Chapter 1: ch 1

   February  12  2591  a  group of twenty scientist  and thirty engineers  were  sent  to  the  class  I  star Ares  to  study  the  inside  of  the  star  and  utilize  the  energy  of  the  star  by  building  vast  solar  array  around  the  star.  The  mission  was approved  by  the  U.I.S.I.  (United international space institute)  so  that  humanity  can  hold  an  advantage  over  a  belligerent  xeno  empire  which is also increasing in strength.  The  Project  was  going  fine  until  Christmas  eve  of  the  next  year  that  was  when  humanity  lost  contact  with  the  team  this  went  on  for  almost  four  years  before  the  U.I.S.I.  reacted  it  probably  would  have  gone  on  longer  if  it  weren’t  for  a  journalist  who  investigated  the  incident  and  reported  the  story  to  the  public.  So  to  save  face  U.I.S.I.  prepared  a  brigade of  space  marines  to  investigate  the  incident  and  report  the incident.  Before  the  marines  departed  for  the ares  system  the journalist  died  of  a  rare  bullet  in  the  brain  disease.

 

October  19 2596  the  marines  arrived  on  the  base  that  the  scientist  should  have  been  at, which  was  on  a nearby  terrestrial  planet  called  Ares Prime.  The  marines  unloaded  their  equipment  onto the platform  they  landed on.  The  man  in charge  of  the  marines  was  Admiral  Henry Pershing  of  the  terran  galactic  navy  who  got  his  rank through  bribes  and  connections. Underneath  the admiral  were the battalion commanders  in charge  of  the  individual  battalions.  There are five battalions: green blades, red dragons, blue sea wolves, golden lions,black spades. Each battalion consisted of fifty fighters and fifty support personnel totaling one hundred per battalion and five hundred for every brigade. 

 

Green blades commander, Joseph Sanchez,journal october 26 2596: so far these past few days nothing much has happened and we failed to find any traces of scientists or engineers but what we did find was a destroyed communication system and broken dormitories. But what is worse is that last night I lost half of my battalion. I did what I could to find them with the other commanders but it was no use there was no trace of them. 

 

Red dragons commander, Robbie booker, journal entry november 18th 2596: almost a month in we have found very little in our search for the scientists all we found was the hair of one the engineers. However we are still losing marines every night, the number is random one night only one marine will go missing another night as many as twelve will go missing. The number of marines went from five hundred down to three hundred and fifty nine.

 

Blue sea wolves commander, Jesus Terrazas, journal entry november 20th 2596: after all this time we finally found some leads but it was worse than anyone could have predicted as we found one of the scientists in the main control room. Her body had been mutilated horribly with large chunks missing as her intestines were hanging out threatening to fall out, her liver visible for all to see, one of her kidneys on the floor. her face was unrecognizable with her eyes out of her sockets with tiny bugs running around, her lower jaw was missing. Even some of the more battle hardened men almost threw up. With that said, if this is what happened to one of the missing i can’t imagine what happened to the rest of them. However that is far from the most disturbing thing as we checked the control room on the first day and it was empty and bugs crawling on her suggest she was outside of the base.

 

Golden Lions commander, Noelle Spencer, journal entry December 2nd: in the last few weeks it seems that our marines have stopped disappearing in the nights. The other commanders were throwing around ideas of who or what caused the disappearances however no one had any solid reasoning for their claims so I won’t mention them in this report however one thing I can confidently say is that something must have happened I do not know what but it cannot be anything good.

 

Black Spades commander, Ace Kaiser, journal entry December 24th 2596: it has been over two months since we came to forsaken planet we found very little but what we did find was usually horrible it was either mutilated bodies or skeletons. So far there are a few odd things about this operation that stand out to me and the other commanders one thing is that we are not allowed onto the space craft with the reasoning being that we are not allowed to leave the planet until the operation is finished, although if it was just that we would have no issues but we cannot even use reconnaissance craft to survey the area which is way we are still on the base.

 

Admiral Henry Pershing private journal entry December 26th 2596: Every day I get more and more worried that the true reason of this operation is about to be exposed as every time those marines find a body I have to yell at the officers under my command for not hiding the bodies correctly. I have paid too much money to the higher ups to keep this silent, and I know that they will betray me when they get the chance to. I don't know what to do, should I kill the marines I captured? No, that would destroy my reputation if the public finds out that over a hundred marines died under my command. But what if I set them free? They know what I did, they were the ones who saw my officers. They have to report their findings to their commanders who, by law, have not only the ability but the obligation to execute me. What should I do? Then it came to me, I know what I must do.

 

January 2, 2597 11:15 pm control room discussion: Admiral Pershing looked at the marine commanders and observed them. Kaiser seemed hung over and was more interested in sleeping than the meeting, but other than that none of the other commanders seemed out of the ordinary.

Admiral- “Commanders, I believe I have found the cause of the disappearances.” there was a long pause as the commanders waited to hear but the admiral stayed silent for a little too long

Lions commander- “if so do you mind sharing with the rest of us what caused it.”

Admiral- “I believe that, no I know that this was caused by a nearby xeno village.” As he is saying this he pulls out a bunch of photos which showed some of the scientist's bodies on stakes surrounded by aliens who looked vaguely humanoid with long arms and short legs, with red skin with large bone protrusions from their chests or shoulders. They wore simple clothes made from animal hides and they were armed with weapons made from bones and crystals.

Green blades commander- “so are we launching an assault mission to destroy the village?”

Admiral- “Yes but not with your soldiers. Instead we will send the Black Spades as they are the only battalion that is at full strength.” the Spades commander seemed to have sobered up from hearing that he was leading an assault against xenos. All the commanders were veterans of the last galactic war and the commander of the Spades in particular was known for his brutality against the various xeno armys. 

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Spades commander- “I can do that no problem, in fact I can go right now.” he gave an eager smile as he left the room. However one thing that went unnoticed is the blood curdling smile that was on the admiral's face.

 

January 2nd 2597 battle of Ares Prime minute by minute

11:30 Black Spades battalion received the coordinates of the village and began preparations immediately.

12:20 Preparations are complete and the black spades move to assault the village under the cover of the night 

12:40 the marines are on a hill overlooking the village they set up their three pieces of artillery on the hill

12:50 the artillery is loaded with high explosive shrapnel rounds 

1:00 the barrage begins 

1:05 the houses the aliens lived in are destroyed and a large portion of the population is killed

1:10 the Black spades switch to napalm as the aliens begin to fight back charging up

1:11 the black spades unleash machine gun and rifle fire killing many and halting the aliens

1:45 the black spades use two heavy tanks to spearhead an advance into the village that is now in ruins

2:00 after searching the village the black spades declare victory as all that was left were the children

2:10 the black spades put the children to death by firing squads with anti tank guns

2:15 the final death toll is in 0 black spade losses 12,975 alien losses (discovered bodies)

2:20 black spades return 

 

The journal of an unknown black spade marine: on our return all I can think about are the poor children that were executed and their screams as we had to shoot them several times before they died. Upon our return one could see the relief on the admiral's face. We were served what I think was pork that night.

 

Admiral Henry Pershing Private journal entry January 10th 2597: with the destruction of the xeno village I finally have a good excuse for the missing marines as for the marines themselves I killed them and fed them to the other marines. Writing this I have to think to myself, what have I become? No really I ate with the men so they won’t get suspicious of me. But was all of this worth it? The answer is simple, I don’t know. But regardless we are leaving the planet and we are finally going home.

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