SolGov Transcript - FDV Iscariot Incident

[SigholtStarsong]

 

Preface: This incident timeline is a composite of the FDV Iscariot's black boxes, incident recorders and GlobalEye data transmitted from Marine C-RIGs.

 

00:00:00

Cpl. Edelman engages helmet camera at beginning of Cpl. Edelman's watch as Federal Defense Vessel Iscariot Comms Officer.

 

00:00:010—0:55:23

Shift proceeds normally.

 

00:55:24

All civilian frequencies broadcast a message in an unidentified language. Relayed to ONI.

 

01:00:53

Distress signal received from SolGov garrison on [DATA EXPUNGED], Borgia City. Reports of open conflict between the Herald religious group and a unknown force. Message relayed to SOLCOM and the bridge.

 

01:02:59

FDV Iscariot issues Gamma level alert. SECCOM Acknowledges and orders immediate response. Nanotrasen Medical Vessel Curie Celeste acknowledges and offers to assist, ETA 0500 shipboard.

 

01:03:57

Action/Muster Stations sounded. Cpl. Edelman transmits message to SOLCOM on emergency channel 3 per SOP for engagement.

 

01:11:41

Bluespace jump initiated. Cpl. Edelman begins setting up radio comms channels for SolGov Marine elements.

 

01:14:13

Wide-band broadcast received on all electromagnetic frequencies.

[DATA CLASSIFIED - YANKEE WHITE].

 

01:18:05

Bluespace jump completed. FDV Iscariot takes up geostationary orbit above Borgia City. All attempts to raise local SolGov garrison fail.

 

01:20:00—01:30:00

FDV Iscariot deploys Marine forces. Marines land and secure local garrison structures. Garrison area is littered with discarded Herald cult robes, gear, and expended munitions.

 

01:35:49

Fireteam Warlord reports approximately half of the garrison force equipment located - neatly stowed in trooper's lockers.

 

01:43:12

Fireteam Archon reports that they are engaged against approximately 13 Herald cultists. Cultists are defending a nearby gym, and are determined to be using garrison equipment. Fireteams Ruby and Sierra tasked to assist.

 

01:49:15

Fireteam Sierra reports that they are engaged. Sierra goes comms dark.

 

01:58:41

Garrison commander's remains located by Strike Team Gamma-9. Cause of death is a single GSW to the forehead. Significant signs of forced entry present.

 

02:06:37

FDV Iscariot reports unusual activities around the city's perimeter. Activities deemed to benign, but worthy of continuing observation.

 

02:06:38—03:32:09

Operations proceed without incident.

 

03:32:10

Fireteam Seirra IFF signals detected approximately 100 meters from last known position. Attempt to raise comms met with static.

 

03:34:24

Fireteam Sierra MEDEVAC beacon activated. Thunderbird 1-1 and 1-2 deployed.

 

03:34:26

Borgia City suffers a total blackout and erupts into pitched battle.

 

03:35:26

Garrison's backup power comes online. Soldiers at the garrison report sightings of pitch black humanoids with glowing red eyes caught on the edges of the tungsten arc perimeter lamps. One such humanoid was caught directly in the light and reportedly incinerated instantly.

 

03:35:27—03:54:09

Omitted

 

03:54:10

FDV Iscariot engineers report a minor anomaly in the Bluespace drive. Cultist comms suddenly spike.

 

03:55:46

Direct transmission from Iscariot to T. Baxter, handled by Cpl. Edelman.

 

Edelman:

Doctor Baxter, this is the FDV Iscariot.

 

Baxter:

I hear you, Iscariot.

 

Edelman:

Doctor, we've encountered hostiles matching the Shadowlings mentioned in your papers. We're having some trouble engaging them, however.

 

Baxter:

What stage are the Umbra at?

 

Edelman:

Wait one.

 

[29 seconds of silence omitted]

 

Edelman:

Stage two?

 

Baxter:

I see. Do you have a rough estimate of the number thralls?

 

Edelman:

Approximately 250 combatants.

 

[1 second of silence omitted]

 

Baxter:

I'm sorry, how many?

 

Edelman:

Two Five Zero.

 

Baxter:

... you may want to pull out a few dozen parsecs while you still can.

 

03:59:59

Thunderbird 1-2 radios FDV Iscariot that Thunderbird 1-1 is hostile. Iscariot's Traffic Collison Avoidance System automatically triggers emergency procedures for high-speed impacts. Collision klaxon engages.

 

04:00:00

Cpl. Edelman engages his C-RIGs CBRN/EVA system - all seals secure. Edelman straps into the crash couch at his post.

 

04:01:46

Multiple high-yield weapon impacts. External armor is destroyed and interior pressure vessel comprised.

 

04:02:35

Thunderbird 1-1 impacts the FDV Iscariot's port side. Approximate speed 15,660± m/s relative. Catastrophic damage incurred - Combat Information Center nearly totally destroyed.

 

04:03:05

Iscariot's Automatic Diagnostic and Announcement System determines the ship is lost. Abandon Ship protocols enabled.

 

04:03:44

Distress buoy launched. Black boxes prepared for ejection. Cpl. Edelman disengages straps and proceeds to make a Mayday transmission loop before evacuating.

 

04:04:45—04:14:53

FDV Iscariot ADAS records 21/48 escape pod launches. 15/25 spaceworthy craft exit launch bays. ADAS registers no known lifesigns. Orbital decay projections indicate 25 years to terminal decay.

 

04:15:21

Numerous Class 4 Bluespace anomalies on planet's surface.

Conjecture: Possibly indicative of Ascension event?

 

04:16:43

Class 10 Bluespace rupture detected. Numerous Marines report hearing a loud voice, described as "Impossible", saying "I have come."

 

04:17:12

FDV Iscariot ADAS records one unauthorized lifesign in primary engineering. Military Police called automatically.

 

04:18:45

Cpl. Edelman recorded by security systems breaking into Emergency Control. Emergency Contingency 446 enacted by ADAS. Security audio records Acting Captain Edelman repeating one sentence: " We must to stop the Traitor. The Children must be saved."

 

04:18:55

Radio communications fall dark from all planet-bound Marines. All escape craft successfully rendezvous at the rally point.

 

04:20:11

Nanotrasen Defense Vessels Aquila, Dawn, Souve, and Nanotrasen Recovery Vessel Critchton jump into orbit of [DATA EXPUNGED]. Critchton immediately proceeds to escape rally point and begins recovery.

 

04:24:51

FDV Iscariot Bluespace drive begins spool-up sequence. TCAS and ADAS overrides disabled.

 

04:25:04

NDV Aquila acquires weapons lock on a massive entity within Borgia City. Traffic intercept by Iscariot systems.

 

Unidentified Voice: "Great. Another fucking Nar-Nar... Nothing we can do here..."

 

Aquila, Dawn, and Souve proceed to fire Bluespace artillery, however, interference from the Bluespace entity prevents accurate impacts on target.

 

04:25:19

Prior to FDV Iscariot's jump to Bluespace, the ship's ADAS ejects the black boxes. Last integrity scan of the Iscariot reports integrity at 48% and falling.

 

Communications intercept: "What the hell is that ship doing?! That's [DATA EXPUNGED]

 

 

[The following data is received from Nanotrasen. Reliability is questionable.]

 

04:27:41

FDV Iscariot shocks back into realspace - directly inside the entity, impaling it. Catastrophic damage to the Iscariot and the entity.

 

04:27:59

FDV Iscariot's Bluespace drive begins to spin up. Damage to containment causes a feedback loop.

 

04:28:26

FDV Iscariot suffers a hypercriticality event. Bluespace drive experiences a massive cascade failure.

 

04:28:44

FDV Iscariot fail-deadly implosion system fails, and the Iscariot violently explodes. Epicenter radius 1.5 miles, Incendiary radius 3 miles. Overpressure radius 8 miles.

 

[Data redacted for time indices 04:28:45—04:44:49 by Nanotrasen Board of Directors. Data is unrecoverable.]

 

04:45:00

NMV Curie Celeste arrives and takes receipt of Iscariot crew. Numerous crew are non-compliant and are later treated for tumorous growths in their cerebral cortices.

 

[kylejen]

Ooo, that was a good read!