Megas of Mars

Chapter 3

At the Gjallarhorn Mars Branch Third Base, three days later

"Thank you for coming this way, Specialist-Majors McGillis Fareed and Gaelio Bauduin, and Specialist-Captain Christina Falk. I apologize for the inconvenience after you have to come all the way down here to Mars after what happened to the Ares Orbital Base."

Crank Zent, the new Chief of the Gjallarhorn Mars Branch and the newly promoted Major after the demise of Coral Conrad, courteously greeted the two young men and one young woman from the Inspection Bureau with his subordinate Ein Dalton after they have landed their escort ship at the central space port of the Chryse Autonomous Region upon arrival and drove their car all the way to the surface base of operations.

They arrived three days after sudden appearance of the Megas Force mercenary group supposedly hailing from the Strategic Alliance Union and led by the man named Coop. And the three were in one of the spare offices in the Gjallarhorn Third Base provided for them.

"It's alright, Major Zent. I will ensure that the funds, workers and construction materials will be sent over to Mars for the repair and restoration of the Ares Orbital Base back to full operational within a few weeks. You have my word.", Gaelio Bauduin politely reassured.

Making a formal salute with his right palm placed over the left chest, the older man said with gratefulness. "Thank you, Specialist-Major Bauduin. I appreciate your kindness and generosity."

The purple haired young man with blue eyes nodded after sipping a cup of tea and putting down on the table, "You're welcome. That being said, what is the cause behind the attack on the space station? And what happened to the late Major Coral Conrad?"

"Former Major Coral perished in the explosion by two missiles launched and struck at the Ares Orbital Station, Specialist-Major. By the time I sent retrieval teams to rescue any survivors and recover the bodies, they found him among the wreckage and would not have recognized the major if it weren't for his uniform and insignia.", Crank honestly explained as he had Ein give the inspector the data pad to show him and his comrades the footage of several body bags of the deceased Gjallarhorn Mars Branch members with names, ranking and serial numbers.

The bodies of the Earth-born members will sent back home to their home planet for a proper burial while those born on Mars will be buried here with military honors and respect they deserve.

Among them was Major Coral and his dead face is half-burned like a two-faced man he was in life.

Of course there was no love lost between him and Crank at all.

Especially the late major's contempt for Martian-born soldiers since he was from Earth including the half-Martian Ein who was privately glad that the bastard is dead and that his mentor and surrogate father figure is now leader of the Gjallarhorn Mars Branch.

The blonde young man with green eyes raised an eyebrow after hearing that tidbit of information, "Missiles? I find it impossible that such weaponry is capable of leaving Mars' atmosphere and then striking the space station in orbit. Especially when there were Ahab Waves produced by the Ahab Reactors capable of disrupting guided weapons to the point of uselessness."

"Either way, this is considered as a terrorist attack on Gjallarhorn, McGillis. We need to find out who did it and have them arrested to be brought to justice.", stated a well-built young woman with red eyes and pink colored hair that has the 20s bob haircut and she wore a blue and white uniform with a cape over the left side and a small sword on the left as well albeit instead of pants, she wears a long slit skirt that reached on her knees.

McGillis nodded with the heiress of the House Falk as he browsed through the data on the pad on his hand and said, "I agree, Christina. This warrants an investigation to find out the culprits behind the attack on the Ares Orbital Station and apprehend them."