[EMERGENCY S.O.S. BEACON INTERCEPTED - SCOURCE: HĴALMAR STRONGHOLD] [CIVILIAN CARGO-FREIGHTER - "LYUTEN'S COMPASS" ATTENDING SCENE] [POOR ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS RENDERING VISUAL FEEDS NONFUNCTIONAL] [BLACK BOX LOG MANIFEST] [CO: ANDREW WALTHERS] [AN.W] [XO: MARKUS FRING] [MA.F] [AUTOMATON SECURITY: x6 LHW "RAUMM" Model Skell Automatons] [Sk.1-6] //BLACK BOX STATUS: RECORDING... MA.F: "Atmospheric masks are good, we can move." AN.W: "Skells one through three, on my right, Skells four through six, on Markus's Left. Skells two and five, take group point. Cover as much ground as possible. Engage Six-Front link." Sk.1-6: [Acknowledged.] [...] MA.F: "This place is a slag-heap... What the hell happened here..." AN.W: "Whatever happened here, there's more of those Biomechanical Xenos -the Vollons- that the Lilim Foundation's been talking about... My two O-Clock. Look at that..." MA.F: "Fuck me... That thing is hard to look at... Is that thing alive?" AN.W: "Sk1, put a round in that thing." Sk.1 [Echo.] *SUPPRESSED GUNSHOT* [...] AN.W: "Move along... Nothing appears to be alive here... Keep your weapons at the ready, though." [...] Sk.2&5: [Faint vital signs detected within proximity. 19.9 meters, 346°.] AN.W: "Everybody stop." [Multiple ceasing step-echoes] AN.W: "Two, Five, Clear the hole. See what's alive out there. Do not engage lethal force unless nesseceary. One, Two, Four, Six, Form up around me and XO." Sk.1-6: [Echo. Moving.] [Metallic footsteps shuffling about] MA.F: "Think it's a Vollon?" AN.W: "We're going to find out... [Multiple weapons ready] AN.W: "Two. Five. Report!" Sk.2&5: [Vital signs confirm non-Vollon. Error: Visual receptors blocked by Memetic Filter originating from target source.] AN.W: "That's a Goddamend Foundation member! XO- Help me get him up!" MA.F: "Copy that! -Skells! Form a perimeter ring around Myself and CO!" Sk.1-6: [Echo, Moving.] [Mixed hurried footsteps] MA.F: "Oh my god... How is this guy alive...?! Half his body is just- burned away-" AN.W: "Nevermind that! Help me get this rubble off the guy!" [Grunting, Concrete rubble shifting, Rocks & Sand shifting, Metal scrap clanging] AN.W: "Come on Markus- help me move him up! Three- Two- One!" [Both Exerting] ???: *Coughing, gagging* MA.F: "Hey- hey! Come on man- Take it slow- Here, water for you. Easy-" ???: *Water bottle crinkling up* *Swallowing / Coughing* AN.W: "You're hurt, just sit tight- Skells Five and Six! Get a stretcher! Double time!!" Sk.5&6: [Echo, Moving.] [Vanishing / Hurried Footsteps] ???: "How- Long..." *coughing* AN.W: "Hey- Hey- Save your breath, you've been buried under rubble-" ???: "How- long- the *cough* S.O.S..." MA.F: "Twelve hours, sixteen minutes- Take it easy, friend, you're safe." ???: *Pained groan* "The evac- The Vollons- *Cough* [Shifting] AN.W: "Woah woah- Hold on there friend- We've got a stretcher coming- Take it easy for now." MA.F: "Evac...? Was this was the Lilim Stronghold that was evacuated yesterday-" ???: "How- many shuttles- *cough* made it?" [Approaching / Hurried footsteps] [Sk.2&4 turn to the source] Sk.1-6: [Stretcher approaching.] AN.W: "Hey, what's your name? Do you remember your name?" ???: "...L.F.S. *Coughing, hacking* R.Y.Q-322..."