EXO Legacy

File 03: Reflections

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File 03: Reflections

Location: Flying in an AC-130, Somewhere out over the sea

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"Well at least the pilot and the satellites know where we are going..."

I was used to air travel but not to not knowing where exactly we were heading. Okay, during the discussion I knew the name of the place, but going to a completely new place I had never been to before was disorienting.

We had been assigned an AC130 Spectre transport to take all of us to the mission site. Apart from carrying my gear and the squad's, we needed more room for my dad's suit too. We wouldn't be able to use any of the smaller planes. They couldn't take the extra weight difference. Also, we would just drop in there, pick up my dad and get out, but we expected a need for something more armoured than a chopper in case we were followed on the way back.

While staring blankly at the floor I thought back to the mission briefing from Eric:

[This is a search and extract mission.

Our target is Nathan Kendal.

Our zone of action is Bamiyan, Afghanistan.

We will be entering a tunnel complex under a single storey building within a sub-urban area. We must be careful as the local populace know more of American war atrocities than our good and we can't blame them.

We are in a moderately populated area and will need silencers and fast tranquilizer rounds only. Check your fire. Civilians will be in the surrounding area.

Our target is being held by a group of unknown militant group that have not given any demands for ransom, but we have intercepted communications regarding their main goals. They just want to know what he is wearing, and to reverse engineer it for their purposes. This is bad news for us if they get to know about the suit. There isn't enough room for super-soldiers on this planet. PHOENIX has his reasons, but we don't need enemy suits.

Apart from rescuing him we need to ensure that no one has obtained information about the suit.

LONGSHOT, there isn't any high ground, but inside the complex is a long corridor with a bottleneck. That's to your advantage as it is to theirs. KONG will cover your back if anyone moves.

BRIGGS, SHACKLE, the both of you will take the lead and follow the route marked on all your HUDs. There aren't a lot of tunnels, but you don't wanna get lost there.

Rick, you'll follow them but stay a reasonable distance when breaching doors and going around corners. We respect your skills, but we need you to stay safe in this mission. He is your dad.

SIERRA, keep the centre locked and watch over Rick.

You all must destroy data on the suit if there is any. Bring anything that may lead them to a parts source. Small details should not be left behind.

You will all have thermal motion trackers to see who's around, but I don't need to tell you to watch each other's backs...]

I was brought back to the present when BRIGGS called my name and asked, "You got this, right?"

I looked up at him and nodded before replying, "Yeah," I pulled up my sleeve and showed a few healed areas on my arm that were obviously bullet holes, "I've been shot at before. I've got this."