Other Worlds: V 2.0

[initiates]

Date & Time: May 21st, beginning at 0900.
Location: The Initiative Hold and all throughout Elmer's world
Characters: Anyone participating in the fighting, anyone staying behind.
Summary: Elmer's world is fought for and lost.
Warnings: Violence, death.

They reopen the portal at 0900, May 21st. The first scientist who stepped through was killed within thirty seconds; the rest who followed made it back through to Exsilium, albeit not unscathed. The portal was shut again by a panicked operator, although a second operator knew to keep the coordinates locked.

Within ten minutes, the alert had been sent out. There's no time to wait for the Transports to gather en masse; as soon as they have a sizable enough force to stand a chance at fighting through and clearing their gateway's location, the door is opened again.

Immediately inside the door is a desolate, grim scene. What had previously been the coast of Japan is now scorched earth, blasted sand, and little else. As the first point of contact for this world, it has undoubtedly suffered the worst. Here, the UE didn't stop at governments, financial centers, and capitols — the UE destroyed everything in sight. There are enough UE soldiers remaining in the broken country to give the Transports a difficult battle, although by now the bulk of their forces have moved on.

The Initiative will soon realize the necessity of opening more gateways, just as the UE had done. Transports will be deployed to London, Berlin, Paris, DC Washington, Moscow, Beijing, New York City, Hong Kong, Madrid. Through each of these windows, the destruction is staggering. Buildings are more husks than structures, everything that can burn is alight, and the death toll is off the charts. Blackened bodies seem to line every street, while pieces litter the ground among the rubble. There's no doubt that the UE has no need of the people of this world. They're after resources only, and anything and anyone already here is to be removed.

You can find UE soldiers everywhere. They move in coordinated squadrons of 20, and each of them carries a small arsenal. Even without their incredibly advanced and destructive weaponry, they're fearfully formidable. Each soldier, while still only human, is a genetically perfect clone, further enhanced by technological implants. They're all highly trained in physical combat. Even if you can disarm one of them, don't count on close-range attacks being any easier to handle. They've brought along cannons, small flying craft, and lightweight tanks. Each of these is the top of the line in terms of technology, geared toward destroying as much as it can, as quickly as it can. The United Earth is here to destroy, and they won't stop to wonder why their targets go from being civilians and scrambling, off-guard, comparatively primitive militaries, to trained and powered Transports.

For anyone staying at home, they'll find that any Initiative presence has withdrawn fully to the Hold. All Initiative employees are needed, and most of them in the med bays. The majority of the Initiative focus is on recalling and resurrecting fallen Transports, but attention is still needed for the living-but-wounded. Any Transports who stay in Exsilium and offer their help will have it immediately accepted; they'll be put to work in the medical wings, runnings supplies, or simply set at a machine and told to keep an eye on the numbers: Transport vitals, UE movements, and maps upon maps of changing statistics and colors.

At 1500, the Initiative will recall all Transport soldiers back to Exsilium and seal shut the gateway. The UE numbers are too great, their soldiers too powerful, and Elmer's world is lost.

Comments

[imusntrunaway]

... that... isn't a bomb, is it? [He isn't sure what it is, but if he's taking it back out with him it's certainly something dangerous, isn't it?]

Uh, for the medics-- [He fumbles again through the supplies before handing over some med kits. It's not much, but it's what he has on hand right now.] --these. Just, hand these to them and they'll-- they should know what to do with them.

[oncearanger]

[Billy just nods sharply.]

A small one. I need something to disrupt their formation with. Don't worry, it can only activate with a very deliberate code.

[He takes the kits then, nodding again.]

Right.

[imusntrunaway]

[At that some of the tension in Shinji's shoulders relaxes. He nods, about to turn away when a sudden question grasps him.]

... how bad is it out there? [It's hesitantly asked. He isn't sure if he wants the answer, and he isn't optimistic enough to believe that their side is holding out well, judging by the patients pouring in...]

[oncearanger]

Bodies everywhere we look. Terrified people screaming all around. So little life left it'll be a miracle if we salvage any of it.

[The chin of Billy's helmet nearly dropped to his collarbone, shame sinking in. He hadn't felt this helpless in a while, but he wasn't ready to give up. Not yet.]

[imusntrunaway]

[It's worse than he thought it would sound. A helpless feeling sinks in. If that was the case, wouldn't it be better to retreat? What was the point in trying to fight for a dead world that was already doomed?

But he can't say that to the fighters. Not to Billy. They were to fulfill their roles, and Shinji's was to provide support.]

You-- be careful. There's enough people hurt we have to treat. [A beat. He's not very good at this.] Good luck with your bomb.

[oncearanger]

I'll fight for the best outcome I can. And...thanks.

[He gave Shinji a quick salute as he departed, hoping there was even the smallest thing he could do to change this.]