The Crash in Hope
Reporter Mythana
FJRK -- A patrol of Borg Hunters came into Old Athens seeking assistance, apparently having discovered a crashed ship of some sort. During their investigation some of the Borg Hunters suddenly died in a gruesome manner. While looking for cover, they discovered that there was nothing visibly attacking them, and retreated to obtain backup.
I met them in Old Athens near the Whom-Pahs, where they were pretty shaken up. They asked for assistance from nearby Clan members. After one of the Borg Hunters related the story to me and the other nearby Clan members, another recruited a force to come back with them. Soon, a sizable amount of people had arrived and left for Hope.
We arrived in Hope with good spirits. Goomba "Warburn" Wang and "Khorak" offered to guard me, and I gladly accepted their proposal despite having reservations of actually needing protection. We headed northwest to the seemingly quiet shipwreck. We were not there long when a hum started around us, and quickly grew. The various "pets" of the meta-physicists, engineers, and bureaucrats were hit by the sound first. At first, we thought it was something that only affected the pets. But then, as the unseen waves of energy passed through the air, a faint shimmer was seen as they impacted upon their human targets with a soundless blast. I watched, awestruck, as their bodies were ravaged into lifeless corpses. The Borg Hunters started a search for the source of the attacks, but were unable to find them and were soon slain. Some people claimed to have heard a slithering sound, but where unable to locate the source. The slithering sound soon ceased, but the deaths didn’t. After about half the force that had arrived was left in ruins, and most had retreated to a nearby hilltop that wasn’t being attacked, the hum abruptly vanished.
The strange attacks were sudden and left none alive. Soon, as we were regrouping, a number of Omni-Tek troops arrived and started attacking the surviving Clan members. They vastly outnumbered us, and we were barely holding our own when two Behemoth-class Juggernauts were air-dropped behind us. The members of our group were slaughtered without mercy. Later, a large group of Clan members returned and annihilated the entire Omni-Tek force.
While I was heading back to Old Athens I contacted Omni-Tek and demanded to know what the meaning of their attack was. They claimed they were only there to retrieve the bodies of a fallen Omni-Tek reconnaissance team and refused to answer any further questions. What happened at the ship? What was attacking the people there? Why would Omni-Tek bring such a large force to recover a small reconnaissance team?