The sealed briefing room where the was being held for Agent Minami, Lead Crewman Chauvet, Squad Leader Comstock, and Gunnery Sergeant Li was normally a quiet place, isolated from the noise and constant goings-on that are associated with the normal day-to-day operations at Survey Command headquarters in Canberra, Australia. Admiral Stephen Henderson had just been about to dismiss the four crewmembers of the Nobu Shirase and give them permission to return to Gagarin Station in selenocentric orbit to oversee the continued fitting-out of their vessel, when suddenly the somewhat awkward silence in the briefing room was disturbed by the the beeping of four commlinks - each of them emitting noises which indicate that immediate attention is required. The four commlinks in question belong to the four crew, which momentarily perturbed the five high-ranking officers present - all notifications except for alert messages were automatically suppressed while in this briefing room. Before any of them could speak, their own commlinks triggered as well, evidently something big was happening.
INCOMING MESSAGE
<PRIORITY ALPHA MESSAGE, OVERRIDE NOTIFICATION LOCKOUTS>
<MESSAGE ENCRYPTED>
<THIS MESSAGE AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN IS SDA AND TAAF PERSONNEL ONLY>
TO: <ALL AGENT-LEVEL SDA PERSONNEL WITHIN 1000 KM OF EARTH GRID SQUARE QF56ND [Sydney, AUS]>
FROM: SDA 7th Directorate Dispatch Office
TIMESTAMP: April 15th, 2030 - 0016 Tycho Unified Time
SUBJECT: PRIORITY ALERT
<MESSAGE FOLLOWS>
ATTENTION AGENTS, THIS IS A PRIORITY ALPHA MESSAGE
At 2345 Tycho Unified Time on April 14th, a disturbance was detected in the Tasman Sea suggesting the appearance of a Spirit Beast. Satellite and monitoring buoy data has confirmed this.
Name: <None, first appearance>
Threat Level: 5 [Unknown Flags, Presumably Magic-User]
Apparent Target: Sydney, Australia (city uninhabited, see note)
Arrival Time: 0400 Tycho Unified Time (1600 Local Time)
Note: The city of Sydney remains uninhabited following the October 13th, 2015 mystery event. While radiation levels have begun to decrease in the following 14 years, the levels are still well within the lethal zone inside the 50-kilometer exclusion zone. Anti-rad protective gear is required for anyone not immune to or resistant to gamma radiation.
All notified SDA personnel should make their best effort to arrive in Sydney before the creature makes landfall. Recent shifts in 7th Directorate deployment have lead to change in operational priorities and locations for Beastslayers. This, along with the aquatic origin of the creature preclude the use of an intercept operation to prevent landfall. Beastslayer deployment from Command Station Merlin is scheduled for immediately following landfall, earlier deployment is not possible due to the current location of the Merlin.
Landfall is estimated to take place near Blue Fish Point in the old Sydney Harbour National Park. Command advises that if at all possible, the creature should be prevented from reaching farther inland then old highway A38. If this is not possible, all effort should be made to retain the creature within the 50-kilometer exclusion zone around Sydney.
SDA personnel are instructed to engage the creature upon landfall. Do not engage the creature in the ocean, we repeat - do not engage the creature in the ocean.
The Joint Chiefs have been informed of the situation and use of TAAF assets is authorized for Agent use.
-magicis, mentis, scientia
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<MESSAGE ENDS>Statistics: Posted by Sajuuk — Sat Nov 08, 2014 12:53 am
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