powerful, yet also graceful and intelligent.

(Director Hayden): If I recall correctly, the records of your people detail the appearance of a Great Beast. Your people worshiped this creature, and orchestrated their final passage in its honour, correct?

(Ronan): Yes, that's right.

(Director Hayden): Is it possible that what your people saw was an instance of a creature such as these ones?

(Ronan): No.

(Director Hayden): Is that so? Do tell.

(Ronan): Our people worshiped a being of immense strength and size, prohibitively larger and more powerful than these animals. It was the perfect fusion of flesh and machine, and seemed to have mastered the manipulation of the forces of the universe itself.

(Director Hayden): A fusion of flesh and machine? That sounds similar to things we have here and on Earth, but nothing to a scale of that magnitude. What exactly happened to this Great Beast?

(Ronan): After the majority of my people gave their lives in tribute, the Great Beast flew off into the far reaches of space, the life force of the planet itself leaving with it.

(Director Hayden): VERY interesting........