Operation: Sigma

[Ethan Talon]

As it turned out the Erebus had only sent part of the 78th. The three companies made up 300 Marines it is was crowded in the shuttle bay so Ethan held the briefing outside in the corridor. Dougal, his XO Major James Ennis, and the three company commanders, Captains Mackenzie, Maclachlan, and Graham.

"I don't know who he is, but I'm guessing he's an alternate version of Clint Cross, and he's Ajem."

"Bloody hell," Captain Graham exclaimed. She was a young red haired lass that reminded him a lot of his sister. She even crossed herself indicating that she was a Catholic.


"He has Agent Black Widow. Let's help her out."

"An' how 'n' the hell are gonna do that, ya wee fool," Dougal demanded.

"He's going to take her to the control room. There's only one reason to take this facility and take our Agent. He wants to use this technology. Let's take it away from him. Captain Graham, and Mackenzie take your Marines down to the fusion generator, and disable it through any means nessicary. Colonel Mac lead the remaining company to the command center. Use your best discretion. If you can't rescue our Agent don't press your luck let her take the lead."

Dougal nodded, "Aye sir."

He waved to the remaining 102 Marines and they split up taking separate Jefferies tubes that lead up to the control room.

[Bartyn]

"Then you'll play nice." Bartyn said as he motioned for her to exit the lift. "And you can tell former President Ryder, no listening in." he lifted up a device and immediately scrambled her comms. "Please... I wouldn't be the best agent in my reality without knowing now to neutralize the best in this one." he pointed to a console. "I want the command codes for the sensor network or I'll send my men to wipe out your entirely family. AlphaTek Tower is easy enough of a target, I can just fire a torpedo from Byron. Your house. Same. So... command codes. Please. See... I am not entirely without SOME class. Your Clint still dribble when he drinks from a beer bottle like 2 year old?"

[Selene Cross]

“Do you?” Selene inquired genuinely curious as she ran a finger across the console weighing her options. “I am curious too...why you would think giving how many times I tried to kill them, how many times I’ve been turned, and given my past that they would give me codes to something like this?”

Selene pulled her hand away from the console and looked him square in the eye.

“What do you really want from me? You know this is the one system I can’t break into.”

[Bartyn]

Bartyn smirked as he extended his hand and a severed hand beamed into it. "I know you can't... but you know enough about Alliance security and well... a certain Mrs. Trinity Morris-Talon is a ranking Colonel and a Ryder to boot... use it. " he put it in front of her. "My men don't do anything that doesn't have meaning."

[Selene Cross]

“And then what? What’s your end game?” Selene inquired as she turned back to the console.

[Bartyn]

"That's for everyone else to find out. I'm just a hand." Bartyn said. "I may be a Ronin... but even Ronin's need to eat and pay their men."

[Selene Cross]

“You’re an Ajem merc.” Selene stated as she pressed a few keys on the console and paused. “You can no more promise me that my family will be safe then I could promise you’d make it off this station.”

[Ethan Talon]

Captain Laoghaire Graham stared at the fusion core red in the face. They had killed several of the guards, but had taken heavy casualties in turn. These Ajem'dasis were deadly.

The surviving Marines spread out. "Aye lads, let's take the thing oot, " Captain Graham ordered. Someone powered down the reactor while others tore into the conduits physically severing the reactor from the rest of the station.

Elsewhere Easy Company under the command of Ian Mackenzie started destroying the computer cores, and the the power backups. The computer blared in protest. "Warning Lifesupport off line. Evacuate immediately. Warning fusion core is now unshielded. Radiation levels rising."

[Bartyn]

"Looks like your meatheads have done something." Bartyn said as he crossed his arms. "I hate Marines. I don't need this station, not as much as your Alliance does." he tapped an intercom button. "Attention Meatheads... what the fuck? You're all dead."

He closed his eyes and shook his head. "I really hate Marines. Widow... I'm going to kill some people if you don't give me an in to the network."

[Selene Cross]

She gave him an annoyed looked as she tapped at the console.

“Did you really stuff my head and give it to Dominus?”